Tour The $7.5 Million 'Avengers' Exhibit In NYC
Welcome to the Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N.!
Before heading inside to the "restricted area," you're asked to make your own Agent identification card.
You'll need the card once inside to access a bunch of interactive games and features.
We'll use the QR code to scan at individual locations inside the S.T.A.T.I.O.N.
Good to go!
Fans get ushered into an all-white room where they're introduced to video of Agent Felix Blake (Titus Welliver) welcoming new Agents into the station.
which we were told cost upwards of $350,o00.
Sliding doors reveal S.T.A.T.I.O.N. stands for Scientific Training and Tactical Intelligence Operative Network.
It took approximately 100,000 hours to build all of STATION.
Welcome to the initiation room where visitors are inducted into S.H.I.E.L.D.
here checking out how the hulk / bruce banner's brain works compared to a normal one. rebirth pod which injected Steve Rogers with the Super Soldier Serum to transform him into the first Avenger.
The entire exhibit covers more than 10,000 square feet.
Once inside, you can see more than 60 props and costumes from all of the Avengers film franchises including Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) ...
... to Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in his own Throne room ...
... and Captain America's rebirth pod which injected Steve Rogers with the Super Soldier Serum to transform him into a superhero.
The exhibit has been receiving between 600 and 1,500 visitors on average per day.
In the Captain America room, fans can witness some of Steve Rogers gear ...
... and Hydra relics up close.
Visitors can also learn how Captain America survived cyro-preservation in the ice for nearly 70 years.
Here's a better look at the giant interactive touchscreen.
When you're done, test your strength against Steve Rogers at one of a few stations.
Here's where the ID cards come in hand. They're used to activate the different machines and to record your progress.
This game asks you to test your reflexes by trying to select the villain from the crowd of Avengers. We didn't do so well.
Welliver took a spin at another while his family looked on one time we stopped by.
Onto Bruce Banner's lab where you can see a life-size model of the Hulk come alive.
... and learn how your DNA and brain differs from that of the scientists'.
It's extremely detailed.
Before you head on, make sure to check out the Tesseract machine that appeared in "The Avengers." We're told it costs more than $350,000.
Press your hand against a center monitor ...
... and it comes to life.
More items from "The Avengers." Here's Loki's helmet and scepter.
And here's one of the Chitauri Chariots used in the Battle of New York.
Not too far off in Thor's throne room, NASA teamed up with the exhibit to allow visitors to view the different stars and planets in both ours and Marvel's universes.
Here we checked out some of the "weirdest planets" including the Styrofoam planet and one nicknamed "Mr. Spock's World."
Iron Man's room is the biggest of them all. In the center is a giant replica of Tony Stark's arc reactor, an electromagnet in his chest to keep him alive.
Not only can you check out all of the previous suits Tony Stark has made ...
... but you get a chance to be Iron Man. The coolest feature in the room is an interactive flight simulator. It's like a virtual reality headset but you can control the entire screen with your eyes.
Visitors can also control a replica of Tony Stark’s hand. It wasn't working when we stopped by.
The latest model of the Iron Man suit sits in the room's center.
On your way out, you can see the names of the the more than 100 people who worked on the exhibit.
You can also see a glimpse of one of Captain America's shields used in the battle of New York in "The Avengers" film.
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