Big scary metal statues

I promised myself I wouldn't blog about Transformers stuff for a while, but I just have to share this Thai company that makes a 2.2 metre, 250kg Optimus Prime statue.

Needless to say, besides being super cool, a huge metal statue of a Transformer made from scrap metal must have a thousand uses.

For starters, uh, well...why it's simply the perfect garden ornament. Can you imagine coming on to someone's deck to see this thing towering over the barbeque?

There are also smaller models (40cm and 70cm), but let's be honest, we all want the big guy. They also make a Bumblebee, but Bumblee is totally lame so I'm just going to pretend they don't.

What they need to do is make one of the Dinobots like Grimlock, or that big guy the Constructicons all changed into (I know the name but can't say it because it'd bring the blog over its weekly geekiness quotient (set at 35 Urkels)).

And for those of you who thought the Optimus Prime USB hub was pure girl repellent, imagine bringing a date home to see a 7-foot metal robot sculpture inside your front door.

You: "Hey Optimus. This is Anna."

Anna: "Uh..."

Optimus: "Good evening. Would you care for an energon cube?"

But wait, there's more. The site also has full-size versions of those stupid robot soldiers in Star Wars or, if you really want to scare someone, a 2.2 metre Darth Vader, who looks a little something like this:

Maybe it's just me, but he's scarier with just a club instead of a light sabre.

Or, if you're really into frightening small children...

The thing from the Alien movies, apparently.

 Not scary enough? Try this 2.2m fellow from the Predator movies.

What does a giant statue of a killing machine really need? A pretty white ribbon, of course.

There's also full-size Gremlins, those soldiers from the Stargate TV show, a pretty lame Robocop, some pretty flowers and animals, and some other junk.

The big Optimus is only $6230 plus shipping, which is pretty cheap for a work of fine art like that.

Thanks to Juha for the tipoff. Via Slashfilm.com