Talk:Blinky (novelty)

Blinky Ltd
I checked out the web site and there is such a company that does sell 'blinkies'. They are actually quite neat little toys that flash a message or logo on a key chain whenever they are in light. These devices, however, are totally unlike the 'blinkies' listed here. The 'blinkies' described here have been called such for over 10 years and if Blinky Ltd ever tried to sue over 'trademark infringement' they would probably quickly find themselves counter sued by a dozen companies, and eventually have their right to brand their product 'the only, or official blinky' revoked.

It seems a dodgy ploy to capture search engine hits from people looking for these devices, but conversely their devices might actually be better as promo items than the classic blinkies.
 * Tiki God 11:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Plural

 * Shouldn't the plural of Blinky be Blinkies? In the article it is always written Blinkys...Zisimos 19:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Most places sell more than one kind, and most people buy more than one at a time so the term 'blinkies' is used more often. I don't think one is supposed to make articles about plural things so I did 'blink' for the title.
 * Tiki God 11:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Other Companies

 * I really hate giving just one company as an example but they do have the biggest selection I've seen, and that's practically all they sell

Title
I chose blinky over all the other names because the sites that sell the most (or only blinkies) usually use that name. In the industry, Body Lights usually implies ONLY the magnetic version and also usually excludes rings, pendants and other similar things, that function almost exactly the same. Blinky itself produced over 700k results which were impossible to separate the 'blinky toy' from 'blinky everything else'.
 * Tiki God 10:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Reorganizing LED-related pages
There are 23 different LED-related pages, and I think there should be less than half that many. I've started a discussion on this at Talk:Light-emitting_diode; please come and join in. -- Dan Griscom (talk) 03:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Undoing Redirect
User:Wtshymanski moved the whole page to LED art. This is just silly. These are commercial devices, novelties, or toys, not art. If there was a page with other light up jewelry, clothes, toys or devices it would be logical to move this page there.

--GlowBee (talk) 10:04, 19 September 2009 (UTC)