Ollie’s Discount Outlet celebrated its fortieth anniversary by unveiling the world’s largest bobblehead at its Harrisburg, Pa., retailer. Photograph courtesy of Ollie’s Discount Outlet
Sept. 28 (UPI) — A Pennsylvania-based retailer chain celebrated its fortieth anniversary by breaking a Guinness World File with a bobblehead determine measuring 16 toes, 6.73 inches excessive.
Ollie’s Discount Outlet unveiled the enormous bobblehead, made within the picture of retailer mascot Ollie, on Wednesday on the chain’s flagship location in Harrisburg.
“For 40 years, we have been dedicated to providing large offers on model title merchandise, so we wished to create one thing massive to assist honor our anniversary, and what higher than a 16-foot bobblehead?” stated Ollie’s CEO and President John Swygert stated in a information launch.
Guinness World Data guidelines required the bobblehead to be an outsized reproduction of an current mannequin, which Ollie’s sells as a promotional merchandise.
The workforce behind the enormous bobblehead used 3D modeling, hand sculpting, carving and portray to create the fully-functional bobblehead over the course of 4 months.
The earlier report was set in 2016, when Florida-based Utilized Underwriters unveiled a bobblehead that measured 15 toes, 4.75 inches excessive.
