Saturday morning cartoons are flooding back into memory today, as we explore the artistry of Michael A. Salter. Sure the new live action Transformers movie rocked, but the old school version will always have a place in my heart, no matter how cheesy the animation is in comparison to todays standard. So rather than throw away all those bits of styrofoam, Salter created massive Transformer-esque like figures, which are playfully inventive. Sure they aren’t true to the original characters, but they are nevertheless wonders to be seen. In fact, I think it’s better that Salter created his own beings rather than simply replicate the standard Optimus Prime and Megatron characters.
Surprisingly, these bots have toured galleries around the world, and we just discovered them the other day. I imagine transporting these beasts from exhibition to exhibition is a delicate and expensive process. I mean, do they pack them in cement, which is the opposite of Styrofoam? Yeah, you see what I did there, I reversed reality. It’s like bizarro world, where up is down and red tastes like blue. With bots ranging from 18 inches to 22 feet in height, Styrobots will make most of us feel like a kid again. They also remind us that we are puny weaklings, who would be crushed by the ruling fist of mechanized rulers. Long live the resistance, even though our efforts are futile.
