I've been looking around ogilumen.com. They sell soviet-style neon lamps and nixie tube. I was thinking about the neon bar graph, but the info sheet isn't very helpful as to power. Should I power it with 125VAC (mains) or 125VDC (boost converter).
Sorry, my english, the right name "car dc to ac inverter".
You even don't have to remove a bridge, just connect a wire in front of it.
Basically what this device doing, it boost up DC up to +150 - +230V
using transformer , and generate 60Hz AC after that.
As you can see 9$ provide 75W, or up to 500 mA HV DC.