MADAME TUSSAUDS LONDON ANNOUNCES NEW FACES FOR 2012

MADAME TUSSAUDS LONDON ANNOUNCES NEW FACES FOR 2012

2012 is set to be a momentous year in the capital with the Olympic and Paralympics Games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Madame Tussauds London is to mark the occasions by unveiling a new figure of Her Majesty The Queen and Olympic hopeful Tom Daley. The Queen’s new wax figure will replace her current one, created in 1996 and it will be the 23rd figure of the Queen; she was first featured as a toddler back in the 1930’s. Tom Daley will dive into the Sports Zone of Tussauds with a dramatic action figure in February.  Suspended at a height it will capture him in mid-dive as he soars from the diving board towards the water. 

The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge will join the venue’s Royal line up in April next year, just in time to celebrate the couple’s first wedding anniversary. Other new faces include Taylor Lautner – joining his co-star, British actor Robert Pattinson, in the A-List Party Room in January. The American heartthrob was one of the most requested personalities in 2011. March will see a new addition to the Bollywood area of the attraction. 

The new figures provide a wonderful addition to the renowned faces already housed at the world famous attraction and party venue. Guests attending events at Madame Tussauds London during and after the 2012 celebrations will be able to commemorate the year posing alongside their favourite new figures.

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Notes to Editors

Madame Tussauds Studios London has been making wax figures for over 150 years. Each masterpiece takes four months, and a team of 20 dedicated sculptors, to create.  Over 500 precise body measurements are referenced, real head hairs are inserted one by one, and countless layers of paints and tints are applied to build up skin tones - all to achieve the kind of astonishing realism that has kept Madame Tussauds world renowned for over two centuries.

Madame Tussauds has attractions in London, Hollywood, New York, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok, Vienna, Blackpool UK and Sydney in 2012,, with interactive figures and experiences built around fame and celebrity.  In London, guests can get up close and personal with incredibly lifelike replicas of 21^st century stars like Kate Moss, Johnny Depp and Amy Winehouse, brave the scariest Chamber Of Horrors yet, complete with actors as bloodthirsty serial killers and take a time-travelling taxi ride through 400 years of amazing London history.

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