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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is in the name after all. But we still can’t help but feel impressed by the engineering behind this LEGO Transformers set. With just a few easy shifts and no re-building required, LEGO Optimus ...

Believe it or not, the LEGO figure undergoes its transformation in an incredibly unique manner—not through disassembling and reassembling its parts, but by twisting, turning, and tucking its ...

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.

Lego has teased its next set, which will give fans of Hasbro's Transformers the opportunity to build Autobot leader Optimus Prime. The actual set wasn't shown, but the reveal was teased in a tweet on ...

LEGO Has officially unveiled their first BrickHeadz sets in the Transformers lineup, and they’re more exciting than most BrickHeadz figures because you can build them in robot or vehicle modes. The ...

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 ...