This Hulk got smashed.
An unhinged skateboarder repeatedly bashed a life-sized Marvel Comic statue of Red Hulk outside of a gym on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip this week — in just the latest string of vandalism taken out on the effigy.
Rocco Carlo Distefano, owner of The Lab Athletic Club in West Hollywood, told the WeHo Times that the figure has been damaged several times since it was installed less than a year ago.
On Monday morning, a skateboarder struck the statue in the face, damaging its nose and mouth, in what appeared to be a social media stunt, Distefano told the outlet.
Just last month, Santa Ana winds toppled the statue, breaking it into dozens of pieces.
Hulk was professionally restored and reinstalled, but then suffered a missing limb when his arm was ripped off just days before scheduled resurfacing, the owner said.
And over the summer, the Red Hulk sustained puncture wounds to the chest and was headbutted by a psycho, in two separate incidents, according to the WeHo Times.
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Distefano said repair costs from the incidents topped $15,000, including work done by a pro prop fabricator who works in film and television.
Despite the damage, Distefano said he plans to continue displaying the statue and is even considering adding a second one, a Hercules figure, while looking into additional protective measures, like barriers.
“You can knock it down,” he told the WeHo Times, “but we’re going to put it back together.”

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