Bar none, Hong Kong outfit Hot Toys make the most realistic action figures on the planet. So it’s nice to know that, with The Avengers destroying box office records all over the planet, Hot Toys has the licence to produce large, expensive and very fancy figures based on the movie.
Did you go see The Avengers opening night? Pikachu did. Pikachu is a hardcore fan, didn’t you know? I mean, did you dress up as four of the Avengers, all at once? I didn’t think so.
Pardon this brief interruption to our regular video game concept art schedule, but I figured a movie that’s on track to be one of the biggest of all time – and one starring a whole bunch of awesome superheroes – was worth the detour.
To celebrate last week’s release of The Avengers, LEGO builder Ken Robichaud has gone to town building a range of weapons and props from the film out of little plastic bricks.
Despite the fact I live 20 metres away from a cinema, I still haven’t had the chance to see The Avengers yet. But all this hype has got me wondering precisely why THQ spent $16 million acquiring the license, then countless more millions developing the game, only to cancel it. Particularly when the pre-alpha footage looked so solid.
