Superman Super Museum Metropolis Illionis: A tour in pics made just for you guys!

[Evel KMego]

Yeah, I 've been here too! Every year they have "Superman Days" in June. A week with Superman related celebrities signing autographs and dealer tables and fair type games. I went once. The museum is awesome, the event is ok. Kinda small, but worth a road trip if you don't live too far

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Another family vacation idea is now in my brain. Nice to see Underdog and Mighty Mouse getting some representation there, too. That is a nice Denys Fisher example.

[Orlock]

Thanks! I knew I was on the right track doing this for you guys to see. I knew if anyone could appreciate these pics it was the denizens of the MM! The comic book section and the horror section of the Americana Museum are drool worthy as well, and I'll be putting that nifty little collection in another thread of its own. I'm still working on the Super Museum photos, re-sizing pics and uploading them as I type this, (upload is it 41%) so more to come!

Again if there are any you'd like to see in greater detail, just let me know. These are gigantic shots that I'm shrinking down to about 20% size for hosting, so again, just let me know.

[Orlock]

One thing tho about the 12" Burbank Toys Supes... where did the glassed and outfit come from? Someone added those later, no?

It looked original to me, and I have seen those exact clothes for sale online listed as "Clark Kent Outfit" before, but when I saw that boxed figure I said to my son, "Holy crap. What's this? I've never seen this before. I didn't even know this thing existed! I've seen those exact clothes separately but boxed with the dressed figure?"

I'll ask the owner next time I head out that direction.

The frog? I don't have a clue what that is. There are tons and tons of things custom made for Metropolis and the Metropolis area that you guys probably never imagined existing that have to do with Superman. Seriously. It was mind boggling the amount of Superman stuff there was, from Wooden nickles, to magnets, to bears, prints, key chains, posters, lithos, t-shirts, candy...you name it.

Imagine going to West Tennessee in and around Memphis and all of the Elvis stuff you'd see...yeah, it's this way with Superman, and they have the free reign to do it as far as I know because almost all of it I saw seemed licensed and legit.

More photos added for your viewing pleasure!

[Zemo]

Just awesome stuff.

[Hector]

It looked original to me, and I have seen those exact clothes for sale online listed as "Clark Kent Outfit" before, but when I saw that boxed figure I said to my son, "Holy crap. What's this? I've never seen this before. I didn't even know this thing existed! I've seen those exact clothes separately but boxed with the dressed figure?"

I'll ask the owner next time I head out that direction.

The frog? I don't have a clue what that is. There are tons and tons of things custom made for Metropolis and the Metropolis area that you guys probably never imagined existing that have to do with Superman. Seriously. It was mind boggling the amount of Superman stuff there was, from Wooden nickles, to magnets, to bears, prints, key chains, posters, lithos, t-shirts, candy...you name it.

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Imagine going to West Tennessee in and around Memphis and all of the Elvis stuff you'd see...yeah, it's this way with Superman, and they have the free reign to do it as far as I know because almost all of it I saw seemed licensed and legit.

More photos added for your viewing pleasure!

The most awesome billboard I've ever seen...

[jayihdz]

Awesome stuff!!! Every year I promise myself to go visit but something comes up all the time.

[Orlock]

It was surreal seeing Bank of Metropolis, Metropolis Drugstore, and "The Metropolis Planet" newspaper...lol...they have a statue outside their offices that looks like a smaller version of the Daily Planet globe and stuff from the movies. It was weird and really cool at the same time almost like being in line for some of the attractions at Six Flags or something, but it was all real!

Anyway, more pics added and that's it for tonight, that's a little over a hundred now. I'll get some more added to the album after work tomorrow as I have to go to bed!

To come: Lois and Clark, Supergirl, George Reeves and Kirk Alyn memorabilia!

[Orlock]

Oh and here's the link to their store just in case any of you would like to buy anything from there.

Superman Superstore

I took a long browse of the store over a couple of trips in two days and they have some really cool stuff in there. I checked on the items I bought and a few others I took notice of and it seems the pricing online is right on with the actual store pricing. There's a few things that are a bit pricey, but I mean, it IS a Superman specialty store. There's a super mega-wad of stuff that is NOT on the online store that is available in store that is really cool; action figures, comics, dolls, magnets, stickers, rings, Kryptonite rings, watches, various jewelry and lapel pins, actual pieces of "Kryptonite" rock that glow in the dark...other crazy stuff...

[toystalker]

awsome... im always torn between spidey and supes when it comes to buying...

energized supes by remco wow that looks awsome, id like that

cheers for the pics

[Orlock]

Added more photos and still working on more!

[Orlock]

...okay I think that's pretty much it. There's 171 pics in all....and it's all beautiful!

Now I have to find someplace like Flickr to start my other photo tour of the Americana Museum for you guys because I've almost used my monthly limit on Flickr...lol...

[MIB41]

Was there a few years ago and while everything in the musuem was the HOLY GRAIL of all things Superman, I was deeply disturbed by the lack of care for most of those items, especially the lack of climate control. The temperature that day was approaching 95 outside and they had NO AIR in this musuem. Have their conditions gotten any better or is the indoor climate still like walking through a country store? This is really the only thing to see in that town because everything else looks like Hazard County, with the exception of one nice hotel on the river nearby and of course the statue of Supes right to the musuem. I have scores of pics too. Did you take pics of all of Reeve's hair pieces from the movies? Most people don't realize Christopher Reeves wore a front piece for his role.

[Orlock]

Yeah the pics of his hair pieces are in the album. It was much cooler inside than outside so I'm guessing that got that problem fixed.

[ScottA]

I remember when I went to see it. I spent over 3 hours in the museum just looking at all the stuff and trying to spot Mego items. I really cool place to visit. The gift shop was cool to. Bought a Superman shirt with Metropolis, IL on the back. I usually get comments on it when I wear it.