China copies pretty much everything else out there, so it only stood to reason they’d eventually get around to doing their own Transformer.
https://lastchance.cc/china-rips-off-the-ipad-with-the-iped-5549865%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
As for the weapon, he’s not meant to resemble any Transformer in particular, as he’s modelled after Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese general. Though he looks more like Scourge to me…
To mark the occasion, this great little promo video has been released, which even though it’s only 1:20 long is still a lot more entertaining than Transformers 2.
[via technabob]