Changchun: handmade Optimus Prime Transformer is born
By Wang Zhen
2014-11-27
When "The Transformers” animation was a real hit in China in the 1980s, Liu, a Changchun resident, was just a school kid back then.
"I was a big fan of cartoons and would die for a transformers’ sculpture of my own back then," the Changchun’er recalled his childhood memory.
"But my family couldn’t afford to."
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Recently, Mr. Liu’s dream came true. He simply made a transformers toy?of? his own.[Photo/TheNewCulturaNewspaper] |
?"I like Optimus Prime, who is kind, brave and honest, so I simply made a sculpture of him," said Liu.
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Surprisingly, Liu’s Optimus Prime whose legs and arms can be rotated is made of wood.[Photo/TheNewCulturaNewspaper] |
The toy, 65 cm in height, is made in Liu’s spare time. When explaining how he made it, Liu said, "I spent a couple of nights doing research online to see how Optimus Prime looks, and then used another three days to produce the toy."
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Liu took daily items for the sculpture's components whose light is made from clothes buttons, and whose oil container is made from a toothpicks box.[Photo/TheNewCulturaNewspaper] |
In commenting on his own piece of work, Liu humbly said, "the one I’ve made is too clumsy, and big, so I’m going to make a small and delicate one just for kids."
