Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Lego ...

Lego has partnered with yet another popular franchise, recreating its IP with little plastic bricks. This time, it’s Transformers, the 1980s toy line of robots that change into vehicles and vice versa ...

LEGO and Hasbro announced a new set that dreams are made of a couple of weeks ago. That's right, LEGO is making Transformers sets, and the kick-off is the ultimate one. Optimus Prime, leader of the ...

The LEGO Group and Hasbro are creating the first combined fully-transforming LEGO Transformers line, beginning with Optimus Prime. This is the first time Hasbro and LEGO have worked together, in what ...

There have been robot builds. There have been truck builds. But the LEGO designers delivered something truly special with this: a massive Transformers Optimus Prime that also turns into a semi truck.

An impressive set for sure, the Lego Icons Optimus Prime is better off as a display piece than a toy as he can be a bit fragile. That being said, he can transform from robot to truck mode with ease, ...

LEGO has officially unveiled a Transformers Optimus Prime set and yes, it can transform without removing a single piece. Standing at more than 35cm tall in robot mode and 15cm high as a truck, the set ...

It’s a big day for LEGO fans. You can now purchase the awesome LEGO Optimus Prime set that, when built, actually transforms into a semi truck. That’s a nifty feat of engineering if ever there was one.

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is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Optimus Prime is officially a Lego set — ...

If you’re tired of having to choose between your Lego bricks and your Transformers at playtime, Hasbro and the Lego Group have teamed up to solve your problem. A new Optimus Prime kit, due out on June ...