Sega Toys helps you create your own fireworks

Juniper Foo | Jul 08, 2009

Fireworks that can now be enjoyed indoors without hurting the environment. (Credit: Sega Toys)

With Singapore's National Day celebrations coming up in August, we've been catching glimpses of firework trials along the Esplanade waterfront. Ritz-Carlton, a ritzy five-star hotel with an excellent view of the fireworks, charges a very nice premium for Singaporeans planning a stay-cation during its National Day two-nighter from S$2,200.

So if you're feeling the pinch in these recessionary times or want to avoid the throngs, Sega Toys' Uchiage Hanabi Fireworks Projector (15,540 yen; US$166) brings the pyrotechnics and fiery colors right into your (preferably darkened) living room, complete with sounds but minus the cordite tang.

Powered by four AA battery good for 3 hours, the device measures about 190 x 205 x 200mm. I'd take a raincheck, though, on customizing my own fireworks by drawing on the special plates, since they'll just come out looking like toxic fallout on the walls.