Is it Ironman or Transformers? Chinese ‘replica park’ puts up new statue
Photos of the towering 30-metre-tall sculpture standing beside a Sphinx replica has attracted attention on social media
A towering statue of what appears to be a cross between a Transformers bot and an Ironman figure has been erected in a park in eastern China – next to a replica of Egypt’s Great Sphinx of Giza.
Photos of the 30-metre-tall statue in a red and yellow suit in an animation innovation park in Chuzhou, Anhui province, made its rounds on Chinese social media this week, news portal Renmin.com reported.
Bemused tourists posed for photos with the statue, which stood right beside a full-scale Sphinx duplicate in a bizarre juxtaposition of ancient history and modern technology.
The new statue is painted in the iconic red and yellow colours of Marvel Comics superhero Ironman, but its bulk bears more similarity to an Autobot from American film franchise Transformers.
The 20-metre-tall Sphinx replica beside it, which was set up around 2015, is the park’s iconic installation, according to previous media reports.