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New idea for a funky sideart or Marquee?

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gprime:

or... make the entire machine out of them!

if i had a lot of time, and money, i would *so* do that.  ;D

Knoxximus:

I wish I was artsy.....all I can do is compose music :'(

hunky_artist:

hey! music IS art.... just the kind you hear not see  ;)

simplygriff:

Cool.  There is a retailer about 7 blocks from my house that sells these.  I may go check them out.  
-G

Martoon:

Just thinking over some numbers for using these for a marquee (backlit, obviously).  It says they're about 3/8" cubed, and from looking at them, I'm guessing that size is center-to-center when they're connected.  So if you wanted to make a marquee that consisted of a solid sheet of these, it would come out something like this:

Let's say the marquee is 36" X 9".  That would be 96 blocks X 24 blocks, or 2304 blocks.  The prices for the sets of blocks tends to come out to around 2 to 2.5 cents per block, so you'd be looking at $50 to $60, which isn't as bad as I thought it might be.  If Stewart Toys got the 2800 piece set back in stock, you could pick that up for $46 + shipping, but it might not have the selection of colors you want.  I think you might be better off getting the single-color 200 packs for $5 each and getting the colors you really want.

If anyone actually gets some of these, please let us know how they are. :)

Another cool pic:

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