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7-Foot Recycled Optimus Prime Sculpture Is A Junkyard Nightmare

This Optimus Prime sculpture should debatably be part of our Junkyard Finds series because this seven-foot monstrosity is constructed entirely of car parts. Unlike the original Optimus Prime, this sculpture lacks color and any Mack truck affiliation, but nevertheless, it's pretty spectacular. The best fact of all is that this 551-pound Optimus Prime is even for sale for a blistering $4,838.71 (likely plus shipping). And Optimus isn't the only Transformer receiving some artistic love.

The company behind this model, Robot-Models.com, also has a smaller version of Optimus Prime currently available as well as Bumbelee. A descriptive paragraph also suggests that Jazz, Ironhide, Megatron, Barricade, Starscream, Blackout and Frenzy will also be available for purchase soon. [Robot-Models via Giz]

12:20 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Travis Hudson
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P161911 at 12:40 PM on 05/19/08
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OK, so who can identify the origin of all the parts? Murilee???
wookie1901 at 12:43 PM on 05/19/08
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I thought he was a Peterbilt.

Ya know, old truckers never die. They just get a new Peterbilt.
skyln95 at 12:45 PM on 05/19/08
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good luck trying to sell that in this economy.
escapenguin at 01:05 PM on 05/19/08
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The lawnmower wheels and oddly proportioned face throw this off entirely. They looked tacked on and don't match up. C'mon. Looks like they spent so much time on everything else they forgot about that.
Tanshanomi at 01:09 PM on 05/19/08
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Just typed in some random terms in the Jalopnik search function. Let's take a look at the results:

Brat - 39 results returned.
MG - 120
4x4 - 196
Plymouth - 276
Lotus - 336
Transformers - 405

Something is very out of whack here.
Can we just let this Transformers thing go already?
pryndyl has gone Welsh at 01:16 PM on 05/19/08
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@Tanshanomi: You can't argue with statistics like that, my next car will have to be a transformer. If I'm gonna be popular.
Bumblebee at 01:17 PM on 05/19/08
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Connectedness Index: 73
Brought to you by Acura TSX

Have you seen how puny he made my coolant valve look? I've never been so insulted in my life.
Bumblebee at 01:19 PM on 05/19/08
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Connectedness Index: 73
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@Tanshanomi: In the time it took you to do that research, you probably could have enjoyed like 3 of the other bazillion non-TF posts they put up here each day.
dculberson at 02:33 PM on 05/19/08
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@Tanshanomi: The question is, can you let it go?

Do you have a problem with others enjoying something you don't?
teargas at 03:16 PM on 05/19/08
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I don't mind the occasional Transformers post. But I will say, at the risk of getting banned from here forever, I watched Transformers last week and it was one of the worst pieces of media I've ever had the misfortune to experience. It literally put tears in my eyes.
OldeEnglishD misses Polar at 03:20 PM on 05/19/08
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I can't even make a decent lego car for my kid! I hate to think how long it took them to make this. Whether you like TF or not, you have to admit that this thing took a ton of skill to make.
Tanshanomi at 03:41 PM on 05/19/08
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@dculberson: Hey, no big deal. If you like them, you like them. I'll move on. I'm just left scratching my head about why so many people think robots and cars are somehow the same subject.

I guess Toyota, Honda, Hollywood, and Gawker know something I don't.
gracilism at 04:10 PM on 05/19/08
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Now this is much better art than the fat lady and her lawnmower piece.
Simpsons-Movie-ruled at 04:54 PM on 05/19/08
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NO LIPS = FAIL!!!!
tenbeers at 06:47 PM on 05/19/08
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[unrelated]

WHY I AIN'T GOT NO LIPS?!

[/unrelated]
Nick_Bentley at 02:02 AM on 05/22/08
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Wish I had a corn field because that would be an awesome scarecrow. Hmm could always launch bottle rockets out of it on 4th of July, bet that would make a good Youtube video.