When Bandung's first wave of denim shops set up along Jalan Cihampelas in the 1980s, the owners hit on the gimmick of mounting giant fibreglass superheroes — Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, the Hulk, Rambo and others — above their shop fronts to attract attention. The competition got increasingly absurd through the 1990s. Many have been removed but a couple of dozen survive.
The statues themselves are unlicensed, comically oversized, and starting to feel like vintage Indonesian pop history. A slow stroll up the street from Pasupati Bridge takes about 30 minutes. Easy to combine with the Cihampelas Walk shopping arcade.