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I just came across this video on CNN's iReport section. Man, I wish I had time to do something like this. I also wish I knew how to properly embed a video!

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-341301

Want to be the most popular house on the block this Halloween? You could follow this family's example and create a 17 ft Optimus Prime model and 12 ft Bumblebee as part of your Halloween lawn decor.

Check out this news report about a very creative Ohio family who, in the spirit of the Halloween season, designed and built a set of foam and wood movie Optimus Prime and Bumblebee models. Of course, these didn't just appear over night, they took the family 8 months of hardwork.

You can see the CNN video here, and some screen captures below, showing the creation and display of the huge statues.

What Transformers fan wouldn't want these in their yard, especially for the Halloween season? Next Halloween the Cleveland family says they will be adding a few Decepticons into the midst...Barricade and Megatron!

Kudos

Awesome

Very well done !!! I love the scale and detail on Optimus. I wonder where they plan to store these things during the rainy season. I wish they would have interviewed the family and let them talk a little about the building process instead of playing rock music...

GREAT JOB ON THE STATUES !!!

We are the Cleveland family that created the Halloween Transformer display. We just wanted to say thank you to TigerTracks for posting this story! We really appreciate it. Thank you also for all the comments. In response to the question about the storage....they are all built in different pieces to take apart and store away for the year. It was built to scale to fit through our doorways. I also wanted to add that we have a myspace address so you can check out more videos and videos of the local news stations that covered it! www.myspace.com/transformersclevelandoh

Thanks again!

Pete and Jennifer Marin

Welcome to Seibertron, Peter and Jennifer! Thank you for signing up to say hi and post your myspace profile. I'm sure you'll get a lot of interest from the folks here. Might even get some bids to buy them from ya lol.

very cool. of course they are from ohio, like me.

These look awesome!!! Poor Bee looks mistransformed in the last pic (kinda squat) but perfect in the first pic.

Prime is impressive...he'll slow down traffic, that's for sure.

Wow! that is just awesome!

Welcome to Seibertron Pete and Jennifer, you guys are real seibertronians!

Awesome.

Thats some love and attention to detail right there.

Get these people a walk on part in TF3 I say, they deserve it!

blurr199 wrote::APPLAUSE:

I agree wholeheartedly with the first part of the statement. EXTREMELY well done. I can't wait to see the adds for next year. Can someone make a Santa hat and sent it to them for Optimus?

blurr199 wrote:very cool. of course they are from ohio, like me.

On this one I can only say...so are the Browns!

blurr199 wrote::APPLAUSE:

very cool. of course they are from ohio, like me.

SAME HERE!!!!! I LIVE IN THE AREA, SO I MIGHT CHECK IT OUT SOON! THIS IS LIKE A MIRACLE!!!

Those are really awesome folks. I wish I had just a hint of that kind of talent to build things like that

That is fantastic. Great work!

Pete and Jennifer,

We're glad that you visit Seibertron.com and especially that you took the time to post. Hopefully you guys stick around for a while here because it's obvious you love Transformers just as much as the rest of us do!

And nice work, of course

Wow, that guy's REALLY talented. To start from a wood framework and end up with that is cool as hell. I wonder how he forms the foam into all those detailed shapes... blades, chisels, dremmel tools?

My one chance to get credit for a news post! Arrrrrgh!

Best display ever.

Swiftpaw wrote:Best display ever.

It'd be the best display ever if they were from any line other than the movie...lol.

I know a lot of really hard work went into them, but because they're the movie versions I just can't say anything good about them.

Awesome, more TF fans from Ohio

CleveFamily wrote:We are the Cleveland family that created the Halloween Transformer display. We just wanted to say thank you to TigerTracks for posting this story! We really appreciate it. Thank you also for all the comments. In response to the question about the storage....they are all built in different pieces to take apart and store away for the year. It was built to scale to fit through our doorways. I also wanted to add that we have a myspace address so you can check out more videos and videos of the local news stations that covered it! http://www.myspace.com/transformersclevelandoh

Thanks again!

Pete and Jennifer Marin

Those displays just scream awesomeness!

That is amazing. I do have to wonder what's going to happen should a fair breeze come along though. And I shudder to think of how much craft foam debris was flying around after all that was done.

Bishop ---that sig is hilarious. Oughta show that to my Joe fan friend.

I commend this family for making such awesome statues. My love for TF started in Cleveland as well, watching G1 after school and going to the movie on my 10th birthday. Bravo!!

Lily wrote: And I shudder to think of how much craft foam debris was flying around after all that was done.

I imagine it was quite a mess, and they probably will be still tracking pieces of it all over the house many months later

And I agree with the others, these are very well done!