University Games 3-D Planets in a Tube Glow-in-the-Dark

I'm an idiot - my boy got a set of planets and loved them, so his little sis naturally wanted them too. I picked this up as it appears to be the same brand with the same brightly-coloured planets but I didn't check the sizing... these planets are actually tiny! They are easy enough to put up, just tie up a wire and pin to the ceiling, and they glow in the dark quite nicely. Cheap too but again, it's probably because these things are so small! I will give these 5 stars as they definitely do as they say, and the sizing issue was my fault, not that of the product.

Love these little planets! As you can see from my picture, I have strung them from the living room light shade; I think they look fantastic and my friend loves them so much, she got me to order her some too. The invisible thread supplied is nice and strong and there's a lot of it. As I tied the planets to the lamp shade, I didn't use the putty. I searched '3D solar system' and was able to place the planets roughly in their right places. I read some reviews that they did not glow in the dark but mine do! Perfect for £4.99 these would make a fantastic stocking filler.

Good product but the luminescence does not last long.

Much smaller than i thought and not that bright in the dark. Disappointing. Some of the planets to small for younger children

Perfect planets, daughter made her school project on planets, using this set in her display, very happy, eaay to assemble, sturdy product, great value for money, grear fun for my daughter & kids.

This was christmas present and I thought it was a great way to learn about the planets.

These planets are very good! I ordered them for my 5yr old's Solar System project as didn't fancy trying to find and paint polystyrene balls. They do glow in the dark as described and are reasonably accurate in size/colour. I think they are very good value. I was impressed that they came with some strong invisible thread to hang them by and also some putty so they could be stuck to the ceiling if required. They were a little fiddly for the children to thread onto the string, but nothing an adult couldn't do. My only complaint/recommendation would be that it took some time of internet searching before I could be certain of which planet was which and in which order they should go as the smaller ones were not as easily recognisable. (Especially as different websites show some of the planets as different sizes and colours to other sites) It would be handy if a leaflet could be added to tell you this or even a picture on the side with the planets all named and in order. However this is only a minor issue. If you have a solar system project to do or a planet loving child then these are perfect!

I always try to open all my packages as carefully as possible, and keep everything in as close to perfect condition as possible. The top of the transparent tube that the planets are packed into has a very attractive self-adhesive paper band around the top, keeping the cap in place. I did not want to just rip it off, so I tried carefully peeling it off - but after getting a corner up, it just tore, and the same happened wherever I tried to remove a different corner or edge. It just tore to ribbons, and still left the adhesive surface of the paper stuck unremovably on the plastic. After 20 minutes, I was getting angry with the thing, and tried to remove the actual cap - to no avail. Just stuck tight. I then tried pushing the point of a sharp paper cutter blade between the tube and the cap, but the only effect of doing that was to cause a series of gouges which still would not allow any progress. The plastic would not cut, only deform. Then I tried removing the bottom cap - same result. So I tried scissors - but there was nothing for the scissors to get any purchase on. I went back to the top cap, forced the blade hard down between the cap and the tube, and finally managed to get a split of about 1cm, but it would go no further, and the piece of plastic I had prised apart just broke off. In sheer, utter fury, I just pulled the split manually - and (you guessed it) the tube suddenly split open, hurling the contents across the room. Several of the planets have disappeared beneath cupbords and furniture. In sheer disgust, I picked up what I could find, and chucked the whole lot in the bin. Somewhere, in the dark, inaccessible corners of the room, there are at least 3 or 4 planets which are lost forever - or at least, until I move everything, which I won't, now there's no point. Update: A few weeks after I got a refund on the above purchase, never thinking I could be so unlucky as to get another infuriatingly unyielding container, I ordered two more (one for a neighbour's little girl, who said she would like one - she had seen the one I received, before it just got destroyed). When they arrived, same damn thing: lovely paper band stuck unremovably to the top of the tube, holding the top cap in place. Not that it needed it - the cap is itself absolutely glued in to the inside of the tube. And again, whatever I did to try and remove it was hopeless - plastic cap that would not come apart from the tube, everything welded tight in place so that it would take a nuclear blast to open the thing. What is it with these idiotic manufacturers that they just have to seal these containers so tight, and defeat all attempts to open the things without completely destroying the container, instead of making it so that it can be kept for re-use? And I don't know why none of the other purchasers of this product have not encountered the same problem, or mentioned how difficult it is to open the tube. I have now had the same thing 3 times, and it just seems beyond all understanding or reason that the makers are not aware of the problem, and don't redesign the container with some way of getting into it without destroying the thing. Of course, this is the throwaway society, which doesn't care if we chuck away and waste broken containers - rather than encouraging us to value our materials and re-use whenever practical. Oceans choking with plastic waste - but not an inkling of concern from the manufacturers that some of us are trying our best to keep the environment free of plastic that will take hundreds of years to break down. Not their problem. These latest two are going back again, and I'll be demanding a further refund. The little girl won't be getting her little present - I will have to find some sort of reasonably acceptable equivalent. Amazon - why don't you report this to the makers, and get them to deal with the problem?

Zum 3. Mal gekauft zusammen mit dem Mobilemotor und nem Mobilestern (leider schwierig einen 8armigen Tsern zu bekomme). Sind super, leuchten, aber nicht zu stark, so dass sie auch im Kinderzimmer die Bacht über hängen können, ohne dass das Baby aufgedreht wird.

Un éxito! Nos ha encantado este sistema solar! Viene con el hilo y una masilla para pegarla al techo, al final tuvimos que optar por la silicona por que se caían todo el rato. Los hemos combinado con un sistema solar. El resultado espectacular! Brillan mucho en la oscuridad. Y por el día quedan preciosos. Son pequeños, entre 2 y 5 cm aproximadamente.

They arevnot labelled as to what planet they should be representing and worth a couple dollars at most. Don't waste your money on these. I have no idea how they received such a good rating. Very, very disappointing. No way are they worth $33 + and have no educational value.

Prima di effettuare l'acquisto ho aspettato un po' nella speranza che il prezzo calasse (i 17 euro iniziali mi sembravano un po' troppi!) e appena li ho visti in offerta a 10 euro ho colto la palla al balzo e li ho presi. Sono pianeti in plastica lucidi, al buio si illuminano, e nonostante le dimensioni ridotte sono davvero carini! Li ho preferiti alla loro versione più grande perché la mensola dove erano destinati non era abbastanza campiente da contenerli tutti o abbastanza in alto da non sbattere con la testa e la scelta si è rivelata azzeccata. Il tubo contiene anche un rotolo di filo trasparente e un quadratino di gomma collosa per appenderli, ma la gomma in sé risulta inutile se non abbinata ad altro tipo di sostegno in quanto il peso dei pianeti tende a far staccare il filo dalla gomma, e inevitabilmente a farli cadere. Ho risolto il problema abbinando la gomma a del nastro biadesivo e coprendolo tutto con delle stelle fluorescenti. Unica nota un po' dolente è l'imballaggio: l'involucro del tubo non è rigido, e i pianeti sono arrivati dentro un cartone di plastica schiacciato che ha rischiato di creparli. Per fortuna non si è rotto niente.

They are much smaller than you think but still really cool for kids. They glow well and are made well.