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Detroit Robocop Statue Hits $50,000 Thanks To Omni Consumer Products
The Kickstarter project to get a statue of Robocop built in Detroit, Michigan has been successful. The $50,000 needed to erect a statue of Robocop in Detroit was raised plus surpassed. Peter Hottelet of Omni Consumer Products Corporation put in $25,000. The idea for building the statue was inspired by Twitter user @MT. He sent Detroit Mayor Dave Bing a tweet with an idea to build a Robocop statue in Detroit since there is a Rocky statue in Philadelphia. Bing replied that there were no plans to build the statue, but Imagination Station Detroit made the idea a reality by starting the Kickstarter project.
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Kickstarter Hits Over $16,000 For RoboCop Statue In Detroit
There is a Rocky statue in Philadelphia and it is an attraction. What Detroit needs is a statue of a movie hero as well. After all Detroit is becoming the “Hollywood of the Midwest.” In an initiative that started from a random tweet to Detroit Mayor Bing, Kickstarter has a $50,000 campaign to get a statue of RoboCop erected in the city. So far over $16,000 has been raised across 878 people. About 40 days are left! [RoboCop Kickstarter]
Categories Dave Bing, Kickstarter, RoboCop, Twitter
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Losing LeBron Documentary Movie Receives Funding From Kickstarter
This past July, LeBron James decided to join the Miami Heat and leave behind his hometown team. Now LeBron is one of the most hated men in Cleveland. Kickstarter, a website that helps projects receive funding through a crowdsourcing method, has helped fund a movie called Losing LeBron. Over 100 people have donated $10,000 to help make the film possible. The producers will give HD Flip cameras to dedicated fans in Cleveland to help gather footage for the movie.
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Categories Kickstarter, LeBron James
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iPod Nano Watch Receives Nearly $1 Million Through Kickstarter Crowdsourcing
Kickstarter is a service where entrepreneurs can receive funding through a fundraising process. TikTok and LunaTik have received well over the $345,000 that they need to get their iPod Nano Watch product off the ground.
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Categories iPod Nano Watch, Kickstarter, TikTok and LunaTik
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