Lite-Bright, Shining Bright

Posted by Nostalgiaholic | on December 24, 2007

Light Bright, Light Bright, turn on the magic…

“Light Bright, Light Bright, turn on the magic of colored lights! Shining friends, shining bright, make a wish to say goodnight.”Lite-Bright

Remember that…?

Sorry, it’s almost Christmas and the neighborhood is alight with multi-coloured Christmas voltage. All the twinkling lights reminded me of the old Lite-Brite I used to play with as a kid. Thanks to the brilliant minds over at In The 80s I was able to re-live the commercial jingle in all it’s simplistic glory!

The toy titans at Hasbro introduced the Lite-Brite in 1967, and have continued the production of these porous LED-like canvases to this very day. Each Lite-Brite was outfitted with a light bulb behind a dark plastic tray which could be adorned with hundreds of little transparent, glass-like plastic pegs. Each peg was coloured, and when lighted from behind, could create all kinds of luminescent artwork that could be proudly displayed to adoring parents, or friends, who just shook their heads and wondered why you wasted the time… Pffft… They were just jealous of my artistic talents!

Lite Bright PegsAll Lite-Brites came with sheets of black, slightly fuzzy construction paper with patterns printed on them, so children could punch the pegs through the guides and Voila !!! Children could receive a boost in self-esteem at the expense of creativity… oh well… there was always Lego.

I’m Just foolin… Whether you followed the guides or not every time you fired up the Lite-Brite it was a creative adventure. A chance for a young mind to shape a small work of art, step by step, and hopefully develop an understanding of the creation process itself.

You never really got that playing with Hot Wheels…

Anyway, float on over to the Hasbro Lite-Brite Website for more info on this colourful 80s labour-o-love, and be sure to check out this online version of the Beloved Children’s Toy, batteries not included… or needed…

Moviekiss Oh, and if you need some some inspiration for your illuminations, have a peek at this nostalgically transcendental Music Video for the band You featuring, you guessed it, stop-motion Lite-Brite action !!!

Much Love…

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3 Responses to “Lite-Bright, Shining Bright”

  1. Avatarjulie
    Dec 24th, 2007
    at 9:13 pm
    1

    hey, i remember those, and i also remember my cat stealing the pegs.
    my mom actually got my niece one last year for christmas…..tho its not the same it didnt have the same box. frame thing.

    but still amusing…..i think i want to find my old one still and maybe find my lego too

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  2. Avatarjudy
    Jan 13th, 2008
    at 4:39 pm
    2

    I secretly loved playing with the light bright as well. Picking up the pegs however was another matter.

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  3. AvatarStephie
    Feb 5th, 2008
    at 9:29 pm
    3

    I never had a ‘Light Bright’ but my old babysitter did and absolutely loved make fishies and so on on it.

    Now I want one, but not the new shitty ‘We’re in the year 2008, so therefore we havta take cool retro toys and fuck with them!’(Wow that was longer then expected!) but the REAL one.

    400 flee market here I come!!! They always cool “retro” (I refuse to say OLD … they’re not OLD toys!) toys there!!!!

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