article_snippet: the highest grossing film ever in the country targeted Chinese audiences, with Chinese car brands  featured throughout  and Hong Kong used as the backdrop for some of the action sequences.
article_snippet: The pair join a cult of Chinese people who have started making replicas of the metal robots that have earned such notoriety in China. 
article_snippet: Last year a team of farmers in Xiaoye, a village in the eastern Shandong province, began making the models at a cost of around $16,000 (£11,000) and selling $16,000 (£11,000) to property developers who have installed $16,000 (£11,000) in shopping malls in China.
article_snippet: The pair have been making the models since 2010 after realising the possible success due to the popularity of the films in China .
highlights_snippet: Army of metal robots has recently been sold by The pair for 1million RMB, which is equivalent to £110,000 .
  
highlights_snippet: Transformers films have been a success in China, with the latest film Age of Extinction achieving box office records .