A protracted-forgotten, and considerably unsettling, statue of Mickey Mouse with big lobster claws for arms has discovered its approach again to Boston.
The 700-pound statue was final seen within the metropolis practically 20 years in the past at Quincy Market the place it entertained vacationers and customers — earlier than slipping out of sight and into metropolis lore after it was offered in 2005 at an public sale organized by Disney.
Within the interim, references to the 6-foot tall “Lobsta Mickey” appeared on Atlas Obscura, a web site for oddball landmarks, and in a “Zippy the Pinhead” cartoon from 2019.
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Nonetheless, the statue itself — certainly one of 75 Mickey Mouse-inspired sculptures commissioned for the cartoon character’s seventy fifth anniversary — remained illusive.
That’s till Deon Level, inventive director for the Boston sneaker retailer Ideas, turned fixated on monitoring down the creation. Ideas collaborates with Nike on a line of lobster-themed sneakers.
Level instructed The Boston Globe that he spent 5 years following on-line threads earlier than lastly recognizing a list for the mouse/crustacean relic on eBay.
The well-known “Lobstah Mickey” statue is ready to return to Boston after practically 20 years.
The statue had discovered its approach to a New Jersey garden, however was want of some repairs. It was discolored, cut up in sections and its concrete basis had begun to crumble.
Level employed an area artist to refurbish and repaint the statue.
The day earlier than Halloween, “Lobsta Mickey” made its second public debut within the metropolis, when it was arrange on Ideas’ Newbury Avenue showroom flooring.
“Folks have been somewhat terrified,” Level instructed the Globe, referring of the shopper response. “Folks assume we created this factor, which, in fact, we didn’t.”
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Level mentioned he plans to maintain “Lobsta Mickey” on show via the vacations, earlier than discovering a brand new, long run dwelling someplace inside Boston.
