:  
:         So what's the story here... we're all stuck with the regular
: green, red, and off yellow-orange LED's!?  What gives!!??
:         Anybody have a 'scoop' on FAIRLY LOW PRICED >BLUE< LED's???

If your looking for LEDs in the $.10-$.20 range, forget it. Blue LEDs just
recently became available and the materials they are made of are expensive.
Maybe in the future they will become less expensive (and brighter), but
for now it's going to cost you and the output will be limited. If they ever
do get as efficient and cost effective as red and green LEDs, you're probably
going to see a whole new family of color displays.