The lamp is smaller than I expected but I'm pretty sure the grandchild will love it because it is smaller!

A question I had that I didn't figure out until I got it - the planets are not labeled in the glass ball. That was my preference so I'm glad all you can see is the planets inside, not words. You can't stop looking at it once it's in front of you, great desk or conversation piece. It looks just as cool with or without the lights on in the stand. I gifted mine to my Dad, but now want to buy one for myself!

The media could not be loaded. A two piece unit consisting of a trapezium base and a Faux-Crystal/ solid glass globe with different sized colored balls inside, representing the planets in our solar system, orbiting the sun. (minus ex-planet Pluto) With the small size of the globe, (about the size of a standard baseball?), the detailing is minimal & simplistic, but for me, this is a very cool desk decoration and conversation starter. The operation is very simple which is good, as there were NO INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED! Through trial & error, I learned that you turn on the LED light function by simply just twisting/screwing-in the tiny battery tube into the LED mechanism in the bottom of the base. The light cycles through various flashing colors until you unscrew it to turn it off. The base was initially confusing as I wasn't sure which side the globe was supposed to rest on--as both the top and bottom have a 'concave depression' to cradle the globe. But the globe is meant to sit on the closed smallest end of the trapezium base (the opposite end where battery & LED device fits) The globe is just meant to rest precariously in the small smooth polished depression of the base--but it's not secure at all! So if it's in a high-traffic area with pets, children, etc.,--it will easily fall off the base and break, if even gently bumped! What i like to do to showcase this to friends, is turn the light function on, then "manually" give the globe a twist with my hand, and make it 'SPIN' on the base (like a child's 'toy top') simulating a spiralling solar system that will spin for about 60 seconds. Also--in a darkened room, the globe acts as a kind of 'weird lens' funnelling/projecting the LED lights through it and onto the ceiling in various simple, small, but beautiful, circular light patterns.

Thus beautiful globe lit up the world for my Science loving granddaughter. She already had a telescope but this brought the planets to her. Beautiful

My son is into the planets, so for Christmas I have been looking for all things solar system! It's heavy and solid and the planets look just the listing. Love the hint of color on the planets under the base that lights up! This is perfect!!