Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage Things got emotional for Robert Irwin when he came face to face with the wax figure of his late father — Steve Irwin The Crocodile Hunter. Madame Tussauds recently unveiled the wax figure,

Robert Irwin was honored with a wax figure of his own at Madame Tussauds Sydney, which will stand next to a statue of his late father Steve Irwin.

Robert Irwin had an emotional reaction as he stood next to his late father Steve Irwin’s wax figure for the first time ever in Sydney, Australia.

Robert Irwin was “overcome with emotion” after seeing the wax figure of his dad, the late Steve Irwin, at Madame Tussauds for the first time. A conservationist and zookeeper like his father, the twenty-year-old came upon his father’s sculpture at the unveiling of his own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Sydney in Australia on Thursday.

Steve Irwin ’s son Robert was left visibly emotional as he attended the unveiling of his new waxwork at Madame Tussauds Sydney. The 20-year-old has followed in his late father’s footsteps as a conservationist and zookeeper and was left visibly emotional at seeing his dad’s likeness in the same room.

Steve Irwin's son, Robert Irwin, saw a physical representation of his father for the first time — and it brought him to tears.