Awesome Avengers

After a long day of super soldiering, you could use a nice long soak in the tub. But instead of walking around the house naked afterwards, class up your act with this all-American hooded bathrobe, adorned with the Cap’s shield on back.

One Minute Galactica used footage from The Avengers’ blooper reel to imagine what the movie would’ve been like if the characters were less intense. In other words, this is what it would be like to have RDJ play all of the heroes.

Armorer Tony Swatton continues to build out his arsenal of melee weaponry with Thor’s mighty Mjölnir. Swatton built this impressive hammer with a hollow chromoly steel head so he could actually lift it, though it still weighs about 20 lbs.

Known to most for his performance as Loki in the Thor and Avengers movies, actor Tom Hiddleston has a talent we didn’t know about. He can bust some serious moves. Watch as he impresses a crowd at an appearance in Korea.

YouTuber Mr88668866 used clips from various superhero movies and the trailer for DC Universe Online to create a fan trailer for a bank-breaking blockbuster movie. Black Widow and her pistols look even more pitiful here.

Before shooting big action scenes, directors often commission rough pencil animations to work out the composition and sequencing. Here’s some footage of an epic Iron Man sequence that never made it into The Avengers.

An ancient race led by the evil Malekith (Chris Eccleston – the ninth Doctor Who) is hellbent on throwing the universe into chaos. Naturally, Thor must use his powers – and his mighty hammer to restore order to the Nine Realms and Earth.

It may be a little harder to fight the urge to buy a 3D nightlight from Target now that they come in these Avengers inspired designs. Put all three up for maximum darkness vanquishing.

The latest trailer gives us a longer look at the torment caused by Ben Kingsley’s uber-villain, The Mandarin, and the continuing trend towards darkness in this Summer’s biggest blockbusters.

Visual effects experts Industrial Light & Magic share their contribution to one of the most memorable scene from The Avengers: the long continuous shot showing each member fending off the aliens.

Hot Toys works its magic on the heroic Agent Phil Coulson from The Avengers movie. The 1/6th scale figure has 30 points of articulation and a variety of accessories, including the huge Destroyer gun.

Artist Alex Mitchell re-imagined the Avengers movie characters as Japanese warriors, gods and demons from the Sengoku Period. He even came up with brief back stories for each of them.

By the end of their movie, most of The Avengers seem to be comfortable with their superhero status, but can you imagine how things might go if the brooding and miserable Batman joined them?

RC Design forum member native18 made a replica of the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as seen in The Avengers movie. The remote-controlled replica floats on water and flies like its CGI counterpart.

Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures assembled a team of earth’s greatest artists for an Avengers-inspired tribute show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. Some pieces are still available to buy.

For a recent promotional campaign, Wieden + Kennedy created these awesome Avengers sculptures, from common household items and Marvel merch that you can purchase at Target.

Yep, we’re looking forward to The Avengers as much as anyone else, but can you imagine what it would have looked like if they had made the movie back in the 1970s? Well, now you don’t have to.

The Avengers has been hyped for so long, so it’s not surprising – or bad – that we have two Sweded versions of the movie’s trailers. This one by Table 8 Productions features an insecure Loki.

A clever mashup that introduces the members of The Avengers using the intro sequence of Friends. The cast is a sausage party though. If this was real all episodes would be about who gets Black Widow.

Here are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – a war hero, a sharpshooter, two geniuses and a god. Also someone with a pistol. Seriously Black Widow, you better have special bullets in that gun of yours.

Hot Toys will soon release this 1/6th scale movie-accurate collectible of mother effin’ Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, complete with a tiny arsenal of weapons and detailed props.

ScreenRant and Synn Studios used scenes from the official trailers and previous Marvel movies to make this extended trailer for The Avengers. The song is Animus Vox by The Glitch Mob.

For those who missed it, here’s the trailer for The Avengers that aired during the Super Bowl. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes not only includes a patriot, there’s also a giant in its roster.