Retsy Series 1 · Card 0517 · 90-TOY

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars

Your own sky. No telescope required.

Packs of glow-in-the-dark plastic stars, moons and planets you stuck to your bedroom ceiling with putty.

Card no.: 0517 of 1,280
Set: 90s Toys & Games · 90-TOY
Year: 1993
Type: Glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars
Found at: Science store at the mall
Cost back then: $3.99 a pack

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Nostalgia10/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness3/10

Trade value3/10

The story · 1993

The story of Lights-Out Ceiling Stars

Every Lights-Out pack came with stars, crescent moons, a ringed planet and a wad of sticky putty. Kids stood on their beds arranging constellations that mostly looked like random clusters. The glow faded after twenty minutes, which was exactly how long it took to fall asleep. Moving out meant leaving them behind.

Fun fact

Plenty of ceilings still have faint putty marks shaped like stars, long after the stars themselves are gone.

Six finishes

187 copies of Lights-Out Ceiling Stars exist

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars, Retsy card 0517 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars, Retsy card 0517 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars, Retsy card 0517 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars, Retsy card 0517 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars, Retsy card 0517 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Lights-Out Ceiling Stars, Retsy card 0517 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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