Chinese make Optimus Prime out of junk; Garbage Pail Megan Fox still nowhere to be found
By Trent Wolbe 
posted July 15th 2010 7:51PM
posted July 15th 2010 7:51PM
Some Chinese dudes decided they couldn't wait a year for Michael Bay to drop his next 3D Transformabomb, so they went troweling around the local junkyards until they came up with the 10,108 car parts needed to erect this 33-foot Optimus Prime. We heard that 10 minutes after this picture was taken, OP tried to do a mating dance for the Olympic Stadium, but she didn't bite. Better luck next time!
Title lol
@zangetsu2
Japanese gundam > this.
@tobsmonster2 yes - gundam statue is good, but now we need 500 feet tall Bender statue!
@bentrizen 500ft. Hah! The real Bender statue was much, much taller!
http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Bender_Statue
Epic Win
On related news, Optimus Prime unable to visit - and fight for justice in -the US due to high lead content.
Wow, surprisingly it looks good.
Epic :D
Am I the only one who came here with the slightest hope there'd be a pic of the former Ms. Fox
@RLBurkes
Yes.
@RLBurkes - I guess that's cool if you think hammer-thumbs are hot...
The Chinese... creating since the year 1200
@Plazmic Flame B.C.
Bad. Ass.
@Phuk0ff
Uh, that's not his ass. But I see what you mean. Obviously he's not really in his 'prime' anymore.
i want the old simple Prime back.
@owen66
No.
@owen66
yes.
@owen66
Ahhh, no. Despite Michael Bay's recent cluster**** movies related to the Transformers franchise, whoever did the design concepts for the robots deserves epic kudos. They are robots so seeing all the mechanical parts and attention to detail is awesome.
@owen66
you kids can have your new Prime as envisioned by the master of "childhood-memories-be-damned", but to me this will always be Optimus Prime.
http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/optimus-prime.jpg
@owen66
i love that THIS is the busiest thread in the comments so far.
@owen66
I grew up playing with Transformers, too, and even I can recognize that the look of the new Transformers is superior to the 80's look. Bumblebee's upgrade is the most epic, from a lowly VW Beetle to a sick ass Camaro.
@owen66 That's because that IS the one and only Optimus Prime. Accept no substitutions. He died for all of us in in in 2005. The new Optimus BAY is but a pretender.
@owen66
i guess if you use words like "epic", then yes, the new prime is pretty sick ass. i'm just mad nostalgic i guess yo.
@owen66
My new Prime would own your OG Prime any day, pal. That is all
@zangetsu2
There is no way you can pick up Megan Fox with a WV... you need a Camaro at least...
While the new Transformers may look cool, you can't escape the fact that they were designed (or at least commissioned) by a guy who admitted to not being a fan of the series. To me, that makes them inferior to the original.
Or, to use the 'net vernacular :
Fandom > CGI whizbang
Oddly enough, an ad for the new Camaro popped up on this article.
Coincidence?
Found this, thought I'd share:
http://www.nutstothis.com/comics/2006/0719.shtml
Found this, thought I'd share:
http://www.nutstothis.com/comics/2006/0719.shtml
@Smart People Play Tuba
Okay, WTF, Engadget? I didn't double-post that sh17.
@cjwild OG Prime would totally devastate Pimpmobile Prime any day of the week.
@zangetsu2
the thing that got the most emotion out of me in the first movie was when bumblebee scanned the new camaro and made itself a million times less cool
nice, now they need to build one for gun dam.
@techlord
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/full-size-gundam-created-for-gundam-crisis-attraction/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/22/gundam-turns-30-celebrates-with-the-most-awesome-statue-ever/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/giant-gundam-statue-returns-with-beam-saber-to-threaten-mt-fuji/
What are the hands made of? Looks more like new aluminum sheeting than something found in a junkyard.
@engadgetcomexcludeengadget
I'm pretty sure that it would not be too difficult to find aluminum sheeting in a junk yard...
Skynet approves it's first physical incarnation. Where's the Ethernet go?
Way to fight global warming, now, this is recycling !
I'm still waiting for all of our iDevices to transform into little decepticons after steves orders at tomorrows press conference...
Unoriginal... Disney's the Iron Giant anybody?
@sumsimpleracer
Transformers and Optimus Prime came out in 1984 when did the iron
giant come out? Or is he still in the closet?
@robochris The Iron Giant was written in the 60's
Edit- WB's Iron Giant
*yawn*
Call me when they make a lifesize version of the far superior Gen 1 Optimus Prime
@Liquidmark http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/1872635059_148d73c9dd.jpg
At least this thing is a better actor than she is.
Robots are Japanese, not Chinese :)
That's awesome!
For all those criticizing it; the only reason you guys are trashing it is because it was made in China? Grow up people and give credit to the builders for making something this neat from recycled goods.
Cool stuff.
You've always got to give credit to guys who do something big and impressive and pointless, just because they want to.
That's the stuff that makes life fun.