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A Conor McGregor sculpture has been unveiled at the National Waxwork Museum in Dublin

What do you reckon?

THE NATIONAL WAX Museum recently moved to Westmoreland Street in Dublin – and it boasts wax sculptures of everything from Father Ted to the… Good Friday Agreement.

And today they got a high profile new member of the waxwork crew:

This Conor McGregor sculpture was unveiled

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They’ve got the stance, the suit, the clothes and the beard pretty much down.

His face doesn’t look exactly like The Notorious – but it is very close.

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Waxworks are a difficult thing to get right, and the museum explained the process:

a new and innovative artistic and technical process that involved 3D scanning in conjunction with wax sculpting was used to create an uncannily lifelike wax character

Hmm.

Conor’s dad Tony was in the house to celebrate the unveiling though

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And they went all out on the suit they have him in

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Plus, the tricolour was stuck up behind for maximum McGregor effect:

McGregor has been positioned beside the current US President Donald Trump on the floor

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High profile company.

It’s impossible to know what McGregor himself would think of it, but one famous quote of his does come to mind:

“Who the f**k is that guy?”

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Next stop for him after the fight with Floyd Mayweather will surely be the National Waxwork Museum for an up close look at his doppelganger.

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Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Mute Ken Pepper
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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:48 PM

    Did stevie wonder do it? The trump one looks more like enda !

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    Mute Emmet Dillane
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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:02 PM

    @Ken Pepper:
    Good observation, very Enda-esque indeed, replete with culchie gesture.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:12 PM

    (I am a culchie, I’m allowed say dah)

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:11 PM

    @Ken Pepper: he looks like the love child of Vladimir Putin and Enda Kenny!

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:17 PM

    @Ken Pepper: looks more like Wayne Rooney !

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:38 PM

    @Ken Pepper: the trump one reminds me of the comedian that sketches Bill O Herlihy on Apres match

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:06 PM

    Can someone remove that tricolour from behind him, out of respect for the flag?

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    Mute Emmet Dillane
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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:54 PM

    ‘a new and innovative artistic and technical process that involved 3D scanning in conjunction with wax sculpting was used to create an uncannily lifelike wax character’

    Shares in the company have just nosedived into the gutter.

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    Mute Dave Hogan
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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:48 PM

    His head is far to small.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:04 PM

    @Dave Hogan: yeah but his Willy is huge. According to himself.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:09 PM

    @Jimmyjoe Wallace: he is a willy.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:14 PM

    @Dave Hogan: unfair comparison. A willy has a purpose.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:48 PM

    Ffs it’s McGregor overkill

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:51 PM

    It’s Deco Bishop from Fair City.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:55 PM

    @Tweed Cap: I sometimes leave fair city on just to observe how bad the acting is.. It’s quite amusing

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:56 PM

    @Acedeuce:
    World class comedy. Starts in 2 mins there.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:00 PM

    @Acedeuce: its nollywood, townie style.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:06 PM

    Could’ve went all in and ironed the creases out of the tri colour behind him ffs

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:53 PM

    That’s not McGregor its Paddy ‘the hooligan’ Holohan.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:57 PM

    @Donaldo: Is Paddy from “the mean streets of Crumlin” too ?

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:11 PM

    @Lucy: he was raised by wolves, conor was brought up in the Crumlin favelas by drug Lords

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:13 PM

    @Acedeuce:
    Hahaha.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:58 PM

    Scarlet for them . It’s absolutely brutal .
    Brought the kids there a while back , it was mortifyingly bad , all I could think of was tourists visiting Dublin and handing over money .

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:51 PM

    Jesus David Beckham has let himself go!

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:02 PM

    A very good reason for not visiting

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:37 PM

    That’s nothin’ like the eejit.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:45 PM

    Jayzzz they could have ironed the flag !!??

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:11 PM

    Loius Copeland suit for a shaped candle? Ffs.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:32 PM

    That’s an awful attempt in all fairness.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:48 PM

    Who da fook is that guy? Looks nothing like him.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:33 PM

    @….: someone was actually paid to make wax look like sh!t

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:43 PM

    So much wrong with this, the statue looks nothing like McGregor (defiantly Deco Bishop) the flag looks the pathetic, they could have got a bigger, better quality one and positioned it better. And Tony with his “watch wardrobe” turns up for the opening of an envelope

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:28 PM

    Lets hope it melts very soon

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:37 PM

    @pat seery: I think it already started based on the sculpt.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:09 PM

    Up there with the recent Ronaldo one, Fecking gas looking

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:10 PM

    McGregor for President

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:55 PM

    What a waste of wax ! His proximity to Mr Trump speaks volumes- Two big mouths.

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    Aug 17th 2017, 5:50 AM

    @Irish big fellow: no one would bother their nutsacks following or marketing Mc Gregor if he had the personality of a potted plant

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:00 PM

    Looks more like Deco from Fair City!!

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:53 PM

    Why does that Focker Trump always wear his tie too long?

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:16 PM

    Looks like they nicked Lenin’s corpse.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:39 PM

    Decco from Fair City more like.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:58 PM

    Musta ran out of orange wax when making the trump one

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    Aug 17th 2017, 3:08 AM

    More like Charles Stewart Parnell

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:38 PM

    Very fitting,but his feet should have been modelled in clay

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:09 PM

    Looks more like jack grealish with a beard in a tin of fruit than Connor McGregor

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    Aug 16th 2017, 7:52 PM

    Jesus! That looks woeful!

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:46 PM

    Actually looks like a skinny Brendan Gleeson

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:02 PM

    Prefer the wax version of both.Tattoos hidden on McG and both silent!

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    Aug 16th 2017, 11:54 PM

    Nightmares in knax

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:45 PM

    That’s dreadful. Looks nothing like him.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 10:27 PM

    David Beckham and Liam Neeson.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:56 PM

    looks remotely like the time he had a baldy only remotely though

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:39 PM

    The ball of wax I just pulled from my ear looks more like McGregor that that rubbish.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 11:52 PM

    I pretty sure I’ll see this next Tuesday

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    Aug 17th 2017, 4:55 AM

    Is their not some kind of law where McGregor should have been asked to pass that thing what ever it is. As for the flag at least remove that.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 9:45 PM

    My god ,the f••king state of that ,
    The waxwork looks pretty awful too.

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    Aug 17th 2017, 2:28 AM

    I would like to see the wax museum succeed – but come on : Jedward , Ronan Keating and Spongebob Squarepants , and now Conor McGregor .

    What the hell !

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    Aug 17th 2017, 10:55 AM

    Jesus that looks terrible

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    Aug 17th 2017, 12:02 AM

    Ah lads, that’s just shite.

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:08 PM

    Who da fuk is dat guuy?

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    Aug 16th 2017, 8:54 PM

    6th picture, 2 dicks

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