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Transformers Bumblebee Xbox 360 Slim Casemod is More than Meets the Eye

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:23:11 +0000

If you are a fan of casemods, the Transformers, and the Xbox 360, you had better get ready to have your mind blown. A dude named Mark Bongo has created a very cool casemod for his Xbox 360 Slim console. The dude gutted the console and put all the innards into the body shell of what appears to be a big remote-controlled version of Bumblebee from Transformers.

The car is a bright yellow Camaro with black stripes. The CD tray for the game discs slides out of the grill. The back window of the car is a little LCD so you can see menus and other things. Mark also customized the controllers with Autobot logos and custom yellow paint.

Unfortunately, there are no build photos that I can find on how he pulled this off. I want to know if the car still has the motors and batteries inside so it is still remote controlled. Probably not. What do you think, is this the coolest mod or what?

More photos here.

[via Major LeagueMods]

2,000-Pound Transformers Cake: Autocakebot

Range — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:10:27 +0000

While Transformers cakes are nothing new, there’s got to be something strange going on in the heads of people behind this humongous cake. This gigantic Transformers cake was made to celebrate Michael Bay’s upcoming Tranformers: Dark of Moon movie, which comes out in a few days. It weighs about 2,000 pounds and is shaped like a Chevy Camaro.

Here you can see Bumblebee poking out of it. It was designed by Buddy Valastro, best known for working on TLC’s Cake Boss. The cake was so huge that it was impossible to bake it in a bakery. His team had to bake it outside. It’s not the largest cake (or autobot) I’ve ever seen, but it has some neat features like a flaming blaster and wings that move.

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It makes you wonder how many people this cake will feed, and if it will taste any good.

[YouTube via DVice]

Full-Scale VW Bumblebee Project: Kickstarter Transformer

Technabob — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:32:43 +0000

Can I say that I love Kickstarter? It’s such a great place for new ideas to get off the ground which would have never otherwise happened. It’s also a place for outlandish ideas to get funded by geeks like us. Here’s one of those wacky ideas…

Rick Prince of Nashville, Tennesee hopes to raise $7500 in order to build a 1:1 scale Bumblebee sculpture out of the parts of not a Chevy Camaro, but he wants to go old school and create the Transformer to look like a Volkswagen Beetle. He was inspired by the Giant Gundam statue in Japan, but since he plans on building Bumblebee from an actual VW, I can’t imagine he’ll be as tall as the 60-foot tall Japanese masterpiece.

Still, the idea of a car-sized Bumblebee on the streets of Nashville sounds cool to me. Rick has experience building animatronics and large-scale characters for theme parks like Disney World, Universal Studios and Busch Gardens so he’s definitely the man to pull off such a feat. Support the full-scale Bumblebee project bye heading over to Kickstarter now and making your pledge. If Rick manages to raise sufficient funds, he plans on unveiling his creation at the GMX (GeekMediaExpo) that takes place in October in Nashville.

If just 750 of you pledge 10 bucks, this wondrous thing will be brought to fruition, and you’ll get an 8×10 photo of it – suitable for framing. And besides, Nashville needs more Autobots.

Bumblebee Hat Transforms You Into a Dork

Lambert Varias — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:27:22 +0000

So. Let’s see what we have here. Okay. This is a challenge. This G1 Bumblebee hat is made of fleece, and uhm, it’s puffy and yellow. I guess it does offer a degree of protection, which is cool if you’re a Transformers fan who also happens to be an amateur boxer, or if people are hitting you in the head because you’re wearing a Bumblebee hat.

I guess kids will love this hat? Maybe? No? What do you guys think? Not while it’s being modeled by a creepy mannequin, right, right. It probably looks fine on a human child, I mean, anything looks great – or at least funny – on a kid. Me? I think I’ll pass, I’m not much of a Bumblebee fan anyway. I’ve never been into hats in general. But if I were forced to buy a hat, yeah sure, I’d go to orgXIII’s Etsy shop, who’s selling the Bumblebee hat for $30 (USD), and I will definitely get… a Heartless hat.

Lifesize Bumblebee, Protecting the Farm [Transfomers]

Alisha K. — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:12:57 +0000

You may think you love Transformers, but unless you’ve got a lifesized replica holding court in your front yard, this fellow Tom Rhodes has got you beaten all the way. Made from an actual car–the only way to go–the Autobot replica stands a monstrous 18 feet.

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.

[via Walyou]

Optimash Prime and Bumblespud: Potatoes in Disguise [Transformers]

Technabob — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:50:09 +0000

Yeah, yeah, I know that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is coming out in a couple of weeks, and a million and one of you are going to run out on the first day to go see it. But this sort of shameless movie tie-in really needs to stop. First we had Terminator Salvation bobbleheads, and now we get these…

Yep,Hasbro is now making Optimus Prime and Bumblebee Mr. Potato Heads.

I’m not sure what they transform into, but they’re definitely not trucks or cars. Unless you can figure out a way to drive a spud down the road. Now I’d pay good money to see that. Certainly more than I’d pay to see any Michael Bay movie. Ever.

Bumblespud and Optimash Prime are available from Entertainment Earth for $14.99 and $9.99, respectively. I don’t recommend deep-frying these ‘taters. Now microwaving them on the other hand…

Robo-Q Optimus Prime and Bumblebee: Tiny Transformers

Technabob — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:40:47 +0000

Just because you’re a robot in disguise doesn’t mean you have to be huge. These tiny little versions of two popular Transformers autobots prove quite the contrary.

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.

[via TFW2005]

Autobots, Fold Out!

Lambert Varias — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:48:21 +0000

Just in time, what with all the Transformers 2 buzz: Joe of toy-a-day has finished his version of the lovable Autobot Bumblebee, the perfect buddy to the Optimus Prime toy.

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.