Dead or alive, he's coming to Eastern Market.

OK, technically, the approximately 11-foot-tall bronze sculpture of RoboCop is neither dead nor alive. And technically, it's not coming to Detroit's Eastern Market area — it's already there.

Jim Toscano, co-owner of Free Age video production studio, said the 3,500-pound tribute to the fictional Detroit crimefighter was secured in front of the business, at 3434 Russell St., Wednesday afternoon. It was immediately welcomed by locals.

"It was basically a snowstorm, freezing cold, and we still had a steady stream of people lining up to check it out," Toscano said.

It's been a long road to Russell Street for RoboCop. The project began in 2011 with a since-deleted tweet from a social media user in Massachusetts to then-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: "@

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