No, your eyes are not deceiving you. You are seeing the Serenity instead of a car on this Garmin GPS image tweeted by Nathan Fillion. The picture was sent to him by Browncoat Greg H. and you can have it, too. All you need to do is download the image and then add it to your Garmin’s vehicles folder and you’ll be driving through the ‘verse. As far as finding a way to avoid the Reavers and outsmart the Alliance, you’re on your own.
(via Nathan Fillion)
As part of the marketing campaign leading up to the premiere of season three, you can make personalized Game of Thrones house sigils at JoinTheRealm. While most people have made one that represents themselves, redditor CerebralBypass decided to design some for the Firefly universe. He did a great job, not just with the images, but with the slogans he chose to include for each family.
See more pictures after the break…
You need to get rid of that silly tree shaped air freshener that smells like pine needles and replace it with this Firefly air freshener. The thing is, it doesn’t say how this actually smells, which raises a few questions. Does it smell like the ship’s hold? Does it smell all fancy like Inara? Does it smell like Jayne, which would probably be gun oil? Someone, preorder this now and tell me what the heck it smells like when it arrives in April.
Product Page ($7.99)
You can’t stop the signal, and you can’t stop me from watching Firefly over and over again. Serenity goes in the mix too. Popping in discs and listening to Captain Reynolds and his ragtag, wonderful crew is my security blanket. It’s one of the few series or movies that makes a hard day instantly more bearable. The lines and dialogue in this series are crazy impressive; it doesn’t feel like any words are wasted and it’s filled with memorable quotes.
Check out ten of my favorites after the break – words from each crew member plus a bonus.
Artist James Hance is a crazy talented guy. We’ve featured tons of his work, and he’s always churning out new paintings and prints. What I especially enjoy about Hance’s creations is that it seems like he regularly changes methods and mediums to challenge himself. He recently completed a series of watercolor portraits of the entire crew of Serenity. Yes, the images will make Browncoats everywhere happy.
He’s donating the originals to Can’t Stop the Serenity for their annual auction to benefit Equality Now, and he’ll have sets of prints available on his site starting today.
See the rest of the crew after the break.
Things are looking pretty shiny for all you Browncoats today. The image above is a teaser from Margaret Weis’s website that clearly references Firefly but doesn’t give a single detail. Since Margaret Weis Productions is known for role-playing games and originally released a Firefly game back in 2005, I’m betting on either a new version of the game, or at the very least new additions to the existing game.
When the original RPG was released it was very well-received by gamers and Browncoats alike, but licensing issues saw it end in 2009. In addition to the core rulebook, there were only three more titles, Serenity Adventures, Six Shooters and Spaceships, and Big Damn Heroes Handbook and fans have been clamoring for more ever since. With the news that Toy Vault has been licensed to make new plush and boardgames, could an RPG license be far behind?
Come on Margaret, spill the beans!
Now this would have been the crossover to beat all crossovers. Artist John Sumrow created this beautiful painting where the crew of Serenity is doing a rather unusual train heist. All they have to do now is haul in the TARDIS and wait for The Doctor to appear.
(Ian Brooks via Neatorama)
Things are looking pretty shiny in The Verse today as Toy Vault announced that they’ve entered into a licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to produce official Firefly board games, plush and novelty items. The first products will roll out this spring with new releases happening over the course year in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary of the series. According to Project Director Zac Pensol the folks at Toy Vault are pretty excited, too.
“Licensing ‘Firefly’ is a dream come true for all of us here at Toy Vault. We’re all great fans of the show and are committed to creating products that fans will think are absolutely… well… shiny!”
Shiny, indeed!
“I’m a leaf on the wind…”
Firefly fans cringe when they hear that phrase. Even though I use it as a calming mantra from time to time, I can’t help but think of what follows it in Serenity. When I saw the film for the first time my brain went through the following reactions: shock, sadness, and anger at Joss Whedon. Of all the people to kill! Losing Wash hurt, and it still crushes me every time I watch the movie.
One fan was so displeased with the loss of his favorite character that he did something about it. Kyle Hill didn’t just go on social media and whine like the rest of us (though he may have done that too, I’m not sure), he decided to use science to prove that Wash couldn’t actually die. I like the way this guy thinks.
He reasoned that maybe the Reaver’s weapon couldn’t make it through Serenity’s windshield. After all, our spacecraft has windows and they are built to withstand a certain amount of impact. Firefly’s verse is set in the future, and it’s a logical jump to think their spacecraft would be of even higher quality – especially considering that they zip around in space all day every day. So if a shuttle window in our time could take the hit without cracking, so could Serenity and Wash isn’t dead. Done and done.
Read the details of the experiment after the break.
Last spring, fans of Lego and Firefly were ecstatic about the possibility of a Serenity set being an official Lego product. The model was up for voting on CUUSOO and though it got plenty of votes, it didn’t get past Lego’s review board. Luckily for us, Browncoats don’t give up that easily – or at all.
Thomas Lockwood, the designer, put together a custom playset with over 2,000 Lego pieces that you can purchase and build your own Serenity. It’s not official in any capacity, and it’s hard to say how long it will be available (hopefully for a while). The set includes:
Opening loading ramp & bottom hatch
Minifig-capable cockpit
Light-up Firefly drive (battery included)
Playable dining area & cargo hold
Crazy Ivan capable rotating engines
Data Card with ship stats to go on a stand
Free Parts List!
24″ long x 16″ wide x 7″ tall
2186 new unused pieces. That’s over 5 lbs!
Includes complete build instructions in pdf form, delivered via email.
Shiny.
Current lead time is three weeks, and you can of course buy a minifig set of the crew separately.
Product Page ($385 via Brothers Brick)
