Way, waaaaay back in 2011, I posted about how a bunch of good-hearted geeks pitched in more than $50,000 to crowdfund a statue of RoboCop for the city of Detroit. I've wondered about this project at various times over the years (mostly whenever I've watched RoboCop, which hasn't been too many occasions) and I certainly did wish them well. But it still seemed like one of those great ideas that linger around but ultimately get nowhere.
Leave it to nerd-dom to prove this cynic wrong.
Behold the brand new $60,000 bronze statue of electric fuzz in stainless steel:
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| Click to enlarge. Photo credit: Lee DeVito |
Detroit Metro Times has more here about the RoboCop statue. Maybe they should invite Paul Verhoeven and Peter Weller for the official dedication? I'd buy that for a dollar!
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