Forum - View topicINTEREST: Takara Tomy Arts Releases New Line of Toys Parodying the Statue of Liberty
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Akuma-Soul
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This better be a mutha f***ing joke.
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Emerje
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Do want! Next they should do the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio or the Spring Temple Buddha in China. Though maybe The Motherland Calls in Russia would be more popular.
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KabaKabaFruit
 Posts: 1901 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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Might as well have an Abraham Lincoln figure showing him reclining on his armchair and enjoying some Billy Beer.
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EricJ2
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Check out the Japanglish inscription on the ad:
"Be free from all the restraints that bind you. Wreck all of the old ideas that tie you. One night will remind you how we've touched and gone our separate ways..."--(Er, oops, sorry.  ) "Be free from the idea of 'freedom' itself. The usual liberty is not perfect freedom."
Errmmm, yeah.  Sounds like some socially-discontented male Japanese teen artist doesn't quite know what's going on with the statue, but it must be bad if it's a Western symbol.
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mrsatan
Encyclopedia Editor
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When I saw the title I thought it was going to be some sort of stupid girlie figurines in ecchi poses. But this is actually pretty funny.
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TarsTarkas
 Posts: 5936 Location: Virginia, United States |
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter |
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xeroth
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That's hilarious xD
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mdo7
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*looking at statue of Liberty*
So how long until American consumers backlash over this (calling this a insult to our great country) and citing Pearl Harbor, Japanese buying up America in the 80's and raising anti-Japanese sentiment?  spoiler[Yes, I was being sarcastic, so don't take my statement seriously  ]
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Little_Hawk
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I really want those figurines, including the Thinker.
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vanfanel
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Loki apparently has a convert. |
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Joe Carpenter
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this makes me think of Ghostbusters 2
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sunflower
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The creator probably saw "The Angels Take Manhattan" and wanted revenge for his pain and suffering.
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EricJ2
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I think the artist just got his countries confused:
"The Goddess of Liberty"?--No, that was that plaster thing that the students put up in Tianmen Square. (Actually, the original Liberty was supposed to be looking back to France, the "home" of liberty--We just put in that little inscription spin to make it look like she was standing in front of us, and cut the French out of the equation. )
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