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.]
