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Hop On

All aboard the disco train! Fridays are all about the tunes here at Firebox HQ, and thanks to aurally astute designers Yuri Suzuki and Yaroslav Tenzer, you can create your very own funky music, too. The duo have carved up old vinyl records (Thomas the Tank Engine, anyone?), letting you put the tracks (see what we did there?) together in whatever order you like.

This young chap demonstrates the correct headgear for track-assembly.

The train carriages are independent speakers, needles and motors.

 

Try putting several trains on your track and create some choo-choo choons.

(Bonus Train Fact: in the olden days, a firebox was a chamber in which a fire would produce sufficient heat to create steam for the railway engines.)

Crayon Physics Deluxe

A Stella Collection of Fakes

Oi! Stop waggling ya joysticks and cop a load of this! Atari game covers from yesteryear.

Who remembers getting to the last level of 'Finding The Koala'? or beating your mates on a quick game of 'Salvador Dali's Pinball Thrills'?

Anyone fancy a game of 'Buzz Aldrin Space Rainbow Tennis'? Click here.

The Greatest Dancer?

When our tech team aren't busy untangling cables and secretly reading our emails, they are teaching the world how to dance.  So prepare yourself for what could be the Greatest Dancer to come out of Firebox. 

We should really sign him up for 'Dancing On Ice'.