The Intel

Marvel is releasing a wave of new collectibles for the highly anticipated event film, but the popcorn buckets completely miss the mark. Fortunately, the upcoming RealD 3D Fan Event offers a much better reason to open your wallet.

I’m so glad I don’t like these new popcorn buckets. Marvel has been dropping some incredible merchandise lately, and I already have way too much of it cluttering my home. So when I heard Avengers: Doomsday was getting its own line of collectibles, I was genuinely worried, because my wallet can’t handle much more. Fortunately, I don’t care for this lineup at all, and I want to give you my honest take on why.

Here’s the quick breakdown: the Doctor Doom statue bucket is at all five chains, Regal, AMC, Cinemark, Harkins, and Marcus. While Doom’s Throne is a Regal exclusive and the Sentinel items vary per theater chain.

First up is the Doctor Doom statue. It’s a bust of Doom with his arms crossed and glowing green eyes, with popcorn going inside the back of his hood. It’s a cool concept in theory, but it’s not something I want sitting on my desk, and the overall aesthetic just isn’t working for me.