It may not be as cool-looking as the life-size Gundam robot in Tokyo, but, for a home-made statue, this real-life Bumblebee Transformer is pretty awesome.
A big Transformers fan from Lemoore, California, Tom Rhoads decided to build a Bumblebee replica right in his front yard. He started working on the 18-foot-tall statue right after his son was born. Seeing these are financially-troubled times, Tom created the life-size Transformer out of an old Volkswagen Beetle, instead of a brand new Camaro, like in the movie.
Rhoads and a friend worked on this Bumblebee statue for an entire year, then lifted it into position using a crane and reinforced its legs so it wouldn’t fall down.
via Daily Stab
im 33 and was brought up in the eara of the first ever transformer. and i did own a few models as a kid and i can say (well dun) for sticking to the original comic book\cartoon models. if i could kiss you i would. my fav transformer was a sumberien (sub). ps keep it up i think you should make the full cartoon team. good and evil. what a sight that would be. yet again well dun.