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Mooninites invade West Philly!

Mooninites invade West Philly! by xjohnpaulx.
found in West Philly. cameraphone pic, so it's not so great. this is made from LEDs and maybe 12inch x 14inch, not the billboards.

just for scale: those are D cell batteries, the LEDs are 10mm super-brights, and the board is about 12"x14".

UPDATE: Err is in Boston.

UPDATE2: check out the youtube link, then go look for them in: NY, SF, LA, Atlanta, Chicago, Philly, Portland, Miami, Seattle, Boston. these put throwies to shame.

UPDATE3: this is the same mooninite board that was borrowed for Good Morning America, NY's ABC7 news and some other ABC national feed. i know a bunch of news sources (online, print and TV) also snagged two of my flickr pictures. hopefully it helped people realize they are not bombs, fake bombs or anything toooo much more complicated than christmas lights.

UPDATE4: Suspect Device: Mooninite 

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Sam Travis Ewen  Pro User  says:

Here is a link to them in NYC


www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1jXrYAuGcA
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xjohnpaulx  Pro User  says:

NICE! they are really cool.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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johnnybenson  Pro User  says:

which one of you guys stole my back tire?!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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vj.aiwaz says:

sorry that was err he needed to get high
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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ruxx  Pro User  says:

heyy you wont find them in boston because RIGHT NOW ALL OF BOSTON THINKS THEY ARE BOMBS.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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jonanmbc says:

ruxx is right bwahaha
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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Directorian says:

I know - people suck and everyone at FOX is old and retarded.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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tendolab  Pro User  says:

Fox25 is reporting on it now. They're wondering if it's a dry run for a terrorist attack.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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Directorian says:

I THINK the news needs a fucking facelift. how can people even take these down! they are works of art - and Shepard Smith is already saying that traffic in Boston is going to be "NIGHTMARE" . Asshole.
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tendolab  Pro User  says:

"What is the message?" -Fox25 News
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xjohnpaulx  Pro User  says:

honestly, i only took it down because i watched a pack of kids *try* to get it. i knew it was going to be gone in the next few hours by kids or a maintenance crew. he wasn't on a bridge, this one was on a building.

i was really pondering putting it up somewhere good, but for now it's in my window.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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evil design says:

Boston hearts Mooninites
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bombasticdude2001 says:

he's giving america the finger...

the middle
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

sXe_grrrrl [deleted] says:

I think Fox news is gonna go to xjohnpaulx's house and report a bomb scare!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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jackjonesfoto  Pro User  says:

the city of boston is so freaking stupid... they were told about this beforehand, of what the signs would be and where they were placed... and to then freak out... come on boston... grow up!

long live mooninite!
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*MB* says:

great :/
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plagueoftruth  Pro User  says:

America has lost it's sense of humor.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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xjohnpaulx  Pro User  says:

it seems only Boston freaked out....... i got to take my lil buddy for a trip to NYC so he could be on Good Morning America and meet Diane Sawyer. while we were there a few other ABC new shows tracked us down. crazy day.
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Mulad  Pro User  says:

OMG! Hit the deck, it's an F-bomb!

(actually, I can't take credit for that, but I had to post it somewhere)
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xjohnpaulx  Pro User  says:

i think only Boston lost their sense of humor. ok, just one/some official(s). my brother lives in the Boston/Cambridge area and all the news he heard (till i called him) were "suspicious packages under bridges" or something. he had seen these pictures, so if he had seen what was being blown up, or heard they were light-up arcade characters or something he would have realized it pretty quick. i guess that's a case of how officials are low on details, and how reporters relay it. a perfect case of how a college town *should* have realized this was a goof... especially when the other 9 cities thought they were neat... and at worst considered some sort of littering.

i actually heard nothing of the whole nonsense till they realized they were the mooninites, so i am basing it on what other people told me they heard on the news.
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Irene Roxanne (aka Irena Kittenclaw)  Pro User  says:

Spotted in NYC, about two weeks back -
that Terrorized Boston
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xjohnpaulx  Pro User  says:

Suspect Device: Mooninite
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jimihendrixrealdeal says:

flip the bird and smoke a ciggg
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pnrmtapuumb says:

i loved this idea.
too bad it won't be happening again for a looong time.
stupid america and our over reactive paranoid populous.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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