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The body parts for a RoboCop statue are displayed in sculptor Giorgio Gikas studio in Detroit. Photo: AP The largest fictional keeper of law and order in Detroit may not stand watch at one Motor City museum as planned. The Michigan Science Center announced recently that it no longer plans to be home to an 11-foot-tall (3.4m) bronze RoboCop statue, The Detroit News reported. Due to unprecedented pressures” from the coronavirus pandemic, resources must now be entirely focused on our core mission of serving Michigan’s students and families, ” the centre said in a statement. The 1987 film RoboCop was set - but not filmed - in a futuristic and crime-ridden Detroit. The title character, a cyborg police officer, was played by actor Peter Weller. ....
Detroit s Giant Statue of RoboCop Is Finally Finished After 10 Years Detroit finally finished their giant RoboCop statue after 10 years of work. The Metro Times caught up with Brandon Walley and Jerry Paffendorf to talk about the project they began in 2011. The story goes that some Detroit resident told the city’s mayor, Dave Bing, that they needed a RoboCop statue. From there, the duo crowdfunded an effort to build the monument and raised $17,000 in just three days. Fred Barton Productions helped with a design of the character and then the delays hit. It turns out a giant metal statue is wildly expensive, but the team kept plugging away. Giorgio Gikas stepped in to help deliver the final product. There were structural integrity issues, along with the artist having to beat cancer which held things up for years. ....