It’s here! It has returned. Welcome to the The Official Presidential Mask Poll 2012™. For those of you who are uninitiated – since the dawn of the 21st century, BuyCostumes.com has successfully predicted the outcome of every US Presidential Election based on sales of masks featuring the candidates likeness. You read that correct. In 2000 we predicted GW’s victory over Al, GW’s re-election vs. Kerry in 2004, and President Obama triumphing over the veteran McCain in 2008.

In 2008 we took things a step further than we had in the years prior by extending our predictions to that of both the Democratic and Republican primary races. We also took steps to make the poll more accessible to the masses by producing $0.99 paper masks of all available candidates (previously we’d based our predictions on the sale of more expensive latex masks). This year we’re doing it again.

During primary season and continuing through the GOP official nomination, we’ll be tracking sales for Barack Obama Masks, Newt Gingrich Masks, Mitt Romney Masks, Ron Paul Masks, Rick Perry Masks, and Michele Bachmann masks, all available for $0.99 a piece. As a candidate pulls their figurative hat out of the figurative ring, we’ll grey them out from the rankings.

You’ll be able to visit our Official 2012 Presidential Mask Poll™ hub to see which potential candidate, including the incumbent president, Mr. Obama is in the lead based on percentage of total masks sold. You can also take Mr. Obama out of the mix and compare the individual Republican candidates excluding the incumbent, as seen in the screenshot below.

Finally, you can view a 60-day break down of each candidates percentage of total mask sales underneath the Flag graph.

I’ll be posting blog entries often, updating the process of the pull and an coverage we might have seen along with some other great tidbits throughout the election year. We’d love to see your mask photos on our Facebook page and you can check out our Twitter handle for periodic updates as well.

Most importantly though…

Do you remember Captain Planet? Because I’m about to reference it, and you probably won’t have a clue what’s going on if you’re not familiar with the show.

“Snowman, Penguin, Santa, Reindeer, Bear with a Santa Cap, Christmas Tree! When your powers combine – I am Captain Christmas!” OK. That was a bit of a lame reference. Anyways, you can score 12 of these jazzy Christmas rings for 20% off on our twelfth day of Christmas. This package comes with 2 of each of the rings you see in the photo – so if you have to kids you won’t have to worry about them arguing about “I WANT SANTAS HEAD!” or something bizarre like that.

(man, did I just use the adjective “jazzy” to describe these? What year is it? 1977? Also, “twelfth” is a bizarre word, I mean, look at the letters “lfth” what a cacophony of phonetic chaos. Everytime I look at it I feel like I’m experiencing jamais vu all over again.

Merry Christmas!

This holiday season, we’re presenting our own rendition of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’. Each day, Buycostumes.com will launch a new product correlating to each day of the song. All items will be discounted beginning the day they are added to the sale, through the remaining twelve days (through December 23). Save anywhere from 20 – 50% off selected items and stock up on some great gifts!

Today you can sashay your digital self into our digital store and buy yourself a physical lemon lime large plastic bowl. If that doesn’t whet your whistle sufficiently, allow me to pontificate on the value of a bowl. Bowls are one of the most versatile dishes in existence. Just think about it. You can fill a bowl with solids (apples, peas, dog biscuits, door keys, frogs, pieces of bread, or peanut M&Ms) and you can also put liquids and semi-solids in them (juice, water, beer, paint, plaster of paris, Windex, etc.), plus, you can stand on them to use them as a stepstool (though I wouldn’t recommend standing on these), you can sit on them as a tiny chair (again, not recommended), you can play catch with them, and, depending on the aerodynamic design of a particular bowl – it might serve function as a frisbee.

Watch for tomorrow’s featured item for the twelfth day of Christmas!

This holiday season, we’re presenting our own rendition of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’. Each day, Buycostumes.com will launch a new product correlating to each day of the song. All items will be discounted beginning the day they are added to the sale, through the remaining twelve days (through December 23). Save anywhere from 20 – 50% off selected items and stock up on some great gifts!

Your Problem: It’s Christmas evening, our entire family has gathered around the dinner table. Ugly, hideously ugly sweaters are present, people are smiling, laughing, passing around the different foods – a ham, perhaps. Some mashed potatoes. Stuffing (mmm, stuffing). Obviously, fruitcake – whatever that is. And tons more. As proprietor of my household, I want to call a toast, to thank everyone for being there when we needed each other, etc. etc. So, I raise my glass champagne flute, my buttery butter knife and start tapping. Of course – everybody is still enjoying each others company (like a scene out of 7th Heaven and I can’t get anyone’s attention – so I tap harder. To the point that my flute shatters, and now I’ve gotten the attention of everyone at the table – and the lovely smell of champagne all over my awesome lighted Christmas sweater.

Our Solution: A 10-pack of plastic champagne glasses. The perfect, break-resistant-ish way to toast your special occasion! Now, you can tap your glass to your hearts delight when attempting to command the dinner table for a Christmas toast. What’s more, you can get these great flutes for 50% off their regular price. Commanding just $0.45/flute. I’ll drink to that!

Watch for tomorrow’s featured item for the eleventh day of Christmas!

This holiday season, we’re presenting our own rendition of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’. Each day, Buycostumes.com will launch a new product correlating to each day of the song. All items will be discounted beginning the day they are added to the sale, through the remaining twelve days (through December 23). Save anywhere from 20 – 50% off selected items and stock up on some great gifts!

You’ll shoot your eye out, kid! Or more accurately, you’ll get your tongue stuck to a metal pole if you buy this 8-pack of A Christmas Story Paper Cups. HAHA! Just kidding! Fooled you! You won’t get your tongue stuck a metal pole, that’s not possible if you’re drinking out of an awesome A Christmas Story paper cup that will clearly block your tongue from sticking to any sort of metal pole. You can easily cut the cup to be flat and boom – instant tongue/metal pole barrier. I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU to buy these.

What these great paper cups (seriously 8 cups for $0.99, talk about a steal) won’t be able to help you do is prevent you from shooting your eye out with that Red-Rider B.B. Gun. But maybe drinking your Ovaltine will help with that!

Watch for tomorrow’s featured item for the tenth day of Christmas!

This holiday season, we’re presenting our own rendition of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’. Each day, Buycostumes.com will launch a new product correlating to each day of the song. All items will be discounted beginning the day they are added to the sale, through the remaining twelve days (through December 23). Save anywhere from 20 – 50% off selected items and stock up on some great gifts!

“It’s always a good time for a tie.” Yeah, it’s true, nobody ever says that, and with good reason – nobody really likes ties. They can look nice, sure, but they always add a level of formality to an outfit that stuffs up the room. Inevitably, someone won’t wear a tie, and upon encountering the tie-wearer there will undoubtedly be this really bizarre interaction of misaligned formalities that neither party knows how to fully address. This Holiday Lights Tie is the perfect tie-breaker for that situation (HO! HO! HO! PUN). You can bolster your formality with a tie, but you’ll have one so ludicrous that neither you or any parties that you encounter (both parties as an individual, and parties as a fun time) won’t be sucked into the formal twilight zone. Plus, it’s 25% off! Win-Win!

Watch for tomorrow’s featured item for the ninth day of Christmas!

This holiday season, we’re presenting our own rendition of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’. Each day, Buycostumes.com will launch a new product correlating to each day of the song. All items will be discounted beginning the day they are added to the sale, through the remaining twelve days (through December 23). Save anywhere from 20 – 50% off selected items and stock up on some great gifts!