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Unbelievable! Paper Toy Transformer

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Oct 26, 2009. 4:31 PMelkalpin says:

Centimeters! Really! Most people use inches. :T

Sep 8, 2011. 1:44 PMtigerman22 says:

Actually, most people in the world use centimetres, hence the name "Standard unit of Measurement" the United States is one of the few perplexing countries that uses the imperial system. The Metric system is used because of it's easy comversion, centi-, milli, and kilo- are all "modifiers" or sorts, so one centimetre, is 1/100 of a meter, where as a kilometre is 1000 meters.

Sep 21, 2010. 5:36 PMdodo91 says:

actually, just us americans use it. everywhere else they use centimeters, and frankly, i wish we did to. they are way easier to use and remember. like do u know how many feet in a mile? how about how many centimeters in a meter? thats 100 centimeters. easier to remember than 3,000 some other numbers!

Feb 20, 2011. 5:14 PMmaximus197619 says:

not only americans. also some country in africa and some 3rd world country
lol

Dec 16, 2010. 5:25 AMking kolton9 says:

Ok If your so smart (I'm from america) exactly how many meters are in a Kilometer? 1000 right?

Jun 3, 2011. 5:34 PMdodo91 says:

yeah

Jun 4, 2011. 5:55 AMking kolton9 says:

Ok, i'm right!

Aug 3, 2010. 4:20 PMSaturn V says:

No, just North America and Britan. Cintemeters are morwe precise, however.

Jun 19, 2010. 6:42 AMthepaul1993 says:

Maybe most people in North America

Nov 12, 2009. 5:28 AMnick9321 says:

errmm..... most of the world uses centimeters if im not mistaken..... Its called the metric system, lol

Sep 21, 2010. 5:37 PMdodo91 says:

i like the metric system. easier to memerize how many in each. like 100 centi. in a meter. its based on 10!

Jul 9, 2010. 8:47 AMjehale97 says:

yep.. its just north america... making everything hard with inches and such! lol

Jul 30, 2010. 4:45 AMDataSoong says:

ok, the UK uses both systems.

Dec 16, 2010. 5:26 AMking kolton9 says:

As does the US.

Dec 31, 2010. 3:17 PMdodo91 says:

the US hardly uses it. we dont have meter sticks, except in science class. we usually use a YARD stick.

Feb 16, 2011. 2:02 PMeulaliaaaa! says:

Although, a lot of the YARD sticks are actually meter sticks. They are just called yard sticks. :)

Jun 4, 2011. 5:56 AMking kolton9 says:

Then the mesurements are off, because a meter is bigger than a yard, right?

Apr 22, 2010. 7:30 AMamando96 says:

exactly nick!

Mar 12, 2011. 4:55 AMgandora99 says:

THIS IS TOTALY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Mar 11, 2008. 6:04 AMimonsei says:

neat. i shall have to remember this for when i get kids :P

Mar 11, 2008. 9:07 AMbumpus says:

i think theres a blue light special going on at k-mart...

Dec 7, 2010. 8:37 PMCapt. Kidd says:

Calvin & Hobbes?

Mar 11, 2008. 11:58 PMimonsei says:

They sell kids at k-mart now? O_o teehee :D

Mar 23, 2008. 5:56 PM

Sunbanks says:

Wow! I never knew that! :D

May 10, 2008. 6:08 PMSuperorigamikitteh says:

wait till they're free... XD

Sep 8, 2009. 1:31 AMeperez43 says:

I looked at some once, but they were all too expensive....

May 10, 2008. 8:43 PM

Sunbanks says:

Heheh

Jun 18, 2008. 10:36 AMkenny94 says:

I think you get the good ones at sears and ikea

Sep 21, 2010. 5:38 PMdodo91 says:

i got lost in ikea once. those magic arrows dont freaking work!!!

Jun 18, 2008. 3:34 PM

Sunbanks says:

The ones at sears are the best.

Aug 3, 2008. 3:26 PMyeerk21 says:

the ones at future shop are more techno

Jul 19, 2009. 3:52 PMChromatica says:

I heard that the ikea ones also speak Swedish

Jul 20, 2009. 12:12 AMimonsei says:

bahah. you, sir, win a whole internets :D

Mar 22, 2010. 8:06 PMzack fairadf says:

just wanted to add to the huge list of replys :D

Oct 30, 2010. 3:57 PMno swear-man says:

woaahhhhhhh this is sick such a long list of replys

Nov 14, 2010. 5:40 PMCheezpaper says:

O= I'm at the bottom.

Nov 14, 2010. 8:12 PMzack fairadf says:

i made this account like years ago and i randomly got a email saying that someone commented on my post, then i was like whats insructables.

took my a minute but i remember now

lol
O=< im at the bottom