We are less than 90 days away from the release of Transformers: Age Of Extinction. According to Daily Mail UK, it seems as though China has already started a Promotional Campaign.
According to the paper:
“The man behind the multi-billion dollar Transformers movie franchise, Bay, 49, has sent his fleet of Autobots on a tour of the country to drum up interest in the fourth installment of the series.
Big, brash and full of explosions, the Transformers movies – which have taken more than $2.6billion at the global box office – embody American cinema’s gonzo inclinations.
Standing at more than 15ft tall, the models cut imposing figures as they tower over local buildings.
China plays a key role in the new film, with part of the film’s funding coming from Chinese financiers and several sequences being filmed in the region.”
Stepper
I think these look cool even though is not 100 percent accurate.
LegendAntihero
For some reason, Sentinel doesn't look right with his wings
HoneyPrime
Thanks.
FoC Grimlock
They weren't made just for AOE. They're advertising props that appear all over the place over here. Sometimes it's for a cell phone store, to bring people to a particular mall or tourist area, or just to get people to travel to a part of a town that hasn't had traffic. There are statues from all three films and they don't stop using them.
Livingdeaddan
Understood!
Stepper
Opps China,how you failed in terms of accuracy.
jestermon
Nope, but I don't think some people know the difference.
HoneyPrime
So, uh, I may be totally behind on the news or having a big DERP moment, but why is Sentinel Prime being used? The only thing I saw of him was supposedly his head in the KREO factory set. I would love him showing up briefly for something, so can someone please enlighten this forgetful old lady?
OT: Those are awesome! I wish something like that would come to a town near me. I would even drive a bit to see those. And drag my step brother with me so someone can hear my excited rattling.
Livingdeaddan
I don't think you have to be physically in a country to influenced by its media culture?!
jestermon
This is in China not Japan wrong country buddy.
TCJJ
Everyone's already made jokes about how these are from Dark of the Moon, so….. Yeah, it's dumb, and they look stupid (especially Bumblebee), but oh well. Have fun with your pretty-much-official knock-off Transformers, China.
Yeah, they remind me of the fake Chinese Gundam, too. That thing was atrocious, especially with the bold-faced lies accompanying it.
I too would like a 15 minute cut of ROTF. That might actually make the movie tolerable.
FoC Grimlock
These statues have been making the rounds for a couple of years now. They just had Bumblebee over near my house but he's on the road again. Now, they have Optimus over at one of the museums. They're super cool looking.
BeeOtch217
they did this for DOTM?
TFanPage101
True. True.
Livingdeaddan
Those models remind me of the fake Chinese Gundam, the one that was basically a yellow copy of the huge 1:1 Gundam statue in Tokyo, and the makers of it bare faced said they never copied Gundam, never even saw it before. I wonder if these started out in a similar way, and the Chinese company promoting AOE nabbed them?!
In fairness, you could make a pretty awesome looking 15 min cut of ROTF… in fact could someone do that please?!
Although, I do believe AOE will turn out to be fairly good.
Prime Jetscream
So you haven't read about people saying that the 15 minute clip looks way better than the last movies?
N_M_S
Not a fan of the movies or the movie toys, but I would totally buy an Optimus and Sentinel if they looked like that.
The fuel tank "biceps" are awesome…
Algernon
That one probably cost 10x more than all 3 of the Chinese ones.
OP and Sentinel look awesome. I love the anime-esque style.
MV95
I really like the Optimus one. Sentinel is decent. Bumblebee not so much.
Autovolt 127
Great Idea Guys, Let's build a statue to a genocidal robot that wanted to enslave the human race to re-build his homeworld where he can be a god.
Great Idea!
/sarcasm over.
These statues look cool.