He is 10 feet tall and weighs about 2,600 lbs. He is the reason Nintendo became a household name. He is ... made of 4,000 cans.On Thursday, Nintendo of Canada and Canstruction joined forces to create a canned sculpture of Mario, in honor of New Super Mario Bros. becoming the fastest-selling game in the country. All cans used in the art are being donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank.
Pictures of the event can be found here and here. Notice how his mustache, eyebrows, nose and ears seem to be the only non-canned items ... the rest is pure, unadulterated, cylindrical goodness.
[Thanks, semiunderscore and bassbeast]
[update 1: Well, I think the 't' in weights is silent, and so does Stephen Colbert, but who am I to argue with a dictionary? A blogger, that's who!
... okay, you win, it's fixed.]
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Awesome statue by the way. :)
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Very pretty.
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#1 & #3, if you had read the first sentence of the post you would have found that indeed the cans are full of food, and weighs a collective 2,600 lbs.
And Ross, the t isn't supposed to be silent in weighs... it's not supposed to be there at all ;)
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I know, I was merely expressing surprise that they had built it with all full cans.
Also, I would like to note that on further inspection, it seems that it might not be glued at all. In order to get the reverse curves it seems they have employed the use of platforms to start the new, wider layers. Impressive.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lestrade/tags/mario/
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You can see them clearly here:
http://onnintendo.com/Posts/2006_06/92/2/00002.jpg
The ears and nose seem to be pink foam.
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REALLY WHAT A CREATIVE WORK.
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You can see them clearly here:
http://onnintendo.com/Posts/2006_06/92/2/00002.jpg
The ears and nose seem to be pink foam.
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