China Creates Life-Size Optimus Prime Out of Rubbish
- Categories: Anime Figures, News
- Date: Jul 17, 2010 17:24 JST
- Tags: Beijing, Bizarre, Cars, China, Fine Art, Made in China, Mecha, Statues, Transformers
What do you do when you want to copy another country’s efforts to recreate a giant robot that has been part of its identity for years as life-size statue-cum-tourist trap, but find you have none of your own?
In China’s case, simply copy some other country’s robotic icon, in this case resulting in an impressive life-size rendition of Optimus Prime.
Located northwest of Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium, Optimus stands at 12m tall and weighs some 6 tons.
Seeing that useless junk is so abundant in China, sculptors apparently considered it as well to use them to make a giant Optimus Prime. Thus the replica was created, using 5 truckloads of used car parts.
With Japan and Korea the undisputed giant robot superpowers of Asia in both fiction and statuary, it seems China will have to devise an original indigenous creation if it is to have any chance of challenging the likes of Gundam.
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Better to make their shit into a giant Optimus Prime than to keep it tossed everywhere like it is.
Agreed. This is actually the most creative way to use trash that I've ever seen.
I'm more impressed with the "China" tag.
But wow, Optimus is most impressive.
how about making a giant megan fox statue out of recycled silicone?
...out of recycled silicone from breast implants :)
Does it transform though, that is the question, if it doesn't I am not impressed =P
From Japan to America to China. Truly international icon. lol
goods from china is always one level lower... that's why it cannot transform
cool art btw, for once I'm truly admiring china
Now we can see japanese gundam vs china's optimus prime
Don't forget the monstrously gigantic Korean TaeKwon-V that's supposed to stand taller than 360 feet to come sometime in 2012.
^ Eventually Japan will just build a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Or maybe even Chou Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
^Even if its completed today, it'd take million of years to see it fully due to it's size.
^lol You're right, but It would be humanity's greatest achievement!
^Damn, that would be awesome. There'd be piles of blueprints for it, too.
and then the earth will rotate around it destroying all life forms D:
lets see them build a life size of Unicron
@Davoh
Of course it transforms. If you hit it hard enough it turns into a pile of trash. ^_^
Killing you in the process... Better not. Besides, being made in China, who are we to say it won't fall on our heads if we get close to it? I'd stay at least twenty meters away from that big pile of trash (literally).
cute how used car parts are same as trash, rubish and junk.
u guys are just bunch of fucktards
Ironically enough, this is how Optimus Prime looked in the first and second Transformers movie.... to me at least.
The Transformers movie sucked ass. As did the sequel. Optimus Prime from the movie sucked ass too, and looked ugly.
If yer gonna make a statue of him, at least take his image from Transofrmers Masterforce series or Generation One atlest, not from shitty movie
i disagree, i think octopus prime looked cute as a button.
Admittedly, this is probably the first win article about China I've ever seen on Sankaku...
Now they should just turn all their junk into Autobots and Decepticons and have them lined-up, facing each other as if in an inevitable showdown...
That would make an awesome sight to behold...And a Tourist Trap to Transformers enthusiasts...
i believe there´s enough junk in china to make a life-sized TTGL
..Make that a Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
either that... or start a recycling program.
NOW let's see a nation replicate Unicron haha!!
I don't think there is enough metal on Earth to replicate that.
It's gonna take the entire Solar System or even the Universe itself to build Unicron.
I'm sure China could do it. Their specialty is to cut corners, after all.
lol, no squares in china, just circles.
Not enough metal on earth? They are going to use metal coated trash. Building bridges with that technique was just the beginning. ^_^
This nostalgic comment just made my day..
wtf is unicron?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicron
Where's Optimus's shiny coat of chrome? ;_;
Since it is Made in China, it was omitted in order to make it less expensive.
Say what you will, but this is pretty damned impressive. Not purely Chinese (but then again, what is these days :P), but still rather awesome.
Now, let the world beware China, for soon its garbage robots will conquer the world! Recycling and conquering at the same time!
some survey I've read before stated that almost 70% of stuff we have @ our home is Made in China...
So, maybe not PURELY, but majority IS Chinese...
Scary thought isn't it?
that sounds like GLA from CnC general
Hopefully it will not break apart and fall to buildings around it
Haha you so jealous.
Haters gonna hate.
Better saying: Weaboos gonna hate.
At least this robot is made of real parts, it's not a giant metal pipe with cheap plastic cover like the gundam one.
A gundam hater bitching about haters.
You sure like those american gay robots.
You think cheap plastic is not real... so metal junk is real enough to make a robot.
I bet you don't realize these are just sculptures.
well i guess they couldnt find any old cans of polish to polish him .
is it just me or does he seem more buff on the shoulder part ? like a gorila ?
i have to admit this is pretty cool lol.
Transform and roll out... to the curbside.
This should be a prime example on how to optimally use used car parts :p
I c wat u did der