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Optimus Prime Made of Junk Cars In China

Posted by samzenpus on from the roll-out dept.

rmaureira writes "An awesome 33-foot-tall, 6 ton Optimus Prime replica is being shown at Beijing's Olympic Park. Made from junked car parts and scrap metal parts, it is impressive."

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  1. Re:Cheap chinese knockoff by interval1066 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You know what would be great? A steampunk style giant robot. Think if Transformers had been created back in the 50's, Optomus Prime might have been made partly from an Edsel.

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    Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
  2. green activity? rofl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So dragging a bunch of old, junked cars out, welding them together, and transporting 30 tons of scrap as a display dedicated to a cartoon... is green?

    "Composed of junked car parts and various bits of scrap metal, the interesting irony of this unofficial knockoff is that if Transformers really existed this is probably what they would look like. Let's all agree that this is probably the coolest way the world's nations could encourage more participation in green environment initiatives."

    and people wonder why nobody takes hippies seriously...