The Great Explorations division continues to illuminate the galaxy coinciding with the renewed interest in planets and space. The newly updated 3-D Solar System and 3-D Planets in a Tube both capture the “new” solar system after astronomers redefined the planets in 2006.
— “The new Glow-in-the-Dark 3-D Solar System is innovative because it is the first product to capture the newly updated solar system with eight planets and three dwarf planets,” Matthew Crovitz of University Games told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 2007.

These ceiling stickers light up the bedroom when the lights are turned out.
— The package comes with 40 plastic stars.
— Jordan Walden, store manager at Finnegan’s Toys & Gifts in Portland, Ore., said that glow stars are big. “They were really popular about 10 years ago,” she said. “They faded out, and now it seems like they’re making a comeback.”
— “Our glow in the dark stars sell very well, too,” explained Rhia Abarquez, logistics manager of EpartyUnlimited.