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News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:46 pm

For most National Basketball Association players, getting your own shoe or action figure is a dream come true, but it seems that one very popular NBA player is upping the ante.

Chinese born basketball player Yao Ming has, apparently, gotten his own Transformer! Taking the form of a basketball, this Transformer changes into a super hero type figure that resembles the NBA hoop star.

Talk about a weird twist on Pretenders and Headmasters. Check out more pics at the original post here.

by **Grimpoo** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:59 pm

I just threw up in my mouth....spit it out on some wheat bread and ate it again. Now to stay on topic...HOLY HELL thats ghey

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:06 pm

Replace the head, add some paint and you have a cool niche market Tformer. It would go well with my shoeformers and Music Label Soundwave.

News Credits: 1 · by **crazyfists** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:27 pm

scary and awesome at the same time

News Credits: 5 · by **emeraldbeacon** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:45 pm

YaoMing-imus Convoy?

by **Mirage22** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:50 pm

I like it! But that's a crap load of kibble!

by **Dreadwinglord** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:01 pm

Wow, just no.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:05 pm

Good for him :APPLAUSE:

, now just repaint and retool it and also place micheal jordans head on it and ill be fin with it, or "i'll be able to touc the sky" i know ill stop with the puns hehe :mrgreen:

News Credits: 3 · by **Archanubis** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:13 pm

Odd, very odd indeed.

by **cmagnus19** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:14 pm

Oh Primus

It's another BayFormer

This is just sad

News Credits: 2 · by **lazerbrain** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:30 pm

Being a Die hard Rockets and Yao Ming fan, I might considering picking this up if its not too expensive.

by **Talous** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:46 pm

That is so wrong.. but I'd buy one.

by **Wolfguard** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:06 pm

That's just friggen weird, yo...

cmagnus19 wrote:It's another BayFormer

I really don't see any resemblance to the movie TFs at all.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblebeast** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:12 pm

Does it bounce ? Like tanks ?

News Credits: 3 · by **muswp1** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:32 pm

That thing has to be a bi*** to balance with all that back kibble. Still, a very interesting transforming toy. I'd hesitate to call it a Transformer though.

by **VideoY3K** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:48 am

muswp1 wrote:That thing has to be a bi*** to balance with all that back kibble. Still, a very interesting transforming toy. I'd hesitate to call it a Transformer though.

I agree. It makes me think of the Super Globetrotters cartoon from the 70's.

Oh, what the heck. Call me a sellout, I'm buy him.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:05 am

WOW! Even the original is a Chinese knock off. #-o

News Credits: 3 · by **proximus** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:08 am

That thing looks like a can of smashed assholes. Even Dr.Moreau couldn't have come up with something like that.

gross

by **Decatron** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:54 am

This was just so random.

by **Bonger** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:46 am

omega666 wrote:WOW! Even the original is a Chinese knock off.

LMAO, too funny dude.

by **SJ21** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:41 am

That thing creeps me out. By the way, the Dr. Mareaux reference was hilarious.

by **King Slick** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:14 am

Know all we need is a Derrek Jeter baseball, a Payton Manning Football, a Wayne Gretzky hockey puck, and probably a David Beckem (sp) soccer ball and we would have...Sportsformers! Sports stars in disquise!

by **Jazz Reborn** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:03 am

Whoah! WTF!?

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:32 pm

The other day when I was in TRU in noticed some robot football player figures that had "transforming" heads. In full robot mode they are wearing helmets that somehow can be swapped for NFL players faces.

by **gotthejedigroove** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:43 pm

Wow. Talk about LAME. This is honestly pathetic. So do I get my own transformer version of myself since Im cooler than a basketball player. I hope the factory producing these melts down along with all the molds. This is retarded.