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Optimus Prime Made of Junk Cars In China
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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That energon consisted of the power of human right violations, lead and Yao Mings broken foot.
You know there's a problem when chinese knockoffs are getting more awesome than the original american-made toys.
We like to talk up the Big Bad MPAA, but on a global scale they're strictly penny-ante. Sure, they can bankrupt you, but all joking aside, they can't (yet) have you executed and harvest your organs for sale.
I guess when you live day to day with the real threat of being shot in the head for saying the wrong thing in the wrong place, you don't feel particularly scared of receiving a Strongly Worded Cease and Desist.
For erecting this honking great virile "Fuck you!" to corporate lawyers, China, I salute you. Every repressive totalitarian regime has a silver lining.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
That's not Optimus Prime. That's some bastardized, hollywoodized, modern re-imagining of the true Optimus Prime.
The real Optimus Prime died inside Autobot City after handing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus.
Every repressive totalitarian regime has a silver lining.
If you mean the iPhone 4, that's actually the antenna.