Gizmodo: lite brite

World's Largest Lite Brite Has Over 300,000 Pegs, Is Real Effing Brite

Jason Chen — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:40:00 EDT

Shoe-maker ASICS commissioned a gigantic Lite Brite in NYC in celebration of something or other (probably a shoe launch) this month that takes the Guinness World Record for largest Lite Brite painting. You know, those things you played with when you were six? At 300,000+ pieces and 11x15 feet, it demolishes the previous record of 125,000+ pieces by PA artist Mark Beekman that took him over 15 months to complete. Mark's was a recreation of The Last Supper, which while classy, just doesn't quite have the same je ne sais quoi as a ginormous shoe advertisement. Sorry about that year and a half of your life, Mark. [Freshness Mag]

Bandai's Luminodot: Lite-Brite HD For Big Kids

John Mahoney — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT

For those of us who grew up sticking colored plastic pegs into a black board, Bandai Japan has gone all the way and brought our favorite toy up to its full potential—this is the Lite-Brite we always knew we wanted. The Luminodot packs a super-dense 70x50 grid, which accommodates 3,500 light pegs on a slick HDTV-looking frame. And as shown by the appropriately hallucinogenic demo video (skeletons riding donkeys, etc), its programmable backlight animation function makes the perfect pixel-art canvas.

It's sadly Japan-only for the moment, where it sells for around $100. But there's a cool Flash simulator on Bandai's site where you can play with a virtual Luminodot and plan your designs with PDF templates. But I want this thing sitting on my desk.

[Luminodot (Japanese) via Technabob]

NSFWish Lite Brite Boobs Brighten Your Night

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:10:39 EST

Boinkology—the sorta NSFW brainchild of our own videographer, Richard Blakeley—is running a contest judging the artistic merits of the artiest of art forms: Lite Brite boobs. To craft the human form in such an imprecise but bold medium requires genuine talent. After the jump are some of our more NSFW picks—to the extent suggestive colored lights are NSFW—but head over to Boinkology to check the whole set and vote for the trashy geek Michelangelo of our time.

[Boinkology]