This awesome ukulele is crafted from Ipe and Maple hardwoods, and is handmade by Asheville, NC’s Celentano Woodworks (who also made the equally geeky Pac-Man and Snailshell ukes.) The only thing better would be if he combined the concept with Brian Chan’s Folding Ukulele, so it could actually transform into a truck or something.

Transformers fanatics can get their grubby little mitts on this ukulele over on Etsy for $550 (USD). Keep in mind that since each one made to order, it’s not likely to be something you can put under the Xmas tree this year. Still, you could order one and put a photo under the tree, then just blame the Decepticons for the delay.

You can get the Autobot logo flash drive at Play.com for only £18 (appx. $30 USD)!  Oh yeah, it’s preloaded with a copy of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. You can play the movie any number of times on up to 5 separate computers, or burn it to a DVD. Or you can delete it and get back the extra 1GB of space! Get the limited edition Autobot logo flash drive now!

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The toy isn’t too expensive at $45 (USD), but it’s..well it looks like a toy, not a badass truck robot with ninja moves and a deep deep voice. Fortunately, you don’t have to settle for the vanilla Prime. Professional customizer Crefigz (short for creative figz) modified the hell out of the Hasbro version to make it look more like the movie version of Optimus Prime and posted it at Figure.fm. Unfortunately I had to convert the pics to a lower resolution to fit here, but even still you’d have to be blind to not be able to see the detail and the bling on Crefigz’ work. To emphasize how much work he did – and the quality of his customization – let’s look at the vanilla Prime:

No match. Crefigz’ Prime can beat vanilla Prime just by showing up on the battlefield. As you can see the toy was completely repainted and chromed-out, so that the finished product actually looks like a miniature Optimus Prime, made of metal and red flames and awesome. Let’s compare the vehicle modes:

Again, it’s not so bad. It’s a toy truck. Here’s Crefigz Prime in vehicle mode:

Are your minds re-blown? I still can’t believe the transformation. Heheh. Transformation. Good one.

Aside from the chrome and the awesome paint job – by the way the flames are not decals, they’re painted on as well – Crefigz also did the following: “Added ball joint in neck in order to get more articulation,  modded hand from TFTM 07 Leader Class Optimus Prime, modded blaster from TFTM 07 Leader Class Optimus Prime and added custom side mirror to get a more accurate detail level.”

Here are a couple of close-ups on Crefigz Prime’s weapons and chest, just to show you the amount of work that went in to this mod.

I really love how the toy looks like it’s made of metal. Crefigz is selling this mod on eBay; bid starts at $710. Yeah it’s a ridiculous price for a toy, but it’s a ridiculously well-done mod as well. In fact, there are already 16 bidders for Crefigz Prime as of this writing. Check out Crefigz’ Flickr page for high-quality pics of Crefigz Prime and an ark-load of other unbelievable customized Transformers toys. Check out Crefigz’ blog if you want to hire him to customize a toy.

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Capital fellow that he is, Mr. Rhodes is happy to allow visitors to his property in Lemoore, California, that they may ogle his creation. Just make sure you follow the posted rules!

Anyone else surprised that sign doesn’t also say, “Beware of Bumblebee?” Some people have dogs. This guy? An Autobot.

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The latest in TakaraTomy’s Robo-Q series, these palm-sized Optimus Prime and Bumblebee robots are just too cute to be capable of any real destruction. Now the picture above doesn’t really give you a good idea just how tiny these Transformers are. But this one should…

Each miniature walking robot comes complete with an IR remote control (with built-in robot recharger), and they can be set to operate on different channels so you and a friend can play at the same time. The tiny Robo-Q robots can automatically detect obstacles and navigate through tight corridors using infrared sensors. And while I’ve never seen Bumblebee and Optimus Prime playing soccer, each Robo-Q includes a little ball you can kick around in case you always wanted to play a round of robo-ball.

You can find both Robo-Q Transformers over on Japan’s HimeyaShop for $47.00 each.

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As always, Joe is giving away the template to the Bumblebee toy as a pdf file. You can download it here.

if you want, you can also download Optimus Prime’s template here. I want a Unicron and Cybertron toy; they should be as big as a house. I know you can do it Joe. Don’t let us down.

This is coming to you from the same lovely lass who takes time out to knit Transformers-themed washcloths for her children. In this case her aunt was roped in to spending what I would guesstimate is the better part of a weekend making this elaborate silvery Autobot logo cake.

All I can say is, this family has got time, talent, and patience to spare. I bet all the other parents in the neighborhood see this stuff and think, “Oh great, now little Timmy is going to think I ruined his birthday by stacking HoHos into a cake shape and sticking candles in it.”

I predict that this kid is going to turn out to be either a) a totally spoiled brat, b) the most awesome and powerful reincarnation of Optimus Prime, or c) a weirdo with a basement full of mint-condition Transformers. Oh wait. I have a basement full of mint-condition Transformers. Huh. How ’bout that.