statues
Robots
Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans
9:45PM Danny Allen | Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (18 and 18.3 metres, respectively), now South Korea is building this freakin’ huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. More »
Design
Life-Size Bronze Zeus Drops Lighting Rod For More Powerful iPhone
9:20AM Joanna Stern | Greek Gods? More like geek Gods. That is a life-size statue of the ruler of Mount Olympus with the God of all phones. But don’t worry sculptor Adam Reeder gives other large sculpted deities gadgets too. More »
Robots
15-Metre Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
1:30PM Matt Buchanan | Las Vegas is the most horrible place on earth, so I’m almost sad it wasn’t destroyed by a 15-metre robot Michael Jackson wanted to build in his image that would stomp around the desert. No, I’m not making this up. More »
Robots
6:00AM Mark Wilson | We knew this day would come. Japan builds one giant robot and, like a first taste of heroin, the country follows a destructive path of building opulent robo statues until there’s a 18 metre robot for every man, woman and child. More »
Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot, Tetsujin
6:00AM Mark Wilson | We knew this day would come. Japan builds one giant robot and, like a first taste of heroin, the country follows a destructive path of building opulent robo statues until there’s a 18 metre robot for every man, woman and child. More »
Entertainment
12:35PM Nick Broughall | Transformers: Life-size Bumblebee, Cannes
Now that my hopes and dreams for an awesome Terminator movie have been pretty much shattered by negative reviews, I guess I have to turn my attention to the next big blockbuster on my Entertainment Geekly radar: Transformers 2. If you can tolerate the annoying music from this clip, you can check out the awesome life-sized Bumblebee statue set up in Cannes for this year’s film festival. More »
Life-Size Bumblebee Statue At Cannes Needs A New Home In My Backyard
12:35PM Nick Broughall | Transformers: Life-size Bumblebee, Cannes
Now that my hopes and dreams for an awesome Terminator movie have been pretty much shattered by negative reviews, I guess I have to turn my attention to the next big blockbuster on my Entertainment Geekly radar: Transformers 2. If you can tolerate the annoying music from this clip, you can check out the awesome life-sized Bumblebee statue set up in Cannes for this year’s film festival. More »
Design
What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
8:30AM Jack Loftus | OK. Sorry for the geeked out LOST reference. Couldn’t help it. But seriously, Dubai is planning to build this huge, talking statue for the Zaabeel Park. And I think there’s a discotheque in the head. More »
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