Art Lebedev lets loose Plastinkus scratch pad
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jul 29th 2008 5:04PM
posted Jul 29th 2008 5:04PM
Sure, you could whip out your iPhone or Nintendo DS and your app of choice for a little impromptu DJ session before dinner, or you could get yourself one (or two) of Art Lebedev's new Plastinkus scratch pads, which supposedly sound just like you're scratching the real thing. While that claim may be somewhat dubious, at about four bucks apiece they're certainly at least worth taking a chance on, and you can even get 'em in no less than forty different color combinations. Now, if we could only get our business cards printed on them.
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Seriously? I hope they don't stick with that name when it hits the shelves.
Dont Tase Me BRO !!!!
WOW, I can't believe after all these years, someone finally came up with this. Man, I used to play around with certain materials and make those sounds. It's funny to me someone took the idea and market it. It's obviously selling. The amount of money it takes produce these things, compared to what they sell for...these guys are going to make a killing.
Seriously? I hope they don't stick with that name when it hits the shelf.
Seriously? You posted that twice.
Who?:
Well, I guess we all need SOMETHING to feel sarcastically self-entitled about..
Why so serious?
i am serious. and don't call me shirley
yea, i called your mom shirley last night
hmm..... it would appear school's let out for the day
Actually, Plastinkus is the first name he's picked that actually means something... in Russian that is.
The word for a vinyl record in Russian is "plastinka".
Wiggdy wiggdy wack for all u kids out there
that avatar is awesome
haha thanks, bob barker owned the price is right
aparantly they piss cats off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1svWBM78Yk&feature=related
@Michael -
That video clip is worth the pain of seeing such a worthless piece of junk being sold in the open market, Lebedev's name or not. Idiot should have seen the cat was VERY ready to pounce, and I with how I feel about this piece of plastic, I think it did my bidding.
Well done, pussy.
lol good kitty
BAHAHAHA omg! thats crazy! hahaha fark im up for anything cat related.
yeah... that was freakin epic lulz! nice vid! here's another one of a bit more of it in action. (no it's not a rick roll ROFL, someone can verify that in a comment if they want) no, it really doesn't sound like the real thing. *sigh*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5dR3BXcD0
OMFG, that is funny. I let out a big haha at the house, everyone was like WTF is up with you.
Jeez comments aren't showing and this will be my 3rd piece of spam. Ah damn too late.
i want one
I bet they're made of the same stuff that holographic souvenir things are made of.
that was my first thought too
i can see the nipple DJ implications now.....it aint a party unless someone remixes a snoopdog song on their nips.
You should seriously give them that business card idea! If they actually make them you could get some free cards!
hahaha, i was about to buy one until i found out shipping to the US would be $55 bucks! wtf
Great idea! On youtube there are videos of real DJs making some very saucy scratches with it.
I'll get one at 99 cents with free shipping.
hah. I tried to buy one of these, and it ships from moscow. So if you live in the U.S., this little piece of plastic will cost you $50+
Choose fedex like an intelligent person and they are 9.95 you DOLT
$55 shipping to the USA?? are there no other shipping options?
You could move to Russia and then have it shipped locally.
Ok this may be dumb but do you say Art Lebedev as Art lebow. Because I have heard something like that. In my head I say lebedev, literally. But its lebow right?
yes, yes it is.
what? arent they russian?
there is no "ow" sound in Russian.
25 years too late. I was scratching on just about anything with a rough surface for decades. But you just can't beat the Zipper Scratch.
Seriously though, business card scratch pads would definitely be eye (and ear?) catching. Of course, at $50+ shipping, you'd better have the dough to sink into your media campaign.
Of course, there's always blatantly reverse engineering the product. Or relocate the factory to the U.S.. Russia has been employing these strategies for years, and it seems to work okay for them.
or make your fingers into a 'W' and wiki wiki wiki
pedia?
Oh, thanks yode, I didn't get the joke.
(sarcasm)
Here's my (wikka wikka) business card.
You could also just get those little pictures that change depending on what angle you're looking at it from. They make the same exact sound and I'm betting are made the same way.
What good are these turntables without a mixer..?
Pla-stinketh
hmm...dubious.
"stereoscopic card for making vinyl scratching sounds" and for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan
You're joking me.
And people wonder why terrorists hate us?
Because we have money to spend on things like this.
I actually think it's something with our religions, or supposed lack thereof.
But no, I definitely like your idea better.
It's not exactly our "lack of religion" as much as it is our *way of life* (namely, gluttonous consumerism and complacency while we fuel the wars of other nations)
...but close. :)
@peej: Actually, Rocketboy is correct, as they view our cultural choices (like this, what they see in movies and especially TV, blah blah) as obvious lack a religion in our lives, as the majority of our media/culture goes against major religious rules/dogma/whatever.
They're right, essentially, but really need another outlet...
Like, a terrorist gadget blog, or something?
They could have Appl..I mean america vs. microso.. i mean islam flame wars on teh interwebz, as opposed to, in like, deserts and caves.
Fill caves with servers, not bombs!
"Fill caves with servers, not bombs!"
Why? So they can attack our defense networks everyday the way China does? No thanks.
Yes, it's their perception of our free wheeling, amoral, wrong(or no) religion, culture of gluttony vs. their strict moral codes.
It's not just religion, but, and yes, I'm going to quote GW, because it's true (but not something that can easily be explained in a soundbite), they hate our freedoms. Our freedom to have sex with a woman who is showing skin. Our freedom to do what we want when we want. Including spending money on a piece of plastic that makes mildly amusing sounds.
Because to the fundamental mind, that's the biggest threat of them all. (See also, Focus on the Family. At least they don't blow anything up on a regular basis.)
In action, minus the cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5dR3BXcD0
I think I would have preferred the video with just the cat.
So, I stick these in my Intellivision controller, right?
You can reproduce their "Scratch" sound with any vinyl 3d sticker. You know the ones that you used to get in a box of Cracker Jacks. the ones that have three images on them(they make me stomach stick and pukey). So this is not new tech or any kind of tech. I actually think it's one of the most annoying sounds known to mankind. FAIL!
Can you guys (Engadget) come up with a new catch phrase besides 'Lets Loose'? The first dozen times it was, oh, different, I guess, but you're beating it to death. We get it. You're hip and trendy, and say funny things. Find something else to run in to the ground.
Maybe they will "let loose" a epic beating on you!
Seems like a lot of people are not familiar with the word 'lenticular'
That's what it's called. Man this is old. My baby toys had this material on them. Now that I think about this, our old TV has a screen with that
Well below Art Lebedev regular standard
Sounds gay but anyone know a store online in the US where I can pick up one of these? long story. I checked ebay but they dont have any.
I scratched one backwards and heard Satan. True story.
In endgadget's defense, Art Lebedev did throw the first batch out the window to see if they would fly.