Transformers Classic Second Wave and Optimus iPrime
I’m not a huge Transformers fan?less so when they’re peeing on John Turturro, actually?but I have no problem admitting that Hasbro’s recent Transformers Classics toys were some of the best toys of the decade. So I’m happy to tell you to turn your web cranks to Tformers.com, which has pics of the unpainted versions of the long-awaited second wave, including Sunstreaker, Prowl, Tankor, Powerglide and Onslaught. They are awesome.
That’s Tankor. He’s awesome. Also awesome, is this Optimus Prime MP3 Dock, which is only available in Japan. It’s about $150, available at the end of March, and would surely be the nerdiest thing you owned if you managed to buy it. There are a couple more pics here.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.