Meet J-Deite RIDE, The World's First Fully Functional Transformer

Why It’s Lit

Because normal cars don’t f-bombingly transform into 13-ft walking robots.

Believe It Or Not

Japanese companies Asratec Corp, Sansei Technologies, and Brave Robotics made the Transformer dream a reality. J-Deite RIDE is the world’s first fully functional life-size Transformer and can drive up to 60km/hour with a walking speed of 330ft/hour.

It can fit two people and features two modes: “vehicle mode” where it functions as a car; and “robot mode” where it functions as a bipedal robot.

Driver’s can operate J-Deite RIDE from the driver’s seat and also with remote control via wireless network.

Drop This Fact

Optimus Prime is the most popular and iconic Transformer in the Transformer franchise and he is played by Canadian voice actor Peter Cullen.

According to Peter, he came up with the original voice of Optimus Prime after talking to his brother Larry, a captain in the marine corp who just came back from Vietnam in 1984. Just before his Optimus Prime audition, Larry told Peter to be a real hero in real life and to be strong enough to be gentle.

Larry then pivoted his tone while on his way to the audition moving away from a monstrous tone into something more gentle. Two weeks later he landed the roles of Optimus Prime and Ironhide.

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