Taiwanese man builds Optimus Prime out of scrap metal

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Sol Fury, Jan 23, 2010.

  1. 1980kid

    1980kid Well-Known Member

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    wow thats impressive ,but ihave to be honest ' i much prefer compute146 6'8 optimus prime g1, its on the radicons page.think the thread is called id thought id share this with you' his prime is flipping brilliant .you should check it out guys
     
  2. U.Magnus80

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    It's kick-ass, yet very artistic at the same time. This guy could commission these things if he wanted.
     
  3. alien

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    a real lovely dad~
     
  4. Alung

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    The name they used in the video was 柯博文, pronounced kē​ bó​ wén in Mandarin.​
     
  5. NotFastEnuff

    NotFastEnuff I'm a smartass...

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    That's cool, but something scares me. It's gotta weigh a LOT, and he's not prepping the metal at all, just tacking it as he finds it. No grinding, putting incompatible metals together. I'd be afraid the thing won't support it's own weight. Cool, but kinda scary.
     
  6. Autobot 47

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    Mr Liang is a welder and his whole family is a fan of Transformers. As Alung (I guess you're also from Taiwan?) said he used car spare parts and two weeks for completing OP. The narrator said, not only Mr Liang is not only a welder, but an artist in his free time, so he built this Transformer to fullfill the family's dream. Mr. Liang said partly something in a dialect that my dads speaks, but as far as ALung pointed out, it was keeing ratio of OP, the weight of 500 kg and the height of 4,3 m. You could make out lots of car spare parts in this model like brake discs and consisting other stuff of cars. He built it for his son for his enjoyment, who is a great fan of Transformers. When I understood it right, he built at the front of the porch, and OP act as a guardian of the house. Feard of being stolen, he secured OP with an electronic anti-theft device.

    Useful being born on Taiwan. ;) 
     
  7. Budokhan

    Budokhan Wheeljack's apprentice

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    That kid has the coolest dad in the world!

    12 thumbs up!
     
  8. OptimusPrimal13

    OptimusPrimal13 Dutch Radicon

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    :jawdropper:  Holy scrap! This is awesome!
     
  9. [Wing_Saber-X]

    [Wing_Saber-X] Takara Fanboy Collector

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    Aww....
     
  10. Transfan2

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    From The Pics that I saw of The Optimus Prime, I think the person did a pretty good job in my opinion. :) 

    -TF2
     
  11. Murasame

    Murasame 村雨

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    Ironically, as the Transformers in the live action movies all do look like being composed of scrap metal parts.
     
  12. Rodimus

    Rodimus The Prime Producer

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    LOL, same her.

    Seriously thank you Autobot 47 for translating. :) 
     
  13. Mechafire

    Mechafire Shadow Broker Moderator News Staff

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    Impressive, most impressive.
     
  14. Roanstalker

    Roanstalker Great Baan Gaan fan

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    Is that supposed to be a joke? I dont find that very funny.
     
  15. Thenames9

    Thenames9 D-d-d-d-duel!

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    I wonder how peeved off if the guy would be if his son didn't want it! :deadhorse: 
     
  16. Autobot 47

    Autobot 47 Well-Known Member

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    No problem ;) 

    Yeah, isn't funny, but I really don't care... If you've been through this in your childhood (fortunately not much considering me), then you standing over this.
     
  17. AutobotJazz4

    AutobotJazz4 Care to rock this board?

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    Now there's one cool dad.