Robocop Statue

It all started way back in February 2011…

Much has been written and said about it, but long story short, 2,718 people (who will be in our RoboBackers section shortly) from all around the city and all around the world contributed $67,436 through Kickstarter to build a statue of RoboCop in Detroit, MI USA. Amazing!

It is real and it is happening. Fundraising ended on the night of March 26th, 2011 and now production time begins. The RoboTeam in Detroit is already collaborating with some amazing talent and partners to deliver a statue that will make the city and project backers proud.

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On Monday, February 7th a random dude in Massachusetts tweeted a message to Detroit Mayor David Bing:

@mayordavebing Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & Robocop would kick Rocky's butt. He's a GREAT ambassador for Detroit.

Shortly after, Mayor Bing tweeted back:

@MT There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop. Thank you for the suggestion.

The internet went haywire over the idea. Detroiter John Leonard started a Facebook group called Build a statue of RoboCop in Detroit and galvanized an effort to bring Robo to life. Now, teaming up with friends and doers from around the city, region, country, and world, we're making use of newfangled internet fundraising tools and social networks to can bring this vision to reality.