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Awesomest Custom Made Helmets You’ll Ever See

Awesomest Custom Made Helmets You’ll Ever See

There’s nothing like riding a motorcycle with the wind blowing in your face on a nice sunny day, is there? Of course, you can always liven things up by wearing a custom made helmet. There is no shortage of custom-made helmets, but the ones that YouTube user tigerpause444 has made seem to have no match. The videos of his helmets that he has uploaded are not new but his creations are too cool not to share. Take this favorite of mine. Without a doubt, this Iron Man helmet takes home the prize. Here’s how the helmet was made. He also has a Bumblebee Helmet. But I like this Optimus Prime Read more »

Shenyang City’s Optimus Prime is the Tallest of Them All

Shenyang City’s Optimus Prime is the Tallest of Them All

Last year, Robin shared with us the tallest Optimus Prime statue ever made. It was displayed outside of the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, where the 2008 Olympics was held. It stood at 10 meters tall, was made out of junk material, and was brought in from Taiwan. As impressive as the statue is, yesterday, it had to hand over the distinction of being the tallest Optimus Prime installation in the world. Another Optimus Prime statue was unveiled in China, this time in Shenyang City. This statue weighs in at 21 tons and is 11 meters tall. It is also made of various car parts – taken from 20 cars. Read more »

Life-sized Optimus Prime looms over Beijing

Life-sized Optimus Prime looms over Beijing

More than meets the eye? Well, kinda. Standing forty feet tall and weighing six tons, this facsimile of Optimus Prime as seen in Michael Bay’s recent live-action movies has been built in Beijing‘s Green Dream Park, just outside of the “Bird’s Nest” stadium used in the 2008 Olympics (the stadium can be seen in the picture above, in the haze behind the robot). The construction (it took all my will power just now not to type “constructicon”) stands as a monument to environmentalism and recycling, since it was built out of spare car parts, which took five truckloads to cart to the environmentally-themed park. The park is also reportedly home to Read more »