Why are illuminated globes so expensive?

[Martynt74]

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

I always eye them up for my office

Problem is they're now absolute junk and never seem big enough.

 

[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?

 

[Narj]

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!).

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

 

[Zefan]

The puns in this thread are bad, but I can't be bothered to waste the brain space/cycles to best them. You may have won the battle, bad punners, but do not think for a moment that you have won the war.

:edit: I spelled "you" wrong. How.

 

[slinxy]

I would like a gold spinning one that says the "The World is Yours"...

 

[dowie]

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

Those are fake news... bet you believe in the moon landing too right? hint; it was filmed in a studio in Hollywood!

 

[robgmun]

I'm curious to know how much one that is 12,742km wide would cost.

That would cost the earth!

 

[HangTime]

Keep in mind the size quoted is presumably diameter(?) and the volume will scale exponentially with diameter. So the amount of material used, packaging, storage space, shipping capacity etc for a 50cm globe is much much bigger than a 30cm globe (albeit not the same ratio as price). It doesn't help that spheres are terribly inefficient in this regard - some might say, the most inefficient shape in the world - because you'd typically have a box that has to be wider, deeper and taller than the diameter meaning a lot of wasted space in the box

 

[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.