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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
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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
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