Explorer Globe

by Replogle Globes, Inc.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 13.7 x 16.6 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000J6JX
• Item model number: 30501
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,213 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #14 in Office Products > Educational Supplies > Social Studies Materials > Globes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 22, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The vibrant Replogle Explorer Globe puts the whole world right at your fingertips for hours of hands-on learning. This globe contains more than 4,000 location names and distinctive political boundary markings, and includes a gold-colored base and semi-meridian. This globe measures 12 inches in diameter.

Product Description

Inspire a love of geography that will last a lifetime. The vibrant Explorer Globe puts the whole world right at your fingertips for hours of hands-on learning. It contains more than 4,000 location names and distinctive political boundary markings, and a gold-colored base and semi-meridian. Measures 12" in diameter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

291 of 294 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars poorly designed stand, November 21, 2001

By A Customer

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Explorer Globe (Office Product)

The globe itself is ok and has a lot of educational value for kids starting out in geography, but the stand is so poorly designed that when you rotate the globe on its axis, the stand easily detaches from the globe. The whole point is to be able to rotate it, so in effect it's not very usable if you have to keep fixing the stand again and again. A heavier stand that would not move when rotating the globe would probably work better. The attaching mechanism needs redesign too -- right now it's just a screw in the base.

127 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There should be one in every house!, February 14, 2002

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BAK (Canton, MI USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Explorer Globe (Office Product)

What a great, inexpensive globe. It's fascinating to watch a child spin a globe - even if they don't seem like they are learning anything, at least they are getting a general idea of the immense size of our world! Since getting this globe, my 5 year old son has learned about the continents and the oceans, found Australia on his own and pointed out that Antarctica is bigger than the USA. It seems that the globe gets loose from it's stand somewhat easily, but it is easily tightened. All in all, a great buy with terrific educational value.

55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Broke first day, October 22, 2005

By 

M. Skladany (cincinnati ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Explorer Globe (Office Product)

I would not recommend this globe. I bought this for my 3rd grader and on the first day of using it, the equator peeled off!! I thought of keeping it anyway but decided to deal with the hassle and plan on returning it. It also feels too flimsy and can fall over easily.