The Short Version:
We’re moving to a new blog!
Please head on over to:
www.firestartoys.com/Blog/
And bookmark the new address, because this one isn’t going to be updated anymore.
Toodles!
The Longer Version:
So, dear friends, in the words sung by Frank Sinatra, the Time has Come.
Not, however, to reach the final curtain (O! That red, velvet drape whose silken cord is tugged ‘pon by Saint Peter himself), but to rapturously bait our breath as a brand new curtain is opened!
Before the tide of applause drowns your senses, I’d better tell you where this new show is going to be happening. Open your programmes to page 5 and kindly peruse the particulars of our new, improved address:
www.firestartoys.com/Blog/
That’s where I, and possibly we, depending on who can be persuaded to put digital pen to paper, will be writing from now on.
Expect to see lots of new ways that you can interact with FireStar folk, including innovative ways to win yourself tasty vouchers and prizes. Mmmm.... Free.
Toodles!
Friday, 4 June 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
From our Correspondent
Here at FireStar we like to keep our collective eye (we keep it in a jar) on the ball when it comes to developments in the world of toys.
So here from the front lines of being-born-a-bit-sooner-than-the-rest-of-us, we're proud to present our new grassroots correspondent Lara.
Lara has kindly agreed to be our eyes and ears on the ground floor of... well, the department of being young, we suppose. She'll be blogging here from time to time to tell us how things really are. What's hot and what's not. What's lame and whats... in the game. Ahem. She knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of the many and herculean efforts of the toy industry as it tries desperately to gain her custom, and she's not afraid to tell us.
So, without further ado, here's Lara with her first report on the State of Toys today:
So here from the front lines of being-born-a-bit-sooner-than-the-rest-of-us, we're proud to present our new grassroots correspondent Lara.
Lara has kindly agreed to be our eyes and ears on the ground floor of... well, the department of being young, we suppose. She'll be blogging here from time to time to tell us how things really are. What's hot and what's not. What's lame and whats... in the game. Ahem. She knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of the many and herculean efforts of the toy industry as it tries desperately to gain her custom, and she's not afraid to tell us.
So, without further ado, here's Lara with her first report on the State of Toys today:
Twister
Who here hasn’t played Twister? What, you haven’t? Are you serious? Not only is it one of the best ever-family games, but it is also one that falling over and looking stupid is what it’s all about.
Sound interested? Then read on….
Twister (in case you didn’t know) has a mat a spinner and should have a large amount of players, the bigger the better. The more dignified amongst us would be the spinner. All they have to do is sit down, well away from the mat, and spin the spinner. Whatever the spinner comes is the section of the mat that the first lucky player must place a part of their body on. i.e. left hand red. Then it’s the next players go.
This goes on till the winner is announced. If you are given this honor, remember: this is hardly won, as bums, elbows etc. are not allowed on the mat.
So, if you are a person blessed with flexibility/ are a professional contortionist/ have a worst enemy you really want to laugh at then this game is for you. Go, you know you really want it…
The end.
By Lara
Monday, 1 February 2010
Lego Universe!
What are you doing today, readers?
Sitting somewhere, possibly at work, possibly not, humming various Disney themes? Hmm? Or perhaps trying to hum (consecutively) the title songs to Star Wars, Star Trek Next Generation and classic Superman?*
Well, stop all that! That's right, put away your humming apparatus (make sure the Floam flow is off and the Hannigan's Tubules are disconnected. Don't want any nasty accidents), get up, sit down again, and check out LEGO Universe!
* This is almost impossible, and thus a great pub game.
Sitting somewhere, possibly at work, possibly not, humming various Disney themes? Hmm? Or perhaps trying to hum (consecutively) the title songs to Star Wars, Star Trek Next Generation and classic Superman?*
Well, stop all that! That's right, put away your humming apparatus (make sure the Floam flow is off and the Hannigan's Tubules are disconnected. Don't want any nasty accidents), get up, sit down again, and check out LEGO Universe!
That's right! Lego are releasing their much anticipated Massively Multiplayer Online Game this very year, 2010.
Our first glimpse of the richness of settings, details and parts shown in the video recollected the surge of excitement on first opening a brand new Lego set.
Except that with the game you can inhabit any Lego world, from pirates to space police. If thas doesn't get the gleeful feelings bubbling in your marrow, throw in an overarching storyline that involves saving imagination from an entity called The Maelstrom and... well. That should probably be enough for you. What else d'you want, selfish? One of the developers to come round and give you a massage every time you start up the game? A monorammed set of handkerchiefs? You make me sick.
The key words for the game are build, play, connect and customize. Frankly, we can't think of many things more thrilling than realising our most fervid brick imaginings with, potentially, the whole Lego brick catalogue at our disposal. And then stomping our clunky plastic feet all around the town, shouting about our latest creations.
With the world bound to explode in size and breadth almost as soon as it's released - what with the huge potential for user generated custom-designed content and the inevitable expansion to include themes old and new (we're particularly looking forward to seeing the gorgeous new Atlantis range realised) - the future's nothing if not dazzling. Dazzling and brick-shaped.
FireStar's going to be in Lego's MMO from the start. Are you?
Thursday, 21 January 2010
It's... Pimp My Mini-Fig!
Say, FireStar - I'm feeling crazy, how can I make my Lego mini-figs more awesome?!!?!1!
Good question, friend!
Lucky for you, FireStar is in the middle of launching whole sections of exciting new parts for Lego mini-figures!
Which means it's time to... Pimp my Mini-Fig!*
Meet Juanita, viewers:
Juanita says:
Well, Juanita, you've come to the right place!
Let's take a look at your staid old Lego fig:
Wow, that fella sure is old fashioned classic! Plus, he seems to be endorsing some kind of corporate shenanigans, and who knows if that's cool.
Well, Juanita, let's see what FireStar can do to zap your mini-fig straight to Coolsville! Set your phasers to 'stunned' - you will be!
First off, how about a new outfit?
This beige-toned wrap is Jedi-tastic! (as well as totally flattering, natch)
Next up, who could resist this super cool steampunk top hat, exclusive to FireStar from the amazingly collectible Amazing Armory?
Nothing adds an edge to your mini-fig outfit like rakish headgear!
Now that your Lego fig's gone from drab to fab, how about some finishing touches? Did someone say accessories?
This Amazing Armory axe is sure to make your mini-fig too cool for school. Or should that be hot? Either way really - the main point you should be getting from this is that any combination of Lego and guitars is pretty neat.
Well, that's it from our inaugural episode of FireStar's Pimp My Mini-Fig!
Back to you, Juanita - what's your reaction?
Ha ha! No problem, Juanita!
Remember, folks, you can find everything you need to pimp your mini-fig right on the FireStar website. Head over there now, and use your January 10% discount code!
* Note: Does not refer to augmentation of actual figs.
Good question, friend!
Lucky for you, FireStar is in the middle of launching whole sections of exciting new parts for Lego mini-figures!
Which means it's time to... Pimp my Mini-Fig!*
Meet Juanita, viewers:
Juanita says:" Hi Pimp my Mini-Fig! My Lego men are dullsville. I mean, they're just the pits. Old fashioned, boring... I looked at one the other day where I keep it on the mantelpiece, and it was like I was looking right through it, straight to the cross-stitch of a badger my gramma did. Like, my Legos have got so uninspiring I don't see them anymore. There's gotta be a way I can take my favourite mini-figs and turn them from bad to rad! There's just gotta be! Help me, FireStar!
Well, Juanita, you've come to the right place!
Let's take a look at your staid old Lego fig:
Wow, that fella sure is Well, Juanita, let's see what FireStar can do to zap your mini-fig straight to Coolsville! Set your phasers to 'stunned' - you will be!
First off, how about a new outfit?
This beige-toned wrap is Jedi-tastic! (as well as totally flattering, natch)
Now that your Lego fig's gone from drab to fab, how about some finishing touches? Did someone say accessories?
Well, that's it from our inaugural episode of FireStar's Pimp My Mini-Fig!
Back to you, Juanita - what's your reaction?
"I'm thrilled! Just thrilled! I can't believe this is really my old mini-fig; he looks so handsome... so happenin'.... so now! I'll never neglect my mini-fig again - thank you, FireStar!"
Ha ha! No problem, Juanita!
Remember, folks, you can find everything you need to pimp your mini-fig right on the FireStar website. Head over there now, and use your January 10% discount code!
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* Note: Does not refer to augmentation of actual figs.
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Discount codes for Jan!
Alright, we've had a few days to adjust to the whole 'new year' thing, and we admit our previous impressions may have been somewhat...hasty.
There's snow. Which is good if you like the color white, and especially good if you like that combined with a pervading sense of cold that turns otherwise healthy people into lurching, zombie shells. Though admittedly that could also have been some kind of virus.
Just a few days in, the nascent year is soft, jelly-like, fetal. Kind of squirmy, in a way which you're not sure yet whether you find appealing or disgusting.
It can be molded, dear reader.
So, in the spirit of new beginnings, here's some advice we at FireStar Toys have concocted to make this year the best 2010 you'll ever have!*
1. Walk in the fresh air.
2. Adopt a vulnerable species of beetle.
3. Never watch an epic movie starring Brad Pitt.
4. Never put a sock in a toaster.
5. Laugh like you have emphysema, love like you're alone, sing like a partially decomposed soprano, dance like you have a slightly painful verruca on your left big toe (sure, you've made an appointment with the chiropodist, but you went to one as a child [and unpleasant and sharp experience] and you secretly plan to cancel at the last minute), live like a skeleton who's been somewhat reluctantly re-animated for a few weeks to do the bidding of a morally ambiguous necromancer.
6. Save lots of money by using exclusive voucher codes at FireStar!
Because, really, why wouldn't you?
Here's the very special, exclusive to this blog code now:
There are corresponding offers that will be appearing over the next few days for our twitter followers and Facebook fans, so why not check those out, too?
We're planning more exclusive offers for loyal readers, and those willing to give something back in the form of product reviews, so keep checking back for news!
*Guarantee void if time proves to be cyclical.
There's snow. Which is good if you like the color white, and especially good if you like that combined with a pervading sense of cold that turns otherwise healthy people into lurching, zombie shells. Though admittedly that could also have been some kind of virus.
Just a few days in, the nascent year is soft, jelly-like, fetal. Kind of squirmy, in a way which you're not sure yet whether you find appealing or disgusting.
It can be molded, dear reader.
So, in the spirit of new beginnings, here's some advice we at FireStar Toys have concocted to make this year the best 2010 you'll ever have!*
1. Walk in the fresh air.
2. Adopt a vulnerable species of beetle.
3. Never watch an epic movie starring Brad Pitt.
4. Never put a sock in a toaster.
5. Laugh like you have emphysema, love like you're alone, sing like a partially decomposed soprano, dance like you have a slightly painful verruca on your left big toe (sure, you've made an appointment with the chiropodist, but you went to one as a child [and unpleasant and sharp experience] and you secretly plan to cancel at the last minute), live like a skeleton who's been somewhat reluctantly re-animated for a few weeks to do the bidding of a morally ambiguous necromancer.
6. Save lots of money by using exclusive voucher codes at FireStar!
Because, really, why wouldn't you?
Here's the very special, exclusive to this blog code now:
This code is worth a pretty considerable 10% off anything you buy in January. And, as with all our codes, that includes sales prices.fstblog8885
There are corresponding offers that will be appearing over the next few days for our twitter followers and Facebook fans, so why not check those out, too?
We're planning more exclusive offers for loyal readers, and those willing to give something back in the form of product reviews, so keep checking back for news!
*Guarantee void if time proves to be cyclical.
Monday, 4 January 2010
Happy New Year! (The morbid edition)
How are you feeling, dear reader?
Cold? Rotund? In need of detoxification? A low key but ever present dread at the prospect of going back to work?
And you know we'll all be working forever now, right? Year after trudging year, stretching out to the distant, unimagined future, until we inevitably croak a feeble 'Farewell!' and keel over into piles of our own dead skin. Yep, that's right - we won't die surrounded by loved ones, but plunging face first into a heaps of dusty filth that's accumulated on the long-buried surfaces of the desks we never leave.
Eat as healthily as you want. Get up at 6 in the morning to wheeze around a local park. This is all you're prolonging your life for.
Well, either that or the Mayan prophecies for 2012 turn out to be spookily accurate, and we'll all either die in massive, cascading walls of water or fighting each other on uninhabitable wastelands for the last shin bone with meat left for the gnawing.
So, until we either die or don't (and lets face it, we all will. Unless your surname happens to be Christ, but even then there's some debate), why not distract yourself from the inevitability of the yawning chasm of eternity with toys?
Hmm?
Yes! Lovely, shiny baubles to make it all alright. Like the kind sold conveniently online by, oh, I don't know, Firestar.
Check out this super-cool Superman, f'risnstance:
Isn't that just the kind of thing you can picture clutching to your breast as you sit, huddled, gibbering in a dark corner, listening to half-savage marauders as they beat the door down with a sickening inevitability, thud by muffled thud?
Or, on a more positive note, this chemistry set!
Just the thing for teaching your children, in a subtle way, the skills they'll need to filter water safely! Or, you know, make crystals. Which are always decorative, even in the direst situations.
Spend your money before it becomes worthless paper! Happy new year, everyone!
Cold? Rotund? In need of detoxification? A low key but ever present dread at the prospect of going back to work?
And you know we'll all be working forever now, right? Year after trudging year, stretching out to the distant, unimagined future, until we inevitably croak a feeble 'Farewell!' and keel over into piles of our own dead skin. Yep, that's right - we won't die surrounded by loved ones, but plunging face first into a heaps of dusty filth that's accumulated on the long-buried surfaces of the desks we never leave.
Eat as healthily as you want. Get up at 6 in the morning to wheeze around a local park. This is all you're prolonging your life for.
Well, either that or the Mayan prophecies for 2012 turn out to be spookily accurate, and we'll all either die in massive, cascading walls of water or fighting each other on uninhabitable wastelands for the last shin bone with meat left for the gnawing.
So, until we either die or don't (and lets face it, we all will. Unless your surname happens to be Christ, but even then there's some debate), why not distract yourself from the inevitability of the yawning chasm of eternity with toys?
Hmm?
Yes! Lovely, shiny baubles to make it all alright. Like the kind sold conveniently online by, oh, I don't know, Firestar.
Check out this super-cool Superman, f'risnstance:
Isn't that just the kind of thing you can picture clutching to your breast as you sit, huddled, gibbering in a dark corner, listening to half-savage marauders as they beat the door down with a sickening inevitability, thud by muffled thud?Or, on a more positive note, this chemistry set!
Just the thing for teaching your children, in a subtle way, the skills they'll need to filter water safely! Or, you know, make crystals. Which are always decorative, even in the direst situations.Spend your money before it becomes worthless paper! Happy new year, everyone!
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