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Waving Giant Man
Chicopee, MA (later Agawam, MA) [gone]
This Waving Giant Man would have looked like this one originally. As far as I can tell, International Fiberglass didn't have a special name for these 22-foot-tall statues. For the sake of distinguishing them from other statues at this website, I'll call them Waving Giant Men. I don't believe many of these were sold.

This statue was first located at a pizza shop in Framingham, MA. It had been customized with a chef's hat that was flat on top. This vintage photo of a head at International Fiberglass' factory had a similar look. [photo thanks Terry Nelson] The statue held a pizza or a slice of pizza in his upraised hand. I have not unearthed a photo of this statue from this time.

In 1970, the statue was sold to the Mutual Ford dealership in Springfield, MA for $2,000. The statue was repainted to look like an Uncle Sam. At that time, the hat was changed into a top hat and the pizza was removed. He was repainted with red and white striped pants and a blue jacket. The top hat was painted red, white, and blue. The statue was there for more than 30 years and held a sign reading "Buy American". In 1999, the dealership's owners sold him to the Plantation Inn. He was then painted white to look like a Southern gentleman. In 2013, the statue was sold at auction. The statue was then installed in Agawam, MA next to Partners Restaurant. In 2016, the statue was removed due to city restrictions and put in storage. For more, see this website.

International Fiberglass created other statues using these heads. The location and business for this head is unknown. [photo thanks Terry Nelson]

Giant Waving Man
Oakwood Village, OH [gone]
 Giant Waving Man
Atlanta, IL
It is not known where this Giant Waving Man was located originally. It was displayed at the Raff Road Raceway in Canton, OH in the early 1990s. Then, it was displayed at Endless Endeavors from 2003-2020. The statue was sold and then displayed at a house in Rocky River, OH. It doesn't seem to be there any longer. This statue appears to have the same head as the one above in Chicopee but with an entirely different body and outfit. For more, see this website.

This Giant Waving Man head in Atlanta is displayed inside the American Giants Museum. This is a modern, reproduction created by Mark Cline.

There was another Giant Waving Man statue installed in the 1960s at Adventureland in Addison, IL. When the park closed in 1977, the statue was moved to Big Ben's Tire Barn in Bartlett, IL. By the late 1990s, the statue was in bad shape and the city made the store remove it. It was stored in an attic until Joel Baker, founder of American Giants, was able to buy the statue in 2012. At some point, that statue will be displayed at the American Giants Museum.

Waving Giant Man
Amarillo, TX

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2017 and 2018:
This Waving Giant Man is the same model as the one shown above in Bedford. However, the head is from the more Paul Bunyan-like Giant Man. This modification was done by Glenn Goode (see below). This statue stood in front of the Country Barn Steak House in 2006. The statue was previously located in Sanger, TX where it was restored by Glenn Goode. In 2013, the Country Barn closed and auctioned off everything, including this statue. The statue sold for $8,000 and was moved to the Cadillac Ranch RV Park in Amarillo. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Waving Giant Man
Sherman, TX (now Temecula, CA)
This Waving Giant Man has the same style Paul Bunyan-like head. This statue stood in front of Custom Sandblasting. The business was owned by Jay Dee Goode, the son of Glenn Goode who owned the giant statues in Gainesville, TX described below. In 2021, the property was sold and the statue was moved to private property in Temecula.

Glenn Goode's Sandblasting & Rental [gone]
Gainesville, TX
There are five fiberglass statues at Glenn Goode's Sandblasting & Rental: two Waving Giant Men like the two shown above, two Big Johns, and a Miss Uniroyal. The Waving Giant Man with the hat came from a go-kart track in Garland, TX. His head was made from a mold made from a now-gone statue in Canton, TX. The statue's hands were molded from the Ken's Muffler statue in Dallas, TX. In 2014, Goode built the second Waving Giant Man with his molds.

Goode bought the Miss Uniroyal in 1984 from a car dealership in Wichita Falls, TX. She wore a red bikini at that time but Goode altered it into a skirt and blouse. The skirt is two feet longer than the other Miss Uniroyal statues since Goode was a preacher and wanted her to be less revealing. Both of the Big John statues came from a bowling alley in Hickman, KY. They were mass-produced for the Big John grocery store chain. Goode passed away in 2015. It was stated in his will that he wanted these statues to stand for five years after his death before they were sold. In 2022, they were put up for sale, as a group. In 2023, the family decided to sell them individually. The statues have all been removed and relocated around the country where they will eventually be on public display. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

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