A farmer in northwest China’s Gansu province has built a 6.8 metre tall Bumblebee transformer from recycled car and motorcycle parts, used fire extinguishers and scrap steel, the China News Service reported on Friday.
The man, Zhang Song, spent more than four months building the model in the courtyard of his home in Hazhai village in Zhangye prefecture.
The finished Bumblebee transformer weighs two tonnes.
The Bumblebee Transformer takes shape. Photo: China News Service
Zhang said building the model required bending, cutting and welding the parts.
It measures 2.9 metres across the shoulders and is propped up by three poles.
The American sci-fi movie Transformers is extremely popular in the mainland, where much of the US-Japanese toy line is manufactured, and from time to time there are reports of backyard hobbyists constructing giant models.
The raw materials before construction. Photo: China News Service
