Michael Bay wanted one of the Transformers to be "bigger and more detailed" so it was turned into a 52,000-part behemoth that literally melted an artist's computer

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Michael Bay is known for big, bombastic set-pieces. It's no shock, then, that he requested arti🌼sts on one of his Transformers movies to go above ♏and beyond in his pursuit for spectacle.

According to visual effects artist Rassoul Edji , Bay asked for Transformers💝: Revenge of the Fallen villain Destroyer to be "bigger and more detailed" after first being presented with the mammoth Decepticon.

From there, Destroyer was "almost doubled in size and complexity" wꩵith the Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) artists deciding that it "should be comp🌌rised of multiple different rigs, the two arms, the two legs, the torso, and the head."

It should come as little surprise that hardware in 2008 couldn't handle this bad boy. As Edji explained, "It was ꦍso complex and so heavy that it melted a couple computers of the artists at𒆙 ILM."

While Devastator was later bested in scale by Dark of the Moon's Dr💃iller Bot, the figures are still eye-watering: 52,362 individual parts, 100-feet tall, and parts that – when laid out – would be 14 miles long. Watch Devastator 🉐in action for yourself below.

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