Fun at the wax museum at i-City

SHAH ALAM: Fancy pinching the cheeks of President Barack Obama without having Secret Service agents pounce on you?

You can also feel the stubbles on Captain Jack Sparrow’s face or pose for a picture with Datuk Lee Chong Wei at Red Carpet@i-City, an interactive wax museum here.

I-Berhad director Monica Ong said the wax figurines are very lifelike and visitors are allowed to touch them.

“With new wax technologies, the faces are quite elastic. You can pinch and pull their faces. For male figurines, there are even stubbles on their faces to make it more realistic,” she said.

Ong explained that the museum was different from the conventional wax museums as it was interactive.

“For example, (the figurine of) Psy can dance,” she said.

Props are also available for visitors to wear when posing with the figurines.

“At the Queen Elizabeth exhibit, they can put on a cloak, while at the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit, they can pose with a sword,” she said.

Although the museum officially opens on Thursday, it has started accepting visitors since the first day of Hari Raya.

Ong said the museum hoped to attract 30,000 visitors a month over the next three to four months.

Built at a cost of RM25mil, the museum covers 30,000 sq ft and houses 100 wax figurines.

The first to greet you there will be Mr Bean. There are also movie stars such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, and singers such as Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Luciano Pavarotti.

Adults are charged with an entrance fee of RM100 and the fee for children is RM50. The fees for Malaysians with MyKad are RM80 and RM40, respectively.