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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man Costumes hit shelves soon!


♫ Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can.
Going places, swinging there. He might even – visit the fair.
He’s Spider-Man, Spider-Man, doing stuff that I spider can. ♫

OK, so you may have noticed – I don’t know the lyrics to the Spider-Man theme song. Well, I’m fairly certain that I got “Spider-Man, Spider-Man” correct. That’s about it though.
Do you know the words? Yeah, that’s what I thought, nobody does.

That’s OK though, because in light of The new Amazing Spider-Man trailer debuting yesterday, we’re pulling back the curtains on our new Amazing Spider-Man costumes too. They’re not available on the site quite yet, but that’s OK, you can peek at them anyways.

Enough with the commentary, lets get to the juicy bits. Check out the trailer…



This ‘re-imagining’ of the Spider-Man series forgoes angsty tap-dancing Tobey Maguire in favor of The Social Network‘s Andrew Garfield in the titular role. Emma Stone (Easy A, Zombieland) as Spidey/Peter Parker’s love interest Gwen Stacy (who was played by Bryce Dallas Howard (Terminator Salvation, 50/50) in Spiderman 3) and Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (The Replacements, The Boat That Rocked) as the Dr. Curt Connors, whose transformation into the Spidey villain The Lizard, will serve as the film’s protagonist.

It’s a different approach to the material than the last three films took, essentially restarting the series. I for one welcome this, as Mr. Maguire and co. were starting to wear thin in their roles (with the notable exception of J. K. Simmon’s portrayal of J. Jonah Jameson – which was SPOT ON)

And now, check out just some of of the Amazing Spider-Man costumes we’ll be offering up in the coming months…





Remember, this is just a taste. The Amazing Spider-Man 3D hits theaters on July 3rd, 2012 and The Amazing Spider-Man costumes hit our digital shelves soon!



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Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Chop Shop: NeverNude Costume (Arrested Development)

Have you ever watched Arrested Development? It’s a brilliant comedy from the mid-2000′s that was woefully under-appreciated when it aired and was canceled before it’s time. If you haven’t watched it, you should get on that right away. Either way, today in the Chop Shop, I’m taking you down a different path all together. If you know the show, then you know the character of Tobias Funke and his NeverNude affliction. If you don’t, or would prefer a bit of a refresher course, the video below should do just that (please try refreshing the page if it says the video is unavailable).

Basically, a NeverNude is exactly what it sounds like, someone who is compulsively terrified of being completely naked, which means, that even in the buff, Tobias, along with other NeverNudes still rocks a pair of cut-off Daisy Dukes. Just…watch the video, to understand, and check out the steps below it for how to make an awesome NeverNude costume for yourself!



So, basically, depending on how comfortable you are with exposed skin, there are 4 or 5 pieces you need to make your own NeverNude Costume. They are as follows…

- An appropriate Tobias Funke mustache if you’re not awesome enough to have one already.
- Some Spirit Gum to paste on that badass stache.
- Unless you’re willing to shave your head, a bald cap
- (Optional) If you’re a little on the jolly side (like yours truly), a Flesh Skin Suit – trust me, that sounds far more morbid than it actually is.
- Finally, a pair of ugly blue jeans primed to be cut offs. We don’t actually sell blue jeans (for a wealth of reasons, including the fact that they’re not actually a costume), but I’m sure you can find a pair yourself. Or maybe you already have a pair of cut-offs, then you can just use them…wait a minute, why do you already have a pair of those?

After you’ve got your materials, there are just a few quick steps to piece it all together.

- Step 1: Assemble the parts (we already went through this).
- Step 2: Unfold your pants.
- Step 3: Chop off your pants legs, make them as short as can be while still keeping them as shorts.
- Step 4: (optional) If you’re the jolly type, or suffer from a stronger affliction of NeverNudism, this is where you can cut down your Flesh Skin Suit to what you deem as appropriate bodily coverage.
- Step 5: Dutifully remove any other headgear you may have adorned upon yourself and replace it with a fancy-dan bald cap – or, shave your head.
- Step 6: If you haven’t grown it already, break out your Spirit Gum (don’t chew it, it’s not really gum), and use it to apply your mustache to your face.
- Step 7: Channel your inner Tobias Funke (read: be awkward).

Here, I demonstrate in a video (yes, this is me):



Note: We’re always looking for new and creative suggestions for what we can do as a Chop Shop feature. Have a suggestion? Have an idea of how we could walk you through a DIY costume even better than we did? Maybe you’re interested in guest posting a chop-shop of your own? Drop us a line on our Facebook wall or Tweet us @BuyCostumes.

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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Chop Shop: Hall of Horrors




This edition of the Chop Shop is another guest post by guest blogger Steve Sabellico from HalloweenAddict.com.

Today on Chop Shop we’re going to forego the big rooms that get all the attention. No living rooms, no kitchens and certainly no dining rooms, here. Nope. Today we’re going to decorate the in-between part of your party: the hallway.

Hallways are the Rodney Dangerfields of Halloween Parties. They get no respect (rim shot!). Most people look at a hallway as just a means of getting from one major room to another. But I think there is a missed opportunity if this crucial transport vessel is ignored.

So we’re going to turn a hallway into: THE HALL OF HORRORS

Here’s a simple idea that isn’t hard to pull off and won’t cost you an arm and a leg (rim shot!). Ok, seriously I promise I won’t do any puns. Elvira, Freddy and The Crypt Keeper have always been better at that than me. Then again, there’s that “rule of threes”… hmmm… I can’t guarantee there won’t be one more.

What is a “Hall of Horrors?” Think of it like a museum to honor the boogeymen.
First you’re going to make the doorway to the hall into an official entryway. A Hall of Horrors commands respect, so it should be ceremonious in how it meets guests.

Get some red or black fabric: this could be a bed sheet or some fabric you purchased at Fabrics-Fabrics-Fabrics-And-More (they sell fabric).

Drape it over the doorway like theatre curtain bunting if you’re going for an ‘upscale’ Hall of Horror… or you can make it the ‘dilapidated’ Hall of Horror by using some black or red cheesecloth like the Burgundy Creepy Decoration or the Black Creepy Cloth Decoration and let it hang down in front of the doorway so that people have to pass through the rotten curtain to get through.



Next, hang over the doorway either a homemade sign announcing your new exhibit or try a few of what BuyCostumes.com has to offer in either a Beware! Enter If You Dare Banner, a Welcome to Hell Sign or an Enter If You Dare sign. After all, you want to let people know where they’re going… and no man is going to ask directions.




Once in the hall, you’ll want to set up your virtual museum to the monsters who have come before. Grab the following door covers with light up eyes:
- Jason Voorhees
- Freddy Krueger
- Michael Myers



Affix them to the walls as if they were medieval tapestries. Be sure to either take out most of the lights in the hall or install a dark purple or blue bulb so that it’s a dark walk. Now as people travel down the hall they’re met with a soundscape of scary noises emanating from the door covers (be sure to have batteries!) while the eyes light up. Hope your patrons can hold their bladders.

Extra credit: Install a Hanging Ghost Face in the far corner of the hall. You can’t have the boogeymen of Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th represented without Scream.

And if you have the room (you’ll know because you’ll have one of those decorative half-tables with a porcelain elephant or something on it), you can nix the elephant and replace it with a Leatherface Deluxe Mask (stuffed with a foam wig stand or newspaper so it stands upright). For an extra twist, make a little plaque to sit beneath Leatherface that says simply, “Dad.”


So there you go. One Hall of Horrors. Partygoers check in but they don’t check out. (rim shot! Bam! That’s three.)
[Lightning flash. Thunder clap. Maniacal laughter.]

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Real Milwaukee: BuyCostumes.com

We got featured on our local Fox affiliate this morning with a little behind the scenes action at BuyCostumes.com. As part of the “Real Milwaukee” (if you didn’t already know, we’re based out of New Berlin, WI a suburb of Milwaukee) highlights you can hear a little buzz from our head honcho, Dan, and see some of our most popular costumes being modeled. Check it out!



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Friday, October 14th, 2011

So, this is what we look like in a Haunted House.

These have been floating around for a few weeks, so I figured I’d finally bring them to our masses.

Nightmares Fear Factory is a haunted house that operates in Niagara Falls, Canada, and they’ve come up with one of the most ingenious ideas I’ve ever heard of for viral marketing – plant a camera at the scariest part of the haunted house, and share with the world all of the amazing photos taken. IF you’re in the Niagara Falls area, this sounds like the place to be, you can check out their site here.

There are a ton of these images in the massive gallery they’ve posted on their Flickr page. I can’t help but want to take a trip to this place to see for myself what exactly is on display at this point in the experience.

Anyways, here are some of my favorites…enjoy!…

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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Top 10 2011 Costumes

2011 is quickly coming to a close, but fortunately, Halloween has of yet not arrived – which means there’s just over 30 days left to pick your Halloween costume for this year. No easy task, to be sure, but never fear, I’m here to help. What better way to exemplify the year of 2011 than to wear a totally 2011 Halloween costume, and I’ve got 10 awesome ones that are perfect for representing the year after 2010.


#10

Deluxe Barack Obama Mask
Because really, what better way to exemplify the political turmoil than to don the face of our commander in chief. Regardless of your political affiliation, the possibilities here are endless. Pair it with a dapper suit, a chicken costume, or something woefully more offensive.


#9

Captain America Movie: Captain America Prestigue Adult Costume
Captain America: The First Avenger hit theaters a few months back to widespread acclaim. As a lead-up Marvel’s ensemble Avengers film due out next year, Cap worked marvelously (haha, pun) well – and our prestige edition costumes are no exception. Take the geek out of geeky by looking plain old badass in this costume. Sure, that just leaves you with “y” as in, “Y R y0U W4i7in’ 70 8UY 7hiz k057uME?” (THATS L33t!)


#8

Jersey Shore Snooki Pink Black Leopard Print Adult Costume
Ah, the Jersey Shore. Thousands upon thousands of years from now, when mankind has ultimately fallen, be at the will of tyrannical war, global crisis, or more likely, just time – a distant, and intelligent civilization will stumble across our tiny rock in this solar system. Upon closer, forensic examination, they will learn of our “historical documents” that span the length of several years in the early 21st century chronicling the trials and tribulations that individuals like Snooki encounter involving something only deemed as “The Situation.” YOU TOO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THAT LEGACY with this awesome Snooki costume!


#7

Glee Sue Track Suit Red Adult Costume
I’m going to be honest here, I don’t know much about Glee. BUT, what I do know is that Jane Lynch, who places Sue Sylvester is an absolute comedic genius, so I can see the appeal in watching a show with someone as funny as her on it. I also know that the show is insanely popular, and that it involves singing – lots, and lots of singing.


#6

The Walking Dead Rick Grimes Teen Costume
Oh man, The Walking Dead comes back to television network AMC on Sunday, October 16th – and it’s probably one of the most hotly anticipated shows of the fall – with good reason. Did you know that’s its based on a comic book series? If you’re enjoying the show, you might enjoy the comics and you should probably check them out. We’ve got three versions of this awesome Rick Grimes costume depending on what size you are. You can find the others (along with some official Walking Dead zombie costumes) here. On top of that, on our Facebook page, we’re doing a Walking Dead Sweepstakes.


#5

Monster High Frankie Stein Child Costume
Monsters go to high school now? Monster High is hot this year, and you can snag an awesome official Monster High costume for your kids right here at BuyCostumes.com.


#4

Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon Movie: Bumblebee 3D Theatrical w/Vacuform Adult Costume
Transformers 3 was a big deal. Both in terms of size, and cost. Think $250,000,000. That’s a pretty decent chunk of change – but I guess that’s to be expected, since transforming robots don’t come cheap these days (when did they ever, really?). While this costume is a little on the expensive side, it’s worth every single penny. Vacuform, bro. It forms, vacuum-ly to your body. And thus-ly, it is awesome.


#3

Harry Potter Gryffindor Robe Child Costume
Y’er a wizard, ‘arry! It was truly the end of an era this year, as the Harry Potter film series saw it’s seventh and final installment. But, not unsurprisingly, the legend will live on for years to come. As what child, or adult really doesn’t secretly want to dress up in a wizarding robe and wizard around, all day, every day, every where?


#2

Lady Gaga Tuxedo Adult Costume
Ra ra, oh, ah, ah. Ting, tang, walla walla, bing, bang. Oh e, oh, e ah… I digress. Lady, or Ms. Gaga, if you insist, has bee a literal and, mostly figurative rocket on the popularity charts over the past five years, and as near as I can tell (though I profess to be no pop culture expert) she’s nowhere near plateauing anytime soon. You can mimic the sophisticated, fancy-dan style that Gaga displayed in her perennially popular “Born This Way” music video.


#1

Rehab Zombie Accessory Kit Adult
I’ll let this one speak for itself.

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Thursday, August 18th, 2011

The Chop Shop: Cereal Killers

Hi.

I’m going to level with you right now. This one is a bit punny. And by a bit, I mean a lot. So brace yourself, but it’s easy – that’s the point.

Today I’m going to show you how to be a cereal killer.

First you’ll want to take one of our Cereal character costumes. You’ve got a couple options, or you could do it as a group.

There’s Tony the Tiger,Toucan Sam, Count Chocula, Lucky the Leprechan, or Frankenberry.

After you pick one of those guys, you’ll wanna grab some Graftobian fake blood.

Finally – a fake knife.

And you’re good to go.

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Thursday, August 11th, 2011

The Chop Shop: Devil with a Blue Dress On

There’s an oldie out there, by Mitch Ryder. Devil with a Blue Dress On.

Are you familiar with it? Want to spice up some otherwise ‘typical’ costumes this year? Well now you can buy a boombox, crank those beats, and be a devil with a blue dress on – in just three easy steps.

First you need to accessorize properly with our Red Devil Accessory Kit.

Add some sexy red Lady Janes.

And, with a little craftsmanship (read: removing the wings), our True Blue Fairy Light Up Costume is a perfect blue dress – it even has that light-up sparkle to add a little flavor to your spice.

And just like that, you’re a Devil with a blue dress on.

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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Costume Trends Report: July 31 – August 6 (Sexy Movies)

We’re diving into specifics this week, looking at some of our top sexy costumes from the movies, and…well…check out the second costume.

Our Top Gun Mens Flight Suit makes a returning appearance from last week. Just when you thought you escaped the Tom Cruise wannabe, he and his pink lipstick came back…

Top Gun Mens Flight Suit

I’m not really sure what to say about this sexy Edward Scissorhands costume. I always thought that Johnny Depp looked kind of effeminate in the movie, but this is just outright accepting that fact.

Edward Scissorhands – Miss Scissorhands Costume

Pirates never go out of style, and that’s proof positive here. The interesting thing about this costume, like many sexy/sassy costumes, is that it’s the female version of a male costume. Thus proving that everybody and some mothers do, in fact, want to be Johnny Depp.

Pirates Of The Caribbean Jack Sparrow Sassy Womans Costume

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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Green Lantern sneak peek – WonderCon, you rock!

Hal Jordan has never been hotter

Green Lantern Movie 2011

Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern

WonderCon has always been exciting -  widely anticipated releases of memorabilia, back issues of comics, new costume releases and awesome home-made costumes. This year, however, the most exciting thing to come out of WonderCon, is footage!

Over the weekend, Warner Brothers released footage at WonderCon of some scenes from the highly anticipated Green Lantern movie to be released June 17th. And it is AWESOME!!

Not only do we get a peek at the world of Oa, but we’re also introduced to a few of the characters – Abin-Sur, Sinestro and Tomar-Re. The design of the film and the cinematography look fantastic – fresh, exciting and very extraterrestrial. It also looks like there will be a ton of action in the film – sure to keep the guys as captivated as the girls (we don’t really need anything more than Ryan to keep us captivated!)  What’s most exciting? This footage is only in 2D – I can’t wait to see the 3D version!

 

Unfortunately, we can’t show you the new movie costumes just yet; though if you’re willing to take a leap of faith, there are a few available for pre-order. Either way, be sure to check back – they’ll be here soon!

“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!”

Green Lantern

Green Lantern

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