Film fans build their own Transformer

[sa_butta]

Three Transformers fans in China have taken three months to build their own robot out of a Citroen C2 car.



Sui Lulu, Zhang Yiming and Li Wei, from Nanjing city, have named the 15ft Transformer X2, reports the Jinling Evening Post.

"We are huge Transformers fans, and grew up with them on TV and in comic books. We always wanted to have our own transformer, a real one," says graphic designer Sui Lulu.

He says they picked the Citroen C2 because it's small: "We originally wanted to make the figure of Optimus Prime, who is transformed from a truck.

"But we calculated that the final figure would be around seven storeys high, and we couldn't find room for it. So we went with the Citroen C2."

X2 is loosely based on the Bumblebee and Jazz Transformers in the movie.

But Sui added: "We added a lot of our things, like some Chinese elements. The head of X2 is like an ancient Chinese war helmet, simple but beautiful."

He admits that, because of financial constraints, their Transformer can't actually do much transforming.

"The legs bend, since we installed two hydraulic pressure rods, and the finger joints move. Also, we added a pedrail to his feet," he said.

The youngsters are now planning to fulfill their original ambition to make a giant Transformer based on Optimus Prime.

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[TDMVPDPOY]

we are a step closer to GUNDAM

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Some nutjob transformer fan is going to pay thousands of dollars for that thing. These two geeks are going to be rich pretty soon

[Walter Craparita]

Twa.

[Slomo]

Similar idea but from Star Wars.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/star-wars...ies-305976.php

[sa_butta]

Halo fans will love this...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jgd89BVlVuc

[Slydragon]

you not rich enough to make one of those no problem, here is something anyone with boxes can do.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HeMUlSe1sjM

[David@SLCC]

Sorry, disappointing news. My Chinese co-workers tell me that the original article has not been translated properly and that only the front bumper and tires are from a real car.

I was pissed when I found that out...