Popeye, indoors.

Popeye Statue - 1987 Model

The company town for Popeye Brand Spinach features a Popeye statue on the town's main street, near a school. Alma, which calls itself "Spinach Capital of the World," holds a spinach festival every April.

The 8-ft. tall fiberglass-over-paper mache statue was made in 1987 (a 2007 upgraded version of Popeye stands elsewhere in town). He sports a distorted Todd Browning's Freaks- meets -Hellraiser head. He used to stand outside, sheltered in a wooden alcove, but can lately be found freshly painted and in a gift shop on Fayetteville Avenue.

Also see: Popeye Statues

Popeye Statue - 1987 Model

Address:: 627 Fayetteville Ave., Alma, AR
Directions:: Inside the store Kustom Kaps. I-40 exit 12 onto US 71 south. Go through the traffic light, bear left, then turn right onto Fayetteville Ave./Hwy 162 into downtown. Kustom Kaps is just past the railroad tracks and Railroad St.
Hours:: M-F 10 am - 5 pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 479-632-4589
RA Rates:: Worth a Detour

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May 20, 2013