A lot of new products in the Urban Retro store during October and here is a round up of what you can burn your money on.

GelaSkins on pre-order for the new iPod 3rd Nano, Classic and Touch.

Transformer t-shirts by Buddhapparel and retro t-shirts by Chunk Clothing.

Tons of new designer vinyl toys. Mini Goons, Luey by Bob Dob, Tokidoki Toys, Cardboy CMYK Cartridges and restock of Cardboy Sneakers

Art prints by Mars-1, Christopher Lee and Ben The Illustrator

Transformers can do a lot more than fight as Soundwave proves by showing off his breakdance skills. Now I need to find this transformers theme tune remix for my iPod.

“I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots!”.. and now you can own him if you a few dollars lying around. It comes with some neato accessories with the best being the Voice activated alarm, with the voice of Optimus Prime on lock and unlock mode.

We all want a transformers toy and some of us will even create our own transformers toy. But I bet no one would think of using some KFC wrapper scraps and end up with something as awesome looking as this Bumble Bee Transfomer. Create your own if you like as their are tons or images and instructions… if you do GOOD LUCK.

If that is a bit daunting then stick to these super sweet transformers paper toys created by NiceBunny.
[Link via Darren]

Regular readers will have seen many great uses for the dead Cassette Tape but it looks as though there is mor to the cassette tape culture then I expected. Design boom takes a loot at the growing Cassette Tape Culture. The highlights on the list are the transformers cassette tape and the dress created by weaving cassette tap.

With Transformers taking over the world at the moment you were sure to find a cake expert showing their love for the robots. That is where is the Flying Cat comes in and shows us how you make a Optimus Prime cake worthy of the ultimate transformer. The project took 2 days and the finished cake reflects that… however it does not actually transform so all you fussy fans will probably not be too impressed.

I bet you have never seen a Snail do this transformers impersonation. This is just a sample animation created by Spontaneous and they tons more for you to check out on their website.

As everyone waits for the upcoming and awesome looking Transformers movie some people are keeping themselves busy by pretending to be actual transformers. [Thanks Darren]

You probably did not think you were learning anything while watching cartoons when you were younger. However the truth is that some cartoons from the 80’s and 90’s actually unintentionally taught us a few lessons. Cracked have put together a list of 8 Important Lessons Learned from ’80s Cartoons. The lesson that Popeye taught us that spinach is good for you, is the reason I us to love to eat spinach as a child and even enjoy it to this day.

The other lessons are also relevant but I just hope that the lesson we are supposed to have learned from Transformers does not come true, in a Battlestar Galactica kind of way.
[via CommandN]

The beauty of Transformers is that with a little bit of imagination almost anything can be a Transformer. Nike has proved this by creating these awesome Nike Free 7.0 Megatron and Convoy Transformers. They come complete with a Nike x Transformers box and when they are in their trainer / sneaker form they look super realistic.

If you have a idea for a Transformer then why not add it to the list of Photoshop Transformers at Something Awful. There are some great Transformers ideas already including some very clever ones like the Rubiks cube Transformer. [via Smidigt]