If you thought the New Megatron was cool...

Jay042 · Post by **Jay042** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:21 pm

How about a Soundwave that's also an MP3 Player?

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1256

LeftTentacleGreen · Post by **LeftTentacleGreen** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:40 pm

I never thought the new Megatron was cool. I thought it was a piss poor attempt at redesigning a cultural icon to try and grab the young teen market.

Xnapalmxmorningx · Post by **Xnapalmxmorningx** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:59 pm

my boyfriend had a "nerd moment" when I showed him the link.

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:54 pm

I shall not speak of the abomination that is "New Megatron."

I will, however, revel the memory of long ago when my Grandmother asked me what I might like for Christmas, to which I replied,

"A transformer!!!"

My Grandmother inquired what that was, when my Grandfather piped up and said,

"She wants a transformer, one of those electrical thingies, they pass power along..." and pointed at the power lines hanging overhead.

I remember thinking that my papa was so silly.

****

Incidentally, I just found a wikipedia article that referenced "1990's nostalgia" - I felt like blowing my brains out, WTF?!! I mean it's only 2007.

Error of Logic · Post by **Error of Logic** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:01 am

A 'Soundwave' MP3 player? Well, you know what this means; it's only a matter of time until the 'Jazz' towncar comes out and we can see people walking their robots on the street.

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:16 am

There's a l-o-n-g way to go yet I reckon...

(What's up with the screen they put up after he falls, do they shoot him for failing the stair-climb?)

Churba · Post by **Churba** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:18 am

I have all 80 or so original Transformer comics on a dvd on my desk.

LeftTentacleGreen · Post by **LeftTentacleGreen** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:35 am

Lulujayne wrote: (What's up with the screen they put up after he falls, do they shoot him for failing the stair-climb?)

They don't want you to see their failure, so they figure if its out of sight, its out of mind.

Its a last ditch effort to save face after the robot falls on its ass.

Linkara · Post by **Linkara** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:19 am

While I'm happy that we're finally getting a new Soundwave toy, does this mean he doesn't eject cassette transformers anymore?

Atom*Bonds · Post by **Atom*Bonds** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:22 am

Awww, poor robot! Everyone was laughing at him. T_T

...I guess that's why you should look where you're going when you go up stairs.

Kittyboymuffin · Post by **Kittyboymuffin** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:35 am

And you thought Daleks were bad ...

Error of Logic · Post by **Error of Logic** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:31 am

Please don't compare Daleks to Transformers. -_- The Transformers are one of my favored childhood memories, Daleks ... Daleks creeped me out. That, and there does not seem to be any feasible way for a Dalek to ever climb stairs. Limb-based robotics may yet find a way.

Drigovas · Post by **Drigovas** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:30 am

Lulujayne wrote:(What's up with the screen they put up after he falls, do they shoot him for failing the stair-climb?)

Yes, a matter of fact, they do. We have plenty of non-climbing robots already.

Seriously though, what you witnessed was likely taken about as seriously [though by far fewer people] as having the leader of the country suffer a stroke two steps up the front stairs of where [s]he was going to give a huge speech. If they could have taken everyone's cameras away and stopped this video from ever getting out, I'm pretty certain they would have. These robots are taken very seriously. Likely the screen was to save face a bit, so people don't watch them having to carry asimo off of the stage because he spazzed out.

Have to admit, asimo is damn cute, even if he[?] is rolled up in the fetal position at the bottom of the stairs.

WangyJohn · Post by **WangyJohn** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:25 pm

[quote="Error of Logic"]That, and there does not seem to be any feasible way for a Dalek to ever climb stairs./quote]

Fuck stair, Daleks will nuke the building to rubble and the exterminate any survivors.

Anyway, 1990'2 nostalgia, meh, people who had their teens in the 90's are (somewhat) adults, they miss childhood. And it's been one and a half decades by now. It may seem it was just yesturday, but just think how many things have changed since then.

LeftTentacleGreen · Post by **LeftTentacleGreen** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:50 pm

Error of Logic wrote:Please don't compare Daleks to Transformers. -_- The Transformers are one of my favored childhood memories, Daleks ... Daleks creeped me out. That, and there does not seem to be any feasible way for a Dalek to ever climb stairs. Limb-based robotics may yet find a way.

Daleks have thrusters beneath their base which allow them to hover over stairs and fly in deep space.

I've always felt Daleks were just stupid.

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:14 pm

WangyJohn wrote:Anyway, 1990'2 nostalgia, meh, people who had their teens in the 90's are (somewhat) adults, they miss childhood. And it's been one and a half decades by now. It may seem it was just yesturday, but just think how many things have changed since then.

Ahem, I am one of those (somewhat) adults you're talking about, and I still think that it's absolutely ridiculous. I've got much more important things to do with my life than whine about how cool Beverly Hills 90210 was, and how I wish that neon spandex bike-shorts or stirrup-pants were back in fashion.

Anyways, I think your math is a little off, the 90's ended 7 years ago not 15.

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:48 pm

Forgive me for double posting,

BUT,

This little beauty is just too cool for school...

(I'm printing out the blank model as I type this. Gosh I love bOINGbOING.)

PopeMac · Post by **PopeMac** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:40 am

Paper Optimus Prime!? Pope wants one!

Error of Logic · Post by **Error of Logic** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:31 am

A Transformer made out of paper? Call me silly, but I prefer a robot made out of something that won't rip or get sodden quite so easily. ^^;

Fnyunj · Post by **Fnyunj** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:39 pm

LeftTentacleGreen wrote:Daleks have thrusters beneath their base which allow them to hover over stairs and fly in deep space.
I've always felt Daleks were just stupid.

R2-D2 has thrusters that magically appear out of his legs when uncreative writers put him into situations where he can't get around on his legs.

Who's more stupid? Daleks? Or R2-D2?

Okay, R2's pretty sarcastic, I'll give him that. Never heard of a wisecracking Dalek.