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Lite-Brite

A Lite-Brite (without black paper) spelling "hello"

Lite-Brite is a toy created by Hasbro in 1967 that allows the user to create glowing designs. It is a light box with small colored plastic pegs that fit into a matrix of holes and illuminate to create a lit picture. Using the colored pegs the user can create designs from imagination or by following templates. [ 1 ] There are eight peg colors: green, blue, red, yellow, orange, pink, purple and colorless clear.

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Lite-Brite allows the artist to create a glowing picture by placing multi-colored translucent plastic pegs through opaque black paper. [ 2 ] The light from an illuminated light bulb is blocked by the black paper except where the pegs conduct the light. When lit, the pegs have an appearance similar to that of LEDs .

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With current technology Lite-Brite is now offered as an iPad app. The user picks what color peg they want and then every space they touch shows a dot in that color and makes a popping sound. The app has many more dots than the original. There are also various websites online that host virtual Lite-Brite games.

Lite Brite online is an exact replica of the classic toy. To play, simply select a design sheet, then click and drag the pegs to the board and drop them on the corresponding color/letter.

You can grab a "handful" of pegs by double-clicking. To remove a peg, simply drag it anywhere off the board. Click the On/Off lightswitch to watch your designs light up!

Each of the design sheets faithfully recreates the designs that came with the original game. The 'FREE-FORM' sheet lets you create your own designs. Let your imagination run free :-)

If you register by simply providing a username and password above, you can save your designs by clicking the 'SAVE' button. You can also print and email your designs by clicking those buttons. And you can post your designs to our lite brite gallery for all to see by clicking the 'POST' button.

Enjoy lite brite and please tell your friends about it!

Design Sheets

Choose any of the design sheets from the pulldown menu.

The last design, 'FREE-FORM,' is a blank sheet you can use to make up your own design.

Placing Pegs

You have 2 options for placing pegs:

1. Click and drag on any peg in the storage tray to place it on the board.

2. Double-Click on a peg in the storage tray to grab a 'handful' of that color. Then each time you click on the board, a peg of that color will be placed.

To remove a peg from the board, or drop a handful, just click anywhere off the board.

'SAVE' Button

If you have logged on, you can SAVE your creations.

Just click on the 'SAVE' Button and the status field will let you know that your design was saved.

'PRINT' Button

Click on the 'PRINT' Button and the status field will let you know that the print version of your design is preparing. When it is prepared, your design will appear in a popup window for you to print.

'POST' Button

Click on the 'POST' Button and the status field will let you know that the post version of your design is preparing. When it is prepared, your design will appear in a popup window with a title field for you to fill in and post to the Gallery.

'EMAIL' Button

Click on the 'EMAIL' Button and the status field will let you know that the email version of your design is preparing. When it is prepared, your design will appear in a popup window with address fields for you to fill in. Fill in your and your friend's email, a subject and message, and click the 'send' button to send your creation to your friend.

'CLEAR' Button

Click on the 'CLEAR' Button to remove all the pegs from the current design.

'ON/OFF' Switch

Click on the switch to make the pegs light up!

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