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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]

World's Largest Hourglass Filled With Silver Balls and a Luxury Sedan For BMW Moscow Launch

John Mahoney — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:45:17 EDT

For its 7 series Euro launch in Moscow, BMW constructed the monstrosity you see here and filled it with 180,000 silver balls that slowly revealed their new oligarch cruiser. Funny they should pick the city with probably the highest ominous-luxury-sedan-with-90%-window-tint concentration per capita on the continent. I guess that explains the drama—everyone in the Moscow 7 series market probably finds a new $100k+ ride in their couch cushions every few days, so anything less than a massive hourglass in Red Square with a car inside wouldn't have warranted a glance. Ignore the BMW suits in the following video; let's watch those balls fall.

[Cool Hunter]

World's Largest Cellphone is a Day Late, Misses Joke Deadline

Haroon Malik — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:35:00 EDT

Mr Tan from Songyuan city, China, claims to have built the world's largest cellphone. The cellphone stands 3-ft high and weighs in at 48lbs and is 620 times bigger than his own, normal-sized cellphone, which he used as a model for the gigantic, pointless and generally fantastic handset.

Yeah, we know—"video or it didn't happen," right? Well, we're working on it. Jeez, give us a break guys, Mr T smashed up our offices and the cleanup is immense. Nevertheless, the mammoth mobile totes a working internet connection of sorts and an onboard camera, but it completely lacks a battery, as Mr Tan couldn't build one large enough—what a slacker. The humango-handset relies on a mains outlet for power, and a local journalist verified its functional state by sending SMS messages and making a call.

The project took him 6-months to complete, and his wife was said to be livid with the racket he was making whilst putting it all together. Mind you, if our partners were busy constructing the BFG's cellphone, and they carelessly omitted the vibration function, we wouldn't be best pleased either. [Ananova via textually]

Sharp 108" LCD Screen Ain't Perfect

Charlie White — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:59:17 EST

We were longingly gazing at the World's Largest LCD Display, Sharp's 108-inch Aquos 1080p flat-ish panel that's a custom-constructed mockup made specifically for CES. But we noticed a problem with the mighty behemoth: The big screen shows noticeable unevenly-lit streaks, giving the screen a mottled look in bright scenes. You can see them in the picture above. But still, those are some surprisingly black blacks, especially for an LCD.

By the way, we asked Sharp reps how much this monster weighs, and nobody knew. We're looking for the poor guys who had to carry this thing in from the truck. – Charlie White