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Kankakee, Illinois: Plastic Pipe Robot (Gone)

Made of HVAC pieces, the cyclops robot resembled the murderous Venusian from the 1954 sci-fi film, "Target Earth."

Directions:
Stood outside Goodberlet Home Services. North of downtown. On the north side of E. Brookmont Blvd, one block east of the train tracks.
Hours:
June 2019: Reported gone.
Status:
Gone

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Plastic Pipe Robot

The plastic robot is no longer there. New ownership. They also painted the building brown.

[Caitlin Cordova, 06/22/2019]

Tin Man.

HVAC Plastic Man

The Goodberlet Man is made of HVAC pieces, and greets passersby and patrons.

[Corey Jackson, 03/20/2018]

The cyclops plastic Tin Man, built in 2017, resembles the murderous Venusian robot from the 1954 sci-fi film, "Target Earth."


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