Comments on: Lite-brite!

Lite-brite!

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:49:09 -0800

By: vorfeed

vorfeed — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:34:28 -0800

Wow, I *loved* those as a kid. It's just not the same without the tactile sensation of all those little plastic pegs, and the heat from that burning lightbulb... but it's probably the next best thing. Cool link!

By: NsJen

NsJen — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:41:39 -0800

Not to mention the shouts of the parents in the wee hours when they picked up those little pointy pegs out of the carpet with their feet. Oh, the memories. This is good!

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:44:29 -0800

Didn't know anyone on Mefi was old enough to remember this; thought I was the only one. What next: virtual Headache and Trouble?

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:58:35 -0800

My Google search for a virtual Pop-O-Matic Bubble ended in complete disappointment.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:59:29 -0800

"Lite Brite making things with li-i-ight Outta sight making things with Lite Brite!"

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:33:45 -0800

Did anyone else have a Lite Brite with SQUARE pegs instead of round ones?

By: Feisty

Feisty — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:52:23 -0800

Thank You!!

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:10:26 -0800

yay! : > (and I'd pay good money to see a working Pop-o-matic bubble online)

By: dobbs

dobbs — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:22:38 -0800

Pop-O-Matic pops the dice. Pop a SIX and you move TWICE! (there used to be a popomatic online. no doubt someone will link to it. i think you should send the good money to me though. no doubt i'm cuter than whoever finds it.)

By: boredomjockey

boredomjockey — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:14:24 -0800

I remember my brother and I making a haunted house out of our bedroom one Halloween when I was about 6 years old -- we made a skull head picture on the Lite-Brite and sat it on the floor in the dark. That was a fun toy. It's just not the same without the tactile sensation of all those little plastic pegs ...and the satisfying pop as the peg punched through the black paper. (One difference in this online version: You can remove a peg without leaving a white spot where the light shines through the hole in the paper. Wouldn't that have been handy?)

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:16:26 -0800

Didn't know anyone on Mefi was old enough to remember this Seriously? I'm 24 and I distinctly remember both my LightBright and the commercials. And I think I"m on the negative side of mean/median around here. But nothing can replace that sound that came when you popped a plug through the contruction paper-like templates.

By: MrLint

MrLint — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 01:08:28 -0800

i quickly learned that colored pegs didnt taste like gummibears

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 04:43:50 -0800

Next, I'd like to see Java-based Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots.

By: Fofer

Fofer — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:27:03 -0800

boredomjockey: "You can remove a peg without leaving a white spot where the light shines through the hole in the paper. Wouldn't that have been handy?" Oh no, that was the whole point! You had to choose very carefully, and use restraint with your craft, lest you be forced to pay the ultimate Lite Brite price. (Sort of an analogy for real life and relationships, if you think about it real hard.) Respect the pegs!

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:52:33 -0800

I love Lite-Brite! I had one...although I wish that this simulation made the sound the peg made punching through the paper. : ) I had a Pop-O-Matic Bingo. Much fun. : )

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:36:47 -0800

We had to find a gift for a six-year-old this weekend, and happened across Lite-Brite for 50% off at our local Toys-R-US ... so we bought it, extra pegs and everything. It was the hit of the party. The birthday girl loved it, and the adults loved it so much they actually spent more time playing with it than the birthday girl did .... which suited her perfectly, actually, watching all these adults do her bidding. Great, great toy. PS: Sadly, the original link no longer works