Awesome Captain America

Captain America’s shield possesses some impressive, but implausible physical characteristics. In addition to its near indestructibility and ability to absorb energy, it can bounce off of surfaces and come back to Cap. JLaservideo wanted to see what it would take to replicate the shield’s key features, including its ricochet.

From webslingers to high-voltage Wolverine claws, The Hacksmith’s arsenal of superhero gadgets is approaching that of Stark Enterprises. This time, his shop put together a piece that combines Iron Man’s arc reactor with Captain America’s iconic shield, a weapon you can find in the game Marvel Contest of Champions.

Odin Makes didn’t have access to vibranium, so instead he made replicas of Captain America’s Avengers: Infinity War shields out of “foamium” – craft foam and foam floor mats. You can find the patterns and parts list in the video’s description.

Hot Toys has a new Movie Edition Captain America action figure based on the hero’s appearance in Avengers: Infinity War. Not only does it come with Cap’s new pair of Wakandan shields, it also has a “mystery weapon” that will be revealed after the movie’s release.

FINAL JUSTICE! Kaiyodo follows up its instant classic Wolverine action figure with Captain America. The 6.5″-tall action figure has an amazing 38 points of articulation. You can place its shield on its arm or on its back. It also comes with a bullet ricochet effect for the shield.

Shield. Sword. Shuriken. Bandai’s latest Manga Realization action figure is an armored samurai version of Captain America. The action figure is nearly 7″ tall and comes with four swappable hands and a star logo that doubles as a shuriken.

Spidey goes for the big slam dunk in illustrator Scott Neilson’s cheeky t-shirt design, as the costumed Peter Parker borrows Cap’s mighty shield to get some net, Michael Jordan style. Like Batman more than Spider-Man? No prob.

YouTuber Biotrek noticed something about Captain America. Unlike a cat, he occasionally doesn’t land on his feet. This amusing edit makes it look like this happens pretty much every time Cap tries to stick his landing.

How It Should Have Ended goes to war with plot holes as they tear apart Captain America: Civil War, a movie where the villain is not a terrorist or Iron Man’s impeccable timing, but Vision and earplugs. Seriously Bucky, just cover your ears.

“Who are all these goddamn people?!” The Onion’s film critic Peter K. Rosenthal was thoroughly confused by Captain America: Civil War‘s ensemble cast. Who is Black Widow? Or Falcon? What motivates Random Bystander? Seriously though, stop with the origin stories.

After regaling us with an Iron Man history lesson, Burger Fiction continues its exploration of comic book characters, with the on screen evolution of America’s hometown hero, Steve Rogers and his red, white, and blue alter ego. We still love the 1979 Cap’s Evel Knievel looks.

Gun enthusiast Jerry Miculek couldn’t get their hands on actual vibranium, but they did manage to make a life-size version of Captain America’s shield out of titanium. Watch Jerry shoot the shield with .45 ACPs in slow motion.

“If we can’t accept limitations, we’re no better than the bad guys.” MCU Exchange did Marvel a huge solid with this awesome montage of clips from past Marvel movies and TV series that point to the big confrontation in Captain America: Civil War.

“We need to be put in check.” Iron Man throws his support behind a jail for super-powered beings, whether friend or foe. But Captain America doesn’t think his colleagues deserve such an insulting – HOLY CRAP.

The lines are drawn and the characters – well, most of them – have chosen their sides. Iron Man, War Machine, Black Widow, Vision and the Black Panther take on Cap, the Winter Soldier, the Falcon, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Ant-Man in a super powered Civil War.

The world’s governments want superheroes to be accountable for their actions, with Cap and Iron Man taking opposing stances. The film adaptation of Marvel’s hit comic book crossover appears to be much smaller in scale, but we’ll take what we can get.

(Gore) Captain America fends off the Red Skull and his army of Nazi zombies. And then it gets much worse. YouTuber forrestfire101’s short film is one of the most complex and well-shot LEGO stop-motion animations you’ll ever see.

Before you go see Avengers: Age of Ultron – we’ve seen it, it’s a lot to take in by itself but also a lot of fun – check out Vulture’s recap of the movies that lead up to it, starting with the first Iron Man flick.

Industrial Light & Magic shares a few of the 900 or so visual effects shots that it made for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It worked mainly on the climactic scenes, including creating digital versions of Black Widow and Falcon.

YouTuber ChiefBrodyRules imagines what an ’80s Captain America movie would have been like by remixing scenes from the decade’s action movies, using synthwave tracks and adding crummy video artifacts and graphics.

Frisbee anyone? Man at Arms: Reforged once again combines East and West. This time they give Captain America’s weapon of choice a little more bite by turning it into a trio of throwing stars. Hail ninjas!

MTV points out the Easter eggs from the past nine Marvel Studios movies – Iron Man to Captain America: The Winter Soldier – from Stan Lee’s cameos, hints to future movies and numerous references to Marvel’s comics.

While Captain America might be the world’s #1 patriotic superhero, we’re not exactly leading the world in the things that count. FoxADHD regales us with some sobering facts about our great nation in this cynical, but still hilarious song.