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Oct 10, 2007 09:29

Chinese dudes build full-size Transformer!

Posted by RickM

I know I'm probably posting too much--first about China's iPhone non-sightings, then on Arstechnica's ridiculous misreport. But when I saw this on virtualchina.org, I just had to go out and find some more photos. Some dudes down in Nanjing just built a full-size Transformer! Costing US$8,000 and weighing in at a hefty 600kg--well, you just gotta see this sucker for yourself. Here are the pics (UPDATE, and a video or two.

 


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pie says...
Looks smaller than Bumblebee, though. And the mustard yellow throws me off.

 
 
damiankoh says...
Holy shiatz!! I want one of these!!!

 
 
xiaoxiong says...
And they call this a Transformer? Oh come on, it doesn't even transform. Check out this one, www.youtube.com...

Or check out some costume transformers for a laugh at www.youtube.com...

 
 
RickM says...
This one was built from a Citreon. And yes, the yellow is a bit off. But way impressive nonetheless, I think.

@xiaoxiong: That little Japanese Transformer is way cool!
The second video is even cooler. The Optimus Prime must have been really hard to do. I can say that because me and my younger brother built one for Halloween about 3 years ago. I wish I could dig up the pictures!

 
 
xiaoxiong says...
Hi Rick,
Glad you enjoyed the clips. They're so damn cool!

 
 
pie says...
halloween is just around the corner: www.collegehumor.com...

 
 
kaisei1 says...
Hey Pie! Wats up? Halloween is definetly around the corner....Makes me want to grab one of the Gundam cosplayers in Akihabara...Transform and Roll Out!

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ThoHa says...
"Not that I enjoyed the film too much (let's take it from the positive side: if Michael Bay can be a director, then who can't?), but this story (found by Rick Martin's Little Red Blog) is spectacular enough. Somebody in Nanjing got bored (probably had a bit of leasure time after playing an extra in one of the 25 Nanjing Massacre versions to be filmed on location..."
www.information-society.de...

 
 
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