Wow… Wow… WOW! If you weren’t aware, last week someone suggested to the Mayor and the city of Detroit that they should build a statue of Robocop in their fair city. Well, after a public rejection by the mayor, Robocop fans and geeks united behind a campaign to raise $50,000 to have a metal statue made of Robocop. Well, due to a general donation by Pete Hottelet of Omni Consumer Products and over 1,700 people donating, the goal has been reached! On top of that, The Imagination Station has offered space to build the proposed seven foot statue. Sculptor, Casey V. Westbrook will be taking the lead in building the statue. A small scale model will be made and will be the scanned in 3D to create a large mold that will be used to construct the statue in iron. Whats really the kicker is the idea to build the Robocop statue was suggested via Twitter by someone that hasn’t even been to Detroit. Whats pretty amazing as well is that while charity organization have a difficult time raising money to fund their charity work, $50,000 can be raised in less than a week to build a Robocop statue. I guess it all has to do with what you really care about. Feeding the homeless or build a statue of Murphy. /shrug
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ThunderCats has become a hot license in the merchandising world. With Warner Bros. Animation and Studio 4°C working on a reboot for Cartoon Network, toy designers are on red-alert to be one of the first to bring out new T-Cats goods to ride the wave. This is the case with statue designer/manufacturer, Pop Culture Shock. PCS released a teaser of a wicked mixed-medium statue of Mumm-Ra. PCS is well known for their giant ‘Street Fighter’ 1:4 scale statues so this Mumm-Ra statue is bound to be awesome. Like most of PCS statues, Mumm-Ra will most likely feature various costume parts that will be made of cloth and will be released in the 1:4 scale. It too bad that this statue is up to be review for approval with the license holder. Once given the green light, we will get more details on how much this bad ass statue will be and when it will be released.
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Following the already popular Iron Man Mark III ArtFX statue from Kotobukiya two years ago, Koto is back at it again with a new upgraded version of their hit statue for the release of Iron Man 2 this year (wow, it feels weird to say this year all of a sudden…). This time around, we get a cool new statue of the Mark IV suit from the sequel. It is true that there isn’t much difference between the Mark III and the Mark IV, but its the small attention to detail that makes all the difference. The Mark IV is definitely more sleeker than its predecessor and less of the internal mechanism is exposed. Also, unlike the original which featured a less than spectacular arm down pose, the new statue features Iron Man with his hand up ready to shoot his repulsor blast. The biggest change is definitely the cool new base. Unlike the original which has a plain grey base with the logo, the new base is a bit more themed in which it was made to look like the arc reactor. Whether collector’s will buy the new Mark IV statue is up in the air, but it is definitely cool to own. Personally, I would love to pass on more of these Iron Man statues, but I will most likely regret it down the line.
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A “cool exec with a heart of steel,” Tony Stark is the invincible Iron Man…
Why settle for a pint sized action figure when you can own a full scale statue of Iron Man? The nutty sculptors at Studio OxMox designed and produced a 1:1 scale limited edition statue of the Mark III suit from the first Iron Man movie.
The statue stands at a staggering 188cm (approximately 6.168 feet) and on top of that, the statue stands on a themed base that measure at an additional 35cm (1.148 feet). The statue is made of fiberglass and due to the sheer size of the piece it has to be shipped in 3 separate boxes.
If you were ever planning on owning a collectible that will be the center of attention, this is it. However, it will set you back a little under $2000 bucks. I just wished it actually had a working repulsor ray that can blast any cheap ass relative that is planning to send me socks for Christmas. Pew pew pew! Hit the jump to see the full picture!
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