Pop culture & Transformers (intersection of tags)

Who knew a train could do more than chug along tracks? Astrotrain can split open into a giant claw! See how Transformers can surprise you in unexpected ways.

I might have gone too far. I have come up with three different Transformer names for this 19th century armchair in the Art Institute’s collection.

Paramount Pictures released official photos of the Autobots vehicle forms. Seven out of the eight are sleek vehicles. Hound is the only one that is a pure utility vehicle being a Medium Tactical Vehicle from Oshkosh Defense. Even Optimus Prime…

A movie-filming helicopter floated above my head while walking home tonight. Memories of Transformers filming in Chicago rushed through my head. Having downtown Chicago taken over by Transformers made the summer of 2010 much fun. Hearing gunshots outside my window.…

I found a childhood friend because of eBay. I told my brother about how I was bidding on a Huffer transformer toy. Erik wondered if we had that toy or Marty our friend down the block did. I’ve tried googling…

My first words to people at work after seeing the midnight showing of Transformers 3, “I’m so glad that Chicago is not totally destroyed in real life.” My review of TF3 is broken up into several parts. The bad The…

Here’s a collection of 10 youtube videos that feature Transformers clips with techno/dance music in the background. Transformers Soundwave breakdancing! Soundwave, one of the coolest Transformers ever, is a totally rad cassette player from the 80s. It only makes sense…

A giant fireball explodes on Wacker Drive for the Transformers 3 movie, “Dark of the Moon.” Now that the trailer is out, we know that this is the location where Optimus Prime kicks some serious butt with his sword. This…

STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH THE NEW TRANSFORMERS TRAILER. At first when I was watching it, I thought, “oh this is neat” but then they showed more and more Chicago, and i was like WHOA WHOA I CAN’T…

IDW G1 Card – Astrotrain by *Guidoarts Chicago didn’t get a space shuttle. But are we complaining? Nope. But it’s fun to hear the other cities complain. From CNN: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the Johnson Space Center in…

Transformers 3 is filming outside my window at Tribune Tower. I’m capturing the highlights in HD video and posting them to Youtube. Actors carry around poles with the transformers face to represent the Transformers. Here two transformers are in this…

The most popular letter for any transformer Autobot or Decepticon is one that starts with the letter S. You know you are an Autobot if your name starts with the letter — C — F — H — P You…

In the Transformers movie, Optimus Prime says that he used earth’s “eBay” to find the glasses imprinted with the Allspark’s coordinates. So I’m thinkin, there’s gotta be a user on eBay with the name Optimusprime. Sure enough there is: http://myworld.ebay.com/optimusprime.…

Mac OS X users, put your frequently-used folders in your dock where they are very handy. The only problem is that you get a dock full of identical folder icons. How to tell the difference? Transformers to the rescue! Customize…

Transformers Monopoly board game: collector’s edition is going to be available in May 2007. I wonder how they ranked the transformers. Obviously Optimus Prime and Megatron would be Park Place and Boardwalk. But where would Soundwave rank on the board?…

For all you FOX NFL robot hatas out there, be glad it ain’t like the NHL robots. NHL Transformers: NFL Transformer: The Fox NFL transformer rules. The first week of football this year I thought it was cool and wondered…

There’s this new transformer by Hasbro that changes Darth Vader into his Tie Fighter ship. It’s so cool! It’s part of the Star Wars Transformers Wave 1.

There’s a site called “The best brands of the world” and they have a ton of logos available for download including some cool Transformer and G.I.Joe logos from the 80s and today. G.I.Joe G.I.Joe G.I.Joe cartoons new logo G.I.Joe logo…

Here’s the list of my favorite cartoons as a kid. Not my favorite cartoons now. But this is what I remember being my favorite cartoons back then. (fyi, i was born in 1975) 1. G.I.Joe 2. Transformers 3. Gummi Bears…

Chicago’s Review Aug 30 – Sep5: Tranformers Transfigured at Rotofugi. Summary: Nice effort, but disappointment. Cool stuff, but there were like only a handful. And they weren’t even of the real Transformers. They were of some Japanese anime robots. Granted…

The quotes on the transformers tech spec cards tend to over-intellectualize the transformer being depicted. None better at representing this polarization is Swoop the Dinobot. His tech spec quote is: “Fear can hit targets unreachable to bullets.” And then in…

It’s interesting to see what what cartoon characters were done by the same person. This will be a repeating feature on the spudart blog. Each time a different actor will be featured. This post features Corey Burton who played a…

Jazz the Autobot transformer has a mullet in this icon rendition! Haha!

The domain computron2000.com is not registered. Oh so tempting to reserve it.

ryan_top_dogg: so do u collect transformers? or the comics? artdude75: i am a transformer ryan_top_dogg: lol kool u belong to any forums artdude75: forums? i do not go to forums, for i am an autobot ryan_top_dogg: www.toy-nation.com artdude75: Autobots have…

Is out right now! I opted for the Metratron and Cobra Commander cover. Although I’m more of an autobot fan, the Optimus Prime / Snake Eyes cover just wasn’t as cool.

Get the new special Special First Season Collector’s Edition on DVD for $45.00 at amazon. You’ll also get limited-edition cels of Transformers characters. Hot!

President Bush’s state of the union address announced a new creed for America, “roll out.” Isn’t that from Optimus Prime leader of the Autobots in Transformers? “Autobots, transform and roll out!”