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 Daughters love it May 11, 2008
karbon15 (Seattle, Washington)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My two daughters, 2 and 5 years old, really enjoy looking at the constellations. Easy to set up and the projection on our ceiling wall is excellent. I had no difficulty with focusing the image. Used it fives times only so I cannot fairly attest to it's durability. It looks to be well built though. Great deal for the price.
 Star projector--medium February 11, 2008
Penelope Torribio (Pomona, CA, USA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
For me this projector rates a c in value. It has too many stars to be a great teaching tool and lacks the magic of the laser star project to be rated as a great relaxation or mood setter. I contacted the seller to see if any other slides could be purchased that might make this a better educational tool and they said they didn't think so. Sooo I bought the laser star galaxy and it is much better at the mood setter.
 Disappointed February 28, 2008
Little Dorrit (San Francisco,CA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
The display on my bedroom ceiling turned out to be quite small, only about a quarter of the ceiling space; even though the area covered was small, the stars were also very tiny. It would be much more enjoyable if the whole display were on a bigger scale. The total effect was quite insignificant, not dramatic enough to keep my interest, and I'm generally not easily bored.
Way over priced: Uncle Milton Homestar March 29, 2008
JL (New York, NY, USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Homestar is a very simple mechanical device, yet it is loosely fit. Its disc holder does not open/close smoothly. It comes with two still image night sky discs and a manual with only a few pages of writings/chart of the sky. Amazon has the best price on the market for this product, but for $133 we get very little - I expected highly educational, fantastic computer program/graphis/text conveying sophisticated knowledge of astronomy. Instead it only comes with a sound disc with background hums. The peripheral sky image is also fuzzy. The shooting star never changes its position. The sky image is exciting, but the device could be made better and the educational value could be made higher. The conclusion is - way over priced. I would think it is worth $30.Uncle Milton Homestar My purchase and return experience with Amazon though, was a pleasure.
 Nice home planetarium June 16, 2008
S. Hoover (Midwest)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I set mine up and tried it out in a dark room, and was not overly amazed, but it is very neat. Although it isn't as spectacular as that green laser star projector, it is way more realistic. If you want to see the stars, just like it is in the night sky, then this will do very nicely. If you want to feel like you are experiencing a trip in some far away galaxy, or want to see some sci-fi effects, the green laser projector will do better. I do like the fact that they have an optional disc with the constellations labeled on them.
I understand they have a better, and more improved version of this planetarium available now, with more discs. It certainly looks alot like this one, so I don't see why they don't make the discs available for separate purchase so I can see them on this projector, or make some new ones available.
All in all, this was worth the money, and it looks very professional. The music CD was a nice bonus, however I think they could have put more songs on it.
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