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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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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The Florida Primary, An Update


1 mask = 1 vote. This poll can be bought! Vote for your favorites by buying one, ten, even 100 masks today!


It’s here. Can you hear it? The sound of tens of thousands of Floridians shuffling on down to their local polling station to cast their vote in the GOP primary. Oh what a marvelous feeling. Oh, what a glorious day.

Who knows, maybe Newt’s direct pandering to the space coast will pay off. While Florida is partial to NASA, we here in Wisconsin love our Green Bay Packers, I think Newt could win the Wisconsin Primary by promising to make all football teams in the NFL lose to the Packers, and make the team the 100% Official Designated Football Team of Earth. That’s a platform I could get behind.



After a roller-coaster of a election year month that saw Michelle Bachmann, Jon Huntsman & Rick Perry pull their figurative hats out of the ring and the ultra-conservative underdog Rick Santorum climb out to a striking victory (albeit by a narrow margin) in Iowa over ‘assumed’ front-runner Mitt Romney. Lest we forget about Republican rebel Newt Gingrich (sporting a name that is not in the least eponymous) sweeping up New Hampshire, and everybody’s favorite ‘so crazy he just might make sense’ curmudgeon (and willfully determined congressional member) Ron Paul holding fairly commendable ground in all of the races.

Just over a month since we launched the 2012 iteration of Americas Favorite Mask Poll, and I can safely tell you that I poll did not successfully predict the Iowa Caucus, the New Hampshire Primary or the South Carolina Primary – but, that was never our claim. We do wholeheartedly expect, The Official Presidential Mask Poll 2012, however, to be successful in predicting the future president.

So where does this leave us positioned for the Florida race? For the most up to date numbers, you can cue up our interactive infographic to see where your favorite candidate sits in the digits, including President Barack Obama.

As of this posting, with the incumbent POTUS included, the percentages are listing as follows (for active candidates):


Ron Paul – 25% of Total Sales
Rick Santorum – 18% of Total Sales
Barack Obama – 17% of Total Sales
Newt Gingrich – 14% of Total Sales
Mitt Romney – 13% of Total Sales

Will Ron Paul leap to the forefront of the polls after the Florida numbers begin to roll in this evening? Will Mitt take a back seat to Ron, Newt & Rick? And have his designated chair holder hold him up for a disappointing concession speech? How about Mr. Santorum. Will the former senator from Pittsburgh be awash in celebratory glitter after pulling out yet another surprise victory? I don’t know about you, but I for one would love to see former Speaker Gingrich ride his rocket to the moon and park it there. Maybe, and this is probably the most far-fetched of all of the theories, Governor Perry will toss his figurative hat back into the ring, and then pick it back up and continue on the campaign trail in a cowboy hat. Best yet! – Herman Cain/Stephen Colbert win as a write-in candidate!



Ultimately though, there’s no tale better than that which time will tell. So, please, I implore you, join us in The Official Presidential Mask Poll 2012, buy a mask, or two, or thirty-five in support of your favorite candidate(s). Unlike the rest of politics, we’re not afraid to admit that this poll can (and will) be bought!

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Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Dr. Seuss & The Cat in the Hat – Read Across America

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat - Read Across America

“How did it get so late, so soon…”? It’s that time of year, when children will swoon.

When teachers of laughing, listening and yelling, will stop all their pointing and asking and telling.

And hand out a book, or two or three, and encourage their whos to climb up a tree.

To read about Sneetches, and Sneedles and fish. Or Grinches that steal a town’s Christmas wish.

With red books and blue books and books of all kinds, they will work to excite and expand childrens minds.

All across America, the children will read. Still, with all the Dr.’s help, this is no easy deed.

So the educators come, dressed like Brown bar-ba-loots. Or feline mischief makers, with Things in red suits.

In costume they’ll party, and to Seussville they’ll go, hoping to teach the children some things they don’t know.

Like why a Flustard eats custard or why Geelings love ceilings. Or what a super-zooper-flooper-do does, and what is the feeling?

Whether you read with your eyes closed or while your whoofing along, or listening to bagpipes and singing a Yawn song

Be sure to remember this Day of all Days, with limericks and stories and song time and plays.

Read to your child  be it parable, poem or prose. They might even like it when hanging from their toes!

Foster a love of literacy, for now and all time. Whatever you do, remember – it’s better in rhyme!

Check out our entire selection of Dr. Seuss Party Supplies and Costumes.

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Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Daniel Day-Lincoln

Yesterday, a gentleman from Richmond, Virginia by the name of Michael Phillips tweeted a picture that took the Abraham Lincoln loving internet by storm.

Daniel Day-Lewis as Abe Lincoln

(Bottom Right: Day-Lewis when he's not Lincoln-ified.)

The much revered method actor Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York) was cast last year in director Steven Speilberg’s eponymous Lincoln biopic Lincoln after actor Liam Neeson (Taken,Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace ) dropped out.

Day-Lewis is well known for his method acting, in which is assumes the lifestyle, mannerisms, and speaking tendencies of the character’s he’s playing. So while it should be no surprise that he’s absolved the look of America’s favorite president so strikingly – it still must make for some amazing conversations.

He’s got the positioning down pat when it comes to sitting at a table, that much is for certain…

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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Battle of the Snow Whites

            

Theater-goers will have a precarious decision to make next year. Sure, it’s one that can be easily over-stepped by choosing both, or neither. But for the purpose of suspense, I’m going to operate under the assumption that someone is holding a pistol to my temple and forcing me to pick one of to the two Snow White films being released in the first half of 2012. That’s it. No real catch. The only way the trigger gets pulled on this figurative gun is if I don’t pick. If you don’t pick one of them.

We’ve got two options.

Option A: Snow White & The Huntsman which hits the big screen on June 1, 2012 – features a pretty impressive cast of Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen, Chris Hemsworth as The Huntsman (Thor), Kristen Stewart as Snow White along with a rather motley crew of non-dwarves as the dwarves, including Ian McShane (Deadwood, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Bob Hoskins (Super Mario Bros., Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Toby Jones (Infamous, Frost/Nixon), Eddie Marsan (Hancock, Sherlock Holmes), Stephen Graham (Public Enemies, Snatch), Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie, Ocean’s Twelve/Thirteen), Ray Winstone (Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Edge of Darkness) and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Paul).

From Upper left to right: Eddie Izzard, Eddie Marsan, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Ray Winstone, Stephen Graham (not pictured: Ian McShane or Nick Frost)

Option B: Mirror, Mirror which hits the screen a few months earlier, on March 16, 2012. This one stars Julia Roberts (Do you not know who Julia Roberts is?) as the Evil Queen, Lily Collins (The Blind Side, Abduction) as Snow White, Armie Hammer (The Social Network [he played the Winklevoss Twins]) as the Prince, Nathan Lane (The Birdcage, Mousehunt) as some sort of assistant to Roberts’ queen, and Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, Flightplan) as somebody who will probably die, as he does in most all of his films.

And so, in the land of mirror mirrors, dwarves, a huntsman, poisoned apples we find a oddly Julia Roberts-ian Julia Roberts with a typically over-the-top Nathan Lane on one end, and the quintessentially emotionless Kristen Stewart along with the perennially buff Chris Hemsworth on the other.

Personally, Option A kicks Option B so far out of the water, I don’t even know what to do myself. There’s a cartoon-y vibe coming from Mirror, Mirror that just irks my flat out. And after seeing Hemsworth kick butt as Thor I think he looks rife to kick ass as the eponymous huntsman. On top of that, Charlize Theron elicits the creep factor as the evil queen to a degree that greatly surpasses the slapstick that Roberts seems to be running her character through. This may be more of a directorial standpoint, but the seriousness that Snow White and the Huntsman shows in it’s trailer feels far more compelling than what Mirror, Mirror brings to the table. That said, Mirror, Mirror does get points for using little people to play the dwarves – if only for the realism factor.

Enough about me though, which one floats your boat? Option A or Option B? Check out their respective trailers below.


Option A

Option B

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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Halloween Costume Highlight – Voltron: Defender of the Universe

From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend. The legend of Voltron: Defender of the Universe. A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. As Voltron’s legend grew, peace settled across the galaxy. On Planet Earth, a Galaxy Alliance was formed. Together with the good planets of the Solar System, they maintained peace throughout the universe until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy. Voltron was needed once more. This is the story of the superforce of space explorers. Specially trained and sent by the alliance to bring back, Voltron: Defender of the Universe.

Defend the Universe this Halloween all by yourself, with our Voltron Adult Costume. Don’t ask me how that works, but you’re pulling in the power of Commander Keith, Lance, Pidge, Sven and Hunk and running Voltron all by yourself. It might get a little lonely, but you’ll be rocking the best costume at the party (and likely the most heavily 80s).

If you want to dive into it even more, get the Voltron 2 Piece Mask and you’ll seriously be mistaken for the metal behemoth.

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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Top 10 Totally Time-Warp Costumes

It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right, and then, we’ll do the time warp, and take a gander at some of these great timely timeless classic costumes if you’re not a huge fan of the 2010′s. 1920′s, 1950′s, 1960′s, 1860′s, whatever the decade, BuyCostumes.com has got it. Don’t sweat it, don’t worry. We’ve got. We’re like the Montgomery Flea Market, but instead of livingrooms, bedrooms, dinettes, we’ve got costumes.


#10

Egyptian: Cleopatra Elite Collection Adult Costume

#9

Cowboy: Western Gunslinger Adult Costume

#8

Flapper: 20′s Pink Flapper Adult Costume

#7

British Pop Star: British Explosion Red Adult Costume

#6

Abe Lincoln: Abe Lincoln Adult Costume

#5

Hippie: Hippie Love Child Adult Costume

#4

80s Rapper: Old School Rapper Adult Costume

#3

Poodle Skirt: Complete Poodle Skirt Outfit Plus Pink White Adult Costume

#2

Pinup Girl: Pinup Girl Adult Costume

#1

80s Rock God: Rock God 80s Adult Costume

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Thursday, August 25th, 2011

The Chop Shop: The Eleventh Doctor

Have you ever seen Doctor Who? You probably should if you haven’t. It’s British, sure, but it’s also suitably awesome. And appropriately so, this week I’m going to very quickly show you how to be the Eleventh Doctor, as played by Matt Smith.

This is pretty easy, you can buy some of the parts with BuyCostumes.com but what you can’t get with us, your local thrift shop should have you covered for.

This is who you’re going to be.

This is what you’re going to need.

Love at First Bite Adult Wig
Don’t worry, this won’t make you sparkle or anything like that.

Deluxe Nerd Accessory Kit
You’ll need a bow-tie, and you get a fancy one in our nerd kit. Of course, you’re probably badass enough to have your own. If it’s not a clip-on, you’re undeniably more cool than I am.

Finally, you need a fancy sports coat to go over that indubitably handsome ensemble you’ve just acquired. This is the piece you’ll have to explore your closet, or the walls of your local thrift shop for.

And there, you’ve done it! Particularly the hair, nice job on the hair, you handsome, handsome fella.
LOOK AT THAT HAIR!

If you want the Fez hat look, we’ve got you covered there as well!

 

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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Costume Trends Report: July 17 – July 23

What’s hot? What’s not? Ok, so I’m just going to focus on what’s hot here at BuyCostumes and give you a glimpse into 3 of our Top 10 costumes from the week of July 17 thru July 23.

Marvel’s latest theatrical endeavor, Captain America: The First Avenger premiered last Friday to a pretty solid showing. So much so that it usurped the ‘reigning’ champion from the week prior, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and while in the week prior, both the Captain and Harry were touting through the top ten, last week only saw the Captain hitting it big with costumes, one of which was…

The Captain America Prestige Adult Costume

Also, unsurprisingly, another huge summer blockbuster saw representation in our top 10. Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. This is one of the cooler costumes we sell, even if you’re a classic Transformers fan, you have to appreciate the intricate details that director Michael Bay managed to inject into the new generation of the infamous robots in disguise. Our 3D Bumblebee costume features Vacuform technology that naturally shapes the costume to the contours of your body. So even if you’re a little on the wider side, it still looks appropriate.

Bumblebee 3D Theatrical Costume w/Vacuform Technology

This one may be a bit of a surprise, but if you ask me, I don’t think that sixties vibe should ever die. Maybe Austin Powers is making a comeback, because GoGo boots were pretty huge last week.

Gogo (White) Adult Boots

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Friday, April 29th, 2011

The Royal Wedding

Congratulations to William and Catherine as they became TRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on this 29th day of April, 2011. Today marks an extraordinary event and a memorable day in history for the people of Great Britain and for fans of The Royal Family worldwide. Their story is one that took almost a decade to manifest and today marks only the beginning of the many chapters that are certain to follow.


Photo Courtesy: news-world.us

The newly appointed Duchess of Cambridge, her background just like any ordinary citizen of Great Britain, finds herself  realizing that fairytale dreams really do come true. Hers is a story of a ‘commoner’ who marries a real Prince Charming.

Highlights from the day include a plethora of color choices. A bold move came from Pippa, Kate’s sister and Maid of Honor, as she entered the Abbey in form-fitting white!  Queen Elizabeth II donned a ’post it yellow’ hue and wore Queen Mary’s True Lover’s Knot diamond brooch. William wore a dashing red. He chose the Reds because he’s of highest rank. And Kate looked every bit a princess in a white lace gown by designer Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. Her stunning blue sapphire ring on her right hand and a Welsh solid gold wedding band was placed on her left. Lastly, let’s not underestimate the shocking display of royal blue and rose coloured hats donned by the groom’s cousins, Beatrice and Eugenie, daughters of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah Ferguson.

The big day is a follow up to William’s late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, when she wed Prince Charles roughly 30 years ago.

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