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:

" 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 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?

"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.

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:

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This code is worth a pretty considerable 10% off anything you buy in January. And, as with all our codes, that includes sales prices.

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.

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!

Very Urgent News!

If you fancy your chances of working with Lego (and not just packing it in boxes to send to other people... *ahem* Sorry, we don't know where that came from), make very sure you read on.

We've been contacted by press agents from the soon-to-be-completed Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester. It just so happens they're looking for a model builder. Presumably to work there and, you know, build models of famous mancunians. That sort of thing.
Is... is that the kind of thing you think you might be interested in?

Of course it is! But you'll have to hurry - auditions are being held on the 27th of November (er... that's in 2 days), from 10am to 5pm at the Lowry Hotel in Machester.
Nimble-fingered hopefuls will be faced with an overwhelming array of bricks and the challenge to craft an animal from Lego in just 5 minutes (if one of your fears is growing into a giant ala Alice in the White Rabbit's house, better avoid a room full of tiny bricks. Who knows what terrifying departure from reality such an encounter could precipitate).

So excited you've forgotten how to breathe? Good! You'll need to register, then. To do so, email your interest to: register@legolanddiscoverycentre.com

We at FireStar genuinely wish you the best of luck.
If you go to the auditions, why not take some pictures and write a guest post for this blog? We'd love to hear your experiences. Get in touch in the comments, or by emailing: juliet@firestartoys.com

Doctor Who Goodies!

The time has come, the golden age has come to a close. Possibly. Or, it could be renewed; go on to reach even greater heights, even bigger, more adoring audiences.
Of course, we're referring to the fated swap-over of Doctors - the transition from one Doctor's style of, well, doctoring around the universe, to that of another. For, as it was written by the ancient Maya (and Russel T Davies, probably), the old Doctor has already stepped onto the path that has no forks. Now we travel with him, inexorably swept in his wake to that not-so-distant point where the transformation must take place.

But, before that happens (or after, depending on when you're reading this), why not celebrate the last few years?
At FireStar's Amazon outpost (we keep it in-case of attacks from highwaymen), we've stockpiled some of the most memorable characters and Who-ish accessories, all in shrunken plastic form!
Let's have a look, shall we?

First up, it's the Editor!
Who could forget Simon Pegg's chilling turn as frost-faced future news-man, the Editor? Not us, that's for sure. He haunts our dreams. Here, he's been lovingly recreated in plastic so that you can relive his gory demise whenever you choose! For added authenticity, stick him in the freezer first...

Next pick from our overflowing cornucopia of Doctor flavoured treats, here's a Dalek themed pencil tin!
What better stocking filler for neophyte Who fans - you know, the kind who are supposedly so fond of hiding behind sofas. Send your darlings great or small off to school with this Dalek pencil tin. Who knows, it might just impart them with the cold, implacable logic of the squishy-centred, outwardly riveted ones. That's got to be useful in maths, right?
Or, for grown-up children, relieve days of office-based tedium with this fantastical window into a world where anything is possible. And it holds pencils!

Last on our virtual conveyor belt, take out your goatees, if you will, and peruse this artistic offering:
Don't pictures paint a-thousand words?
What more can we accurately convey about this stunning piece? Sure to go well on any Who fan's bedroom wall, this work was conceptualised and painted by renowned experts in quantum possibility matrices.* Stare into it's purplish depths and contemplate the mysteries of deep space: How deep is space? Is time linear? Where does the Doctor get his coats? All these questions and more are up for rumination by inquisitive minds, inspired by this visual exploration of the Doctor's universe.
Gaze upon its beauties, O mortal, and know the fear of eternity!
Either that, or spend some time picturing just how much bigger the inside of the Tardis is than the outside. Whichever you prefer.

Well, thanks for reading, Doctor fans. Oh, and did we mention that over at firestartoys.com there's a discount running up until the new year?
That's right - you get 10% off anything at all - even sale items! Take advantage of our generosity while you can by typing in the code at checkout:

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Live long and prosper! No, wait, that's another show...

* May not actually have been conceptualised by experts of any kind.