RYAN PENAGOS: From Iron Man suits to Captain America
shields, we're inside Adam Savage's cave
to see some of his collection.
Hi, I'm Gonzo's favorite chicken, Ryan Penagos, a.k.a.
Agent M, and I'm here at the cave with Adam Savage.
Adam, how are you doing? - Very good.
Very good. Good morning.
Last time I saw you, you showed us your amazing Iron Man
suit that you built. And so now that we're here,
in your home space--
Yeah.
You're like, let me bring out a couple other items.
I thought I'd go through my collection
and see what has grabbed my attention over the years.
And it turns out to be a pretty long tail of a swath of Marvel
here in the cave.
Yeah.
Please let us-- let's see what you got.
What do you want to start with?
First up is the MARK 1 and the MARK 2 helmets.
Tony's progression from the MARK 1 to the MARK 2 helmet
is a really amazing product development cycle.
This is my personal MARK 2.
This is the one that's 3D printed in titanium
that we made for Savage Builds.
It's actually bulletproof.
The reason there's a little bit of separation
here is because we blew up some C4 right here.
And it turns out this will actually help
you survive a C4 explosion.
[SCREECH]
You'll be crippled for life, but you'll be less than dead.
Please do not set off C4 near yourself
ever, regardless of whether or not you're
wearing a titanium helmet.
ADAM SAVAGE: We've got Mjolnir, Thor's hammer.
Within the prop collecting world, there are the toys
and then there are the props that you
go buy for your collection.
And the toys and the props rarely crossover, except when
it comes to Thor's hammer.
It's almost like every replica of Thor's hammer is awesome.
[LAUGHS]
And this is not an expensive one, but it feels great.
It looks great.
It's like I don't need to make one of these,
because this is just perfectly done.
RYAN PENAGOS: I like that.
You know when to hold them, when to fold them,
when to make it, when to buy it.
ADAM SAVAGE: This is the most recent foray
I've had into the MCU.
I wore Star-Lord at the Silicon Valley Comic Con.
This helmet was actually drawn by my friend, Joe Etrach.
This is printed in centered nylon by some friends of mine.
And this is the first time I ever
wore a costume in which I got bolted into it, that there
are screws on the side.
What does that feel like?
Because you're basically like--
[BUZZING]
Right by your head.
ADAM SAVAGE: So I had one of my shop assistants do it
and they're very gentle, but it was
unique to have that like, err, hear that tightening
of the last screw.
Gives me chills.
ADAM SAVAGE: All right.
So for the final piece, come around here to the front.
So having put together--
Robert Finch and Kevin Gossett, these two
guys I commissioned my civil war Captain America suit from--
I wanted a case for it.
In my opinion, when Cap says, suit up,
this is what Cap is thinking about.
[METAL CLANGING]
So I custom built my own military locker
with the shield logo.
And then, in here--
Come on.
We've got some Caps folder files.
We've got the Red Book.
We've got some beautiful gloves from my glove
maker, Linda Guarise.
They look like they're straight
out of the first Avenger.
Don't they?
Like that was what he was wearing.
ADAM SAVAGE: But then I thought, well, the helmet's
always going to go on last.
So I decided the helmet was made to go like this.
Here's the Cap suit and here's all the pieces and parts.
[LAUGHS]
RYAN PENAGOS: Looks like it's been through some war.
It has though.
Weathered down with some Fuller's earth
and a lot of airbrushing work.
It is a beautiful costume.
It's really, really fun to wear.
It's made exactly the way the originals are made,
which is to say, screen printed on Cordora,
a ballistic nylon texture on four way stretch dance fabric.
There was so many words, I don't know what you just said,
but it was awesome.
So, yeah.
This is what I think Cap travels around
with when he says, suit up.
Adam, thank you so much for showing
us your Marvel collection.
And over there and the rest of the cave,
there's Star War stuff, there's stuff from so many films.
Every franchise there.
It's amazing here.
I love it so much.
Thank you for letting us in.
My pleasure, man.
Keep up the great work.
I will.
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