In 2004, students from New York University created PAC-Manhattan, a “real-life” re-enactment of the game in which people, dressed as PAC-Man and the four ghosts, chased each other around Manhattan city blocks. The playing field consisted of 6×4 city blocks surrounding Washington Square Park, with a total surface area of 171,029m². Each player was teamed with a controller who communicated the player’s positions using mobile phones. GWR Video Gamer’s Edition 2008.
The world’s biggest ever replica baseball bat is 120 feet in height and weights 68,000 pounds (30,844 kg) and was made by bat manufacturer Hillerich Bradsby, from Louisville, Kentucky (USA). The bat is modeled on the "R43" bat made for Babe Ruth by the same manufacturer. In the spring of 1927, Ruth strode into the factory and asked them to make him some bats. He hit his then record of 60 home runs with the resulting bats that year.
The largest retractable utility knife measured 816 mm (32.1 in) in length, 83 mm (3.26 in) wide and 268 mm (10.55 in) tall and was made by Olympia Tools International in City of Industry, California, USA. The knife was measured on May 1, 2012 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. As with the original Turbopro knife, the largest retractable knife’s blade fully retracted, and could be replaced with another blade inside the hilt of the knife. The knife weighed 65 llbs
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A sphere 12.52 m 41 ft 18 in in diameter, weighing 2,540 kg 5600 lb called Eartha was designed and built by Delorme in Yarmouth, Maine, USA in 1998 The globe which took two years to build, rotates and revolves on a specially specially designed cantilever arm and rotates on an axis. It is powered by two electric-powered motors, which are commanded by a computer. It represents the earth as it is seen from space and is housed in a three storey glass atrium.
The largest robot dance consisted of 2,524 participants and was achieved by the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (USA) at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on 1 June 2013.
The largest rocking chair measures 12.83 m (42 ft 1 in) tall and 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in) wide. It belongs to Dan Sanzaro (USA)and was presented and measured in Cuba, Missouri, USA, on 4 September 2008.
The largest rubber chicken toss was achieved by 925 participants organised at Gilda’s LaughFest event at Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, on 10 March 2011. Out of 925 successful participants 221 landed on target and 704 outside. Gilda’s LaughFest is a 10-day festival of laughter organised and run by non-profit organisation Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids.
The largest set of Russian dolls is a 51-piece set hand-painted by Youlia Bereznitskaia (Russia). The largest measures 1 ft 9.25 in (53.97 cm) in height, the smallest 0.125 in (0.31 cm) in height. The set was completed on 25 April 2003. When all 51 pieces are lined up together touching, they measure 11 ft 2.25 in length. To break this record both the number of dolls in the set and the height of the tallest must be broken
The largest sand dollar measures 14.8 cm (5.826 in) at its smallest diameter and was found by Dan Manna (USA) in Holmes Beach, Florida, USA, on 11 May 2013. The sand dollar measures 16 cm (6.299 in) at its maximum diameter and weighs 153 grams (5.4 oz).
The largest same first and last name gathering took place on 20 September 2005 when 164 Martha Stewarts gathered on the set of the TV show ‘Martha!’ in New York, USA.