Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Largest bobblehead - world record set by Henry Ermer
  BROOKLYN, NY, USA  -- Henry Ermer , a 14-year-old from Brooklyn and a high school freshman has spent more than a year to build a 16 feet tall bobblehead out of PVC piping, chicken wire, fabric papier-maché and springs - setting the new world record for the Largest bobblehead . 
 Photo: Henry Ermer has constructed the world's largest bobblehead at 16 ft tall outside his home in East Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. / Photo Theodorakis/News   ( enlarge photo )

   "Last summer, I hadn't done anything except hang out and watch TV and I thought I should probably do something," said Henry, who is starting Edward R. Murrow High School.

    "The world's largest bobblehead was my favorite record in the Guinness Book of World Records, so I decided to try and top it."

    The figure's body alone stands 11 feet off the ground, equaling the previous record for world's largest bobblehead , a replica of game-show host Chuck Woolery built by the Game Show Network in 2003.

   "He's worked really hard on this bobblehead, and it is completely his project," said Henry's mother, Emily Waters, a graphic designer.
    "I'm glad it's finally finished. I'm ready for this bobblehead to stop sitting in my dining room."

   After stints in the backyard and the dining room, the giant bobblehead now resides in front of the family's brownstone with a big sign that reads, "Don't take this. It's not trash."

   Despite being relegated to the front stoop, the Largest Bobblehead in The World is being put to good use.
    "Everyone stops and talks about it," Henry said. "All the kids in the neighborhood like to play in the head."   

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010