Amazing Optimus and Bumblebee lawn displays for Halloween

This family in Cleveland has got skills! 8 months of work total went into these bad boys. If you’re in Ohio for Halloween, make sure to be on the lookout for two 15+ foot tall robots!

This year for our Halloween display, we built two Transformers for our front yard. One is Optimus Prime, 17ft tall and the other is Bumblebee, 12ft tall. We live in Cleveland, ohio and there are always a ton of people coming over taking pictures and asking about how they were made. They are made from wood and foam and it took 6 months to build Optimus and 2 months to build Bumblebee. This is a display you won’t want to miss!

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Transformers Alternity Bumblebee & Cliffjumper

Kind of lookin a little crabby... Not so sure this is a must-have for me.

Car mode, Suzuki Swift

Cliffjumper's bot mode looks better to me than Bumblebee for some reason. Maybe his pointy head matches the body better, or red is just my color. Either way, i'm 51% in favor of getting him!

Suzuki Swift, same as Bumblebee

pics courtesy of Tformers.com

Lego VOLTRON

Lego Voltron, via Flickr.  FORM BLAZING BRICK SWORD!!!!

Steampunk Optimus Prime?!

MMC-01 Knight Morpher Commander – Knight Morpher Knight Morpher at BigBadToyStore.

Life Size Robots

Try finding an acrylic display case for one of these.

“Photos: Nocturnal Gundam”

“Man makes Volkswagen into more than meets the eye”

Green Tokyo Life Size Gundam Project

Finally. A life size Gundam.

Green Tokyo Gundam Project.

Transformers Alternity Megatron

The Alternity line continues, with a double sword-wielding version of Megatron as a Nissan Fairlady Z, to round out the lineup. I’m not a big fan of the blue version, and overall this sculpt job looks weak compared to the Convoy models, like they were done as afterthought. But at least He-Man now has his Skeletor (or Barbie now has her Ken?). Set to release this month. I’m still on the fence about getting a silver Alternity Convoy/Magnus, or saving up for a MP Grimlock… Mmmmeee Grimrrrock… Meee King!!!

USA Today Design the Ultimate Transformers Contest

Looks like even the media itself is going to get in on the action for hyping the new upcoming Transformers movie.

“USA TODAY wants you to design us a brand-new Transformer. Show us your idea in both pre- and post-transformation mode and tell us whether your creation is an Autobot or Decepticon and what it does.”

Well, here’s their example. Not that bad for a newspaper article illustration. Seems inspired by a Mirage body and Ultra Magnus coloring.

Apparently, this bot eats trees and spits out overpriced mediocre journalism.

Transformers Icon Set

MP-08 Masterpiece Grimlock

Some pics of the latest in the Masterpiece Collection, MP-08. Good ‘ol King Grimlock!

Drool over this Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/accardi1/sets/72157615339851014/