The Best Officially Licensed Marvel Captain America 1940's Shield Prop Replica Life Size Limited Edition

Product Description

Steve Rogers was a scrawny fine arts student, in the 1940's, before America entered World War II. Attempting to enlist in the army, he is turned away, but offered an alternative way to serve his country by being a test subject in a Top Secret defense research project. Rogers accepts and is given the formula dubbed the "Super Soldier Serum" and exposed to a controlled burst of "Vita-Rays," which activate and stabilized the chemicals in his system. The process successfully altered his physiology from its frail state to the maximum of human efficiency. Rogers is given a costume modeled after the American flag, a bulletproof shield, a personal sidearm and the codename: Captain America. After a bomb explosion toward the end of WWII where he was presumed dead he resurfaces and accepts membership in the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. commanded by his old war comrade Nick Fury. This beautiful 1940's version of his full size shield is a replica as issued to Rogers is expertly hand formed steel and hand painted. Do to this there may be some minor variation between shields as there would have been in 1940, we've kept it as accurate as possible! It even has the leather carry straps on the back, bolted in place per the blueprints provided by Marvel and proper curvature to the steel. When initially drawn in the iconic comic there were multiple artists used and it's hard to know exactly when, but this variant is drawn into many of the comics with red & white vertical stripes as opposed to the red, white & blue of many original drawings. Artistic license? Either way it gives all you Cap fans a chance to own some very rare and unique comic history. Includes full size, wood display plaque which mimics an old Army crate and is hand stenciled, plus full color, numbered certificate of authenticity. *Only 500 will be made so get to it soldier

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #569996 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Captain america
• Model: 885018
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 28.00" w x 30.00" l,

Features

• Officially licensed
• Made from hand formed steel
• Removable from Plaque
• Features accurate leather strap hand holds on back
• Includes Certificate of Authenticity and full size wall display

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Not as advertised
By Sad Buyer
Be very cautious buying this item from Redford Films. They are advertising the Version 2 shield with all red stripes. I received the order in a timely fashion but much to my shock it was the Version 1 shield with red AND blue stripes and NOT the Version 2 shield as pictured. In other words the shield they are showing is NOT the shield that shows up. This is a major difference as Version 2 is much more valuable to collectors and has a much more recognizable look. Additionally my shield arrived damaged. I had to go through Amazon for a refund and when I questioned the seller I received a horrible response that they were going to "block" me from buying from them because I complained about this in the feedback section.

I imagine the shield itself could be great if they were professional in detailing which one they were selling and it arrived without a massive dent in the middle. There was a very sad daddy and son in my house with this not-so mighty shield arrived. Buy with caution.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Did not dissapoint.
By ZeeDoctor
I'm sorry to hear about the review above me, this is a piece that will hold more sentimental than material value and such disappointment is understandable. I do feel that damage like that is the fault of shipping rather than vending. On that note I also wanted to point out that the center blue stripe is an edition of 250 while all red stripes is 500. As reported here and confirmed through other vendors.
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I did receive the 500, all red stripe one shown in the photo. I got it in primo condition and I could not be happier with it. Heads up tho that the plaque hooks go too deep so it will be hard to hang up unless you unscrew them a bit. They are still strong enough to hold up the shield easily.

Also if you catch the shield in the right light you can see divots on the front where they bolted the bars in, but you really need to look for them.

All in all, I could not be happier with this item. It's the first piece of "art" I've purchased and I've had a huge smile on my face for the past week I've had it.

Cheers.

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