GeoSafari Motorized Solar System - Space Science Kit for Children Aged 8-12

I bought this for my son's 5th birthday, now the age range for it was a little higher than that (I think) however it was so simple to put together and so durable. He still uses it as his nightlight. The second lid projects constitutions on the roof beautiful. Just to a note about the seller: There was a dispatch error that was not their fault but they were so helpful and it arrived on day of my son's birthday.

My 5 year old grandson is crazy about space so gave him this to show how the planets move around the sun. He loves it. The instructions are easy to follow and the connections are sound. It is not intended to be a toy so not suitable for rough handling. The information booklet is excellent and many adults were very interested in the data it contains.

At first we got a faulty product as the planets did not rotate but we got a replacement within a few days and it worked great. They were very polite and professional when dealing with a replacement.

My son is obsessed with space and asked for this for Xmas. I was hesitant with the reviews. But it arrived in a bashed box (!) but fully working. It looks great but you need a lot of room for the planets arms to completely rotate around the centre. It’s hard to position in a room if it will be used where it is. But overall my sons happy with it and therefore I’m happy with it

Bought this for my 6yo son for Christmas. He was so excited to open it and put it together. But alas - the motor does not work. We tried several sets of new batteries, but just cannot get it to work. A real shame.

I bought this for our grandson and, while it works fine, it is somewhat underwhelming and there is a key factor not mentioned in the sales literature. Assembly was easy and, after a bit of fiddling, the power came n and everything worked. However, the main reason for buying this, motorised, version rather than a much cheaper static version was to demonstrate that the closer a planet is to the Sun, the faster it orbits. There are separate gear rings in thew 'tower' for each of the eight planets so I expected all eight planets to rotate around the fixed Sun at approximately their correct speeds relative to each other. They don't. The four 'inner planets' are on a single gear and so move at the same speed and there is then a second gear to which the four 'outer planets' are fixed so they too move as a group. The instructions advise that this is intentional (there are only two groups of orbits, not eight separate orbits) but that isn't made clear on the sales advert. Indeed, the sales picture clearly shows eight gear rings so what's the point of that if there are only two orbits? It somewhat defeats the purpose of having a motorised model. The star projection is fuzzy ad difficult to see, even in the pitch darkness. The booklet that comes with the product is pretty good and is much more than just a simple set of instructions. Is it worth the money? Probably not.

My grandson loved this. He loves the planets and how they rotate.

This was bought for my 6 year old grandson and he loves it. It arrived on time and was well packaged. It went together well and is sturdy. Highly recommended

El mejor modelo del sistema solar que hemos comprado, excelente calidad las piezas, los planetas giran a la perfección y el proyector de constelaciones esta genial. Totalmente recomendado si tu hij@ es fan del espacio.

My little boy is very very happy when we open the box and when after the assemble and start it to spin around he like it so much.

My nephew live it. It’s cool toy.

Très bon produit!! Prise en main très facile, il fonctionne bien. En revanche il m'est arrivé une mésaventure, je m'en servais comme de support visuel pour des animations et Mercure et Vénus ont disparu! Serait il possible de retrouver des pièces à part ?

My son loves this toy! For someone who didn’t really care about planets before, he is now hooked. I got him this toy to see about exploring and learning about new things. I have ordered EI toys when my kids were younger and have loved all of their games and learning toys. This is great for older kids. I ordered it from Amazon and the box kept the pieces inside sturdy and safe. The planets were very easy to install. I did have to help my son figure out the order of the planets, but the EI instructions made it easy to figure out the order. I had to look for the symbols on the planets for my son, but once I showed him, he was able to match up the symbol and the planet from the book and put together the whole model. His favorite part was turning on the constellation dome. He was yelling in the bathroom as he was looking at all of the constellations. I love that EI also suggests to use it as a nightlight. The first two nights, he wanted to sleep with it on when it was bedtime. I told him only those nights since it was running on batteries. But, the instructions said it would turn off in 20 minutes and it did turn off. The instruction booklet had ton of information about the planets and constellations, so I think he will eventually get to reading the book and learning more about them all. He noticed how the planets all moved in the same direction when we turned the motion part on. We did talk about how it’s completely built to scale, but that the order of the planets are correct and that the size comparison is pretty close. It really helps that the planets are not just one color, but looks very similar to pictures we can see on the internet. Every day I come home from work, he is looking at it and turning it on and watching the planets go around. It’s a great interactive toy that really will help kids learn more about planets after reading the booklet. I will definitely recommend it to some of my friends who have kids who love outer space!