Transformers figure turns 'Game Boy' into 'Game Bot'

19 Comments by Ross Miller Jun 2nd 2007 3:01PM
Filed under: Culture, Portable

Hasbro has unveiled a series of "Real Gear Robots" as a tie-in to the Transformers universe. What caught our eye particularly is the POWER UP VT6 who, when not moonlighting as a Decepticon, spends its days as the hybrid of a Sega Game Gear and the bottom half of a Nintendo DS.

At $6.99, we're pretty sure it's neither a functioning handheld game system nor a functioning micro killing machine. Drat.

(Rest assured, our headline writer has been sacked. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have also been sacked.)

[Via Engadget]

Tags: action figures, ActionFigures, toys, transformers

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fischju: Jun 2nd 2007; 3:11PM

What's with the random Monty Python reference?

joe: Jun 2nd 2007; 3:16PM

A moose once bit my sister

eoghancampion: Jun 2nd 2007; 3:18PM

z0mg! Mod it! Plsss! :p
I'd buy a transforming DS... probably.

BPM: Jun 2nd 2007; 3:19PM

Dammit!

Here I was hoping for more cool Transformer gadgets, like the Soundwave MP3 player, the Optimus Prime iPod dock, and the Frenzy/Rumble headphones...

reppy: Jun 2nd 2007; 3:34PM

Too kiddie.

(Just kidding. Calm down.)

NintendoFanbot: Jun 2nd 2007; 4:18PM

Optimus Prime is a Tiger Handheld!

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Diskoboy: Jun 2nd 2007; 4:29PM

Well, it's obvious Hasbro's gonna whore the living hell out of the film.

psycho: Jun 2nd 2007; 4:30PM

Haha Monty Python FTW

Markusdragon: Jun 2nd 2007; 4:33PM

"(Rest assured, our headline writer has been sacked. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have also been sacked.)"

At great expense and at last minute, the headline changes to 'Transforming llama turns Game llama into Bot llama'

Mr Khan: Jun 2nd 2007; 4:39PM

Did they build that out of surplus Sega hardware parts or what?

looks like the Dreamcast controller and the Game Gear mated, and produced this thing

DarkTetsuya: Jun 2nd 2007; 4:57PM

And speaking of tiger handhelds, couldn't they have made it a cheapo LCD game as well? I mean obviously a GBA-quality handheld is out of the question, but surely some tiger-handheld style functionality could've been added?

Region2: Jun 2nd 2007; 5:16PM

What happened to the quality of transformers. These are effin' Go-Bots, don't even say transformers with this slop quality.

Tweak: Jun 2nd 2007; 5:35PM

@ Joe

Your post = FTW

NvM: Jun 2nd 2007; 6:18PM

Hai,
i gots dat reference.

Shiro: Jun 2nd 2007; 8:54PM

I'm FAILRY sure that's a Hitchhiker's Guide joke.
The whole "sacking" thing, I mean.

klink-o: Jun 2nd 2007; 10:12PM

Note to Self: Kidnap Ben Heck and force to build Transforming GameBoy.

BPM: Jun 3rd 2007; 2:52AM

Dark Tetsuya:
Considering how tiny the Game Boy micro is, I'm sure a Transformer of slightly larger size could be made out of one.

ReverendGadgetBoy: Jun 3rd 2007; 7:05PM

Shiro:

Im FAIRLY confident that you just lost your speaking privileges for a month.

Andrew: Jun 12th 2007; 1:30PM

No, Shiro. It's not.

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