Marvel S.T.A.T.I.O.N., Las Vegas

Marvel S.T.A.T.I.O.N. is the Scientific Training and Tactical Intelligence Operative Network located at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. It's basically a showcase for props and costumes from the Marvel movies. It's given a storyline and some interactive elements to make it more fun. The entrance has posters, cutouts, and wall art all over the place.

Enter the S.T.A.T.I.O.N.

Captain America stands ready to take care of any shop lifters in the gift shop area.

Guardian of the Swag-you-see

We bought half-price tickets at the kiosk in Fashion Show Mall and went into the exhibit. First, we saw a training video featuring S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders). She explained that we were training to become part of the Avengers Initiative. Then we went into the exhibits/training area.

The first items on exhibit are from the first Avenger, Captain America.

Vita-ray machine from the first Cap movie

The first Cap uniform

Cap's bike from the first movie

The next room covers information about the Hulk, including a strength test to see where you fit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Okay, this was in the gift shop, but it fits with the Hulk stuff.

My hand and the Hulk's hand

Bio-info on the Hulk and the Abomination (you know, the bad guy from the Hulk solo film)

Where I rank, just above a Hydra agent, not as good as Black Widow

The Tesseract machine from the first Avengers movie is also on display. Visitors, I mean Agents, can push some buttons to activate it, though without the Cosmic Cube it only lights up and makes screens blink.

I can't even remember what this gizmo was supposed to do

The next room is about Vision, the A.I. and Mind Stone-enhanced android whose body was a mix of adamantium and other bio- and synthetic products. The body was supposed to be the ultimate receptacle for Ultron but the Avengers managed to stop that plan.

Vision

Where Vision was born, sort of

The next room has a bunch of lockers with uniforms for the other Avengers.

Black Widow's outfit

Hawkeye's outfit

Nick Fury's typical duds

Yes, there's a bullet hole in Nick's jacket!

Scarlet Witch's clothes (come on, not really a uniform)

Ant-Man's suit

Falcon's vest without the wings

Some captured weapons and villain stuff are on display.

Chitauri weapon

Hydra guns

Red Skull's uniform

Dark elf in suspended animation

The penultimate room is dedicated to the Asgardian Thor. In addition to his outfit, a lot of information about Asgard is on display. And visitors can try to lift his hammer.

Out from Ragnarok

I'm just putting this back after lifting it, really

My brother gives it a try

The final display room has a lot of the Iron Man suits, from the original to the most recent, including the Hulkbuster suit.

Recent versions of Iron Man

Mark I suit

Hulkbuster

The other guard in the shop

The very last room is an interactive battle with Ultron and some of his drones. To be honest, it was a little underwhelming. The attendant handed out cell phones which we used to fire whichever weapon was assigned to our character. We aimed a little bit with the phones and fired as fast as we could, basically a button-masher.

In classic Disney tradition, the exit was through the gift shop. We didn't buy anything. The most interesting items were matched luggage with color schemes based on Captain America or Iron Man. I might have been tempted if I needed luggage.

I enjoyed it since I am a big Marvel fan but I definitely think it is over-priced at its regular rates. Seek out bargain tickets if you want to go.