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We saw Speed Racer after a few hours of donwload, and yes, it was horrible. But speaking of movies involving cars, anyone see those pics of Megan Fox topless over at brother site Defamer today?

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Ratchet, Ironhide Spotted; Transformers 2 Filming In Arizona?

Today's daily Transformers 2 update comes with more spotted Autobots and rumors of a filming location. Photographed in the Culver City, Calif. is this truck loaded up with Ironhide and Ratchet. This is the third Transformer spotting we've seen over the past week. Last Friday we saw twin Barricades, yesterday we caught glimpse of Optimus Prime and now we have Ratchet and Ironhide. My keen eye also noticed that all of the spotted Transformers are being hauled around from seemingly the same truck and trailer. That's one hell of a lucky truck driver.
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4:30 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by jaimster: @Bento the Wertsmith: No news here, I been on many of Bay's projects and he's screwed many PA's, both male and female...The males get screwed by working on his shoots due to his attitude. more »

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Optimus Prime Spotting Reaffirms Transformers 2 Filming

Who's that familiar truck spotted on a Los Angeles freeway? Oh! It must be Optimus Prime! This Optimus Prime spotting comes less than a week after we saw twin Barricades in Culver City, Calif., and it just continues to affirm that the sequel to the robogasm Transformers is, indeed, in the early filming stages.
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6:15 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Two Barricade Saleen Mustangs Spotted, Transformers 2 Already Filming?

These shots, snapped in a drive-by of a trailer in the movie-making capital of Culver City, Calif. are two Saleen Mustangs outfitted with that familiar paint scheme that marks a very special 'stang. This can only mean filming of Michael Bay's next masterpiece is underway or getting pretty damn close. We can already hear Wert's robogasms from here.
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7:00 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by XLSpecialized: I helped build/design that trailer that they are being hauled on. Check out our website at www.xlspecializedtra to see that we can contribute to the new movie. more »

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2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe Revealed Early On Pontiac Web Site

Maybe they'll be changing the name of the "GM display" at the New York Auto Show this week to the "Pontiac display." All we know is they'll be doing a lot of driving excitement at the show. We've already revealed the 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP and more importantly, the 2010 Pontiac G8 "El Camino" sport truck. Now they've accidentally revealed the 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe in an ad button on the official Pontiac site — further confirming what we'd already told you about the targa-topped Solstice coupe. Awww...poor Pontiac. Well, there had to be a misstep somewhere — and accidentally revealing a hot little tamale like a coupe-roofed Solstice ain't a bad way to misstep. Since we've seen this hard removable-topped coupe in person we can say... More »

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6:47 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Ray Wert
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Latest by cargogh: Today I got beside one of those last generation giant turd-shaped accord coupes and noticed just how freakin' tall it was--the door handle was in the middle of the door. A few minutes later a bright red, completely more »

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Transformers Mustang Cop Car Replica Not Police Approved

A man by the name of Jesse Vigil has decked out a 2007 Mustang to look like Barricade the Saleen Mustang from Transformers and not surprisingly, the local cops don't approve. Much to the delight of Transformers fans everywhere, including Vigil's son and the inspiration for the mod, the cops can't do a damn thing as long as Vigil isn't impersonating the police. More »

9:40 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Travis Hudson
6,608 views, 50 comments

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"Transformers 2" Countdown Clock Live On Michael Bay Site, He Probably Thinks It's "Awesome"

Whoever knew Michael Bay had the guts to make fun of himself as much as he has in this new Verizon FiOS commercial? Especially given he's the director that brought us the robogasmic explosion of fury that was Transformers. Well, we must admit it's rather funny. But a love-fest starring everyone's favorite Chevy-lover ain't the only reason to mention the man behind the robots' disguises today. We've also just noticed Bay's got himself a countdown clock running on his personal website to the supposed June 26, 2009 release date for "Transformers 2." Our guess is he thinks the new movie'll be pretty "Awesome" too. Remember when Bay used to just direct Chevy commercials? No, real Chevy commercials. [Michael Bay]

9:40 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Ray Wert
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Latest by karmakid: awesome.... ....sike more »

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Transformers The Ride Is Coming! Protect Your Children!

And you wish we would stop posting about Transformers. Well not today, bucko. News is going around that Hasbro and Paramount Studios will be bringing Transformers to an amusement park as a ride! Early word is that there will be "life size" Transformers involved, and that this attraction will be a "dark ride." A what? More »

3:15 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Bumblebee Comes to CES: Dolby Gives Wert a Robogasm


This just goes to show you that not only do our brethren at Gizmodo eat, sleep and breath gadgets, but so does the 2009 Chevy Camaro concept, in its Bumblebee transformed and larger than life form. More »

12:30 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by wolfsingleton: I want it so I can sit inside and work it like a Gundam. But I have a couple of questions: Does Bumblebee double as an iPod dock? Isn't Treehugger mad that he doesn't run on solar power? Why is there a more »

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Transformers Producers Steal 'Bee-Otch' Air Freshener Idea From Little Old Lady in Brooklyn?

We were pretty fascinated by the "Bee-Otch" air freshener back when we saw it hanging from Bumblebee's rear-view mirror in Transformers a few months back. We were so enthralled and amused we even tried to figure out how we too could own our very own li'l "Bee-Otch" air freshener. Well, it looks like there's now a bit of a legal tussle over the adorable little hang tag. Here's the story from the NY Post:
" Producers of the summer hit allegedly ripped off a Brooklyn woman's popular copyrighted design of an angry bee for a sight gag in the flick.
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4:30 PM on Sun Dec 30 2007
By Ray Wert
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Latest by Collins1: @TexanIdiot25: You live up to your name. They copied the product and are selling it as Transformers merchandise! It's her copywritten idea and they're breaking the law! more »

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Honda Creates Giant Transforming Ridgeline Rocketship for the Rose Bowl

On January 1, a giant Honda Ridgeline will rise from a bed of flowers in a cloud of mist. Then, under the guidance of ASIMO - Honda's walking robot - it will transform into a rocket ship and blast off for the stars. During lift off, the truck's hood will fold forward, revealing an ASIMO containing cockpit, while the sides of the truck fold into wings, the wheels tuck under the body and the bed opens to reveal rocket engines shooting actual fire.


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5:30 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Wes Siler
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Latest by neoscape: It's funny, I clicked jalopnik, but somehow ended up reading the onion. more »

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100-car Transformers Logo Collage

In Ray's our on-going quest to beat that horse to death, we present this act of dedication from one (or many) Transformer fans. Approximately 100 cars, a helicopter for aerial photography and an empty field went into the creation of this gigantic Autobot logo. Something makes me think it is the same guy behind the 10-foot tall Optumus Prime costumer. Come on, where's the love for the Decepticons? [PL]

2:15 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Travis Hudson
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Homemade Optimus Prime Costume Also Deserves Props



It may not quite be the Citroen transformer, but these kids still deserve props for creating a Optimus Prime costume worthy of recognition. It appears to be around 10 feet tall, which is inching closer to a scale model of the real (and by real, I mean not-real) Optimus Prime [Blasphemy! — Ed.] Click the video above for a very anti-climactic video of Optimus Prime getting dressed and ready for work in the morning (and by work we mean killing Decepticon assholes). And y'all thought it would be the new boss-man doing the Transformers posts around these parts, eh?

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4:15 PM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Travis Hudson
181,497 views, 34 comments

Latest by sonjica: that "kid" is actually a 30 year old guy.. he has another 3 videos uploaded on his youtube account (username: azrael723) more »

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Jalopnik Holiday Gift Guide: Transformers Generation One Box Set

As far as we can tell, the cheapest way to get into "Generation One" Transformers, a.k.a. the original Transformers series, is this Complete DVD Box Set with all 98 episodes plus the movie. That's Optimus Prime on 15 discs in an attractive tin case. Just a slight heads up, the discs are imported from China and therefore are primarily in Chinese. They do have an English audio track and we can easily vouch for it working. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Matt Hardigree
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Latest by yellofury: @qwerk: doh!!! more »

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Optimus Prime Wants To Call Your Friends

Late last night, among the nine different tornado warnings we had here at the Jalopnik Not-Quite-Detroit office, we received a much more serious warning. It was a phone call from Optimus Prime inviting us to join him on the battlefront. But we'd have to be wary of a former friend turned Decepticon! Oh, and he also reminded us to buy the Transformers movie on DVD! Want to make someone's day? Click over to the Transformers Web site to create your own custom message from Optimus Prime that you can send to a friend by phone or email. As we write this, Wert's getting a phone call (and likely having a robogasm) from the chief Autobot himself. [Ed.: Tingwall's totally going to get hazed — I was wearing clean underwear today!]

2:00 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By tingwall
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Latest by lmadrid: how can i get optimus prime to call my friends? more »

Haha, Film School Rejects called the Transformers HD-DVD a Michael Bay-gasm. Haha-ha...ha...{sob}...why didn't we copyright blank-gasm when it was just our thing? [FSJ]

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Target Transformers Special Edition DVD Unboxing And Transforming

One of us was up late watching the Transformers live-action movie on DVD giving us the chance to finally have a robogasm in private. If you're not on the HD-DVD kick, we'd suggest heading out to Target like we did and snagging up one of the special edition two-disc DVD's that actually transform into a crappy Optimus Prime. Hey, it's better than just a plain plastic box we guess. The two-disc set gives you the movie in widescreen and you get a second DVD filled with all sorts of fun behind-the-scenes crap, including a "cars of the Transformers movie" featurette. The only thing we were lamenting is we didn't see any "win a Camaro" certificates in the box. How'd we end up getting screwed out of that one? Anyway — full un-boxing and DVD-transforming shots in the gallery below.

8:30 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Ray Wert
13,630 views, 15 comments

Latest by drakeotic: Ok heres how to get the info on the win a camaro on the 2 disk edition. After you watch the main movie and when it is at the credits hit the next chapter button and a hidden menu will more »

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Video Proves Citroen Transformer Is NOT A Photoshop


We've got video to prove that yes, the Citroen Transformer we showed you late last night is not at all a p-shop chop. True, it's in Chinese and as we don't know the language, it's probably talking about how it's all CGI. Or not.

9:00 AM on Thu Oct 11 2007
By Ray Wert
25,472 views, 14 comments