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Inspector Gadget Costume

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Inspector Gadget Costume

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Photo #1 - pose Photo #2 - go go gadget hand Photo #3 - go go gadget coptor Photo #4 - it comes out Photo #5 - and it spins
Costume type:  Costumes for Men
Category:Halloween Costumes

This homemade costume for men entered our 2014 Halloween Costume Contest.

A word from Marcus, the 'Inspector Gadget' costume creator:

This year I have decide to be Inspector Gadget. But I wanted to make it in a way no one has before. I search everywhere online. I must of looked at hundreds of photos. Every photo was practically the same with the helicopter sitting on top of the hat and it was huge. Or the hand was out huge as well sitting on top of the hat maybe with no movement. So I challenge myself to have a hand and helicopter pop out to be a ligit Inspector Gadget.
First I worked on the hand and it was easier than I thought. I put springs in to make the fingers move with a couple of cords in my pocket to make it wave. The helicopter it was tough. The idea came to me when my umbrella turn inside out and broke. It took a couple of week to make it possible with fish wire. I used the material of the umbrella to make the propellers.
For the handle bars i used flexible rods of the umbrella. I used these two big springs I wrapped with electrical tap for the handles and attached them to the bar. I made this back pack to have it all come out of. For the helicopter used curtain rods that you can widen like a rod inside a rod kind. I stabilized the big rod in the pack with a board block holding it. To make it go up i used a big lug nut tied a heavy fish wire to it, ran the cord to a button. Pull the button and it went up and out. But pulled enough for the handle bars to polk out in which i grabbed to lift up and spin it with a touch of my finger.
I did the same thing with the hand but of curse i had to paint it yellow. to make it work i had to attach the flapping hat to back pack. When was walking around with it all on. Looking at me from the front people can tell something was gonna pop out of course the hand. But when i whipped out the helicopter game changer. I make crazy awesome costumes every year for Halloween since it my favorite holiday but this year i took it to a whole level. Thank you for reading.

Rating: 4.7 of 5. Votes: 3

3 votes

Comments

#1 comment by Jamie Bosmans November 21, 2014

This costume is awesome. The fact that it is hand made amazes me!

#2 comment by Sarah A November 22, 2014

Amazing costume and very talented!!! Never seen a costume this detailed and on point.

#3 comment by Domo November 22, 2014

This costume is awesome. I have never seen anything like this before. You are a very talented young man.

#4 comment by Diego December 4, 2014

Incredible job catching all the details. Can't wait to see what you come up with next!

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