BIFF! BOFF! POW! Super Heroes at The Ontario Science Centre
I'm not even kidding you, the timing on this one is perfect. Just a little over a week ago, one of my good friends dressed up as a Super Hero for Halloween. Not just any Super Hero, but a Super Hero based on one of her crazy alter egos. Later on in the night, I met another one of her Super Hero friends-he too was quite the character. This got me to thinking...I'm SO having a Super Hero party.
I recently passed by a bus shelter only to see that The Ontario Science Centre is showing a Marvel Super Heroes Science Exhibition. Curious, I decided to check it out on the web. Seriously, I think I'm going to go! Being one to enhance my stories with verbal sound effects, I'm totally stoked to check out the comic book soundtrack section where you can learn all about how comic book artists make sound effects jump off the page. For those that want to to BE a Super Hero, there is that option as well. Take your photo, play around on a drawing table, and before you know it, you'll be on the cover of your own comic.
I think the great part about the exhibition is that it's not only entertaining, you learn something too--thus the reason I'm really thinking about taking my nephews to see the Marvel within. With over 30 stations to visit, I'm sure it will be easy to kill an afternoon trying on suits of armour, testing our sonic super powers, and watching an interview with the influential comic book creator/illustrator, Stan Lee.
The exhibit isn't only for Super Heroes, the Mutants get props too. With nemeses like Professor X, Wolverine and Iceman--there are comic book characters for everyone. So, look out Helen (a.k.a. Hellcat), after perusing this exhibition, you'll have some serious competition at the Super Hero party.
Marvel Super Heroes Science Exhibition and the Ontario Science Centre
Until Until March 25, 2007.
$25 (adults) / $20 (youth / seniors) / $17 (children).
7 days a week: 10 am to 5 pm
Open Fridays until 9 p.m.
770 Don Mills Road (at the corner of Eglinton Avenue East)
Toronto, Ontario
416-696-1000
Comments (7)
I thought this exhibition sounded great ... except for the price. $17 for a child? I know interactive exhibits like this can't be done on the cheap, but just for me (thank God, a student) and my little brother, that's $40 with tax. Transportation adds another $7. Lunch can be homemade deli sandwiches, so let's say $3. $50 for one day out -- and only from 10AM to 5PM if I don't want to join the cheap Friday crowd (bound to be huge). Most libraries are open longer than that.
OSC offers special "night" rates at roughly half the cost, but since they're open only until 9PM and only on Fridays, this severely limits cheap tix. It's also REALLY surprising that the OSC doesn't offer family admission, since they're primarily known as a family destination.
I'd love to support OSC, but their pricing forces me to hit up the TPL for comics instead ... last time I checked, a library card costs $2.
i have to agree with gloria here: the price is a bit ridiculous. i was all set to go see this saturday afternoon and then i caught wind of the $25 ticket price. it sounds like a really cool exhibit but it also sounds like all the comic book companies are making sure they're getting paid for people using their super heroes for educational purposes.
My wife and I both love the OSC, and decided to go there as the first thing we did on our Honeymoon, since neither of us had been there in years.
We were quite appalled at the ticket prices ourselves, especially since half the place seemed like it was under construction, and the other half seemed like it hadn't been changed since we were kids.
We wouldn't go again soon, not at those prices, and those ridiculous schedules/hours.
I agree with all of your comments in terms of pricing...I also took my nephews to Body Works when it was on and it took a toll on my pockets as well BUT you DO get to tour through the rest of the Science Centre as well, the cost doesn't just limit you to the specific exhibit. But, I guess if you dig Super Heroes enough, it could be worth it.
okay so I went to this expecting a whole lotta bang. we got a whole lotta nothing.
maybe it's because we're not teenagers or youngsters anymore but mid 20's? maybe its because we got through the exhibit floor in less than an hour? maybe its because as brokenengine mentioned none of the rest of the science centre had been updated since we were under 10 years old?
waste of money and time imo.
thank you for listening to my spiel.
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