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Everett Bradford created this insanely awesome “Prometheus Device” which lets you shoot fire from a hand-mounted flame thrower. The device makes you feel like a real superhero, or supervillain, for whichever purpose you decide to use your new found powers, good or evil, is up to you.

Bradford’s also done a great job documenting the building process, but of course, continue at your own discretion as this project is bound to be more dangerous than your average garage project. In other words, say your goodbye to your eyebrows now. You’ll miss them when they’re gone.

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You’d think that with the entire automotive industry in complete peril, a near-bankrupt company like Land Rover wouldn’t be cranking out limited edition luxury vehicles. But sure enough, it is and they are pretty sweet rides I must say. Only 850 “Fire & Ice” edition Defenders will be made and each will cost a whopping $95,000. The amenities? “The interior is wrapped in leather and Alcantara suede, the seats have been replaced by Recaro buckets, there’s a glass sunroof, alloy wheels, body-colored headlamp housings and more.”

Sounds lovely, but certainly not worth $95,000. The Fire edition comes with a nutty Vesuvius orange paint job whilst the Ice features Alaska white with a bitchin’ black hood.

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Bricks aren’t the only neat buildables offered by LEGO. The LEGO flame attachments have their own little sub-culture of fandom, as seen through this awesome LEGO Fire Skull built by resident LEGO pyro Billy McGill.

If your friends are more of the death metal-type, they might not be all that impressed with other styles of LEGO modeling. But this skull is a creation fit for the pit of a Slayer concert.

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Well, we humans had a nice run. It was fun while it lasted. I, for one, welcome our new fire-breathing baby robot overlords.

This 7-meter tall aluminum fire-breathing baby robot named Giant Torayan, the creation of one Kenji Yanobe, debuted in Roppongi tonight, slaying every woman and child in its path. Why not the men, you ask? It harvests the men as sex slaves so it can spawn robosapian fire-breathing offspring. *sprays breath mint solution into mouth* …Oh, no! I am terrified. (Jackpot!)

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We don’t get the chance to see many snakebots. There’s the Japanese M-Tran, a shape shifting robot, but that hardly counts as a snakebot. Anna Konda, however, is very much a snakebot. Despite looking and acting very similarly to a penis, Anna is really a firefighter.

Anna has 20 joints, each with 33 degrees of freedom, giving it an extensive range of movement. What makes Anna such a stalwart firefighter is not only does it shoot water, it’s powered by water. Each joint module contains hydraulic valves and cylinders capable of handling up to 1450 PSI of water pressure. The downside is, Anna will never go wireless. Fire hoses aren’t wireless, are they?

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Most people are clumsy others are just plain stupid. That’s why these $39 dollar Flower Fire Extinguishers exist. It’s for those wanna-be chefs out there that like to light oil and/or alcohol ablaze to explode the flavor of their creation but only ever ends in an explosion of fire in their face.

They look like decorative flowers but, much like the Transformers, they’re more than meets the eye. When you find yourself in the midst of a cooking fire you’ll need to think fast, that’s why these flowers have a magnet on them so they’ll cling to most surfaces around your stove. When that pan goes up in flames, simply place the flowers in it and they will work their magic, covering the oil with a disgusting film that prevents the breakout of the flames and ruins your appetite for dinner in the process. It beats burning alive because of someone’s clumsiness.

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Siberia. You’re locked in a vicious poker game worth a $5 million pot. The wind howls outside and wood creaks with every movement. You look at the host. You and him both know that it’s cold and a fire is in order. The fireplace is out of commission, though, so what are you going to do? You could reach for that portable fireplace but you’ll have to forfeit your hand.

Easy! I’ll whip out my tabletop fireplace from Apoll. Sure, it set me back like $675 and shipping but what’s money when you have the warmth of a fire gracing your frozen hands? With Sterno-like fuel and a glass and steel frame, you won’t have any trouble getting some heat out of this gadget.

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Fancy art? Same here. Whether it be an abandoned gas station gone quilt crazy or a Janis Joplin-looking smug face made up of 7,563 dice, we appreciate the artistic drive and innovative approaches to ideas that designers come up with. That’s why when I saw Dave Umlas’ sculpture I just HAD to write about it because like many idiotic cavemen, I am fascinated by fire.

The possibilities of fire are limitless. You can burn things, char things, sear things, scorch things and so much more. Dave Umlas likes to burn things. More specifically he likes to build sculptures out of stainless steel and burn the shit out of stuff with propane gas and forced-air jets. Or just make hot designs with it.

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What better way to “accidentally” burn down your home and all of your loved ones sleeping peacefully inside  than with this Travelmate portable fireplace by Conmoto. Oops! I didn’t mean to kick it over. Now all of my possessions are burning around me. The Mexico City fire fighting force does not approve. Good thing I have insurance. Alright, horrible thought, but what makes this portable fireplace noteworthy is it burns on bio-ethanol liquid fuel. It is a smokeless flame, preventing any chance of suffocation in the middle of the night while your hot boxing your room with one of these suitcase-looking fireplaces.

At $3,300, you better hope that insurance fraud bit you’re trying to pull will pay off. Otherwise, you’re down the three grand, all of your belongings, and are officially a single bachelor again. One who also happens to be homeless. If only that Porsche Cayenne fire truck got to your house faster.

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The picture above is Microsoft’s new fortress of solitude for Bill Gates. Just kidding, it’s actually a fire station in Mexico City. It was designed by the companies At 103 and BGP Arquitectura.  It’s not much of a looker during the day but at night, light shines through the slits in between the chrome-like plates for an impressive light show you’re guaranteed not to find at any other fire station.

Why such a fancy fire station? Well, it also serves as a recruiting center. As such, you’ve got to have an appealing environment if you want to attract heat-craving lifesavers that are not only crazy enough to wear a fire hose, but also crazy enough to take a job that’s about as dangerous as it gets.

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