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One man's junk is another's 7-foot-tall Optimus Prime sculpture

7-foot-tall-optimus-prime-junk-sculpture.jpgHere's a robot sculpture that would spark a lot of debate between fans of the Autobots or Decepticons. Autobots' leader Optimus Prime is looking a little thin in all his junky glory, but the sculpture is still really impressive. It's made entirely from scrap and stands over 7 feet tall, weighs 550 pounds and costs a whopping $6,900.

If you don't have $6,900 handy, there's a few smaller options. There's 2.3-foot Optimus for $700, and a 1.3-foot one for $275. Bumblebee also got a little love at $275, standing over two feet tall.

None of them actually transform, though with a baseball bat and a blowtorch you may be able to make it happen.

Check out the gallery below for more views of ol' Optimus.





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By direc7 at 9:40 PM ON 07/15/08

What a creative way!
from nothing to something we can see the price really..

By Search Engine Optimization at 6:50 PM ON 08/18/08

this is cool. i want to see a megatron version

By anon at 11:09 AM ON 09/10/08

ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

By benny at 11:06 AM ON 03/21/09

WOW here is another one and its even bigger.........

www.robosteel.com/making-a-sculpture/

By Eric at 12:58 AM ON 07/03/09

Good work! BTW, How heavy would a 7ft Optimus Prime model made of polystone be? ANy idea?

By ???wutz this??? at 1:34 PM ON 01/20/10

wow! make one of the fallen coz this baby iz AWESOME!!!


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