Who had a Lite Bright? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 11:13 AM

I must say...I remember getting my first Lite Bright set and to me it was absolutely magical. Just looking at the unlighted pegs would get me buzzing as I would punch them though the black paper through the grid. I couldn't WAIT to then turn off the lights to see my creation!!

Do they even still make Lite Bright?

Ace_O_Spades · 05-22-2004, 11:27 AM

my friend still has one that he trips out to when he's on drugs

I would gander that they don't make them anymore, but i had a lot of fun playing with it when i had one a REALLY long time ago

Pellaz · 05-22-2004, 11:28 AM

They still make lite brights, but from what I remember of the boxes, they are radicaly different from the primitive 'christmas tree' light bulb systems we had as kids.

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 11:36 AM

That's what made is special though was the X-mas tree like lightbulbs. Hmmm...i'll look it up on the net and see what I can find out about the new ones. I wonder how they work and if they still sell like they did back when I was a kid about 30 years ago.

And LOL to the dude who uses them for when he trips. I can really see that!! HAHAHAHA!

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 11:38 AM

Hey! I found this!!! Trip on dudes!!

http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html#

omid · 05-22-2004, 12:01 PM

LOL i had one of those.. oh man. more fun than legos and hot wheels.

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 12:09 PM

Yep!!! I remember unwrapping it for X-mas numerous times. I also remember running out of the black paper and then it sitting in the closet until we got a new one instead of just getting more paper. NEver knew where to get that paper back then anyway.

seretogis · 05-22-2004, 12:32 PM

I'm surprised that they still sell these -- you would think that some stupid kid would have choked to death on the "bulbs" years ago, and their parents sued them out of business.

Rubyee · 05-22-2004, 12:48 PM

I miss mine so much. My parents got rid of it when they didn't see me play with it for two days in a row- they were good at getting rid of my stuff that took up too much space. I would still find pegs buried in the carpet years and years later, too!

pinklily · 05-22-2004, 12:57 PM

I used to love mine. I used to turn off the lights and just stare at the pictures I made with it.

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 01:10 PM

That's exactly what I did pinklily! It was practically mesmerizing!!!

CinnamonGirl · 05-22-2004, 01:53 PM

ooh, ooh, I did! For my birthday one year, my mom "borrowed" it, wrote "Happy Birthday" then set it up by my bed before waking me up...I thought that was so cool.

I loved that satisfying little "pop" when you pushed the bulb through the paper...ah, the little joys in life. I'll have to buy one when I get back home

bltzkriegmcanon · 05-22-2004, 03:09 PM

I had one of those as a child. Best. Toy. Ever.

Fremen · 05-22-2004, 03:16 PM

An on-line Lite Brite.

http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html#

Amethyst · 05-22-2004, 03:17 PM

I had one an loved it. And this year I got my daughter's one for christmas and it is a Lite Brite Cube you can make pictures on all four sides. And now they make many different patterns with many different cartoon characters.

Baldrick · 05-22-2004, 04:19 PM

Yup, they still sell them, and the one I bought for my youngest daughter for Christmas 2002 was EXACTLY like the one I grew up with.

I think I played with it more than she did.

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 04:23 PM

Wow. Very very very nice!!!

Destrox · 05-22-2004, 04:51 PM

Didnt we all have one? Thought it was more a law to have one, similar to how we all had to have had a slinky at one point in our life. ( I still do, and I am 21 :P Mines in a wooden felt layered box, and the slinky is gold played. )

Hrothgar · 05-22-2004, 04:57 PM

I loved mine. One of my favorite things to play with.

Latch · 05-22-2004, 05:59 PM

Man they were awesome.. I had one when I was innocent.. so no dirty words or bad pictures were put on it.. it was just clean fun... I had about 8 million of those little bulbs hehe

Some pics (I love GIS):

Gjefflin · 05-22-2004, 07:50 PM

Ahhh...those pictures brought me back. I never made anything that elaborate but my pics were still cool. I think I made a UFO once that I was very proud of. LOL

*Nikki* · 05-22-2004, 08:34 PM

I completely forgot about the good ole lite bright. Thanks guys

Jolt · 05-23-2004, 07:25 AM

the lite-brite edged out the etch-a-sketch only because the pegs fit in my toy pistol, and unlike the plastic bullets it came with, were sharp...hehehe...

PhatnS2pid · 05-23-2004, 07:55 AM

Me! That, Etch-A-Sketch, Linkin' Logs, and Lego were the bomb. Hell, I still have two enormous tupperware tubs of Lego hanging around in my basement.

Amethyst · 05-23-2004, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PhatnS2pid
Me! That, Etch-A-Sketch, Linkin' Logs, and Lego were the bomb. Hell, I still have two enormous tupperware tubs of Lego hanging around in my basement.

What kind of legos?

H12 · 05-23-2004, 08:40 AM

Lite Bright and Etch-A-Sketch were THE toys to have back then, only to be surpassed by the Slinky.

Ah, memories...

PhatnS2pid · 05-23-2004, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amethyst
What kind of legos?

Most of em are just classic block legos (the kind you got big tubs of) interspersed with the pirate and medieval lego. Arrr, avast ye good sir knight!

Gjefflin · 05-23-2004, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jolt
the lite-brite edged out the etch-a-sketch only because the pegs fit in my toy pistol, and unlike the plastic bullets it came with, were sharp...hehehe...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Okay...THAT'S funny!

Lebell · 05-23-2004, 10:15 AM

*raises hand*

Of course, I ran out of paper in a day or two

05-23-2004, 11:30 AM

I never did as a kid, neither did I get a GloWorm.
It's funny now, because they are a trend again and my kids have them!

redarrow · 05-23-2004, 05:09 PM

Mine broke the first time I got one :-(

Esco · 05-23-2004, 05:14 PM

My brother got one. He also got a "Magical Musical Thing" and I got a "Merlin, Electronic Wizard".

Bastard.

Chingal0 · 05-23-2004, 08:12 PM

/raise

ariekitten · 05-23-2004, 09:24 PM

*raises hand*
yeah i was a sucker for lite brite.

Roark · 05-24-2004, 03:35 AM

I never had one, but I remember them. I did have a huge bin of legos though, and still look for that giant car technical set on ebay everyonce and awhile as I could never afford it as a kid.

qtpye4u84 · 05-24-2004, 04:08 AM

MIne was a hand me down from my teenaged aunt at the time.

denim · 05-24-2004, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gjefflin
Hey! I found this!!! Trip on dudes!!

http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html#

I had one. Got it in 1969, when I wuz for yeaz o'd.

Christmas-tree lights? Mine used colored plastic pegs, and a light bulb inside. Really low-tech, but it worked. Too bad there was no way to save/restore.

(edit) It just hit me that I got that thing just over 35 freaking years ago.

denim · 05-24-2004, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gjefflin
NEver knew where to get that paper back then anyway.

We got refills a couple of times at least. IIRC, the thing was made by Hasbro, so you could get refills from them.

I wonder if they still make the refills.

(edit) Oh God, they still make the refills, but, er, the TOPICS they're using: I dunno if I could do these.

('nother edit) Okay, it's not a total loss: this list contains some better stuff.

water_boy1999 · 05-24-2004, 07:37 AM

I loved that thing! My bro and I used to set up the cushions from the sofa as a castle wall and shoot each other with the Light Brite pegs using a rubber band. Little buggers hurt!!!!!

Gjefflin · 05-24-2004, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by denim
I had one. Got it in 1969, when I wuz for yeaz o'd.

Christmas-tree lights? Mine used colored plastic pegs, and a light bulb inside. Really low-tech, but it worked. Too bad there was no way to save/restore.

(edit) It just hit me that I got that thing just over 35 freaking years ago.

Hey....I hear ya Denim. I'm 1 year older then you and I had the same one. The lightbulb with the black paper and colored pegs.

05-22-2004, 11:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	Who had a Lite Bright? I must say...I remember getting my first Lite Bright set and to me it was absolutely magical. Just looking at the unlighted pegs would get me buzzing as I would punch them though the black paper through the grid. I couldn't WAIT to then turn off the lights to see my creation!! Do they even still make Lite Bright?

05-22-2004, 11:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	my friend still has one that he trips out to when he's on drugs I would gander that they don't make them anymore, but i had a lot of fun playing with it when i had one a REALLY long time ago __________________ Feh.

05-22-2004, 11:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pellaz Addict Location: Texas	They still make lite brights, but from what I remember of the boxes, they are radicaly different from the primitive 'christmas tree' light bulb systems we had as kids. __________________ " ' Big Mouth. Remember it took three of you to kill me. A god, a boy, and, last and least, a hero.' "

05-22-2004, 12:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
omid Crazy Location: Aliso Viejo, California	LOL i had one of those.. oh man. more fun than legos and hot wheels. __________________ Kick butt buzz-cut dickheads who didn't like what I said. The good times are killing me. Jaws clenching tight we talked all night, oh but what the hell did we say? The good times are killing me.

05-22-2004, 12:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
seretogis Huggles, sir? Location: Seattle	I'm surprised that they still sell these -- you would think that some stupid kid would have choked to death on the "bulbs" years ago, and their parents sued them out of business. __________________ seretogis - sieg heil perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames

05-22-2004, 11:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	That's what made is special though was the X-mas tree like lightbulbs. Hmmm...i'll look it up on the net and see what I can find out about the new ones. I wonder how they work and if they still sell like they did back when I was a kid about 30 years ago. And LOL to the dude who uses them for when he trips. I can really see that!! HAHAHAHA!

05-22-2004, 11:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	Hey! I found this!!! Trip on dudes!! http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html#

05-22-2004, 12:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	Yep!!! I remember unwrapping it for X-mas numerous times. I also remember running out of the black paper and then it sitting in the closet until we got a new one instead of just getting more paper. NEver knew where to get that paper back then anyway.

05-22-2004, 12:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rubyee I'm baaaaack!	I miss mine so much. My parents got rid of it when they didn't see me play with it for two days in a row- they were good at getting rid of my stuff that took up too much space. I would still find pegs buried in the carpet years and years later, too! __________________ You don't know from fun.

05-22-2004, 12:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
pinklily Crazy	I used to love mine. I used to turn off the lights and just stare at the pictures I made with it.

05-22-2004, 01:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	That's exactly what I did pinklily! It was practically mesmerizing!!!

05-22-2004, 01:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
CinnamonGirl She's Actual Size Location: Central Republic of Where-in-the-Hell	ooh, ooh, I did! For my birthday one year, my mom "borrowed" it, wrote "Happy Birthday" then set it up by my bed before waking me up...I thought that was so cool. I loved that satisfying little "pop" when you pushed the bulb through the paper...ah, the little joys in life. I'll have to buy one when I get back home __________________ "...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to notice these other qualities, which is so often the way of the world." "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

05-22-2004, 03:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
bltzkriegmcanon Holy Knight of The Alliance Location: Stormwind, The Eastern Kingdoms, Azeroth	I had one of those as a child. Best. Toy. Ever. __________________ What do you say to one last showdown? - Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3 The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha. - The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

05-22-2004, 03:16 PM	#14 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	An on-line Lite Brite. http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html# __________________ Google

05-22-2004, 03:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
Amethyst Addict Location: Illinois	I had one an loved it. And this year I got my daughter's one for christmas and it is a Lite Brite Cube you can make pictures on all four sides. And now they make many different patterns with many different cartoon characters. Last edited by Amethyst; 05-22-2004 at 03:23 PM..

05-22-2004, 04:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	Yup, they still sell them, and the one I bought for my youngest daughter for Christmas 2002 was EXACTLY like the one I grew up with. I think I played with it more than she did. __________________ You can be young only once, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

05-22-2004, 04:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	Wow. Very very very nice!!!

05-22-2004, 04:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	Didnt we all have one? Thought it was more a law to have one, similar to how we all had to have had a slinky at one point in our life. ( I still do, and I am 21 :P Mines in a wooden felt layered box, and the slinky is gold played. ) __________________ You bore me.... next.

05-22-2004, 04:57 PM	#19 (permalink)
Hrothgar He's My Girl Location: The Champagne Douche	I loved mine. One of my favorite things to play with. __________________ The fortunes of war favored Hrothgar.

05-22-2004, 05:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Man they were awesome.. I had one when I was innocent.. so no dirty words or bad pictures were put on it.. it was just clean fun... I had about 8 million of those little bulbs hehe Some pics (I love GIS):

05-22-2004, 07:50 PM	#21 (permalink)
Gjefflin Insane Location: New York	Ahhh...those pictures brought me back. I never made anything that elaborate but my pics were still cool. I think I made a UFO once that I was very proud of. LOL

05-22-2004, 08:34 PM	#22 (permalink)
Nikki ~~~~~~~ Location: Charleston, SC	I completely forgot about the good ole lite bright. Thanks guys

05-23-2004, 07:25 AM	#23 (permalink)
Jolt Insane Location: Over here	the lite-brite edged out the etch-a-sketch only because the pegs fit in my toy pistol, and unlike the plastic bullets it came with, were sharp...hehehe...

05-23-2004, 07:55 AM	#24 (permalink)
PhatnS2pid Loser	Me! That, Etch-A-Sketch, Linkin' Logs, and Lego were the bomb. Hell, I still have two enormous tupperware tubs of Lego hanging around in my basement.

05-23-2004, 08:40 AM	#26 (permalink)
H12 I'm not about getting creamed, I'm about winning! Location: K-Town, TN	Lite Bright and Etch-A-Sketch were THE toys to have back then, only to be surpassed by the Slinky. Ah, memories... __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle

05-23-2004, 10:15 AM	#29 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	raises hand Of course, I ran out of paper in a day or two __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

05-23-2004, 11:30 AM	#30 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	I never did as a kid, neither did I get a GloWorm. It's funny now, because they are a trend again and my kids have them!

05-23-2004, 05:09 PM	#31 (permalink)
redarrow Banned Location: i gotta go	Mine broke the first time I got one :-(

05-23-2004, 05:14 PM	#32 (permalink)
Esco Insane	My brother got one. He also got a "Magical Musical Thing" and I got a "Merlin, Electronic Wizard". Bastard. __________________ The user formerly known as BlingBling

05-23-2004, 08:12 PM	#33 (permalink)
Chingal0 Something like that.. Location: Oreygun.	/raise __________________ "Eventually I became too sexy for my gym membership fee."

05-23-2004, 09:24 PM	#34 (permalink)
ariekitten bAck iN aCtiOn! Location: in my imagination	raises hand yeah i was a sucker for lite brite. __________________ I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Don't hesitate to call. ~Vash, Trigun >'.'< kitty kitty, meow ^..^~

05-24-2004, 03:35 AM	#35 (permalink)
Roark Insane	I never had one, but I remember them. I did have a huge bin of legos though, and still look for that giant car technical set on ebay everyonce and awhile as I could never afford it as a kid.

05-24-2004, 04:08 AM	#36 (permalink)
qtpye4u84 Flavor+noodles Location: oregon	MIne was a hand me down from my teenaged aunt at the time. __________________ The QTpie

05-24-2004, 07:37 AM	#39 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	I loved that thing! My bro and I used to set up the cushions from the sofa as a castle wall and shoot each other with the Light Brite pegs using a rubber band. Little buggers hurt!!!!! __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson