Homemade robot costume

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By Phillip Torrone
Posted 2006/10/10 @ 10:52 am
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Petesweb posted up his entry for the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest, this cute robot costume for a kid! – Link.

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5 Responses to Homemade robot costume

ve2vfd on October 9th, 2006 at 8:07 pm said:

Cool costume! I can’t help humming the beastie boys “Intergalactic” when I see that robot costume

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ve2vfd on October 9th, 2006 at 8:12 pm said:

Cool costume!

Reminds me of the robot in the beastie boys “intergalactic” video

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Vrogy on October 9th, 2006 at 9:34 pm said:

bitchin’. Needs claws to steal old people’s medicine.

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Stokes on October 10th, 2006 at 8:27 am said:

Wow, that brings back memories. My parents have an old photo of me that’s nearly identical.

My costume didn’t have arms, though.

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petesweb on October 10th, 2006 at 1:59 pm said:

Thanks for all the great comments. I wish I would have kept a photo log of the entire build process. When my 6 year old son asked me to make him a robot costume I decided to use the classic “Sci-Fi B Movie” adaptation. I used two cardboard boxes to make the head and body; spray painted them silver and added some distressed metal touches with model paint. I also added some old circuit boards I had sitting around, to give it a more realistic look. I also added small pieces of cardboard to give it a “patched-up” look. I even used small metal thumb tack to simulate rivets. The LED are simply throwies without the magents. The eyes and mouth are kitchen strainers. The arms and legs are dryer vent. The rocket pack on the back is two 2 liter bottles with solo cups attached to the bottom and an old Pentium 3 fan heatsink attached to the back.

Not included in the pics are the black gloves he will be wearing to cover his hands. He is very excited about wearing it for halloween.

The total cost was less than $20.

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