With the Lite Brite Cubed (ThinkGeek, $22.99), you can relive all your childhood design dreams – the 4th power. This cube has four sides, which means you have four opportunities to create a magnanimous design out of your much beloved pegs. I mean, you get over 400 pegs to stretch out on four screens so you can pretty much do whatever you want. Do you want to make four totally random pictorials? Go for it. How about recreating the Pac-Man scene in the shown here? Go ahead, tell that story of Ms. Pac-Man’s triumph over ghost evil. And hey, maybe you’re not that creative, but you still want to get in on the action – that’s cool too, because this cube also comes with eight design picture sheets (just follow the picture) and two free form sheets (to sketch your design first).

Now, I know back in the day there were all these rumors about the dangers of Lite Brite, but I think that’s all just a bunch of hooey. I mean, it’s a light bulb that you turn out with a switch – it’s not exactly the Atom bomb. The one safety issue I would stress is not to let children under the age of three play with this thing. They’re just gonna eat the pegs, you know that, right? And then not only will you not be able to finish your recreation of the Mona Lisa, but you’ll have to waste time taking them to the hospital. Talk about a major inconvenience.

5 out of 5 stars.

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