National Geographic Kids USA - August 2017

BY AMANDA SANDLIN

MARCO SECCHI / GETTY IMAGES (TRANSFORMER); LASZLO BALOGH / REUTERS (PILLOW FIGHT)SERGEI KARPUKHIN / REUTERS (BALL); TORU HANAI / REUTERS (VENDING MACHINE);

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WHATTransformer

Statue

WHERE London,

England

DETAILS To promote

the DVD release of

Transformers: Revenge

of the Fallen, a movie

studio transformed

the city’s iconic

“bendy buses” into,

well, a Transformer.

(A bendy bus is

basically two buses

attached so they can

bend in the middle.)

Towering 13 feet tall,

the Transformer was

constructed out of

real bus parts.

TRANSFORMER INVADES CITY

WHERETokyo, Japan

DETAILS How do you

hide if a monster is

chasing you down

the street? Disguise

yourself as a vending

machine, of course!

Fashion designer Aya

Tsukioka created a

layered skirt that

doubles as a hiding

place. When you lift

the top layer in front

of your head, it looks

like a soda machine

to hide behind. Let’s

just hope the mon-

ster doesn’t crave a

bubbly beverage.

WOMAN TURNS INTO SODA MACHINE

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A HUMAN-

SIZE HAMSTER

BALL. ON WATER.

WILD.

NOW

THIS IS A

FASHION

STATEMENT.

WHO’S

ON CLEANUP

DUTY?

HOW’S THE

WEATHER

UP THERE?

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WHATInternational

Pillow Fight Day

WHERE Budapest,

Hungary

DETAILS Feathers

were flying as a mas-

sive crowd bopped

each other with

pillows. More than a

hundred cities par-

ticipated in the event,

held to encourage

people to get off their

rumps and play.

ATTACK OF THE FEATHERS

WHAT

Waterwalkerz Ball

WHERE

Moscow, Russia

DETAILS No need for

superpowers to walk,

spin, or flip on water.

At Ostanskinsky Pond,

a visitor rented a

Waterwalkerz Ball,

a gigantic plastic globe

that floats on the

water’s surface. While

inside, she romped

around—no swimsuit

required.

GIRL CAN’T SINK

WHAT Human

Vending Machine

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