An actual Lite-Brite toy has a black background which utilizes blank spaces as "black", but does not have actual black pegs. For artistic and Guinness certification purposes (now an official record, see below), I was unable to leave blank spaces. What to do? Unused pegs were painted black with several layers of a special glossy paint made specifically for plastics. The result is a strong-bonded paint that doesn't chip or flake in the slightest.
The pegs are fixed to the "canvas" with 8 layers of glue. Not just any glue, but non-fogging cyano-acrylate (the most expensive and hard-to-find of the super glues). This non-fogging glue was chosen for its unequaled bonding strength and the fact that it wouldn't discolor the pegs, inhibiting light transmission.
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i love it. sigh, if only i had the 5 grant to buy it...
I know - wouldn't it be a great nightlight? Or, whole glowing wall of a bedroom? Or NY studio apartment?
And, with the WL Velvet Elvis, it'd be the most amazine Super Kitsch installation EVER!!!
Something doesn't add up here. 124418 = (2 × 7 × 8887). If he used any kind of regular grid or even a triangular grid, the total number of pegs would not have any prime factors as big as 8887.
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