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 You don't need a sun! Nov 10, 2008
I used the light in the middle of my daughter's room as the "sun". I then spiraled the planets around the sun. Mercury is just beyond the reach of the ceiling fan; then each planet was just a little further away than the previous one. I put the first four planets fairly close together (as they are supposed to be), then put a bigger gap between the rest, and it worked out with Neptune being the furthest away, almost to the wall. We put up Pluto too, but sometimes Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune, so it works out.
It was time consuming to put up, but I had no problem getting the tacks to stay in the ceiling. As far as durability goes, it's been in her room for several years now... we've never had a problem. No tacks have ever fallen out.
Yes, the stars are cheap and not worth it. They do sell just the planets for half the price, but it says you only get putty... I like the tacks. Some of the planets glow brighter than others, depending on the color.
My daughter (now 9) absolutely loves it, and it's not some cutesy thing that she's going to outgrow. My 6 year old wants them in her room now too. I like that they are on the ceiling, versus a standing mobile that's in my way.
Awesome planet set! Oct 07, 2008
These planets are sized to scale and accurately colorful. They come with brief great info on each planet, and tell you their relative distance from the sun if you want to hang them as a realistic representation of the solar system. They don't come with a sun, although if it would be in keeping with the other accurate sizing of the planets enclosed, it would require a much larger box, ha.
Solar System......excellant gift idea Oct 01, 2008
My 7 year old loved it and loves watching them every night. A lot of people had mentioned that it was hard to tack them up. But in all fairness they do provide the thread and tacks. It took me 15-20 mins to have them up. They indeed looked beautiful at night. I am giving it a 4 only because the "sun" is missing in the whole system . I had to make a dummy one myself and also I found it very expensive for what they are providing (9 Plastic glow in the dark balls :-) for $20 ). The stickers in there are very tiny. Had to buy a separate pack with bigger stars.
 Thought it would be better Aug 15, 2008
I was a little disappointed w/the stars. You get a sheet of stickers that look like you could've gotten them at a craft store for $3. They aren't like the raised stars you probably have seen before but they do the trick in my son's room. He really likes them. The planets are flimsy but do the trick as well. If i were to do it over again, i would probably buy the planets separately and order the better quality stars.
fun but flimsy. don't sweat accuracy. Jul 21, 2008
My sons enjoyed having this in their room.
Unfortunately they aren't durable. Even hanging from the ceiling which in theory should make them be out of harms way, what really happened was they'd get bonked by toy swords and tossed balls and other hazards of childhood and pretty soon they were broken. Can't tell you how many times I had to glue and tape them back together.
As for it being out of scale and missing the sun, well, yeah. I still think it's pretty good from an educational standpoint. An actual to-scale solar system would not fit in a child's room...either the sun would be the size of your whole house, or Earth would be just a pin point. Even if you don't include Sol, the difference in size between Mercury and Jupiter is just too large to be a reasonable toy while still accurately to scale. And of course the distance from Mercury to Pluto is such that you'd have to put Pluto in your neighbor's house instead of yours. And is Pluto really a planet? Controversy rages on but your kid won't care.
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