Canada: Campaign for Wolverine statue in Fort McMurray

[Caz]

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wolverine-statue-fort-mcmurray-1.4375021

It's no secret that Wolverine, Canada's most famous fictitious resident, hails from northern Alberta.

Now, a campaign is afoot to have the community of Fort McMurray embrace the clawed comic book and movie hero as a community mascot.

Edmonton's Sam Singh and Brian LaBelle have launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to build a bronze statue of the muscular X-Men mutant.

They want to build a life-size replica of the superhero erected along Fort McMurray's aptly named Wolverine Drive.

The statue would be a long-clawed tribute to northern resilience in the community as it recovers from the "Beast," said Singh.

"It's kind of a goodwill gesture," Singh said in an interview with CBC Radio's Edmonton AM.

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I wonder if Pierre Trudeau would approve.

 

[Sgt. Demblant]

What about that Robocop statue in Detroit? What happened to it?
Also, please donate to my kickstarter for a Batroc statue.

 

[cameron]

I would approve of a Hugh Jackman statue.

What about that Robocop statue in Detroit? What happened to it?
Also, please donate to my kickstarter for a Batroc statue.

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Debuting in Spring 2018: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/09/30/report-detroits-robocop-statue-to-be-unveiled-in-2018/

DETROIT (WWJ) – It's been years in the making, but the creator of a statue of the fictional crime-fighting cyborg RoboCop says he plans to unveil the sculpture next summer in Detroit.

Sculptor Giorgio Gikas tells the Detroit News he's spent the past three years casting the 11-foot, 3,500-pound bronze statue, and he's just about ready to show it off.

Gikas hopes to put the finishing touches on the sculpture over the winter so that it will be ready for a grand unveiling at a yet-to-be-named destination in Detroit in 2018.

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[Gato]

Would've made more sense for the statue to be at the summit of Mount Logan.

 

[Leonard Spiddles]

Waiting for a town in my home state of Connecticut to get a Beetlejuice statue.

 

[Sgt. Demblant]

Debuting in Spring 2018: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/09/30/report-detroits-robocop-statue-to-be-unveiled-in-2018/

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Cool, let's hope it gets a good spot.

 

[Deleted member 2625]

so Regina gets a Deadpool statue, right?

 

[Burrman]

When's Toronto getting a drake statue?