The Bobble Blog: The Avengers Are Finally Here With Collectible Bobblehead Dolls

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Avengers Are Finally Here With Collectible Bobblehead Dolls

One of the most anticipated films of the year is finally here and with it comes a vast assortment of characters form the Marvel Universe. If your a fan, then your in for a real treat.

Here are a few of the characters from the film:

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captian America

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye

and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

How's that for the ultimate superhero movie? And if that doesn't impress you, check out this interesting fact:

The Avengers tracked ahead of 2008's The Dark Knight ($158.4 million) and 2012's The Hunger Games ($152.5 million), which held the record for the second and third best opening weekends behind 2011's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($169.2 million). On MovieTickets.com, North American ticket presales during the week before release exceeded those of Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Thor combined during the same period, by over 150 percent. As of May 8, 2012, The Avengers has earned $244,014,897 in North America and $500,100,000 in other countries for a worldwide total of 744,114,897marking the highest grossing film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Its worldwide opening of $392.5 million is the third largest of all time.

That's impressive! So here's a quick breakdown of the story. Nick Fury (played once again by the note-perfect Samuel L. Jackson), leader of the peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury, along with former Russian spy Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), recruits a super team to combat Thor's ever-deceptive brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) after he brainwashes ace archer Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) while stealing a cosmic cube from an underground base. Thus the heroes must learn to work together alongside outlaw scientist Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), who can track down the artifact's gamma signals when he's not hulking out into a giant green monster. It all comes down to a superhero battle royale as they try to save the world from destruction.

With most big box office movies comes collectible merchandise. And of course, I could not end this post without mentioning the new pre-orders for The Avengers movie bobbleheads released by non other than the good folks at Neca. That's right, their all here. Here's a exclusive preview of what's to come.

These are supposed to be released in May. You can find them here.