Transform and Rock Out!

In the ongoing attempt to blend the old with new, Takara has introduced the Optimus Prime iPod dock. I can't say I'm surprised, what with all the Operation Pens and that Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots commercial that they show 80 times per football game. Seriously- I couldn't bring myself to watch the commercial when I added the link, because I'm so sick of it. In any case, nostalgia is in!

The fun part of this is that yesterday two of my friends e-mailed me links to this thing within 15 minutes. It could be that I'm easy to read and easy to please, or maybe my friends just really know me.

So, I have to weigh in on this guy. First of all, that is the exact same mold they used for my Optimus Prime that I got back in 1985. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it. However, by going with the white iPod color scheme, he looks much more like Ultra Magnus- and I can't be the only dork who noticed. What were they thinking?

In conclusion, I would pay maybe $50 for this, but not $144. I going to go out on a limb and say they probably didn't focus on sound quality.

This is also as good a time as any to show the greatest t-shirt that I've seen in a while.