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News Credits: 4 · by **Krapicon** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:59 am

Good Day to you All

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I saw this article and it was rather awesome that these Chinese Farmers created life size Transformers from scrap metal. I have added a link to the website showing these really amazing pieces of giant Transformers art. I love the Bumblebee!!! Enjoy!!! http://www.buzzfeed.com/deannye/giant-j ... .vtKq2XEYQ

Like LegendaryAntiHero on Facebook · by **LegendaryAntiHero** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:44 pm

I think I've seen that before but man does that look awesome

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:47 pm

This news piece comes to us, courtesy of fellow Seibertronian NuclearConvoy and you can read the full article over on the Lost At E Minor website, right here.

Two farmers, a father and son team, based in China, have been taking scrap metal pieces and creating statues of movieverse Bumblebee, Jetfire and Optimus Prime, among others. Scrap metal has always been big business, for example, cast iron tubs are made from scrap and they go for a pretty penny, but this takes the cake. Farmers Yu Lingyun and Yu Zhilin made around $160,000.00 for their endeavors and they show no signs of stopping now.

Their replicas (and any replicas, for that matter) are a hot item in China right now due to the success of Age Of Extinction, which was 2014's biggest movie and one of China's biggest in history. With fans that rabid, it's no surprise that custom works such as these would do big business.

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News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:06 pm

I particularly like the Jetfire.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:12 pm

NuclearConvoy wrote:I particularly like the Jetfire.

Bumblebee's my favorite, actually. They did an excellent job of making their model match the CGI as close as possible given the materials. That and he's HUGE. That's a ridiculous amount of work and awesome.

by **griftimus prime** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:41 pm

these are some of the better ones i have seen.

by **Rated X** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:47 pm

Would I be wrong to call these farmers a "third party" ? Theyre making profit from Hasbro IP without a license. Weve seen these junkyard sculptures created countless times, but this is the first time its so blatently been acknowledged to be a business. Not that I give a crap about IP theft, but I know some here do.