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Wizard of OZ is 72yrs old today!


Another year has quickly gone by and today, I am reminded that The Wizard of OZ film debut is 72 yrs old!  There are many amongst us that cherish this movie in one way or another, and the fan base that exists even 72 yrs later is still strong and ever growing.   Personally we are always honored to be part of a historic moment and last year, we were asked to construct two very large Ruby Red Slippers and legs for the 71st anniversary of the movie.   Below is our original blog post.   And if we can help YOU out with any project for an event, trade show, branding or facility theming, just click your heals three times.  And when you're done with that, pick up the phone and give us a call!



Original post: July 14th 2010:

It's 12:40 am Friday morning and NYC's Madame Tussauds decides they need an over sized pair of the world famous Wizard of Oz's Ruby Red Slippers in order to celebrate the launch of The Wizard of Oz Cinema 4-D experience in New York that coming Tuesday.  

So who does one call to deliver such a HUGE pair of shoes?  
Who else, but the King of Huge:  US:  Themendous.  (Tremendous Theming)

The whole sculpture process took us 2 days Saturday and Monday for the Tuesday Morning on site installation call.  Wow only 2 days you say?    Hell yeah!  We are certainly no strangers to those types of deadlines and we don't fool around when it comes to our theming.  (well, we do fool around but that's what keeps us on our toes!)  The 3D foam sculptures were delivered on time and set up for get this:  90 minutes!  WOW you say, but that's all that was really needed to help get the word out about the 4D experience in the Big Apple.  In fact, when the AP bulletins made their ways, one single photo of our now world famous over sized shoes got close to 4 Million hits on the internet alone!

Interested in seeing photos of how we made them?  Check out our Facebook fan page and don't forget to hit "LIKE" !!!


Check out what some Bloggers have been saying about the event:


djmbm writes:     Liza's collapsed, call a medic!
harlemite writes:    That block is hard enough to navigate without those legs taking up valuable real estate!
allowyournecktobefree writes: ...furthering my theory that if you create a giant replica of ANYTHING, it will be considered art.   (BTW:  I agree)
sallysparrow writes:  i somehow need to build these and make them come out of the side of my house (homeowner's association be damned!).  (sally, give us a call, we can arrange something for you) 

click here to see more blogger comments  

Comments

Anonymous said…
Where are the legs now?

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