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| - I am not certain Madame Tussauds is worth the full price of admission. In fact, I know it is not.
It may not be worth it at half the price (local's pricepoint, with coupon, I think) or one fourth the price (hypothetical pricepoint). I simply am not convinced that it is worth it.
If this were a free, non-ticketed attraction (I cannot call this shit a "museum"), I would be a fan, but since it most certainly is not ...
I cannot be swayed that it is worth the price of admission. Any price.
Marvel® 4D Experience.
And this has been my personal feeling every time I have gone here. Then, the 4D Marvel® short-film was added and as far as I have gone in search of new film experiences, I had yet to do 4D.
The short-film itself is not very good. But the experience is interesting, fun, and, at the time of writing, not really widely available at all in the U.S. Would I pay the upcharges for a full-length feature screened in this manner? You-fucking-betcha!
The rest of the review was sitting in drafts for a long time, and written before my last visit (which included the theatre), so use it to help balance your expectations when going in. Personally, I was intending on rating much lower until the cinema was added to admission. (What can I say: I am a theatre nerd.)
Disappointments.
Disappointing that they did away with the short, haunted house "walk" portion during Halloween. Also, disappointing that they do not rotate some of these figures so they can bring in new (to us) figures and whole exhibits, maybe maintaining a website that updates which figures are here to mitigate against fan disillusionment for missing their favourite celebrity.
Lastly, disappointed with the little missing touches: those Toys-R-Us® 15$ plastic championship belts for the UFC® wax figure is pathetic. Consider, that they are Pro Wrestling toys with WWE® logos on the plastic, and it becomes baffling how they even consider these props for their Chuck "Iceman" Liddell figure. A genuine, replica of the belt is merely several hundred dollars. Make the investment.
Cheap ass faux-basketballs as props for the NBA® figures? Get an official ball. Cheap WalMart® gloves on Muhammad Ali? For fucks sake; come on. (And fix J' Lo's left foot.)
Recommendations.
There should be more combat athlete figures. Mike Tyson? Mayweather? Pacman? Brock Lesnar? Andre the Giant? Hulk Hogan! *hulks out*
This is Las Vegas: combat sports mecca. Get rid of all those damn NASCAR® figures when the rodeo and other races are not in town. - E
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