Why are illuminated globes so expensive?

[KompuKare]

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?

 

[The Funktopus]

Well, there has been all this talk of a global inflation crisis for the past 18 months or so.

 

[Kelt]

Well, there has been all this talk of a global inflation crisis for the past 18 months or so.

Certainly puts a new spin on things.

 

[Illuminist]

I don't see the huge mass appeal around a globe the prices seem poles apart and are all terra ball

 

[Werewolf]

Well, there has been all this talk of a global inflation crisis for the past 18 months or so.

Global inflation is definitely a big thing.

 

[drakulton]

https://www.amazon.com/Inflatable-Educational-Institution-Planetarium-Decoration/dp/B0BD4VWH2M?th=1

 

[robfosters]

My dad used to have one of those awful globe drink cabinets.

 

[Narj]

Hey I found some illuminated globes on eBay and they're only $73.68!

 

[Illuminist]

Hey I found some illuminated globes on eBay and they're only $73.68!

Hahaha

 

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Bargain

 

[Hades]

When my kids were young I had a lovely rotating illuminated globe for them. It meant the world to me.

 

[Narj]

I bought a globe once, it was an impulse buy, I didn't planet.

 

[Blackvault]

This thread keeps going around in circles.

 

[413x]

When my kids were young I had a lovely rotating illuminated globe for them. It meant the world to me.

I'm sure it was a great atmosphere at the time.

 

[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

 

[Derek W]

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?

My dad used to have one of those awful globe drink cabinets.

If it was a good one it could have been worth a few quid.

 

[cjgardens]

81cm? £12,500 from Just Globes.

Does it come with a mini bar ?

 

[dowie]

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!).

 

[Hades]

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?

How much for a 1:1 scale version?