Rotatable Animation Devices with Staggered Illumination Sources

An illuminated animation device with staggered sources of illumination, the animation device comprising:

• a rotatable member rotatable about an axis of rotation;
• a first plurality of sources of illumination retained to rotate with the rotatable member;
• a second plurality of sources of illumination retained to rotate with the rotatable member;
• wherein the first and second pluralities of sources of illumination are actuatable between illuminated and non-illuminated conditions;
• wherein the first plurality of sources of illumination are staggered in relation to the second sources of illumination;
• whereby, when the rotatable member is rotated and the sources of illumination are actuated, the sources of illumination will produce paths of illumination and whereby the paths of illumination produced by the first plurality of sources of illumination are staggered in relation to the paths of illumination produced by the second plurality of sources of illumination and whereby illuminated images can be displayed by the illuminated animation device with a resolution deriving from the paths of illumination of the first and second pluralities of sources of illumination.