According to Bing No Hope for Detroit Statue

**mpow** · February-08-11, 12:20 PM

http://twitter.com/mayordavebing/sta...98788601860096

**Ray1936** · February-08-11, 12:38 PM

Dang, and he swore he would so honor me!

**iheartthed** · February-08-11, 12:48 PM

RoboCop was filmed in Dallas. Detroit should build an Axel Foley statue.

**fryar** · February-08-11, 01:19 PM

Oh thank goodness. For a minute there, I thought he was nixing Newdetroit's 60-foot Spirit of Detroit [[the one corrupt public officials are to be shoved into).

More seriously, wha? I gather some guy made a crack on the Opie & Anthony show [[dammit - thought they got kicked off radio for bad taste) about Detroit.

**begingri** · February-08-11, 03:53 PM

http://www.freep.com/article/2011020...yssey=nav|head

**buildingsofdetroit** · February-08-11, 04:32 PM

http://twitter.com/#!/for_a_dollar

**buildingsofdetroit** · February-08-11, 06:42 PM

Cuz it deserves another look:

Pint-size Robocop takes to the streets of Detroit:

http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2010/10...e-all-cop.html

**begingri** · February-10-11, 12:33 PM

Robocop fans start looking for money
Planners of Detroit statue to ask online

http://www.freep.com/article/20110210/NEWS01/102100546/0/OPINION01/Robocop-fans-start-looking-money?odyssey=nav|head

**BrushStart** · February-10-11, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by begingri

Robocop fans start looking for money
Planners of Detroit statue to ask online

http://www.freep.com/article/20110210/NEWS01/102100546/0/OPINION01/Robocop-fans-start-looking-money?odyssey=nav|head

This is ridiculous. They could spend that $80k on so many more worthwhile things. What would Robocop do?

**esp1986** · February-10-11, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by BrushStart

What would Robocop do?

Be vandalized.

**detroiturbex** · February-10-11, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by BrushStart

This is ridiculous. They could spend that $80k on so many more worthwhile things. What would Robocop do?

Couldn't agree more.

**Johnnny5** · February-10-11, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by BrushStart

This is ridiculous. They could spend that $80k on so many more worthwhile things. What would Robocop do?

Honestly, I'd rather see a Kwame statue. Just imagine the degrading photo opportunities!

**rjk** · February-10-11, 01:18 PM

Maybe Nancy Allen will show up and yank the sheet off the statue.

**fryar** · February-10-11, 01:27 PM

That's the reaction I would expect to see. After all, Robocop takes place, per Wikipedia, "in a dystopian future, [[in which) the city of Detroit, Michigan is on the verge of collapse due to financial ruin and unchecked crime." Is irony the word?

That acknowledged, embrace it. It's happening. Over and done. No good car commercial goes unpunished.

The kickstarter project is here, and the related Facebook page has 3,741 people attending the "event" [[it looks like there's no real event, just a facebook page tied to fundraising for the kickstarter project).

They're looking for $50,000, according to the kickstarter page. The deadline is March 26th. Think they'll make it? I do.

**DetroitPlanner** · February-10-11, 01:27 PM

As a good faith effort and to show regionalism we should place this statue in front of the Oakland County Executive Building.

**fryar** · February-10-11, 01:38 PM

On the Kickstarter site, it says the statue will have a view of MCS.

Specifically, the Imagination Station is offering a piece of its property on Roosevelt Park facing Michigan Central Station as Robocop's new home.

**iheartthed** · February-10-11, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by fryar

That's the reaction I would expect to see. After all, Robocop takes place, per Wikipedia, "in a dystopian future, [[in which) the city of Detroit, Michigan is on the verge of collapse due to financial ruin and unchecked crime." Is irony the word?

That acknowledged, embrace it. It's happening. Over and done. No good car commercial goes unpunished.

The kickstarter project is here, and the related Facebook page has 3,741 people attending the "event" [[it looks like there's no real event, just a facebook page tied to fundraising for the kickstarter project).

They're looking for $50,000, according to the kickstarter page. The deadline is March 26th. Think they'll make it? I do.

Yeah, if America wants to pay for a tourist attraction in Detroit then God Bless America. Besides, they already know the city is broke, lol.

**DetroitPetanque** · February-10-11, 01:39 PM

I'm not surprised that to RoboCop statue didn't pass, as other, more suitable statues are in the works... for instance, the Sonny Bono statue [[born in Detroit)...
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**Detroitnerd** · February-10-11, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

As a good faith effort and to show regionalism we should place this statue in front of the Oakland County Executive Building.

Yeah, playing a videotape of L. Brooks Patterson saying: "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake."

**Detroitnerd** · February-10-11, 01:46 PM

As Bixby Snyder said: "I'd buy that for a dollar."

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**fryar** · February-10-11, 01:47 PM

In the time it took me to post to this thread a few times [[and get my facts straight, and track down those websites I had been looking at, etc etc), the amount pledged has already gone up. It is now at $2,048, and I'm pretty sure it was below $2k even just a few minutes ago.

**Pushtina** · February-10-11, 01:56 PM

Robocop is a copyrighted property. $50,000 might be the cost to construct the thing, but what about the costs of getting the rights to do this? Any idea?

**DetroitPlanner** · February-10-11, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Pushtina

Robocop is a copyrighted property. $50,000 might be the cost to construct the thing, but what about the costs of getting the rights to do this? Any idea?

You can get around such silly things by naming that statue officer Murphy.