brainstormThe Original Glowstars Company Limited Glow Solar System Kit

The box arrived with all the glow stars in a complete mess all around in it.The "fun space facts leaflet" wasn't even in the box, so i cannot talk about something that i didn't got...About the planets itself, they are very basic (some colors and no detail at all), but for their utilization (hang in the ceiling) they are ok. Watch out, because some of them may need to be glued, because the two parts open too easy (they are made of two half attached one to another).Take in mind that you don't have in the box no means for hang or stick the planets or stars where you want to. You'll have to find some string and some way to glue it where you want by yourself.It's a close decision to rate it two or three stars, but the relatively low price (for what we can find here in Portugal) and the big number of glow stars (i didn't count them yet, but seemed a lot fewer than announced. I think i only got the 145 plastic glow shapes as the 500 paper glowstars i think would be easy to spot in the box...) made me give it a three star review.

loads of stuff in it, looks good fun...not too big & imposing, probably too small for a large bedroom but perfect for a smaller room.

As the other comments suggest not a good buy. Was bought as a present for my son and the instructions stated you needed to 'make your own sun'! Why could the sun not have been included? I went to put it together and as another person stated 'cut string to certain lengths' yet no lengths given. Poor, poor, poor!!!

This is a good item, a bit fiddley to put up with my big daft fingers. They are quite small as expected, dont look much like any of the known planets and dont glow very well unless the kids have had a light or lamp on.They do look good and the kids love em.Would recommend but dont expect too much.

Really disappointed. Can only guess one is supposed to use the ceiling light as the sun. There are no guides as to how long each piece of string should be or how far, or in what direction each planet should be. Cheap, tacky and definitely not worth purchasing. :-(

As other negative reviews have stated, this is a disappointment. There's no Sun, no kind of scale for the flimsy plastic planets, and the plastic glow in the dark shapes aren't even self-adhesive (although there are 150 double-sided pads included). There's only the most basic of facts included for the planets at a couple of sentences each. From the instructions: "Tie a length of clear string to each planet, each planet has a different length of string to indicate it's distance from the Sun." - In the box is one long piece of clear string. This kit is a chore for parents and no fun for children. Avoid.

Also sold under ELD brand. A solar system with no sun, my child couldn't work that one out!!! Junk don't be fooled no educational value.

Buy this an you'll be sorely disappointed. The same "kit" is sold under the ELD brand. You're buying a few baubles meant to represent the planets that you hang from the ceiling (guess at what the solar system should look like), no sun, a load of bit of plastic shapes that I guess you're meant to stick on the wall and a few sticker shapes. The "fun and informative" leaflet is a single piece of A5 with the most basic information about the planets. Your kid(s) are likely to be as upset as mine was.I gave it one star because Amazon wouldn't accept a review without rating it - it doesn't deserve any.