Katzco 7-Inch Plasma Ball with Lightning Charged Bulb - Nebula Sphere, Thunder Lightning, Plug-in - Touch and Sound Sensitive Plasma Globe, STEM Science Toy for Parties, Decorations or Props

I tried uploading a video of this plasma ball working, but I was unable to do so. I don’t know why. I did however take two photos to show you just how brilliant this plasma ball is. When I was back in high school in the 80s, I got an eye of the storm plasma ball for my birthday. It was ridiculously expensive, but it was really cool and I loved it. This Katzco plasma ball works just as well as the eye of the storm did, in fact, I think the display of the plasma gas tendrils is much fuller and more brilliant than the eye of the storm’s display. For the price, you can’t go wrong with purchasing this particular plasma ball. The glass globe is 7 inches in diameter as advertised. The pyramidal black base is made of plastic and, at first glance, does feel a little cheap. But it’s just a base that gets the job done, and I wasn’t expecting a stainless steel base for the price point on this item. The three-way switch works perfectly. It has three modes; off, on constantly, and the sound activated mode, which makes the display flash on and off with music, voices, or any sufficiently loud sound. All of the modes work perfectly so far. At this point, I’m giving this item a five star review. It works flawlessly for the price I paid, and the plasma display is much more brilliant than I expected. I truly wish I could’ve uploaded a video, but everything I tried did not work. I hope you can get an idea of the brilliant display from the two pictures I uploaded. If this product should fail or break in a short timeframe, I will revisit this review and update it accordingly.

Great gift for my 9 year old boy!

Grandson loved it!

It was a gift for my 9 yo daughter. She has loved it. The one issue we had was the switch. The first day we used it the switch sometimes wouldn’t turn on the plasma. It still is not 100% working but we just flip the switch on and off multiple times and it will eventually turn on. Sometime it turns on the first time. For what it is we are happy with the product. The light bulb is especially cool. We have lit the bulb through our bodies. Watching my kids light up when they see something cool like that was worth the price alone.

Bought in December. Just after the option to return passes the last date, you can expect the "electric tendril" visual affect from this globe to have completely dissipated while it becomes a barely dull-glowing trash heap in whatever corner of whatever room you have it plugged in. It's pretty while it lasts, but if you enjoy how pretty it is often enough you can expect it to be useless and "malfunctioning" within two months of purchasing it.

I used to love the lamps as a kid. I'm.so.happy I found one for my daughter on Amazon. These are just so cool to play with and to have to light up a room at night.

Works great. Im getting more of them.

My sons loves it!

Product works fine but bulb was missing as shown on the photo. No point of spending extra money for the bulb.

Fonctionne très bien !

Good one

My 6 year old is fascinated with this toy!

It works nice, great colors and the size perfect .