The 19-inch tall and transforming Titan Autobot Ark is in Entertainment Earth’s Cyber Monday sale.
Superhero Week: Steampunk Iron Man and Optimus Prime helmets
These are the work for Etsy retailer Captain Bayley. The London-based store promises more shortly and is asking for ideas in the mean time. Via Etsy. This is a post from 2015’s Superhero Week. If you want to check out other superhero-themed goodies then pop over to the Superhero Week collection page or visit a […]
Six Dynasties Optimus Prime
This Optimus Prime, done in the style of a Chinese military commander, is the work of the artist Nkzhangwang. I’m calling this Optimus Prime “Six Dynasties” OP with respect to the 400 year peroid in China between the Three Kingdoms and Southern and Northern Dynasties. Found by one Brian Ashcraft at a little blog called […]
Hello… uber geek!
I think designs might need to get down on their knees and pay respect to Joseph Senior. This illustrator and artist has taken the familiar and humble Hello Kitty mascot and given it a superhero, a super villain, a Star Wars, a comic book – and uber geek make over! The pictures below are just […]
Transformer Prime fight: Hasbro sues Asus over transforming tablet
Every day for nearly a month I’ve checked Amazon to see whether they have the latest Asus Transformer Prime ready for pre-order yet. The TF201 model looks like it’s going to be amazing. It’s a tablet that becomes a laptop. It ships with Android 3.2 but will get the Android 4.0 update soon. Two key […]
Optimus Prime forged from spare parts and scrap
A huge geek native shoutout to Rachel Blackman for this photograph of the Autobot leader, forged from scrap metal and given something of a steampunk look. Rachel snapped this while at the Solstice Festival in Fremont but was somewhat shy of the £300 required to take Optimus home. I would have been in the same […]
Thriller Autobots
Sometimes you don’t know what’s missing from your life until you see it and understand it hasn’t been there until now. It might be the case that until today you never knew that Transformers dancing to Wacko Jacko’s Thriller was an Autobot shaped hole in your soul. Well! Worry no more. Today that Autobot shaped […]
I Am Optimus Prime: the music video
Screen Team have applied their tried and tested comedy music skills to the Transformers. The result is a parody of The Time by Black Eyed Peas. As is increasingly common with these YouTube hits you can even buy this track from iTunes if that takes your fancy. What’s to say in reponse to lyrics like […]
Optimus Prime amigurumi
Some geeky mashups are just unexpected. I’d suggest that an Optimus Prime amigurumi is one such treat. Crochet robots in disguise? It’s Voxmortuum’s who now a worldwide geek hero and I can only imagine their Flickr account is enjoying a healthy dose of visitors.
Dark of the Moon trailer: Transformers 3
The trailer for Transformers 3 is out. Dark of the Moon has the Autobots and Decepticons get all mixed up in the Russian / American space race. If you’re an Apollo 11 conspiracy theory buff and a Transformers fan then this looks like the movie for you. Plus; it has Alpha Trion in it. One […]
