There are Transformers and there are Transformers. And while a 10-story Optimus Prime is OK, this $42 import features a cassette deck (which, in a manner similar to Soundwave, ALSO features a ...

Since the Transformers franchise began in 1984, there have been many aspects of the Autobots and Decepticons that don't make sense. CBR. ... whose original alternate mode was a cassette player.

Inside of the GRC Messenger II tape player, with the generator and transformer visible. (Credit: ... and it was probably during that time that the last cassette players were produced.

Transformers don’t care about people, period. That's what I learned growing up in the 1980s, ... like cassette players. I sat in front of the TV, my Kool-Aid-stained mouth agape, ...

TRANSFORMERS RETRO THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE PERCEPTOR. ... The Soundwave 7-inch action figure features classic conversion from cassette player to robot mode in 6 steps.

Between the Autobots and Decepticons, there are Transformers who can turn into almost anything, from dinosaurs, to tanks, to cassette tapes and beyond. And now, there's a Decepticon who will have ...