LCD-style packing tape is cool, increases difficulty of writing things

Posted by Rob Beschizza, June 6, 2008 5:52 AM | permalink

Thinkgeek's Digital Message Tape has an endless sequence of white LCD characters, every arm and bar glowing white in the manner of a self-testing cash register. Just black out the ones you don't want to create a message. A marker pen is included, and it comes in 2"- and 0.7"-wide rolls.

It'd be cool if they made a version with multiple lines of smaller characters, so that it may be used to address the package as well as seal it.

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#1 posted by Anonymous , June 6, 2008 8:04 AM

I think you mean LED not LCD.

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#2 posted by Peaceflag2007

, June 6, 2008 9:42 AM

How does this have an advantage over writing block letters on white tape?

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seriously this is a dumb product. You might as well sell me sparkly letter stickers I apply individually.

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#3 posted by Anonymous , June 6, 2008 10:40 AM

#1: I don't.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , June 6, 2008 11:36 AM

I bought one of these in the moma store the last time I was in new york, they had a style that had 4x4 pixel-squares as well.

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#5 posted by dculberson , June 6, 2008 12:33 PM

Peaceflag, it's for fun. Remember fun?

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#6 posted by BuildUupBuzzKill , June 6, 2008 3:27 PM

yeah for real some people just have to naysay everything this is clever and fun and if you dont dig on it than dont freekin buy it... as for me... i want it i want it i want it, and i want it now!