If you’re going to build a replica of something in your backyard, why not go big? (Bigger is always better. Check out 13 Tweets About David Wright’s Helmet and 20 Photos That Give Steroids A Bad Name.) You can’t offend the neighbors and drive down property values with a life-sized replica of Bilbo Baggins. You need a 30 foot Bilbo in a Statue of Liberty outfit with a caption that reads, “Give us your tired, your hairy footed, your hobbits yearning to breathe free.” Here now are the 20 Coolest Gigantic Replicas People Built In Their Backyards.
20. Giant Jesus
When you build a statue of Jesus, you don’t want someone to say, “Hey, that’s Jesus.” You want them to say, “Jesus Christ! He’s 30 feet tall!” That’s just what the builders of this giant half-Jesus in Monroe, OH must have thought, although in a less blasphemous way.
19. Inflatable Gulliver
Unable to come up with their own version of a Chinese guy that travels to an island of little people, the Chinese thought fit to borrow the English version. Thus, their creepy looking Gulliver tent in Taichung, Taiwan.
18. Giant Chocolate Koran
Muslims, you send us confusing signals sometimes. Who knew that an Indonesia chocolate Koran wouldn’t be offensive to Islam? No one likes when I eat malted Jesus balls, Buddha wafer cookies or choco-bacon yarmulkes.
17. Giant Stove
Detroit’s “World’s Largest Stove” explains why Detroit’s economy is so bad. With one giant stove to cook breakfast for everyone, the entire city ends up being late for work.
16. Whale Fins
This tail is located in Cheltenham, England, and it looks cool as Hell. I’m assuming someone didn’t kill and stuff an endangered whale and then bury most of it.
15. World’s Biggest iPod
Jonathan Ive, an industrial designer at Apple, gave his friend, fashion designer Paul Smith, a giant iPod. We knew the iPods would someday become our masters, and now it’s happening.
14. Cardiff Giant Replica
Can’t see the real Cardiff Giant because the lines are too long? Well, now you can go to Iowa and see the Cardiff Giant Replica! Why go see the real thing when you can see a copy? That’s like straining your neck to watch a baseball game when the big screen is right in front of you!
13. Obama Poster
These days, you just don’t see enough Barack Obama. Thankfully, someone in Pennsylvania destroyed their lawn so you can spot him from a plane.
12. A Canadian Nickel
The largest coin in the world is displayed in Northern Ontario, and is worth a whopping 17 American cents.
11. Lawn Darts
Displayed outside the Rose Center in Michigan, the Inflatable Gulliver is still waiting for the Giant Cardiff Replica to take his turn.
10. Woman’s Shoe
Ladies, your white whale resides in Manila. We know you probably have two pairs like it already, but…
9. Spinning Wheel
I don’t know who built it either, but I think it’s hilarious that someone would refer to a giant spinning wheel as “awesome.”
8. The 9/11 Commission Report
Some creative protesters built this “9/11 Commission Report” replica. Sadly, it’s about as accurate and as easy to read as the real one.
7. Painting
Giant replicas are anything but new, this German square was painted with the work of a Russian artist in 1909. It’s so large, Hitler apparently saw it and said, “F*ck this. Art is too much work. I’m going into politics. Hopefully one day America will elect a black president and hillbilly rubes can compare him to me.”
6. Baseball Mitt
Sadly, this man was crushed by a giant baseball shortly after this picture was taken in San Francisco.
5. Broken Glasses From Chile
This giant replica is dedicated to a fallen Chilean leader. The other half is a Buddy Holly memorial.
4. Carhenge
Carhenge was built when the druids gave up their gas guzzlers and decided to ride bikes. C’mon, the cash for clunkers cars had to go somewhere.
3. Pez Dispenser
Some people like their Pez big. How else can you contract diabetes in one day?
2. Poppy Plants
If you’re really riding the dragon, get yourself over to Cheltenham, England and pry the opium out of these babies before the soccer hooligans do.
1. Transformers Are Real!
Sometimes the dreams of 14-year-old boys who watched cartoons in the 80s really do come true. A Chinese genius built these robot transformers. I only have two questions: how fast do they go and how much?
These replicas were built by super fans. They also made this piece of “Super Mario” art and this crazy remaking of “Star Wars” called “Star Wars Uncut.”
Posted by Tony DiGerolamo, who now has a small army of Autobots on order.
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