Autobots

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Who Knew The Transformers Could Shake Their Metal-Bots To Michael Jackson’s Thriller So Well?

9:40PM April 7, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Is it wrong to feel envious of an animated Autobot’s dance moves? I’m never going to feel the same way about the Transformers again. [Technabob]


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Autobots And Decepticons Agree: Palm Pre Rulz, IPhone Sux

6:00AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

You may have thought, after eons of punching each other in movies with nonexistent plots, that Autobots and Decepticons wouldn’t agree on anything. But as proven on Attack of the Show, they both agree that the Pre bests the iPhone. More »


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You Too Can Wear The Head Of Optimus Prime (in Augmented Reality, Of Course)

11:00AM June 17, 2009 | Adrian Covert

If you forgot to live out all your Optimus Prime role-playing fantasies when the first Transformers movie came out, fear not. Thanks to the awesome Satan powers of augmented reality, you can wear the face of Optimus Prime anywhere. More »


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Transformers: Robots In Disguise T-Shirt

7:20AM June 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Now that Michael Bay has made the Transformers franchise an even larger international phenomenon, the poor Autobots need to deploy a series of new technologies to blend in. Godspeed, you brave metallic chameleons. $US15. [Slapt via Super Punch] More »


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How Obama Really Became President

12:50AM February 28, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

How does a one-term US Senator become President of the United States and enter office with crazy approval ratings? Previously unseen footage (click to embiggen) reveals Obama’s secret: the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. [Buzzfeed]

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Cars

Life-Sized Autobot Assembles in French Parking Lot, Doesn’t Really Roll Out

2:40PM October 14, 2008 | Adrian Covert

French performance art troupe “Not So Noisy” have spent the last month “assembling” giant, life-sized Autobots from normal cars, and shooting the action from overhead. Of course, they’re not really building anything. They’re really arranging cars (or people) in an empty parking lot so that it looks like Optimus Prime knocked back a few too many quarts of oil and passed out. But it’s awesome.

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Real Life Autobots Found in Chinese Scrap Yard

5:45AM October 11, 2008 | Mark Wilson

It’s got to be tough distinguishing your scrap yard (a big lot filled with junk) from a competitor’s scrap yard (another big lot filled with junk). But one Chinese entrepreneur from the Zhejiang province had a plan to promote his particular pile of junk as something special. He’d build full scale Autobot sculptures. While it’s tough to find fault with any of the work, his best is definitely this converted BMW 7-Series. And until a free shiny red semi pulls into town, it’ll probably stay that way. [China Car Times via Jalopnik]

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