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Showing posts with label Costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Costumes. Show all posts
Aug 1, 2013
Awesome Custom-Made Sweetums Costume
There are a lot of Muppet fans over at Malmey Studios. The fine folks there make custom-made costumes and they are all extremely cool. But by far their coolest (c'mon, we're biased) is their newly finished replica of the Sweetums costume! You've gotta check out the awesome pictures of the costume below. Plus, don't miss their in-depth progress post about building the costume. It's fantastic!
Special thanks to our friend Jeremey Adams at Malmey Studios for letting us showcase the costume!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
Oct 23, 2012
Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012, Pt. 4
Ryan Dosier - Welcome back my haunting hands, to our fourth and final installment of the Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012! All this month we've been showcasing this year's new Halloween costumes from the Muppets and Sesame Street. Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 before reading on for our snide look at adults dressed like Sesame Street characters!
OSCAR THE GROUCH ADULT WOMENS COSTUME - $59.99
LIKENESS - Well... it could be worse. This isn't too bad, actually. The use of the trash can is very creative but the weird Oscar hat throws me for a loop. Why does it need to have Oscar's eyes? Why not just put on the trash can lid and wear it as a hat, completing the costume and making you look like Oscar, not a girl who has Oscar coming out of her hair. 3 STARS
FUN FACTOR - The girl in the picture sure looks like she's having fun! I don't know what she's doing... but it looks like she's having fun doing it. Although I can't help but think that more than one "clever" person dressed as a surfer will tell a girl wearing this she looks trashy. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR -Eh. Nothing too scary going on here. Unless the person wearing this walks around with an actual worm, not a worm like Slimey, and an elephant in a trash can... then it could get a little weird. 1 STAR
ELMO ADULT WOMENS COSTUME KIT - $24.99
LIKENESS - Well no one broke their creative bones when they came up with this... Yeesh. It's really just a glorified hat. Why not make the whole dress furry Elmo red? All I can picture is some Cruella DeVille knock-off who likes to wear Muppet fur. Nightmares. 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - This costume is only fun until the hat is lost in the hustle and bustle of Halloween and loses any resemblance to Elmo. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I scared myself with that Cruella DeVille image... 2 STARS
BIG BIRD ADULT WOMENS COSTUME KIT - $24.99
LIKENESS - Ugh. Again. What? Why? Who is this appealing to? It doesn't even look like Big Bird... like, not even at all. The feathers don't even look feathery. This is the lazy-person's Big Bird costume! 0 STARS
FUN FACTOR - I don't know who would consider this fun. It's barely even a costume... it's just a yellow boa and a weird hair accessory. 1 STAR
SCARE FACTOR - Well... it's not as scary as the unlicensed "sexy" Big Bird costume. 1 STAR
ADULT GROVER COSTUME - $59.99
LIKENESS - Uhh... I... wow. I'm trying to figure out what to liken this to. Right now all I'm coming up with is likening it to a nightmare. That eerily realistic nightmare where the alien bursts from Grover's mouth? Yeah. That. I mean they got the perspectives of the upper part of Grover's face right... but then they stuck that guy's head out of his mouth and ruined everything. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - The only fun I could imagine having with this costume is if the guy inside is your waiter and then you keep telling him your order is wrong. Just because. 1 STAR
SCARE FACTOR - If this guy runs up to you and shouts "Hello every-bo-deeeeee!!" you can't tell me you wouldn't run. And run fast. 4 STARS
ADULT BERT MASK/SHIRT COSTUME - $31.95
LIKENESS - Honestly... not bad. Not great, but not bad. The shirt is awesome. The mask isn't bad at all... but the weird guy smiling under the mask just throws me for a loop. There should not be that many eyes on a person or a Bert. 3 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Loads of fun possibilities here. Perhaps the most fun would be had by playing checkers with a pigeon (obviously). 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - It could be fairly scary if the guy in the Bert costume uses his paperclip collection as a weapon... but other than that, not much scare to speak of. 2 STARS
ADULT ERNIE MASK/SHIRT COSTUME - $22.99 - $31.95
LIKENESS - Oh dear. How does the Bert costume work so well and the Ernie version work so... not well at all? Maybe it's the completely not right shirt? Maybe it's the odd facial expression of this guy. Really, the only thing that works here is the Ernie mask/hat thing. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Ernie costume, you're not the one. You don't make Halloween lots of fun. Ernie costume I'm ready to run from you! 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I can hear the menacing rubber duckie squeak coming down a dark alley... Creepy. 2 STARS
Well... that's it. We're all out of officially licensed costumes to review for Halloween 2012. However, we can't end this without linking you to a totally unlicensed, totally hilarious costume that you may want to consider buying if only for sheer laugh factor...
Yip-yip indeed.
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OSCAR THE GROUCH ADULT WOMENS COSTUME - $59.99
FUN FACTOR - The girl in the picture sure looks like she's having fun! I don't know what she's doing... but it looks like she's having fun doing it. Although I can't help but think that more than one "clever" person dressed as a surfer will tell a girl wearing this she looks trashy. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR -Eh. Nothing too scary going on here. Unless the person wearing this walks around with an actual worm, not a worm like Slimey, and an elephant in a trash can... then it could get a little weird. 1 STAR
ELMO ADULT WOMENS COSTUME KIT - $24.99
FUN FACTOR - This costume is only fun until the hat is lost in the hustle and bustle of Halloween and loses any resemblance to Elmo. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I scared myself with that Cruella DeVille image... 2 STARS
BIG BIRD ADULT WOMENS COSTUME KIT - $24.99
LIKENESS - Ugh. Again. What? Why? Who is this appealing to? It doesn't even look like Big Bird... like, not even at all. The feathers don't even look feathery. This is the lazy-person's Big Bird costume! 0 STARS
FUN FACTOR - I don't know who would consider this fun. It's barely even a costume... it's just a yellow boa and a weird hair accessory. 1 STAR
SCARE FACTOR - Well... it's not as scary as the unlicensed "sexy" Big Bird costume. 1 STAR
ADULT GROVER COSTUME - $59.99
LIKENESS - Uhh... I... wow. I'm trying to figure out what to liken this to. Right now all I'm coming up with is likening it to a nightmare. That eerily realistic nightmare where the alien bursts from Grover's mouth? Yeah. That. I mean they got the perspectives of the upper part of Grover's face right... but then they stuck that guy's head out of his mouth and ruined everything. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - The only fun I could imagine having with this costume is if the guy inside is your waiter and then you keep telling him your order is wrong. Just because. 1 STAR
SCARE FACTOR - If this guy runs up to you and shouts "Hello every-bo-deeeeee!!" you can't tell me you wouldn't run. And run fast. 4 STARS
ADULT BERT MASK/SHIRT COSTUME - $31.95
LIKENESS - Honestly... not bad. Not great, but not bad. The shirt is awesome. The mask isn't bad at all... but the weird guy smiling under the mask just throws me for a loop. There should not be that many eyes on a person or a Bert. 3 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Loads of fun possibilities here. Perhaps the most fun would be had by playing checkers with a pigeon (obviously). 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - It could be fairly scary if the guy in the Bert costume uses his paperclip collection as a weapon... but other than that, not much scare to speak of. 2 STARS
ADULT ERNIE MASK/SHIRT COSTUME - $22.99 - $31.95
LIKENESS - Oh dear. How does the Bert costume work so well and the Ernie version work so... not well at all? Maybe it's the completely not right shirt? Maybe it's the odd facial expression of this guy. Really, the only thing that works here is the Ernie mask/hat thing. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Ernie costume, you're not the one. You don't make Halloween lots of fun. Ernie costume I'm ready to run from you! 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I can hear the menacing rubber duckie squeak coming down a dark alley... Creepy. 2 STARS
Well... that's it. We're all out of officially licensed costumes to review for Halloween 2012. However, we can't end this without linking you to a totally unlicensed, totally hilarious costume that you may want to consider buying if only for sheer laugh factor...
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Oct 16, 2012
Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012, Pt. 3
Ryan Dosier - Another October Tuesday means another part of the Muppet Halloween Costuem Spooktacular, 2012! Check out Part 1 and Part 2 from earlier this month before kicking back to enjoy some snarky observations on this year's crop of Sesame Street children's costumes!
SUPER GROVER 2.0 CHILD COSTUME - $34.99
LIKENESS - Honestly, this is a surprisingly accurate likeness of everyone's favorite furry, blue supermonster. The 2.0 armor is especially fitting here and really makes the costume extra awesome. Love the cape, the shoulder things, and especially the helmet. The Grover face is top notch and perfectly detailed and accurate. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - How can a kid not have a spectacular time wearing this and pretending to be Super Grover 2.0? If I had this when I was I kid, I never would've taken it off! 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing about this costume is inherently scary at all. However, if the kid in the costume is going for maximum Super Grover 2.0 likeness and tries to help people in need... and also in true Super Grover 2.0 form fails that task miserably... then it could get a little scary. 1 STAR
SUPER GROVER GIRLS COSTUME - $39.99
LIKENESS - It's Super Grover-Girl! Just like Supergirl or Batgirl, only more Grovery! This costume is fairly... not great. Honeslty, it looks like this poor girl just threw on a blue bath towel and a red pillowcase. And who is the Grover mask on top working for? It looks like something is trying to escape from her skull! 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Even though the likeness isn't there, the fun factor still is. Everyone wants to be a superhero, and you can't do much better than Super Grover. (I look forward to your letters, comic book readers.) Plus, if it rains, she's already got a towel to stay dry! 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Again, not much scary to speak of here. Although the socks are a little much. Unless they're replicating Super Grover 2.0's trademark utility sock, in which case... kudos to you, random Halloween costume maker. 1 STAR
COOKIE MONSTER BABY COSTUME - $29.99
LIKENESS - Well, that's Cookie Monster alright. But it looks like once again he has satiated his appetite by eating another two year old--and he's trying to break free!! Quick, someone get the jaws of life--wait... no... that's poor phrasing. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - This costume is fun AND functional! Firstly, it's fun because your baby will eat all the cookies in your house, and what's more fun than a hyper baby? It's functional because it doubles as a blanket in the chilly October air! 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Again, not very scary here... only if Cookie Monster did eat your baby would this be scary. 2 STARS
ELMO BABY COSTUME - $29.99
LIKENESS - Oh, great, now Elmo's eating children! What is this world coming to?! Ah well... at least the baby looks happy while he's being consumed. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - I imagine this would be the most fun version of Tickle Me Elmo ever. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Not scary... but your two year old could get mistaken for a red shag rug, so be careful. 1 STAR
TODDLER GIRL'S FRILLY COOKIE MONSTER COSTUME - $19.99-$29.99
LIKENESS - I'll let some of the likeness slide here because I appreciate that they're trying to make a Cookie Monster costume appeal to girls... but still. The little Cookie Monster hat thing is the only thing on this outfit that looks like Cookie Monster. Though the cookies on the skirt are a nice touch. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Fun, maybe, but what this costume is really saying to me is COLD. Can you imagine walking around on the night of October 31st wearing this thing? Freezing. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Not scary, just adorable... which seems to be the theme of all of these Sesame costumes. 1 STAR
TODDLER GIRL'S FRILLY BIG BIRD COSTUME - $23.39-$29.99
LIKENESS - Last week I dubbed this costume "Mitt Romney's granddaughter loses her inheritance." But really, I like this little get up. The colors are really impressively chosen. It doesn't look anything like Big Bird at all... but it's well done. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - The girl in the picture sure looks like she's having fun! Do you think she has an imaginary Snuffleupagus friend? 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing scary here... just don't let her near Mitt Romney. (That's what we call a two-week-old zinger.) 1 STAR
TODDLER GIRL'S FRILLY ELMO COSTUME - $21.09-$28.29
LIKENESS - Again, not much Elmo going on here, but the headpiece is well done. I also really like the inclusion of Dorothy the goldfish on the skirt. But... not an Elmo look-alike. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - How could anyone possibly think that a little girl wouldn't have fun dressing up as Elmo for Halloween? This costume is pure fun! 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing scary to see here... again. Ugh. These cutesy costumes are ruining my snarky mojo. 1 STAR
Well, that's it for today's round up of Halloween costumes! Check back again next week for the adult themed, semi-terrifying Sesame Street costumes... including this!
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SUPER GROVER 2.0 CHILD COSTUME - $34.99
FUN FACTOR - How can a kid not have a spectacular time wearing this and pretending to be Super Grover 2.0? If I had this when I was I kid, I never would've taken it off! 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing about this costume is inherently scary at all. However, if the kid in the costume is going for maximum Super Grover 2.0 likeness and tries to help people in need... and also in true Super Grover 2.0 form fails that task miserably... then it could get a little scary. 1 STAR
SUPER GROVER GIRLS COSTUME - $39.99
FUN FACTOR - Even though the likeness isn't there, the fun factor still is. Everyone wants to be a superhero, and you can't do much better than Super Grover. (I look forward to your letters, comic book readers.) Plus, if it rains, she's already got a towel to stay dry! 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Again, not much scary to speak of here. Although the socks are a little much. Unless they're replicating Super Grover 2.0's trademark utility sock, in which case... kudos to you, random Halloween costume maker. 1 STAR
COOKIE MONSTER BABY COSTUME - $29.99
FUN FACTOR - This costume is fun AND functional! Firstly, it's fun because your baby will eat all the cookies in your house, and what's more fun than a hyper baby? It's functional because it doubles as a blanket in the chilly October air! 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Again, not very scary here... only if Cookie Monster did eat your baby would this be scary. 2 STARS
ELMO BABY COSTUME - $29.99
FUN FACTOR - I imagine this would be the most fun version of Tickle Me Elmo ever. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Not scary... but your two year old could get mistaken for a red shag rug, so be careful. 1 STAR
TODDLER GIRL'S FRILLY COOKIE MONSTER COSTUME - $19.99-$29.99
LIKENESS - I'll let some of the likeness slide here because I appreciate that they're trying to make a Cookie Monster costume appeal to girls... but still. The little Cookie Monster hat thing is the only thing on this outfit that looks like Cookie Monster. Though the cookies on the skirt are a nice touch. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Fun, maybe, but what this costume is really saying to me is COLD. Can you imagine walking around on the night of October 31st wearing this thing? Freezing. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Not scary, just adorable... which seems to be the theme of all of these Sesame costumes. 1 STAR
TODDLER GIRL'S FRILLY BIG BIRD COSTUME - $23.39-$29.99
LIKENESS - Last week I dubbed this costume "Mitt Romney's granddaughter loses her inheritance." But really, I like this little get up. The colors are really impressively chosen. It doesn't look anything like Big Bird at all... but it's well done. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - The girl in the picture sure looks like she's having fun! Do you think she has an imaginary Snuffleupagus friend? 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing scary here... just don't let her near Mitt Romney. (That's what we call a two-week-old zinger.) 1 STAR
TODDLER GIRL'S FRILLY ELMO COSTUME - $21.09-$28.29
LIKENESS - Again, not much Elmo going on here, but the headpiece is well done. I also really like the inclusion of Dorothy the goldfish on the skirt. But... not an Elmo look-alike. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - How could anyone possibly think that a little girl wouldn't have fun dressing up as Elmo for Halloween? This costume is pure fun! 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing scary to see here... again. Ugh. These cutesy costumes are ruining my snarky mojo. 1 STAR
Well, that's it for today's round up of Halloween costumes! Check back again next week for the adult themed, semi-terrifying Sesame Street costumes... including this!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
Oct 9, 2012
Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012, Pt. 2
Ryan Dosier - We're back again with the next installment of our Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular series, where we put a snarky spin on this year's crop of Muppet and Sesame Street Halloween costumes! Don't forget to check out Part 1 before reading on... or just read on, it doesn't really matter.
"SASSY" TUTU ANIMAL, KERMIT, AND MISS PIGGY COSTUMES - $49.99 (each)
LIKENESS - ...Huh? What? Did somebody say something? I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention. I was... definitely not staring at these girls. Just the costumes. Yes. Very professionally just looking at the costumes. Anyway... there's no real likeness here (although props to the Piggy costume for including gloves, pearls, and pig ears--and to that girl for pulling it off so perfectly), but despite the lack of likeness I'm still all about these costumes... for some reason. 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - I'm choosing to abstain from answering this one with a number... but yes, fun could definitely be had. N/A
SCARE FACTOR - Shockingly enough, I actually am scared of these. Not the costumes, per se, but if I ever saw a girl looking like that, wearing this, I would be so scared and intimidated that my head might explode. So... yeah. Spooky. 3 STARS
ADULT SWEDISH CHEF COSTUME - $49.99
LIKENESS - Wow! Color me impressed! Quite frankly, I'm blown away by the effort some company somewhere put into this awesome costume. Honestly, it's perfect. The combination of the nose, mustache, and eyebrows really, really sells this. It's hilarious and everything about the outfit is really well thought out and well done. 5 STARS
FUN FACTOR - SO much fun can be had with this! Gosh, I'm just imagining someone wearing this and carrying around a stuffed chicken and sputtering mock Swedish nonsense. Perfect. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - If this costume came with the Swedish Chef's famous blunderbuss or penchant to cook anything that moves, then I would up the scare factor... but alas, it does not. 2 STARS
ADULT BEAKER COSTUME - $49.95
LIKENESS - Wow. Again, PERFECT likeness. That mask is truly incredible. Why has it taken this long to get such a wonderful Beaker mask?! This is amazing. Also, HUGE bonus points for the gloves with only four fingers on them, a detail that no one asked for but make this costume that much more excellent. 5 STARS
FUN FACTOR - This costume would be a lot more fun if there was a Bunsen Honeydew costume to go along with it... but I guess for that all you need is a bald friend to paint his head lime green. Get on that, people who buy this costume! Even by itself, though, this costume is a ton of fun. I know I would absolutely go around the whole night meeping. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - It is scary to think that everything bad happens to Beaker, so perhaps everything bad will happen to the person in the Beaker costume as well... maybe keep your distance from someone if you see them wearing this near anything sharp or flammable. 2 STARS
ADULT KERMIT THE FROG COSTUME - $49.95
LIKENESS - In the past, I've been very much opposed to giant head costumes like this... but for some reason, this one really works for me. I love the spindly-fingered globes, the facial expression is great (even though the man's face peeking out of the mouth is horrifying), and the collar is excellent. I don't really understand why this doesn't come with green pants and green, fuzzy flipper slippers... but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - This costume makes a perfect couples costume. Kermit and Piggy are always a hit at Halloween parties (I assume, I've never experienced any of these in person), and with a costume that looks this surprisingly good, you'll get some compliments! Also... you can't not have fun if you wave your arms around and go "Yaaaaaaaaay!!" just like Kermit. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I will admit... the man's head looking out of Kermit's mouth freaks me out. It looks like Kermit was aiming to catch a fly and caught this dude with his tongue instead. DON'T SWALLOW, KERMIT!! 3 STARS
ADULT KERMIT, FOZZIE BEAR, AND GONZO COSTUME KITS - $50.00 (each)
LIKENESS - AHHHH!!! NO!! BURN IT!! What... why... these are just horrendously awful. Especially Kermit and Fozzie. Kermit's head is a bulbous mass of weird and Fozzie looks like a bad semi-truck accident. And then there's Gonzo... with his droopy eye, this floppy nose, and chili pepper shirt, there's not much more that could go wrong with that costume. Good lord. This also begs the question... WHO would pay $50 to wear THESE?! 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - Nope. Nuh uh. No fun to be had here. Unless you're burning these costumes with fire. Or acid. Then you'll have a bang-up time. Otherwise these are just hideous creatures you want to flee from before they ingest you like the poor saps already inside. 0 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Yup. All about the scary here! Not only does it look like your favorite Muppets have been skinned and worn as battle symbols... but they're also just awful, awful costumes. Gonzo especially. Ugh. I hate that Gonzo. Even the guy inside these costumes looks miserable!! 4 STARS
THE MUPPETS FOZZIE BEAR COSTUME - $35.00
LIKENESS - Now see, costume makers, THIS is how Fozzie Bear looks! Honestly, this is the best Fozzie costume I've ever seen. I'm pretty impressed. Maybe it's just lingering horrors of the previous Fozzie costume... but this is not bad at all. The mask is fantastic, the tie is perfect, and the gloves are four-fingered! Accuracy! I really love this. Well done, costume makers! 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Ahh! So, what did the pharaoh say when he got scared? I want my MUMMY! Ahhh! Get it? Wocka! Wocka! See? FUN. Even more fun can be had if you bring a pie to throw in someone's (or your own) face. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I guess if you got cornered by this mask in a dark alley it could be kind of/totally freaky. But mostly this is just good ol' Fozzie, the least scary bear on the planet! (Except maybe Winnie the Pooh.) 2 STARS
THE MUPPETS ANIMAL COSTUME - $35.00
LIKENESS - Huh. This costume works too! Don't you costume making people know that I can't be as snarky if the costumes actually look good?! The mask is surprisingly great, the torn clothes are wonderful, the orange arms are nice, and again the four-fingered gloves seal the deal. Even though Animal has never worn a shirt that looks anything like that... this is still a wonderful likeness. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Oodles of fun could be had with this one! Just don't chase around the girls in the first costumes shouting "WANT WOMAN!!" That might not end well for you. However, if you can get four other friends to dress as the rest of the Electric Mayhem, send me a picture and I'll say, "You win!" (Which sounds great, but really mans nothing.) 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Unless you're one of the aforementioned girls being chased by someone in this costume... scare factor is relatively low. 2 STARS
Well, that's it for this week's edition of the Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012! Come back again next Tuesday when we look at Sesame Street costumes for kids! Including this one below, which I like to call "Mitt Romney's Granddaughter Loses Her Inheritance":
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"SASSY" TUTU ANIMAL, KERMIT, AND MISS PIGGY COSTUMES - $49.99 (each)
FUN FACTOR - I'm choosing to abstain from answering this one with a number... but yes, fun could definitely be had. N/A
SCARE FACTOR - Shockingly enough, I actually am scared of these. Not the costumes, per se, but if I ever saw a girl looking like that, wearing this, I would be so scared and intimidated that my head might explode. So... yeah. Spooky. 3 STARS
ADULT SWEDISH CHEF COSTUME - $49.99
FUN FACTOR - SO much fun can be had with this! Gosh, I'm just imagining someone wearing this and carrying around a stuffed chicken and sputtering mock Swedish nonsense. Perfect. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - If this costume came with the Swedish Chef's famous blunderbuss or penchant to cook anything that moves, then I would up the scare factor... but alas, it does not. 2 STARS
ADULT BEAKER COSTUME - $49.95
FUN FACTOR - This costume would be a lot more fun if there was a Bunsen Honeydew costume to go along with it... but I guess for that all you need is a bald friend to paint his head lime green. Get on that, people who buy this costume! Even by itself, though, this costume is a ton of fun. I know I would absolutely go around the whole night meeping. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - It is scary to think that everything bad happens to Beaker, so perhaps everything bad will happen to the person in the Beaker costume as well... maybe keep your distance from someone if you see them wearing this near anything sharp or flammable. 2 STARS
ADULT KERMIT THE FROG COSTUME - $49.95
FUN FACTOR - This costume makes a perfect couples costume. Kermit and Piggy are always a hit at Halloween parties (I assume, I've never experienced any of these in person), and with a costume that looks this surprisingly good, you'll get some compliments! Also... you can't not have fun if you wave your arms around and go "Yaaaaaaaaay!!" just like Kermit. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I will admit... the man's head looking out of Kermit's mouth freaks me out. It looks like Kermit was aiming to catch a fly and caught this dude with his tongue instead. DON'T SWALLOW, KERMIT!! 3 STARS
ADULT KERMIT, FOZZIE BEAR, AND GONZO COSTUME KITS - $50.00 (each)
LIKENESS - AHHHH!!! NO!! BURN IT!! What... why... these are just horrendously awful. Especially Kermit and Fozzie. Kermit's head is a bulbous mass of weird and Fozzie looks like a bad semi-truck accident. And then there's Gonzo... with his droopy eye, this floppy nose, and chili pepper shirt, there's not much more that could go wrong with that costume. Good lord. This also begs the question... WHO would pay $50 to wear THESE?! 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - Nope. Nuh uh. No fun to be had here. Unless you're burning these costumes with fire. Or acid. Then you'll have a bang-up time. Otherwise these are just hideous creatures you want to flee from before they ingest you like the poor saps already inside. 0 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Yup. All about the scary here! Not only does it look like your favorite Muppets have been skinned and worn as battle symbols... but they're also just awful, awful costumes. Gonzo especially. Ugh. I hate that Gonzo. Even the guy inside these costumes looks miserable!! 4 STARS
THE MUPPETS FOZZIE BEAR COSTUME - $35.00
LIKENESS - Now see, costume makers, THIS is how Fozzie Bear looks! Honestly, this is the best Fozzie costume I've ever seen. I'm pretty impressed. Maybe it's just lingering horrors of the previous Fozzie costume... but this is not bad at all. The mask is fantastic, the tie is perfect, and the gloves are four-fingered! Accuracy! I really love this. Well done, costume makers! 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Ahh! So, what did the pharaoh say when he got scared? I want my MUMMY! Ahhh! Get it? Wocka! Wocka! See? FUN. Even more fun can be had if you bring a pie to throw in someone's (or your own) face. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I guess if you got cornered by this mask in a dark alley it could be kind of/totally freaky. But mostly this is just good ol' Fozzie, the least scary bear on the planet! (Except maybe Winnie the Pooh.) 2 STARS
THE MUPPETS ANIMAL COSTUME - $35.00
LIKENESS - Huh. This costume works too! Don't you costume making people know that I can't be as snarky if the costumes actually look good?! The mask is surprisingly great, the torn clothes are wonderful, the orange arms are nice, and again the four-fingered gloves seal the deal. Even though Animal has never worn a shirt that looks anything like that... this is still a wonderful likeness. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Oodles of fun could be had with this one! Just don't chase around the girls in the first costumes shouting "WANT WOMAN!!" That might not end well for you. However, if you can get four other friends to dress as the rest of the Electric Mayhem, send me a picture and I'll say, "You win!" (Which sounds great, but really mans nothing.) 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Unless you're one of the aforementioned girls being chased by someone in this costume... scare factor is relatively low. 2 STARS
Well, that's it for this week's edition of the Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012! Come back again next Tuesday when we look at Sesame Street costumes for kids! Including this one below, which I like to call "Mitt Romney's Granddaughter Loses Her Inheritance":
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
Oct 2, 2012
Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2012, Pt. 1
Ryan Dosier - Greetings and happy haunts, Muppet fans! Today marks the second day in October and the beginning of our yearly transition into Muppety Halloween mode! Oooooo! (That was a ghost.) The first two years of The Muppet Mindset, when October came around, I wrote two of my favorite article series that I've ever done: Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular, in which I provide my snarky take on that year's crop of Muppet/Sesame Street/Fraggle Rock Halloween costumes that are commercially available for you to buy. With all the excitement of The Muppets last year, I neglected to do it, but this year we're back with even more snark and even stranger costumes! As before, the costumes are judged on three qualities: Likeness, Fun Factor, and Scare Factor, ranked on a scale of 0-5. Today we're taking a look at the Muppet costumes for small children--from babies to tweens! Let's get started, shall we?
TODDLER BOYS KERMIT THE FROG COSTUME - $19.99
LIKENESS - Aww!! Look at his widdle face! Kermit has never been cuter (although when we get to the female adult Kermit costumes the type of cute will change). Is it sad that I'm contemplating buying this and holding onto it just for my future child? ...Don't answer that. Anyway... the likeness isn't perfect, but it's pretty darn good, surprisingly. The collar makes this costume great. (And, y'know, the adorable baby.) 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - So. Much. Fun. I've seen some sites that are selling this alongside an adult Miss Piggy costume for a fantastic mom/baby pairing. Imagine getting dad and older sibling in on the act and having a whole family of Muppet costumes! Fun to the max. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I can't come up with anything scary to say about this costume... it does kind of look like Kermit is eating an adorable baby, but then you look at the adorable baby and you lose your train of thought. 0 STARS
BABY GONZO COSTUME - $19.99
LIKENESS - Nope, never mind, here's my future child's Halloween costume. This is great. The cape is spectacular and the eyes are really nice. The nose leaves a lot to be desired... but it's a baby, so we'll let it slide. Also of note... the product description for this costume says, "Your baby can become a member of the Frackles in our Muppets Gonzo Costume!" If your baby doesn't want to be a member of the Frackles then you've failed as a parent! 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - There's a great amount of fun you can have with this costume. Dress up the family dog as Camilla and your already on your way! Just don't shoot your baby out of a cannon. I know he's wearing a Great Gonzo costume but... just don't. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - It'll only be scary if you do shoot your baby out of a cannon. 0 STARS
BABY ANIMAL COSTUME - $19.99
LIKENESS - This one is the best yet! What a fantastic costume. Who knew Animal could be condensed so small so well? The pants and ripped shirt is a great touch, and the orange body area is great. But what sells it is the really, really great Animal head-piece thing. 100 times better than any official adult Animal costume we've seen in recent years. Plus, stick this thing on a baby in his/her "terrible twos" and you've got a fully accurate representation of Animal! 5 STARS
FUN FACTOR - I'm picturing an awesome family of five doing an Electric Mayhem group costume... and now I can't get the image out of my head. Someone please do this and put your baby on drums in this Animal costume. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - How can you be scared of this cute little monster? I guess if the baby was as ravenous about food/women/bunnies/drums as the real Animal it could get a little frightening... but mostly just awesome. 0 STARS
BABY FOZZIE BEAR COSTUME - $19.99
LIKENESS - Is anyone else starting to think that this is what Muppet Babies should've been like? Or is it just me? Just me? Alright, moving on. Another pretty great costume. The bowtie is such a nice touch and the hat makes for a cute-splosion. The Muppet geek in me wishes the costume were fuzzier and more Fozzie-like, but I get why it's not and it's suitable as-is. 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - A dual-baby Kermit and Fozzie costume collaboration would be incredible. Imagine two twin babies in the Kermit and Fozzie costumes! Gah! Spectacular. Bonus points if you give Fozzie Baby a rubber chicken and a Groucho mask in every picture. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nope... I've got nothing. None of these baby costumes are scary. The snarky side of me has been defeated for these. 0 STARS
TODDLER GIRLS MISS PIGGY COSTUME - $19.99
LIKENESS - And my snarky side is back! Yeesh. The hair looks... interesting. I guess for a baby costume this isn't terrible, but it's also not great. Also, the baby is kind of frightening. However, if I saw a pair of babies dressed as Kermit and Piggy... well, I'm sure I wouldn't care that the likeness isn't perfect. 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - I don't really know what it says that someone might want to dress their child up as both a pig and a diva... but that's just me being overly analytical. Mostly this is just a harmless, fun little costume. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - If you teach your baby Miss Piggy style karate then this costume gets some scare points... or awesome points, depending on how you look at it. 0 STARS
GIRL'S FOZZIE BEAR COSTUME - $39.99
LIKENESS - Umm... likeness? The only thing that is good in this likeness is the hat. I don't really know why a tween girl would want to dress as Fozzie Bear for Halloween, and that's good because this isn't really Fozzie Bear. It's just a Fozzie shirt/skirt thing. I will say that I like the choice of the bow-tie belt, and the hat is pretty nice, but beyond that I'm just left saying, "Huh?" 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - I guess if your little girl is really into Fozzie and this was her only option then she could have fun with it. But I can't see many girls wanting to choose this costume over, say, a princess or that Twilight girl or something. But kudos to them if they do! To me, this costume doesn't look fun, just weird--and not in a good way. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - This costume is scary only because it was made--plus those shiny black boots are disturbing. But not scary in a "BOO!" sense... but scary in an I want to boo it like Statler and Waldorf sense. 1 STAR
GIRL'S KERMIT THE FROG COSTUME - $30.00
LIKENESS - Again, not really a costume as much as it is a dress with Kermit's face on it. This isn't to say it's a bad thing... but when I think of costumes I think of masks and froggy flipper slippers and such. It's understandable why a little girl's Kermit costume would be lacking these elements, so I'll let this pass. However if you're going to call it a Kermit the Frog "costume," and it's just a Kermit skirt, expect to lose likeness points. 0 STARS
FUN FACTOR - On the fun factor I'm much more lenient here. This is a delightful little costume for a Muppet-loving little girl. Halloween must be tough for female Muppet fans, what with the lack of girl Muppets, so this is an acceptable solution, says I--and drastically better than the Fozzie costume. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing scary to see here. Move along! 0 STARS
GIRL'S ANIMAL COSTUME - $35.99
LIKENESS - Just like the Kermit costume above, the likeness to Animal is almost non-existant. This is basically an Animal groupie costume--which is fine! It's just not an Animal costume in the traditional sense in that it should look like Animal. However, one likeness point will be given for the tattered shirt and the chain wrist things. 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - The drumsticks don't come with this costume, so the fun factor slips a little bit there... but even the product description says, "When she puts on this great costume, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem is going to want her on the drums!" So... that could be fun, right? (I mean, not for Muppet fans who might have to watch that happen, but for the little girl.) 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Again, not much to be scared about here--except for those shiny black boots showing up again. 1 STAR
Well, that does it for Part 1 of The Muppet Halloween Spooktacular 2012! Check back every Tuesday in October, for future installments! Next week we'll take a look at adult costumes, including this monstrosity:
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
TODDLER BOYS KERMIT THE FROG COSTUME - $19.99
FUN FACTOR - So. Much. Fun. I've seen some sites that are selling this alongside an adult Miss Piggy costume for a fantastic mom/baby pairing. Imagine getting dad and older sibling in on the act and having a whole family of Muppet costumes! Fun to the max. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - I can't come up with anything scary to say about this costume... it does kind of look like Kermit is eating an adorable baby, but then you look at the adorable baby and you lose your train of thought. 0 STARS
BABY GONZO COSTUME - $19.99
FUN FACTOR - There's a great amount of fun you can have with this costume. Dress up the family dog as Camilla and your already on your way! Just don't shoot your baby out of a cannon. I know he's wearing a Great Gonzo costume but... just don't. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - It'll only be scary if you do shoot your baby out of a cannon. 0 STARS
BABY ANIMAL COSTUME - $19.99
FUN FACTOR - I'm picturing an awesome family of five doing an Electric Mayhem group costume... and now I can't get the image out of my head. Someone please do this and put your baby on drums in this Animal costume. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - How can you be scared of this cute little monster? I guess if the baby was as ravenous about food/women/bunnies/drums as the real Animal it could get a little frightening... but mostly just awesome. 0 STARS
BABY FOZZIE BEAR COSTUME - $19.99
FUN FACTOR - A dual-baby Kermit and Fozzie costume collaboration would be incredible. Imagine two twin babies in the Kermit and Fozzie costumes! Gah! Spectacular. Bonus points if you give Fozzie Baby a rubber chicken and a Groucho mask in every picture. 5 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nope... I've got nothing. None of these baby costumes are scary. The snarky side of me has been defeated for these. 0 STARS
TODDLER GIRLS MISS PIGGY COSTUME - $19.99
FUN FACTOR - I don't really know what it says that someone might want to dress their child up as both a pig and a diva... but that's just me being overly analytical. Mostly this is just a harmless, fun little costume. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - If you teach your baby Miss Piggy style karate then this costume gets some scare points... or awesome points, depending on how you look at it. 0 STARS
GIRL'S FOZZIE BEAR COSTUME - $39.99
FUN FACTOR - I guess if your little girl is really into Fozzie and this was her only option then she could have fun with it. But I can't see many girls wanting to choose this costume over, say, a princess or that Twilight girl or something. But kudos to them if they do! To me, this costume doesn't look fun, just weird--and not in a good way. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - This costume is scary only because it was made--plus those shiny black boots are disturbing. But not scary in a "BOO!" sense... but scary in an I want to boo it like Statler and Waldorf sense. 1 STAR
GIRL'S KERMIT THE FROG COSTUME - $30.00
FUN FACTOR - On the fun factor I'm much more lenient here. This is a delightful little costume for a Muppet-loving little girl. Halloween must be tough for female Muppet fans, what with the lack of girl Muppets, so this is an acceptable solution, says I--and drastically better than the Fozzie costume. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Nothing scary to see here. Move along! 0 STARS
GIRL'S ANIMAL COSTUME - $35.99
FUN FACTOR - The drumsticks don't come with this costume, so the fun factor slips a little bit there... but even the product description says, "When she puts on this great costume, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem is going to want her on the drums!" So... that could be fun, right? (I mean, not for Muppet fans who might have to watch that happen, but for the little girl.) 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Again, not much to be scared about here--except for those shiny black boots showing up again. 1 STAR
Well, that does it for Part 1 of The Muppet Halloween Spooktacular 2012! Check back every Tuesday in October, for future installments! Next week we'll take a look at adult costumes, including this monstrosity:
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com
Oct 26, 2010
Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2010, Part 2
Today we return with another review of some more hideous Muppet-related costumes! This time we look at the new Fraggle Rock costumes that were, shockingly, approved and released by The Jim Henson Company. I'm sure the suspense is killing you... which is awesome, because I could use an army of zombies for Halloween this year.
Anyway... here are the "Fraggle" (you'll see why I used the parentheses in a second) costumes.
GOBO FRAGGLE COSTUME - $110
LIKENESS - It's everyone's favorite Fraggle: Hobo! (Not a typo.) Good grief, what the WHAT?! I don't even know where to begin... for starters, $110 for this? Really? Really? I'd be extremely interested to know how many of these get sold. What is that hair made of? Cheerleader pom-poms? Did Gobo mug a cheerleader when he entered male pattern baldness--which he obviously inherited from Uncle Traveling Matt? Hmm... I smell a fan-fic! 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - At this point I'd like to measure Fun Factor against Price... just to make it clear that it's highly difficult to have enough fun with this costume to make it worth $110. In fact, I would argue that staging a live-action remake of a Fraggle Rock episode would be one of the only ways to have $110 worth of fun with this costume. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Well... I'm certainly freaked out. No amount of dancing my cares away could save this worry for another day. This looks like something that would be hanging in the Gorgs' pantry in the Henson Haunted House. I really think it's the head that scares the most on this thing... there's just so much wrong with it. 4 STARS
RED FRAGGLE COSTUME - $110 (now $59.99)
LIKENESS - Yay! It's everybody's favorite Fraggle Rock character, Red Platypus! Don't you just loved her webbed feet and her off-colored skin-tight legging legs? My favorite Red Platypus aspect is the bulky orange short shorts. Remember her trademark purple hair ribbons and her "AHHHH!!! A dingo!!" facial and body expression? Ah, such fond memories... (By the way, who knew Red had such a curvaceous mid-section?) 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - No one who shows up to a highly populated Halloween party wearing this is going to have fun. Imagine everyone tugging your tail and your pigtails and laughing at your horribly disfigured head and pointing out that your wearing this is probably single-handedly delaying production on the Fraggle Rock Movie. (Kudos to said makers of fun if they've actually heard of the Fraggle Rock Movie.) 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - If this doesn't say "run and hide," I don't know what would. Well... maybe ToughPigs' Joe Hennes wearing this--that would certainly say "run and hide." (Woot! I've made fun of Joe twice this week. Three more times and I get a free sub-sandwich at any participating Quiznos.) 4 STARS
WEMBLEY FRAGGLE COSTUME - $110 (now $59.99)
LIKENESS - Oh no!! Oh no, no, no! It's happened! Someone has poisoned the Fraggle Rock water supply! Look what they've done to poor, poor Wembley!! Oh gosh, it's gotten so bad that his brains have literally exploded out of his head. Worst. Halloween. Special. EVER. I like the banana tree shirt though--I'd like to just own that. 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - Not even Wembley would wemble about whether or not this thing is fun to wear. What on earth might compel someone to put this on and go out in public? Certainly not a fan of Wembley--because they'd be disgracing themselves. I'm trying to come up with some sort of creature to compare this heap to... but I've got absolutely nothing. It's a brand new homunculus mass of bad designing. 2 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Fraggle Zombies are always scary--and Wembley Fraggle Zombie is the scariest of them all. This wins the Scare Factor award for the 2010 Muppet Halloween Costume season... Poor Wembley. The one time he wins... 5 STARS
MOKEY FRAGGLE COSTUME - $110 (now $59.99)
LIKENESS - This must be Mokey... the only time she gets merchandise is when it's absolutely hideous. Mokey looks like that blue haired great aunt that your parents always invite to your birthdays that gives you a check for ten dollars then steals all of your Fig Newtons and smells like cats. ...Psychotherapy, here I come! What on earth were they thinking when they saw this costume's head? "Oh, yes, delightful. My favorite character from Farggle Lock, Monkey!" 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - Mokey's idea of fun is writing bad poetry... imagine all the awful poetry you could write about this thing. Here's a sample--run with it. "There once was a costume of Mokey/That made me want to choke-y/Her head gave me nightmares/I want to maul it with bears/And put it out of its misery." 1 STAR
SCARE FACTOR - The aunt image I put in my head in the Likeness section has freaked me out enough already. But I dare you to try to go to sleep while thinking about this costume's head portion. And you thought Freddy Krueger was scary! 4 STARS
Well... there you have it, Muppet fans. Sorry to spoil any ideas you ever had about how awesome Fraggle costumes could be... because as these have certainly proved, it's a lot easier to imagine than to actually create. Yeesh. Until next year... this has been The Muppet Mindset's Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
Oct 24, 2010
Muppet Halloween Costume Spooktacular 2010, Part 1
But what is an adult Muppet fan like you (or I) to do at this festive time of year when everywhere we see Darth Vader costumes or his-and-her electrical outlet and plug costumes? How do we, the Muppet fans, show our love for Muppets, Sesame Street, and Fraggle Rock on Halloween? Well, lucky for you, we here at The Muppet Mindset have a look into some of the new, official Muppet costumes available through Sesame Workshop and The Jim Henson Company this year.
As you surely recall, last year we featured a similar two-part series of articles looking at the Muppet costumes from The Muppets Studio and the Sesame Street costumes from Sesame Workshop. These costumes were ranked in three categories: Character Likeness, Fun Factor, and Scare Factor. Each factor will receive a rating of up to five stars to help you determine whether it's worth your purchasing.Today we're looking at costumes from Sesame Workshop as we see their attempts to appeal to college-aged girls (which is exactly who I'm trying to appeal to). Let's get started, shall we?
SEXY COOKIE MONSTER COSTUME - $50.00
LIKENESS - Ah, yes, everyone's favorite Sesame Street character: Sexy Cookie Monster. Riddle me this, Sesame Workshop, what on earth makes a preschool character with googly eyes who spends all of his time eating sexy? I mean, besides the girl in the costume... But honestly, is it really a good idea to produce costumes of your characters that encourage girls to dress like this? Isn't that kind of the opposite of your curriculum? Just wondering. Get back to me on that. The worst part is, it looks nothing like Cookie Monster! Kudos on the cookie-shaped belt buckle, though. 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - I guess this depends on what sort of fun you want to have. 3 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - The only thing scary about this costume, to me, is the fact that someone at Sesame Workshop approved this and thought it was a good idea. "Yes, yes! Let's whore out our beloved children's characters for 'sexy' costumes. What could parent groups possibly have against that?" However, there is nothing scary about the girl within the costume. Call me, Sexy Cookie Monster girl! 3 STARS
SEXY ELMO COSTUME - $39.99
LIKENESS - Umm... likeness of what? Elmo? A girl wrapped in a red towel and wearing red stockings? Someone with an Elmo-looking alien eating through their skull from the inside out? Honestly... with the right amount of orange ribbon and a fluffy enough red towel, you could probably make this costume for about $10. Incidentally, about $10 is probably all this girl plans to spend on Halloween--guys like me will be buying her all the drinks she wants. 1 STAR
FUN FACTOR - Who wouldn't want to tickle that Elmo? 3 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Once again... frightening that this was allowed to happen, but I certainly wouldn't mind being in Elmo's World for awhile. And really, there are so many other sexy Sesame costumes they would be much scarier to parental groups... 2 STARS
SEXY BIG BIRD COSTUME - $39.99
LIKENESS - Well... it is feathery... sort of. And I rather like what they did with the legs--they should've done that for the adult Big Bird Costume from last year! I cant' see the weird Big Bird thing on her head... but I just have to assume that it doesn't look anything like Big Bird. However... it's a cute blonde in a Big Bird costume. Isn't that the dream, fellas? 2 STARS
FUN FACTOR - Just tune me out for a minute here, ladies... Think of the possibilities, guys! She goes as Big Bird, you go as Snuffy--"Don't worry baby, I'm not imaginary." So many great pick up lines too... "Hey, can I buy you a bird seed milkshake?" "What say you and me go say the Alphabet later? Maybe we can put U and I together." ...And I wonder why I can't pick up girls. Okay girls, you're welcome to tune in again. 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - Big Bird... the face of Sesame Street for 41 years... reduced to a cute blonde girl in a frilly yellow towel with orange and pink striped leggings. Well... if she's giving me her phone number I guess that's okay. 2 STARS
BIG BIRD TODDLER COSTUME - $39.99
LIKENESS - See! SEE?! Now THIS is a costume! Adorable, acceptable, and well done. Some great Big Bird-like pants--even better with the orange sneakers--a fantastic Big Bird hat... now see, this is a costume I can support. I guess it just shows that Sesame Street costumes always work better on kids. Even the likeness of Big Bird is good enough that I can't really even complain! 4 STARS
FUN FACTOR - What kid doesn't want to be Big Bird for a day? Bonus points for parents who put their kids on stilts to make them as tall as Big Bird. Less bonus points if said parents end up with kids in the hospital on Halloween due to falling from stilts. 3 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - There is absolutely nothing scary about this costume. Wait... I take that back. It's scary to think that one day this little girl might wear the Sexy Big Bird costume. *shudder* 1 STAR
ABBY CADABBY DELUXE COSTUME - $44.99
LIKENESS - Everybody say it with me now... "Awww!!!" Alright, now that we have that out of our systems... How great is this costume? It even comes with Abby hair! This is adorable and I can't imagine any little girl not wanting to be Abby Cadabby for Halloween. They get to carry a wand, they get to have wings, they get to have awesome Abby hair, they get to turn things into pumpkins... Win! 5 STARS
FUN FACTOR - To quote Abby... "[This costume] is so magic!" Look at that! The girl in the picture is already having fun--and she's not even trick or treating yet (presumably)! If you can figure out a way to rig your little fairy-godchild on some sort of rope or other hanging object so that she could actually fly like Abby, more power to you! (Please don't do that.) 4 STARS
SCARE FACTOR - The only way for this Abby costume to be scary is if someone other than a little girl was wearing it. Yes, I'm looking at you Joe Hennes from ToughPigs! Don't get any ideas! 1 STAR
And with that, I bid you farewell until Part 2 of our Muppet costume spotlight. Next time we'll look at too-hideous-to-be-real Fraggle costumes. Trust me... you won't want to miss this. Look for it on Tuesday!
To see all of the Sesame Street costumes and merchandise available for Halloween this year, be sure to check out the online Sesame Street store!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
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