Great idea. In London we could refurbish Trafalgar Square by topping Nelson's Column with Judge Dredd and then each of the four Dark Judges on the four plinths.

I'd say Judge Dredd, Johnny Storm, Armoured Gideon, Sam Slade and Halo Jones .

Jon

No room for Tank Girl then?

I was sticking to 2000AD characters, that's all. if it was 'general UK comic classics' you'd have to include Dan Dare and Roy of the Rovers at least...

And Dennis the Menace, Bash Street Kids and Buster Gonad.

I like to see a big statue of V in London. That would be tres cool.

And is that Minnie the Minx behind him or not?

RoboCop wins: Group raises $50k for Detroit statue

Thanks to a $25,000 matching gift from a company called Omni Consumer Products, the campaign to build a RoboCop statue reached its $50,000 fundraising goal.

In case you’re wondering, yes, RoboCop’s corporate sponsor is literally OCP. However, this OCP makes real life versions of products from movies. They’re responsible for Brawndo, the electrolyte-filled energy drink from “Idiocracy,” Mike Judge’s masterwork about the dumbing down of society. Let that one process for a second.

Yesterday, I gave up objecting to this idea because – while ridiculous – the inevitability of the fundraising effort made arguing against RoboCop even more ridiculous. Now, it’s all over but the shouting.

However, there might just be a silver lining in this. Detroit’s philanthropic community is stretched a million different ways, but local non-profit organizations remain behind the times in harnessing the internet’s power to efficiently raise a lot of money from small donors.

The trend has the potential to turn fundraising consultants and high-priced development directors into the not-for-profit world’s answer to typewriter repairmen. In a city like Detroit, where the calcified leadership class is more interested in appeasing the swells than accomplishing a task, the democratization of philanthropy is considered almost unseemly.

Don’t believe me? Ask yourself this: Did the “I’m A Believer” campaign happen because it was the best strategy to encourage local volunteerism or because the right kind of person pitched the idea at the right cocktail party on Mackinac?

Babbittery: I’m A Believer!

So as absurd as this effort is (quick thought for the RoboCop boosters: Arguing that Robocop will be awesome is as meaningless as saying Brawndo has what plants crave) and as dumb as a RoboCop statue may be, this effort should be a lesson in small dollar fundraising to other, more vital charitable efforts.

Because, oh noble marshals of social uplift, you were just pwned by a campaign to erect a monument to the Hollywood blockbuster.

This is Detroit's New Robocop Statue:

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http://jalopnik.com/#!5764491