Why are illuminated globes so expensive?

[drakioned]

Like... anything 30cm, sure, £30 from Rymans or whatever. Great.

50cm? John Lewis wants £500.

81cm? £12,500 from Just Globes.

Why is the scaling on this so terrible?

 

[drakioned]

@drakioned is doing it wrong and should know by now that the Earth is flat. So buy a flat square map of the world, on wood if you're feeling decorative, then place it on your table top. Job's a good 'un.

I looked into this, apparently those are really expensive too: https://www.geochron.com/clocks/anodized/

 

[drakioned]

How big do you want it.....

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Big, but like... solid

 

[drakioned]

Never mind all the puns, I'm struggling with the use case for this.

Something for the lair of a super-villain?

A prop for a film (for the above)?

A strictly analogue route calculation exercise for airplane flight routes?

Just because it looks pretty?

I wanted some mood lighting that was also functional. This was apparently an unreasonable demand for anything larger than 30cm.

 

[drakioned]

Only fake news globes require illumination, the real deal is the semi-globe which can be lit from above. This accurately depicts the icy circumference and the giant dome or firmament (think about it, how is the air is kept in otherwise!).

Okay, but how much is it?

 

[drakioned]

How does that glass know when to let meteors and rockets through? Must be impressive tech!

From the same folks that do the fake birds.