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There’s Bad, Then There’s the Nike Megatron Transformer for $190
By Great White Snark | October 16, 2009
Operating under the thesis that “transforming makes everything better”–recent Michael Bay movies showing all signs to the contrary–the Transformers “Crossovers” line of toys has sullied* everything from Star Wars to Marvel Comics characters.
But this Limited Edition Nike Megatron Transformer puts the icing of insult on the triple-layer cake of shame.
I see four problems here:
- Megatron transforms into a shoe. (A shoe!) Hasbro totally had a cooler design planned for this cross-licensed toy, but unfortunately, Nike doesn’t make doorstops.
- No one is going to take Megatron seriously when he has a huge half-shell of a sneaker–shoe lace and all–hovering over him like a nutty Japanese umbrella from the future.
- IT’S A SHOE.
- Air Jordantron costs a cool $190. (More than a pair of actual Nikes.) Thats $3 in parts, $2 in packaging, and a whopping $185 in idiot tax.
* My endorsement goes solely to the Marvel Legends Transformers Crossovers Hulk. It’s big, green, and looks like it could smash things. Mission accomplished.
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Topics: Gadgets, Toys | 3 Comments »
Tags: Gadgets, Geek Loot, Megatron, Toys, Transformers
October 16th, 2009 at 7:25 am
ROFLMAO
See, this is why I liked the 80s and 90s; there was no crap like this. Megatron was a freaking RAYCANNON of doooom. Then got demoted to a gun. Then made into a jet/helicopter. Poor guy, can’t even keep his identity straight anymore.
October 17th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
190 quatloos and you can’t even put the rotten things on? What a travesty of a mockery of a sham!
How are the kids today supposed to appreciate the classics if they’re perverted in this way?
October 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
If this was a working pair of shoes, Megs and Optimus, then this would be a hillarious, if smelly, toy.
How you can build the toys to take the hundreds of pounds of pressure that normal running shoes endure is beyond me, though.