Cartoonist Neill Cameron is spending a month creating and presenting an A to Z list of things that are truly awesome, bringing together pop culture icons such as Hello Kitty, Optimus Prime, and Ironman.

Link via Popped Culture

Previously on Neatorama: The Periodic Table of Awesoments

Is it a robot Mickey Mouse that transforms into an Optimus Prime? Or an Optimus Prime that transforms into Mickey Mouse? This would make for a great debate on a first date with that girl from work. Doing so will impress her as to your mental acuity and seriousness.

Link via Topless Robot

Thai sculptors at robot-models created this awesome … and large, Optimus Prime metal sculpture out of junk and found object. The sculpture is over 2 m (~7 feet) tall.

The company said that it will continue to make more Transformers, both the Autobots and the Decepticon characters. These sculptures are sure to transform your living room into a sci-fi geek heaven. (see what I did there?)

Link – via GeekAlerts

I post this for two reasons. One, it’s awesome. The photo’s from Matt Boulton and you can find a desktop wallpaper-sized version here.

Two, I found it at Fanmode, which is my favorite toy news site and which I steal links from regularly. Links I spotted there today include a charming photo of Polly Pocket cheerfully committing vehicular manslaughter and an interview with Eddie Wires, who paints prototype action figures.

*Previously on Neatorama: Here’s a bunch more Optimus Prime links, including an Optimus Prime Statue in Yunnan, China.

This guy spent 6 weeks and about C$180 to make this awesome Do It Yourself Optimus Prime Transformers Costume out of the stuff you can get from your local hardware store!

Here’s the build log (in case you want to build one yourself) and final outcome: Link – Thanks mmat!

Because the Optimus Maximus keyboard continues to be a vaporware (They’re supposedly to release it in March 2007!), here’s something else from Korea: a keyboard with programmable LED lighting system!

A software that lets you customize the way the LEDs behave is also included. You can make the keys glow only when your hit them, create your own patterns, or simply set it to glow in one single color of your choice.

Link (with video demonstration)

This awesome Optimus Prime case mod (6′ 11" with legs on!) was made by John Mangus from Stoystown, PA. Link – Thanks MvT Cracker!

Don’t forget to check out Neatorama’s Ultimate Case Mod Page.

The steps taken and final outcome of baking and building an Optimus Prime cake.

Link [Flickr] – via Urban Retro Lifestyle

Nico Di Mattia doing a great painting of the Optimus Prime Transformer.

He uses a graphics tablet to hand draw images and graphics and the software used for the speed painting is Adobe Photoshop 7.

Link [YouTube] – via Hemmy.net

No news yet if Nike will release these Transformers-inspired shoes, colored in full Optimus Prime splendor! Link – via Gizmodo (This one’s for you, Alain!).

The Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet. It does great things for your voice, but you can forget about invincibility, or turning into a truck. Coming soon from Hasbro, to a comic shop near you, but no price as yet.

As seen on Gizmodo.