Collectors Costume
The Collectors Costume
So just what is it that makes a costume a collectors costume? Well let’s start off with something that will make it easier to relate to. Now we have all been to costume parties and you see folks dressed as all kinds of superheroes and storybook characters. As you look around though you notice that the costumes aren’t quite right and inevitably you’ll say “Yeah that looks like Batman, but the costume is screwed up.” Then you notice that Superman and Robin aren’t any better in the realism department either. This is why those costumes were so inexpensive, there is simply no attention paid to detail and for the price there can’t be.
A collectors costume is just about as far above one of the inexpensive costumes as we are above monkeys. These costumes are licensed from the various copyright owners such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Lucas Films. Once licensing is completed, exact replicas of the costumes worn by some of your favorite characters and actors are painstakingly recreated in every detail, sometimes from the original patterns as in the caser of StarWars collectors Costume. Characters the likes of Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Superman, Boba Fett, Chewbacca and the Chief Engineer from Halo 3 suddenly come alive in stunning detail and you don’t have to be an actor to own it..
A collectors costume can be so realistic that when you show up at a costume party you more than likely will become the immediate center of attention. Other party goers will seek you out, just to have a picture taken with you. Why? Well this is what happens when you are the closest thing to real that the party has ever seen. You will simply have zero competition in the realism department. Now if you go to Comic Con it might be a different story, but not by much.
So what do you do with your costume when you’re not out showing it off at a party or Comic Con? Well you do what a lot of other folks do; you buy a second hand mannequin from a department store, dress it in the costume and use it as a decoration for your movie or game room. Then when the next event rolls around you’re ready to go because these costumes will last for years and years.
What does a collectors costume cost?
Is a collectors costume inexpensive? No way, but then again nothing that contains this kind of quality and attention to detail ever is. The effect of this quality and attention to detail will become readily apparent by the reactions you will receive at your first event. Reactions you will never forget. At the very least a collectors costume is worth a look see just so you can see what you are missing.
So scroll down and check out what is available in collectors costumes. To check out any costume further just click on the image or its attendant link and a new window will open containing the information and a buying opportunity.
So let’s get going and prepare to be simply amazed.
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The Collectors Costume
3 Responses to “Collectors Costume”
buy fans for facebook on November 11, 2010
I did not recognize that this type of thing exists :O
Games Blog on November 27, 2010
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Christine Serena on January 8, 2011
Just wanted to say thank you. Outstanding post. thanks.Thank you.