Tooth Tunes: Transformers
April 29th, 2008I know this has the potential to paint me as a real dork, but I’m sharing anyway.
My buddy HooveR recently sent me one of those nutty Tooth Tunes toothbrushes. We’ve all seen the commercials, right? Kids brushing their teeth, and KISS is playing in their mouth as they brush. Sounds weird.
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That’s what I thought until I played with the Transformers edition of the Tooth Tunes line. The way it works is kinda neat. You put the brush in your mouth, hit the play button, and the harder you brush, the better you hear the music. So I hit the start button and put the brush on my rear molars, and I’m not only surprised to hear the sounds in my head, but it starts with Optimus Prime commanding the Autobots to "Transform and roll out", followed by the familiar transforming sound effect. It then kicks right into a bit of a remixed version of the original Transformers theme. Now, the song is intended to run the recommended two minutes to ensure a good tooth brushing, and the TF theme only lasts around 45 seconds. Tooth Tunes’ answer is to break into these extended bits of music with Optimus saying action-y things like "I’ve got Megatron in my sights," and random explosion sounds. And I can’t be sure, but it sounds an awful lot like Gary Chalk, the guy who played Optimus in a few seasons of the show. Needless to say, I immediately fell in love with this thing. I really wish they had come out with it when I was a kid. I think I would’ve brushed 4 times a day. And no, I’m not using it every day, but the reason why is especially dorky–I don’t want to use up the batteries too soon. |
April 29th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
What, the batteries aren’t replaceable, Jerzy? That would be kind of a rip…
April 30th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Wow. The wife and I don’t have cable, and absolutely no regular TV reception in the apartment, so I have been totally left in the dark on this new orthadontal fad. I want cartoon theme music in my mouth. Guess I’m going to have to hit Target tonight…
April 30th, 2008 at 6:17 am
HA! FANTASTIC!!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Heh! I honestly wondered if I was out of my mind, posting this blog. I guess I’m not alone in my madness!
I don’t know if the batteries are replaceable or not, but the brush is itself an “all in one” design, so even if I can replace the batteries, the brush will eventually be useless.
But at that point, I suppose I could just put it in my mouth to hear Optimus talk to me. But that might be even weirder.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Anything related to Optimus Prime is ALWAYS appropriate.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:28 am
I’ll have to find the picture I had taken with Peter Cullen and post it here sometime.