Optimus Prime Wins PC Case Contest
Posted by Raymond T.
Aug 4, 2007 at 5:57pm CDT
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"This Optimus Prime PC mod is made out of aluminum from ranges of 14 ga to 1/4" material and formed and tig welded. It stands 6'10" tall while in transport mode. When I was designing this PC I wanted it to transform in some way or another. It is a Transfomer, what kind would it be if it did not transform. So, I made it transform into a much smaller desktop form. The hands are from casts I made from my own hands. I thought it would be cool to have something of me built into the mod. I used a slideout motherboard design for the MB mounting and external PSU mounted in a custom enclosure mounted on the back. It also has a 7" LCD sreen mounted in the waist to watch movies or such. I made the Autobot Matix center out of a solid peice of brass then milled it on my lathe to accept a 7" blue plasma disk and mounted on a 1/4" aluminum frame and polished it to a mirror shine".
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Comment by alldarker
Aug 4, 2007
Congratulations to John Magnus... Seriously though, when I first read this topic title, I thought this would be a story about a court case being won by Optimus Prime / Hasbro over being politically correct!
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Comment by Liege Evilmus
Aug 4, 2007
I hope this makes mass production.
Also, John Magnus, very fitting!
Also, John Magnus, very fitting!
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Comment by Cyber-Kun
Aug 4, 2007
That is SO cool.
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You don't think they'll repaint it White and Blue, do you?!
Comment by Raymond T.
Aug 4, 2007
Erm... His name is MaNGus, not MaGNus...Liege Evilmus wrote:I hope this makes mass production.
Also, John Magnus, very fitting!
You don't think they'll repaint it White and Blue, do you?!
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Comment by SnipeShade
Aug 4, 2007
O_O *jaw drops* geez... amazing.
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Comment by Windracer
Aug 4, 2007
Oh my god... That... is AMAZING.
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Comment by Versa
Aug 4, 2007
Not to be mean, but that dude probably spent more making that sucker than the value in prizes he got. My god I hope he gets noticed for that. I'd be mad if that's all I got for an award! hehe...
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Comment by Ninja Sixshot
Aug 4, 2007
that thing looks so cool.
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Comment by rebelprime
Aug 4, 2007
this guy had to be a very talented craftsman that is awsome
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Comment by Roddy P
Aug 5, 2007
So Prime runs on Windows Vista. 
interesting, I wonder if he has issues with drivers.
interesting, I wonder if he has issues with drivers.
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Comment by i_amtrunks
Aug 5, 2007
Very nice effort.
It's also somewhat useful!
It's also somewhat useful!
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Comment by Elita One
Aug 5, 2007
The coolest PC case Ive ever seen. Makes the ones with the fancy neon lights and clear cases look lame.
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Comment by Jetfire Masta
Aug 6, 2007
Dude, that is awesome. Make my case look like crap =(
