These Canon cameras are secretly Robots in Disguise

Don't you hate it when you get a Canon EOS R5 and discover it's a Transformer? Takara Tomy, the Japanese company behind the Transformers toys, and Canon, the Japanese company behind the cameras, are collaborating on a project that will make this nightmare a reality next year.

The collaboration resulted in a pair of Transformers figurines that can be folded into Canon cameras. I think these are surprisingly realistic because I thought they were cameras. They are non-functional replicas that are only 80 percent of the size of the actual thing. Considering Takara Tomy has previously produced working MP3-player Transformer toys, the idea that this could be a functioning camera isn't so crazy.

Image: Takara Tomy

Image: Takara Tomy

Image: Takara Tomy

Image: Takara Tomy

The lens cap, which transforms into shields for the Transformers, is one of my favorites. The figurines hold in some of the promotional images, which is a silly addition. There are two figurines, one of which is based on the movie Decepticon Refraktor.

Preorders for both Transformers will be open until September 28th, according to TFW2005. They don't know if a global release will happen.