Sparkle Labs' Papertronics are the gift you'll never admit to wanting

Sparkle Labs -- an online DIY electronics kit maker filled with pep, cheer and other such disgustingly sweet things -- has just announced its new Papertronics kits. As the name suggests, these are paper toys with electronics inside them, with the kicker being that you have to construct your Spaceboy (above) or Aliengirl yourself, before activating them via contact with their "landers." Hey, it's not like you can be a gadget geek and not have an appreciation for the fine art of papercrafting. If your inner child still lives, you can check these out at the source link, and we'll just tell everyone you're buying them for your nephew or niece.

[Dhruv Bhutani Posted Dec 10th 2009 8:37AM]

Cute.... do they do anything other than the lighting ?

[jimr1234567890 Posted Dec 10th 2009 8:52AM]

I see nothing on their site for Papertronics kits.
I just see their Discover Electronics Kit.

[dangjavageek Posted Dec 10th 2009 9:55AM]

Did they remove the papertronics stuff? On http://sparklelabs.com/ I see only:
- Discover Electronics Kit
- Sparkle Labs Shirt
- Rainbow Jumper Wire Set of 140
- Rainbow LED Set
- Big Blue LED 6-pack
- Solderless Breadboard

[kdjk5467 Posted Dec 10th 2009 10:36AM]

This product DNE.

[arielchuri Posted Dec 10th 2009 10:58AM]

Hi!
Papertronics Kit 1 is in the testing phase at this time.
http://kits.sparklelabs.com/2009/12/10/papertronics-coming-soon/

Please join the mailing list or on twitter @sparklelabs if you are interested.

[therodt Posted Dec 10th 2009 11:25AM]

@arielchuri
o0hhhh okay!

[SirNoDroin Posted Dec 10th 2009 3:15PM]

Really nice stuff, and the markup isn't bad like those other "designed" DYI kits!