Detroit RoboCop statue is GO
By Helen A.S. Popkin
Less than 10 days after launching, the "Detroit Needs a Statue of RoboCop" campaign reached its $50,000 goal via the project fundraising website Kickstarter. One source matched the $25,000 raised by more than 1,000 individual contributors, assuring the future of this half-cop, half-machine, all-statue commemoration of the 1987 sci-fi movie starring Peter Weller.
Days earlier, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing put the kibosh on the original suggestion submitted to the city’s Internet campaign seeking ideas to help revitalize the ailing Motor City. "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop," Bing tweeted (on Twitter).
For Detroit resident John Leonard, Mayor Bing’s tweet was a call to action. His "Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit" Facebook page led to the "Detroit Needs A Statue of Robocop" Kickstarter project, helmed by Imagination Station. The nonprofit group charged with cleaning up Detroit’s blighted areas pledged Roosevelt Park as the Robocop statue’s future beat, where he will follow his prime directive to "serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the awesome."
Kickstarter is a fundraising platform for independent profit and non-profit projects to which anyone can contribute as little as $1 or as much as they want. As with "Detroit Needs A Robocop Statue," a project is posted on the site, with a goal amount to be raised. Contributors lock in their donations via Amazon.com or other payment means, but aren’t charged until all the money is raised and the project goes through.
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By Helen A.S. Popkin
Less than 10 days after launching, the "Detroit Needs a Statue of RoboCop" campaign reached its $50,000 goal via the project fundraising website Kickstarter. One source matched the $25,000 raised by more than 1,000 individual contributors, assuring the future of this half-cop, half-machine, all-statue commemoration of the 1987 sci-fi movie starring Peter Weller.
Days earlier, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing put the kibosh on the original suggestion submitted to the city’s Internet campaign seeking ideas to help revitalize the ailing Motor City. "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop," Bing tweeted (on Twitter).
For Detroit resident John Leonard, Mayor Bing’s tweet was a call to action. His "Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit" Facebook page led to the "Detroit Needs A Statue of Robocop" Kickstarter project, helmed by Imagination Station. The nonprofit group charged with cleaning up Detroit’s blighted areas pledged Roosevelt Park as the Robocop statue’s future beat, where he will follow his prime directive to "serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the awesome."
Kickstarter is a fundraising platform for independent profit and non-profit projects to which anyone can contribute as little as $1 or as much as they want. As with "Detroit Needs A Robocop Statue," a project is posted on the site, with a goal amount to be raised. Contributors lock in their donations via Amazon.com or other payment means, but aren’t charged until all the money is raised and the project goes through.
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