Emperor Optimus Prime

Its not movie news, but its interesting none the less. Turns out it isn't just the United States or Japan that loves Transformers. China has also felt some love for them, even going so far as to build a giant 40 foot statue of the Autobot leader Optimus Prime.

Apparently back in the 80s, the communist regime decided that Transformers was suitable for public consumption since it was non-political and generally non-geographic in nature. So now located in southern China, in a province of Yunnan, sits a statue of the great leader waiting for others to visit. Or you can save a crap load of money and look at the pictures.

The full article is here.

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