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‘Autobots, roll out!’: Father & son make Transformer out of old Russian car (VIDEO)

posted by cmn32480 on Monday May 22 2017, @01:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the definetly-NOT-Optimus-Prime dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

A father and son team inspired by the Transformers film series have turned their Russian-made Lada into a shape-shifting robot with fully-functioning automatic weapons.

Gennadiy Kocherga and his son Sergey, spent almost six months turning their VAZ-2110 Lada into their own version of a character from the popular movie franchise. And their efforts went on full display at the Oryol stunt show in Russia this week.

The Youtube video is interesting, if for nothing other than the lack of special effects.

Source: https://www.rt.com/viral/389064-lada-gun-tranformer-robot/

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Unixnut on Monday May 22 2017, @02:45PM (2 children)

    by Unixnut (5779) on Monday May 22 2017, @02:45PM (#513513)

    Ok, I have to admit, when I first heard of this I was pretty much "Yawn", people have been making autobot type figurines out of scrap cars for years now. However the soylent news article tipped off that this is a bit different, and it is. This is the first time I have seen an actual car that transforms, while in motion, into an autobot.

    Kudos to them for building it, and making it transform while moving, and actually continue to move after transformation (I kind of expected it to tip over during the transition, or at least once upright would be too unstable to continue moving, but no. It moves).

    "[...] turned their Russian-made Lada into a shape-shifting robot with fully-functioning automatic weapons."

    Honestly, When I read that I kind of imagined they strapped two AK47's to the side of the car, because you know, Russia. Reality is a bit less awesome, but still pretty cool.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday May 22 2017, @03:11PM

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Monday May 22 2017, @03:11PM (#513528) Journal

    When I read that I kind of imagined they strapped two AK47's to the side of the car, because you know, Russia.

    And as the transformer opens fire on the crowd, it broadcasts: "In Soviet Russia, Autobots transform you!"

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by pkrasimirov on Monday May 22 2017, @03:30PM

    by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 22 2017, @03:30PM (#513535)

    > I kind of imagined they strapped two AK47's to the side of the car [...] Reality is a bit less awesome, but still pretty cool.
    This is only the export version.