http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1421/1393830115_a71fa3eefc.jpg
pic is not big but this thing really is impressive in person.
"The Tower of the Sun (太陽の塔 Taiyō no Tō?) is a building created by Japanese artist Tarō Okamoto. It was known as the symbol of Expo '70 and currently is preserved and located in the Expo Commemoration Park in Suita, Osaka, Japan. The tower has three faces on its front and back."
― the tune was space, Friday, 25 April 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Honestly think that baby buddha thing is the scariest so far.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
http://visit.guide-bulgaria.com/_data/_guide-bulgaria.com/d08_sights/945_statue_khan_krum_and_his_warriors.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phototouring/2245174726/in/photostream/
^ khan krum statue in bulgaria
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
a better photo on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phototouring/2268703256/
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
No Christ of the Ozarks, no credibility.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/09-02-06--ChristofOzarks.jpg/250px-09-02-06--ChristofOzarks.jpg
― dan m, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
aw shit, missed it nevermind
― dan m, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
look at me! i'm a plane!
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haYApys-KSA
― emil.y, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100105193309/lossimpson/es/images/1/1f/Attack_of_the_50-Foot_Eyesores.png
― slam dunk, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
http://www.wnd.com/images/jackson101231a.jpg
― That's So (Eazy), Friday, 25 April 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00008abP2DV5ju4/s/850/850/029-Kazakhstan-Semipalatinsk-2008.jpg
I like this statue of Lenin in Kazakhstan, it's less gigantic than some of the other statues in this thread, though
― soref, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
bonus non-gigantic Lenin statue
― soref, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
seems like genghis khan is finished terrorizing everyone & is content to survey his homeland for eternity. this is still uncannily huge thoughhttp://i.imgur.com/YgIxXQ8.jpg― ogmor, Friday, April 25, 2014 6:28 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://i.imgur.com/YgIxXQ8.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, April 25, 2014 6:28 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
http://assets.hardwaresphere.com/uploads/2009/06/gundam-rx-78-life-sized-statue-night-views-light-up.jpg
― 1staethyr, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
there's something about the motherland calls that's spooky, maybe because it's also commemorating a battle where a million people died.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 25 April 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
if only they'd finished the palace of soviets (where ganon lives):
http://rosswolfe.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/031.jpg
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
lenin as the lonely groom on a stalinist wedding cake
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
this thread rules
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
Put 100+ hours into dark souls, about to pick this up next Wednesday (after I sit for an actuary exam which has been ruining my life the last couple months)
there's something about the motherland calls that's spooky, maybe because it's also commemorating a battle where a million people died. --christmas candy bar (al leong)
Isn't it also positioned directly on top of the mass grave of those dead? It's an amazing statue and def my vote
― building a desert (art), Friday, 25 April 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
the sphinx is pretty special, i like that its whole deal is Riddling, as in, what the fuck is THAT
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
Put 100+ hours into dark souls, about to pick this up next Wednesday (after I sit for an actuary exam which has been ruining my life the last couple months) _there's something about the motherland calls that's spooky, maybe because it's also commemorating a battle where a million people died. --christmas candy bar (al leong)_Isn't it also positioned directly on top of the mass grave of those dead? It's an amazing statue and def my vote --building a desert (art)
Isn't it also positioned directly on top of the mass grave of those dead? It's an amazing statue and def my vote --building a desert (art)
Hey thanks iphone app for saving a post I didn't make days ago and attaching it to the top of this one.
― building a desert (art), Friday, 25 April 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
http://www.pilotafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/stevejobs_statue.jpg
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/47893196.jpg
love the expression on this sheep's face
― soref, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
would live inside that sheep
― j., Friday, 25 April 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090709062212/wikiality/images/c/c7/MtRushmoreRearView.png
(warning: possibly not real, haven't seen in person)
― StanM, Friday, 25 April 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
eddie22.jpg
― stuff n buff (anky), Friday, 25 April 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
great thread.
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb252/DarkGothicDoom/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings/argonath.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 25 April 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Big ups to Minnesota:http://family-travel.findingfun.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC_0008.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/45951952.jpg
― That's So (Eazy), Friday, 25 April 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
weird in a way that so many of these are situated near pylons. seems to add another level of grotesque horror.
that ushiku daibutsu buddha seems especially jarring.
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Friday, 25 April 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
http://alcambronne.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/giant-muskie-national-freshwater-fishing-hall-of-fame-hayward-wisconsin.jpg
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 April 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
nobody posted the horse at the denver airport?http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/horse500.jpg
― brimstead, Friday, 25 April 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
that genghis statue is CRAZY and awesome
this thread is A+
ilx monument/statue threads always deliver imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
ok is that denver horse real, because holy shit that is a terrifying nightmare (geddit)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
feeling this airavata one
http://www.asiaexplorers.com/pics/erawan-museum_samut-prakan.jpg
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Friday, 25 April 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
so many great things posted that I've missed, some statues have a v intense energy about them & depending on which angle you see them from, it can change. I don't know what the airavata is but it is pretty hectic
http://www.gothic.stir.ac.uk/documents/uploaded/image/Kasia%20pictures/grotesque/Erawan.JPG
the tian tan buddha in hong kong is on top of a hill and can looks like a bit of a loomer
https://jansenism.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc020851.jpg
but from above or the cable car that goes by, he's radiating peace
http://hongkong.panduanwisata.com/files/2013/08/Tian-Tan-Buddha-hongkong.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
the cristo del otero is the creepiest statue I've seen imo, jesus looking emaciated with haunted eyes
http://fotodenuncias.elnortedecastilla.es/imagenes/DSC00125_1.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4066/oteroc.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
alien jesus! there has to be an episode of ancient aliens covering this
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
http://texasgaga.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/sam-houston-statue1.jpg
AMERICA!
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
holy shit @ that jesus
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
ok is that denver horse real, because holy shit that is a terrifying nightmare
I've never been there but as far as I can tell Denver airport was built to fuck with people who think the illuminati is real. There is a popular conspiracy theory that it's the HQ of the New World Order, largely because of the bizarre architecture and decor.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
The giant hand in the Chilean desert is odd
http://cdn.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/image_thumb445.png
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
idk if anyone itt is into these statues from a religious pov, it seems alien to me but clearly lots of people flock to them. curious how something can be a focus of religious attention as well as a spectacle. found this pic of what is apparently a buddhist temple in a theme park in ho chi minh city, vietnam, seems notable
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/29959831.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
http://www.laobserved.com/images/chickenboy.gif
chicken boy stalks the rooftops of LA
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
The scale of the Spring Temple Buddha is freaking me out:
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spring+temple+buddha.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RiIzSGwtMCY/T4pxgx9vEJI/AAAAAAAACwg/ht6nC-J6DJs/s400/DSC03612.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
hanuman is a v charismatic deity, I love how he avoids monkey stereotypes & is always show as noble, devoted & heroic. also love the physiques on hindu statues in general. otoh he is armed & this statue is needlessly huge
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6uH7VsRmNXw/T_Yy6rPZWUI/AAAAAAAABUg/0N3QsYUg7Iw/s1600/paritala3.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oV1MoJWhBYI/T_Yy3733urI/AAAAAAAABUY/qnQ164BbZeI/s1600/paritala2.jpg
hopefully he is presiding over the landscape in his role as a scholar of grammar, my favourite of his attributes
― ogmor, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
http://sarahandgretchen.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/giant-morales-statue.jpg
Morelos statue, Mexico
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
http://m6.i.pbase.com/o4/78/599778/1/102563346.K35ccwna.56133235.0000471.jpg
Morelos statue, rear view
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
the denver horse statue actually KILLED its sculptor (its arm fell on him): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Jim%C3%A9nez_%28sculptor%29
― brimstead, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
http://lostcoastoutpost.com/media/uploads/post/6553/trees-of-mystery.jpg
― lxy, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
xp murderous statues get a bonus point
― ogmor, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link