Replogle Lancaster—Bronze Metallic, Dark Cherry Wood Finish, Floor Model Globe, Perfect for Anyone Looking for a Elegant Floor Standing Globe That Fits Small Spaces (12"/30 cm diameter)

I bought this as a gift - still looks brand new after several years.

I purchased this as a gift for someone but I had to assemble it first. After reading other reviews of misaligned holes making assembly difficult, I decided I would do the hard work before giving it as a gift. This item was packaged nicely in one box. Everything was individually wrapped and damage free. A lot of work went into shipping this globe so that it would not be damaged, I was honestly expecting to receive a squashed globe that looked more like an earthly helmet but it was packaged absolutely wonderful which is important to me. Assembly was easy and only took about 15 minutes. There was no discrepancy with holes lining up, it was simply easy to put together. The finished product is both functional and acts like a piece of fine furniture so I kept it for myself and used a gift card for the person it was suppose to go to. In any event, I love this globe, the meridians and equator line up exactly as their suppose to, the color is very distinct and rich looking, the ridges representing mountain ranges are a nice feature and make the globe a workable and functioning product. I can't say anything bad about this globe and believe me, I scrutinize everything. If you're in need of a classy globe at an affordable price, you won't be disappointed with this one.

It was easy to put together and it looks beautiful.

I was in search of an antique-looking globe on a wooden stand, and I found it with this globe. I am very happy with the way the globe and its stand look. The wood is a beautiful cherry stain, the stand is fairly easy to assemble, and the coloring of the oceans and countries of the globe is a beautiful neutral palette. The globe has a mechanism using the rods sticking out of the poles to switch out the globe for a more up to date one (at half price btw). But I took a star off because the rod sticking out of the south pole was too long, jamming up against the circle of the wooden stand, and preventing me from being able to study the southern hemisphere. For this kind of money it should all work perfectly right out of the box. But I was able to trim the rod using an X-ACTO metal saw. Now it works just fine. Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase.

This globe was a replacement for another that I had ordered for my grandson's Christmas gift. The first one I ordered came incomplete with-out a stand and the seller refunded my money so there for I ordered this globe,both through Amazon.Since the other globe was a disappointment I was very nervous about this globe until it arrived.It is a 150% much better globe.It is so pretty.The maps are authentic and easy to read.It came well packaged without any damage.The stand was so easy to put together that my eight year old grandson put most of it together with very little help from his dad.He was so pleased with it, discovering countries he had never heard of.We have had fun looking for the different countries and I believe it has helped with some of his school work.

I got this as a gift for my then-girlfriend, now-wife, over 3 years ago. It's a beautiful, classy addition to any study, office, living room. The wood frame was very easy to set up and has held up well over the years and a few moves. The wood has gotten lightly scratched and dinged but aren't very noticeable.The globe itself looks high quality and is updated. Over time, the plastic tape around the equator has started to lift up. To fix it, I'll likely put a little dab of glue on the edge to keep it down. That is the only part of this product that is anything other than high quality.Over time, we've used the stand under the globe to hold magazines and now, firewood.

They did such a poor job at centering the two pieces that make up the wood ring that one of the square blocks that the leg screws into was sticking out beyond the top of the wood ring. It should have been obvious to the employee that assembled it at their factory. It really stuck out because the part that should be hidden under the top part of the wood ring doesn't have finish on it. Rather than go through the hassle of a return I removed all the screws, rotated and centered, carefully predrilled new holes, and screwed it back together. Having to do that really irritated me.As stated in another review, the pin on Antarctica prevents the globe from spinning entirely around in the vertical direction because it catches on the wood ring. Not sure if that's by design but I don't like it.Some of the parallels don't line up perfectly. Not sure how typical that is in manufacturing these but it's irritating to a perfectionist.Now the good...it looks great. They did an excellent job on the finish...it's flawless on mine.

This was a gift for my daughter's college graduation (History and Museum studies) she has always liked globes. She really liked this gift, loved the Bronze color scheme. It is a little large for their small apartment right now, but she plans to enjoy for years to come. Here husband had it put together in about 5 minutes. The wood stand was a darker and deeper color than I thought which was great, most of their furniture is black and it blended in really well.