LAS VEGAS, Sept. 9 Madame Tussauds Wax museum in Las Vegas has recognized the launch of Halo 3 by immortalizing video game character Master Chief.
Master Chief is also the first video game character to be enshrined in the 250-year old museum, said a release from Madame Tussauds.
The life-sized figure of Halo's Master Chief was revealed by song-writer and bass player Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy Saturday.
"For me, the launch of Halo 3 will be the entertainment event of the year. It will be as big as or bigger than any of the summer's movie blockbusters," said Wentz. "Master Chief is as much of a hero today as characters like Spiderman, Frodo and Luke Skywalker were for previous generations."
The figure stands at an impressive 7-foot-2 with an approximate weight of 275 pounds. It took 10 studio artists an estimated 892 man-hours and more than 1,000 pounds of clay to create.
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