Comments on: The perfect holiday gift: Yao Ming Transformer!

By: Akrypti

Akrypti — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:40:21 +0000

Ernie – ha ha .. now that you mention it, he does.

By: John

John — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:40:50 +0000

Yao Ming as a Transformer…. now I’ve seen everything!

By: Ernie

Ernie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:21:10 +0000

Akrypti — actually, in that last photograph, Yao kinda looks like OJ Simpson.

By: Akrypti

Akrypti — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:13:12 +0000

I’m interested to hear how they got Yao Ming on board with this idea. Thanks, Ernie, for your theory. The toy is absurd.

And in a flip of things, Yao doesn’t look Chinese because some hypersensitive politically conscious toy designer didn’t make his eyes chinky enough. From the photo joz posted, Yao looks southern european.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:45:41 +0000

Toy CEO: Mister Yao, we here at Global Plastics Unlimited have a delightful idea. We will make a toy that is a giant basketball, and it will transform into a robot. But in lieu of a robot head, we will sculpt your face and use that as your face instead.
Yao Ming: Huh.
Toy CEO: We will give you 100,000 dollars.
Yao Ming: Huh.
Toy CEO: We will give you 500,000 dollars if you agree that we make this toy completely out of lead.
Yao Ming: Deal.