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Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby El Duque » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:31 am

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Remembers those Optimus Prime photos we brought you from Toy Fair? According to Movieweb Optimus Prime was cited for blocking traffic! Barricade's revenge?

To read the original story click here! There are also a couple of quotes from an interview with DOTM's Rosie Huntington-Whitley, but nothing all that revealing about the movie.

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In other Transformers: Dark of the Moon news, Optimus Prime himself visited the American International Toy Fair in New York and received a $115 parking ticket.

The screen-used tractor-trailer version of Optimus Prime was parked on 41st Street near 8th Avenue in front of Times Square after being dropped off on a flatbed in two pieces from Los Angeles. New York City drivers had a hard time making it around the 9 ft vehicle, which was charged with blocking traffic.

Apparently, the truck is only drivable on a movie set, and not street legal. Although Hasbro, who had the truck and trailer shipped in for the Toy Fair, had all of the appropriate street permits, Optimus Prime still received a ticket. There is no word if Hasbro will pay the ticket at this time.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Swiftpaw » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:43 am

Hahaha, even Optimus Prime must obey earth traffic ordinances!
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Dr. Caelus » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:58 am

Swiftpaw wrote:Hahaha, even Optimus Prime must obey earth traffic ordinances!


He should have diplomatic immunity, but he doesn't have his diplomatic plates, and his little Autobot flags weren't properly displayed on his front fenders.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Rebirth Megatron » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:00 am

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Where's RID Tow-Line when you need him? :P
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Pr1meSuspect » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:10 am

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I'd like to meet the cop who wrote the ticket haha... He's probably a Go-Bots fan.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Wheeljack35 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:15 am

The cops wanted to "Keep it real" :P :P
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby T-Macksimus » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:16 am

I'd like to see a cop try and pull that crap on Ironhide. :lol:
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Supreme Convoy » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:33 am

If Hasbro refuses to pay the ticket, I'm sure a group of Transformers fans will take care of it.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Autobot Scum » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:07 am

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It could be worse...

Could of been 'booted'. :KREMZEEK:
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby ninoslow » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:23 am

what OMG that cop is a fool of crap , is a asshole

they dont supposed give a ticket to optimus prime , that cop love decepticon

come one cops are assholes

Lmao
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby BATTLEMASTER IIC » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:14 am

I wonder what makes the truck not road-legal...

*Takes a look at pictures*
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby SLUGSLINGER81 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:48 am

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Obeying the law is the right of all sentient beings LMAO!!! :grin:
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Solrac333 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:26 am

You can see a WIDE OPEN lane. You can drive through that.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby paul053 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:30 am

Caelus wrote:He should have diplomatic immunity, but he doesn't have his diplomatic plates, and his little Autobot flags weren't properly displayed on his front fenders.


:lol: :lol: :lol:
Okay, blocking traffic plus no license plate at either front or back. That cop missed one. I'm interested to see who the ticket is issued to. To Hasbro, maybe?
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby morphobots » Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:56 am

NYC cops will ticket you for anything. Prime was a high-profile target/cash opportunity, nothing more. Permits? What permits? Hasbro didn't have the right kind or not enough, you can bet on it. I have a friend who is an owner-operator truck driver. 48 hours after his house burned down in an electrical fire he had to make a run to NYC and took his daughters, 7 and 10 years old, with him. At a stop light in town, a cop stopped him for a burned out taillight. He then examined the rest of the truck, charged my friend with $10,000 in fines, impounded the loaded truck right there, and told him he was going to jail if he didn't pay within 12 hours. And he said he didn't care if my friend had his daughters with him or not. Photos of the burned house? Faked, according to the cop.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Dr. Caelus » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:18 am

BATTLEMASTER IIC wrote:I wonder what makes the truck not road-legal...

*Takes a look at pictures*


Yeah, I wondered that too - maybe whatever rigging allows it to appear driverless?

Also, what's with putting the ticket in the passenger side door? I probably wouldn't have noticed it if I were the driver.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby lbullock7 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:06 am

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I bet it was Barricade that gave Optimus that ticket lol that bastard.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby BluePhirePB » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:17 am

ninoslow wrote:what OMG that cop is a fool of crap , is a asshole

they dont supposed give a ticket to optimus prime , that cop love decepticon

come one cops are assholes

Lmao
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby NatsumeRyu » Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:57 am

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Lol....

Good thing it wasn't TFA Ratchet, eh?
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Swiftknife24 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:03 pm

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Oh dear, funny in so many different ways! :P Couldn't the warden work out that it was there for the event...?

Never mind Ironhide, imagine if he tried to ticket the Wreckers!
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby BATTLEMASTER IIC » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:26 pm

True, New York City cops will do anything to give a ticket.

Perhaps the truck didn't have the right weight permits. Some cops are really sticklers about that, especially in New York State.

I remember during the first Gulf War a US Army Abrams tank on a heavy equipment transporter (you know, big lowboy) was heading down the road to a train station and the truck was stopped by a state trooper for not having the right weight permits. See? Cops are awful here!

But here's the kicker: While the crew chief was arguing with the trooper, a friend of mine and the rest of the tank crew fired up the tank, unloaded it, and just drove it down the road :D

Ok, enough topic derailing with old stories...
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Twitchythe3rd » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:36 pm

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And the cop is lucky enough to leave with his face in tact.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Megatron Wolf » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:32 pm

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now thats funny. How much you wanna be the cop is a fna and just wanted an excuse to touch prime, that make the story even better.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby Red 50 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:13 pm

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NatsumeRyu wrote:Lol....

Good thing it wasn't TFA Ratchet, eh?


Nah, he'd just shrug it off and walk away to get a stasis nap.
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Re: Optimus Prime Gets A Ticket?

Postby adamassc » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:36 pm

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Let's see them try and pull that crap on Motormaster.
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