Life-Size Transformers Are Invading China

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Is that Megatron sitting on top of the Bird’s Nest? Perhaps. Transformers have come to China, and while they may not be the walking and talking kind, they’ve mysteriously cropped all across cities in China.

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Okay, well maybe it’s not so mysterious. Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon was recently released in Mao’s homeland this past week on Thursday, and its part of the craze sweeping the country.

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Dozens of these massive transformers have supposedly popped up all over the place from Beijing to lesser-populated cities such as Jinan, Changchun, Wuhan and Taiyuan.

What, is that Optimus Prime sitting in my backyard? Why, yes. Yes it is.

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(via Shanghaiist)

Erica Ho is a reporter at TIME. Find her on Twitter at @ericamho and Google+. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.