FireStar Toys minifig work of art competition
Posted by Huw,
FireStar Toys has recently started printing minifigs and other items and their latest creation, Mr Inkredible is a work of art. This incredible tattooed minifig is printed on front and back, on head, torso, legs and arms and looks fantastic.
We have one to give away to a lucky Brickset reader. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning it is to answer a simple question on our competition page by midnight Sunday.
Paul at FireStar says "Unlike many custom printed sellers, we’re not using a Roland UV printer. Our team of six, LEGO loving big kids, did the Pepsi challenge with several alternatives and despite being more expensive, we believe the system we choose produces an awesome level of quality on a wider range of parts and more flexibility in the design process."
Head over to FireStar Toys' website to see the range of custom printed items and to purchase Mr Inkredible if you don't want to leave it to luck.
Now, the question is, can they do a custom Tai Woffenden for us Speedway fans, or maybe get 'LOVE' and 'HATE' on the fingers next time? :)
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Holy crap, that is one detailed minifig!
In America at least, none of those are the name for that hairstyle.
None of those names are the name used in America, but one of them is pretty obviously similar to the American name. And the other two are clearly NOT this hairstyle.
JEEZ! Back-of-leg printing! I so wanna win this...
Maybe one of the answers should be modified. That's not the US term for that hairstyle.
Everyone has it right so far so it can't be that hard to find the answer :-)
I believe the distinction between the name in the competition and the proper name for the hairstyle is only whether the 'line' of hair continues down the back of the head or is only on the top with the back shaved like the sides.
The hairstyles are clearly of the same family, so to speak, the names are very similar, and it's pretty obvious which of the three choices is wrong on a technicality and which two are just plain wrong.
No-one's thinking of refusing to claim their prize if they win because the question wasn't technically correct, are they?
I think we should all go easy on Huw, who surely can't be expected to have an in depth knowledge of hairstyles! ;)
I'm intrigued now, what is the proper name, then?
A quick Google of the term shows images similar to that of the minifig's haircut so I am sure it's the common name for it.
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Say, for what it's worth it seems it's about whether there's hair on the sides or not (not sure where in my garbled memory/imagination my hair down the back idea came from), and being ultra-technical you could kinda say that what the competition calls it is correct in the way that you can correctly call a square a rectangle or a parallelogram.
It also seems it's one of those darned US-UK conflicts where we in the UK do indeed commonly use the term used in the competition.
So either way it's okay, right? :D
At any rate, we can all agree this is a great-looking minifig!
I would have thought that if you have access to this website then you have access to the answer. Imagine having his toes tattooed must have hurt.
My 8 year old lad has the same hair cut and has had it many of the same colurs avaliable the lego version most recently green.....I kid you not.
We'd just like to address some concerns raised in some of the previous comments. No mini figures were hurt during the tattoo process, we specifically chose Hard as nails, Ink addicts to become our Mr Inkcredible mini figures and not a single mini figure has complained yet! Secondly, we all come to Huw for his knowledge of LEGO and not his knowledge (which could possibly be just as good) of hair styles, 'Hairgate' of 2014 will now forever be etched in Huw's mind! (he may even be rocking the hairstyle himself!).
On a more serious note; We wish all who enter the best of luck, you won't be disappointed! (unless you don't win... Sorry)
It's grotesque
I've only just noticed the Mandalorian (Boba Fett) tattoo on the right arm - I'm entering!!
@Firestartoys -- I wish -- I could manage a Gregor Fisher comb-over if I let it grow but not one to match Mr Inks :)
Thanks for all of the contests lately. I haven't won anything, but it's fun to enter. Can't win if you don't play, am I right?
The figure is incredibly detailed. Interesting to note that TLG themselves can't print like this...so why aren't they in the market for that same equipment? Maybe they will be in the future so they can release yet another wave of Super Heroes or Star Wars figures with just a little more detail.
@Huw Amazing visual!
@Sethro3 Whilst the actual printing of the figure takes seconds, its not just a case of hitting a big print button (if only!) there are a lot of minor but yet still crucial checks and processes that go on before and after to ensure every figure is printed perfectly. It probably doesn't scale up well to the sort of output LEGO can achieve. We've yet to reach our maximum daily output, but we estimate that its likely to be around the 500/1000 mark for a figure as complex and detailed as Mr Inkcredible, we also have to balance this with the printing of the rest of our range and corporate projects.
If you ever have suggestions for figures/accessories to be printed we're always happy to listen, most of our printed tile range has been created based on requests/ideas submitted from customers.
- Danny
Just checked out the website. Will likely be making a purchase from there soon; they have the minifig I want that LEGO likely would not release. Thanks for the link!