Takara Tomy's Transformers earphones

The same folks that brought you the Optimus Prime iPod speaker dock are lobbying for your head-earned dollars once more, as Takara Tomy is betting that you just can't resist yet another Transformers gizmo to stack in your collection. This time it's throwing down a nifty set of morphing earphones, dubbed the Music Label Frenzy & Rumble, which boast a clip-on design coupled with a fold-out robot. Of course, we have sincere doubts about the sheer sound quality of these things, but let's be honest, you'll be listening a lot more intently to geeky comments as you stroll by than the LCD Soundsystem track quietly playing in the background. Start saving those pennies, fanboys and girls, as this treasure should land in the July timeframe for just ¥3,950 ($33).

[Via TokyoMango]

[Danger @ Apr 25th 2007 10:32PM]

I don't care what you folks say, this is one of the coolest things i have ever seen. I have to buy one.
http://www.burnedbytheman.com

[James @ Apr 25th 2007 10:42PM]

Just one word....

WHY?

[Tom @ Apr 25th 2007 11:26PM]

Why not? :)

This is just too cool.. I want.

[James @ Apr 25th 2007 11:56PM]

Because I am an adult...

[Mike @ Apr 26th 2007 12:04AM]

This is obviously a children's item. In that regard they're not geeky at all.

[Tavis Veighey @ Apr 26th 2007 12:28AM]

They are only $33 US? Not bad.

[Alex @ Apr 26th 2007 12:58AM]

I don't care who it is. If I see someone wearing one of these on the streets, I'm pounding you in the face. Nobody that would stoop down to something like this deserves to share the air I breathe. Absolutely ridiculous!

[Alex @ Apr 26th 2007 12:59AM]

BTW, the picture doesn't imply that this is intended for kids.

[substance12 @ Apr 26th 2007 1:54AM]

this should really transform...

and plug into soundwave...

[Crispin @ Apr 26th 2007 8:26AM]

If you look close, that sure looks like Soundwave in the earphone to me. Which makes them about 10 times cooler.

[chris.ismael @ Apr 26th 2007 6:03AM]

i wish they'd make a bunch of these that plug-in together to transform into sorts of things.. like a home theatre

[Chris K. @ Apr 26th 2007 2:33PM]

Soundwave?

You must be on crack. That's Frenzy. The other earphone is probably Rumble, and that makes some sense, since Takara/Tomy's also releasing a Soundwave MP3 player. The cassettes got upgraded to headphones, which is probably the best that they could do with modernizing Soundwave.

(And yes, I KNOW that Frenzy was red in the cartoon. That was also a load of crap.)

[whiskey @ Apr 27th 2007 2:20PM]

Soundwave today would not have endedup morphing to a boombox but maybe a PMP... so his cassettes would not have made any sense, so this is just the logical step... Wait to see the compactflash laserbeak or the SD Ravage.