Check out this $42 import Transformer that features a cassette deck, similar to Soundwave. This guy can transform into a netbook. No other Transformer can do that. And whether you dig “Qosmio” netbooks or not, it’s a cool 4-port USB hub.

Something tells me we won’t be seeing this “Qosmio” guy in the new movie. Unless there’s a ton of product placement anyway.

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If Tatooine is the ghetto of the Star Wars universe, this is the ghetto blaster of choice. You might see Sandpeople walking the desert, holding this up to their ear after having bought one from a Jawa.

The boombox is the work of artist Bill McMullen. It was part of McMullen’s “Hype, Hustle, Rip-Off” gallery opening. If only all electronics looked this awesome.

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Worried about the rise of the robots? Sure we all are. But we never saw it coming from our trusty flashlights. They will transform and enslave us by being useful in the dark. Which is a brilliant plan.

It can transform into three different forms: humanoid robot, scrambling spider and standing spider.

$20.

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You might remember our list of 25 awesome geek cakes. Well, here’s another 25. I get a sugar rush just looking at these. Hit the link for all of them in all their sugary glory.

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Don’t be fooled. Even in cute Papercraft form HAL will still kill you while calling you Dave.

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Eddie Lebron’s low-budget adaptation of Mega Man shows that the little guy can make the transition to the big screen. The acting and even the teleporting is pretty cool.

What could be better then a cat riding a Roomba? Seriously.

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Here is a pretty cool time-lapse video of Robert Burden painting himself a giant Voltron. It took the man a long time. We’re talking some serious blood sweat and tears. You get to consume it in just 3 minutes and change.

In the video above, this gigantic ALCNON humanoid robot picks a fight with a miniature opponent, showing off a combination of his swift punches and dance moves. The little bot is pretty scrappy and comes at him again and again, sadly to no avail. It’s all pretty sad, yet strangely satisfying.

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Supposedly this is the ‘Moto-Terminator’ bike set to appear in next year’s Terminator Salvation featuring Christian Bale.

Production director Martin Laing was responsible for envisioning some of the near-future killing devices, and has created (among a lot of other scary looking metal) this Moto-Terminator motorcycle. The bike seems to be the chilling Terminator character we know and love in motorcycle form (note the signature red “eyes”), replete with plenty of new mean toys attached.

I have mixed feelings about this movie. It better rock. But they may just be a little too in love with transformers.

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