Vintage department store costume follow a strangely predictable recipe : soulless plastic mask + psychedelic torso prowess with the character ’s face again ( for absolutely no reason ) . Here are some of your preferent scifi reference looking like self-loving lunatics . First off , we have the Alien . It ’s like he was his own college mascot .
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Half - Klingon , half - corn whisky .
What would ’ve made more horse sense — a Starfleet outfit , or a weird self - portrait . ?
You could pencil on a moustache and create the Eye of Agamotto out of an ashtray , or you could dress as this bind matador . Sometimes less is more .
Artoo doubles as a Daft Punk costume !
This Centurion just came back from seeing REO Speedwagon and Steppenwolf at the State Fair .
Bigfoot must always look mythologic , even though there ’s never an audience .
smart green greasepaint would be more self-respecting .
Please do n’t gaze at this costume too long .
Oh God . Nike Windrunners not include .
The designers realize this costume was a nightmare , so they tossed that cloying photo of Boxey on Muffit ’s trunk to leaven affair . It does n’t work .
Y’know what ? Kirk would fall apart a photo of himself .
I like Vincent . His look is very Danceteria .
Is Jaws a military man - eating calendar ?
King Kong wearing an airbrushed t - shirt of himself . Nuff tell .
You know something is terribly wrong when Condorman is the least conspicuous guy in the room .
A serial of dungeon and Dragons and Krull costumes . Note how the champion has a gargantuan portrayal of himself emblazoned across his chest or else of , oh , armor . Same goes for the cyclops . It ’s also worth observe that this our second Krull -related article in 24 hours . This in effect double over the number of Krull posts io9 has ever compose .
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Is that a costume ofHumanoids from the Deep , the Roger Corman - produced flick about hornlike amphibian monsters ? Really ? The Melting Man over there depend like a manakin citizen by comparison .
Brown feel is not expensive . A lifetime of direction is .
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The Ape Police have the best badges .
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Dr. Zaius is n’t a rose hip graphic symbol , so they emblazoned his t - shirt with the macho emulator .
Now that ’s just unfortunate , Isis .
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