From a fictional universe to a metal fabrication shop in China to a rural North Texas town, the Transformers character Bumblebee has had a long journey to The Bee Mart in Elmo, Texas.
The Bumblebee statue as it appeared while under construction in Elmo, TX. The statue was made by metal fabricators in China and shipped to Texas, reported local news site inFourney.In the rural community of Elmo, Texas, crowds gather daily in a gas station parking lot to greet a visitor from another world.
There, a giant but intricate statue of Bumblebee, a taxi yellow robot from the Transformers science fiction franchise, stands on a cement plinth. The 25-foot tall statue watches travelers passing the newly opened Bee Mart, 40 miles west of Dallas, which bills itself as the"world's first" Bumblebee-themed gas station and convenience store.
The landmark arrived in Elmo after four years of construction and shipping across the world. It was designed and created out of car parts by metal fabricators in China,Earlier this month, photos and videos on social media showed segments of the statue transported on a flat-bed truck to the site, where a crane raised parts into place for welders to assemble.
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