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@silveraptor submitted:

"This character’s article on the TF Wiki actively invokes Escher Girls so I thought I should fulfill the prophecy. Incidentally, I’m almost impressed that they resisted the urge to have her tires fill in for either boobs or butts given that they designed their towering metallic femme fatale with long legs and high heels."

Okay, so this is weird, because the reason the Transformers Wiki invokes Escher Girls is because the image is sourced from Escher Girls, which I discovered when I went to the Wiki to try to find a higher resolution image. So that was very circular. xD

Anyway, so I posted this picture way way back at the beginning of this blog when it was submitted to me and apparently since then it's spread to various Transformers fan sites and Wikis, which makes it difficult for me to find other sources for it. The image is from the since-cancelled Transformers Online MMORPG.

I did end up finding a much larger version of the image. I'm not replacing it in the older post since it's now the source for the original image elsewhere, I don't want to make things even more confusing, but I'm posting the larger version here (and I'll link the original post to it).

If anybody edits the TFWiki and wants to update Crimson Phantom's picture with a higher res picture, you can use the one above btw. I found it on a Pinterest.

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Le premier immeuble Star Trek [vidéo]

We already know history will never forget the name Enterprise, but now architecture won't either.

There's a building in China that looks almost exactly like the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. Drone footage (which we really wish was set to this music) shows how a relatively conventional-looking building from the ground dramatically transforms into a regal starship when viewed from the air.

Lest you think this is visual trickery done via Holodeck or CGI, the starship/building is clearly visible on Google Maps.

Our tipster explained to us that the building is the headquarters of NetDragon Websoft, a Chinese gaming and mobile Internet company. And it's no Chinese knock-off: Company Chairman Liu DeJian is reportedly an uberTrekkie, licensing from CBS the rights to build an Enterprise replica. Construction began in 2008 and was finished in 2014; the project cost $160 million tota

The building is the only officially licensed Star Trek building on the planet (you had your chance, Las Vegas). Besides its otherworldly shape, the building contains a replica display of a T-Rex dinosaur named Stan discovered in South Dakota in 1987, 30-foot metal slides that provide instant access to the ground floor from the third floor, and automatic sliding gates between each working area.