"If you’re looking for the World’s Largest Mechanical Neon Sign, you’ll find it on Fremont Street. Or, perhaps we should say you’ll find “him” on Fremont Street," the Vegas Experience reports.

"The world’s biggest mechanical neon sign is none other than Vegas Vic. Vegas Vic stands watch over Fremont Street and the Pioneer Gift Shop below, and stands 40 feet tall. Vegas Vic’s arm and cigarette no longer move (those were the mechanical parts), he’s still a beloved part of downtown Las Vegas and Fremont Street Experience."

Photo above: Vegas Vic, a 40 feet (12 m) tall neon sign built in 1951 for the Pioneer Club on Fremont street in Las Vegas, Nevada. The sign became a well-known symbol of Las Vegas and was restored around 1998. It was designed by Pat Denner, and fabricated by the Young Electric Sign Company. The sign was originally animated: the cowboy's left hand waved, his eye winked, the cigarette moved, and smoke rings emerged from his mouth. Photo: Angel/Wikipedia

"The world-record-breaking Vegas Vic is located in Downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street. He’s been Downtown since 1951 and stands 40 feet tall," the Circa Las Vegas reports.

"He was built with advanced mechanics for his time with an arm that waves, a moving cigarette, and sound. His partner in crime, Vegas Vickie, had been located adjacent to Vegas Vic since 1980. Now, she has a shiny new home inside of Circa Las Vegas – you can even grab a drink with her at Vegas Vickie’s."

Photo above: Vegas Vic, a 40 feet (12 m) tall neon sign built in 1951 for the Pioneer Club on Fremont street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photograph from 2008, following restoration around 1998. The sign was designed by Pat Denner, and fabricated by the Young Electric Sign Company. The sign was originally animated: the cowboy's left hand waved, his eye winked, the cigarette moved, and smoke rings emerged from his mouth. Photo: BoldSolitute/Wikipedia

"Vegas Vic is a neon sign portraying a cowboy which was erected on the exterior of The Pioneer Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in 1951. The sign was a departure in graphic design from typeface based neon signs, to the friendly and welcoming human form of a cowboy. The sign's human-like abilities of talking and waving its arm received an immediate acceptance as the unofficial welcoming sign, reproduced thousands of times over the years and all over the world.

"The sign can still be found (in disrepair) at 25 E Fremont Street, where it has been since 1951 on the exterior of what used to be The Pioneer Club but is currently a souvenir shop. The trademark is currently owned by Pioneer Hotel, Inc., which owns and operates the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada. Laughlin has a twin of the Vegas Vic image on another large sign referred to as River Rick.

"Vegas Vic has received new paint schemes through the years. Originally, from the 1950s through the 1960s, his shirt was white with yellow checkered stripes. Later during an early restoration in the 1970s, his shirt was painted solid yellow. When he was restored in 1998, his shirt was painted a red and yellow checkered pattern." (Wikipedia)

Photo above: Vegas Vic on Freemont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division via Wikipedia.

"Vegas Vickie, Sin City's iconic kicking neon cowgirl sign, was named "Sassy Sally" when she first hung over the entrance to the Glitter Gulch casino in 1980. Then in 1994 she "married" a neighboring neon sign cowboy, Vegas Vic, and acquired her current name," the Roadside America reports.

"Time took its toll on Vegas Vickie, as it does to all Las Vegas showgirls. Her makeovers grew increasingly involved and expensive, and when Glitter Gulch closed in June 2017, Vickie was taken down and hauled away, her future uncertain.

The vintage neon sign was rescued by the owner of a new casino, the Circa, which opened only a few feet away from the old Glitter Gulch.

"Vickie was repaired by YESCO, the same sign company that had built her. In a frantic last-minute restoration push, the pulley that kicked her mechanical leg was repaired one minute before she was flipped back on, October 27, 2020. Vickie now hangs in an indoor atrium, next to "Vegas Vickie's Cocktail Lounge." She finally has her own place, and is safely shielded from the elements."

"I first saw “Vegas Vic” who my family affectionately refer to as “Howdy Partner” in 1981. This is when Fremont street still had cars traveling down it and long before the canopy. His left arm used to motion (you can see the joint at the elbow) and he would loudly announce “Howdy Partner!” A veteran cashier said it’s rumored that his sound system was turned off because he was startling people (hard to believe on Fremont) or he may have broke. I believe the latter looking at what few neon lights he has working now. Definitely iconic downtown Vegas and definitely worth a pic or two before he is completely broken and/or removed."

"Vegas Vic is a classic Vegas neon that you have to see when visiting, glad to see he still glows bright and is being looked after, well worth a visit."

"Good to see a classic sign still around even though he was having issues with some of his lights. An old Vegas icon."

"We enjoyed our trip to Fremont Street and glad we got great photos of this iconic sign lit up at night. I now know he is called Vegas Vic. Quite large and situated on one of the casino's on Fremont Street."

"egas Vic is definitely old school Las Vegas and so far has survived not ending up in the neon graveyard. Check him out at the Fremont Experience. It’s hard to miss him as he’s pretty tall."