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News Credits: 3 · Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:35 am

http://www.automotto.org/entry/chinese- ... ad-to-toe/

and he also has an enemy, made out of an old Jiefang truck http://www.automotto.org/entry/chinese- ... ang-truck/

also, the place i originally found about this topic http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/07/chi ... e_race.php

News Credits: 767 · Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:50 am

If you haven't noticed yet the Chinese love Transformers, with numerous conventions and toy expos the occasional car race in Bumblebee clones and of course giant statues made from metal.
Taking a bunch of junk and welding it together to construct giant Transformers statues seems to be something of a new national pas time in China as two new ones have popped up in the last few days.
The first is a statue made by a bunch of students that seems to be inspired by movie Optimus Prime:

Read up on it by clicking here!

And now the newest sighting, a giant Movie verse Optimus Prime:

This thing is 10 meters tall and stands at the Bird’s Nest at Beijing Olympic Park check out more images by clicking here.

So any guesses at when the Chinese start building real Transformers out of boredom?

Stay tuned to seibertron.com for all your Transformers related news!

News Credits: 251 · Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:57 am

Optimus Prime: Why is my head cartoon-ishly blocky?

Ninja Scourge! :lol:

The reason why I say that is because the head reminds me of Scourge for some reason :lol:

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:08 pm

If they do start building actual Transformers I doubt it'd be out of boredom. Imagine having a platoon of Transformers marching along with the Chinese army. Many surrenders.

Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:52 pm

That other one is based on a great and noble chinese general, so I have read.

Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:20 pm

That Prime statue is freaking AWESOME!!!

News Credits: 21 · Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:16 pm

wow that preim is almost life size compared to the prime in theactual movie its hard to tell comparing it to smalle buildings in background like that way to go

Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:36 pm

The other one is Guan Yu, one of the three famous sworn brothers of the Three Kingdoms era. He's long been deified and worshipped by Chinese as the God of War and Martial Arts.

News Credits: 668 · Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:03 am

dragons wrote::APPLAUSE: wow that preim is almost life size compared to the prime in theactual movie its hard to tell comparing it to smalle buildings in background like that way to go

Actually, he's life size and then some. A meter is 3.28 feet. 10 meters puts him at 32.8 feet tall. The animation model, according to the game guide from the first movie, is 28-30 feet tall. So, yeah, this statue is actually life sized and then some.

And he looks incredible. I'm just so impressed by this guy, and I can't imagine what kind of work went into his construction. Whoever the people are, they are to be commended for such incredible talent.

My only crit, is that his antennae are a tad too long and more G1-ish, but that's so unimportant when he's that awesome.