Homestar Travel: Sega Toys' Planetarium Lets You See The Starry Skies From 6 Different World Cities

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Thursday, June 16th, 2011


Sega Toys in Japan is selling another model in their hit Homestar series of planetarium projection systems. The so-called Homestar Travel [JP] allows you to see the starry skies from six different places on Earth: the South Pole, London, Kairo, Tokyo, Sydney, and Honolulu.

From a range of 1.5~2.3m, the projections are up to 1.8m in diameter.

The Homestar Travel is sized at 100×180×12mm, powered by batteries and also comes with an alarm clock function.

Sega Toys started selling the Japan-only Homestar Travel today (price: $62). Ask specialized online stores like Flutterscape, Rinkya or the Japan Trend Shop if you want get one shipped to you.