Optimus Prime, the Citroen Car Robot and the err...Heil front end bin waggon. Are they in any way related asks Biglorryblog?

Is it me? Or does Biglorryblog detect something a bit more clever than meets the eye here. OK, I grant you that it certainly LOOKS like yer average Daf 8x4 with a Heil front end loader body on the back. But you know it has a strangley familar look to it that I can't quite put my finger on...the way it seems to be changing shape and moving bits around....wait a minute I've think I've got it.

Now do you see what I'm going on about? Stand it on two legs and shove a sonic cannon in its hand and behold---a brand new Transformer! And if you don't believe me that a 'normal' truck like a Daf eight-legger with a big bin on the back is in fact a shape-shifting robot then click through here for more proof...as if proof were needed!