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Power Loader Halloween Costume From Aliens Movie
Ant writes "Chairboy's Halloween costume this year was a Caterpillar Power Loader J-5000, the hydraulic utility vehicle seen in the James Cameron's 1986 movie, Aliens. There is a journal of him making it from scratch, a photograph/photo gallery, and a video clip of it in action from yesterday."
In case his site crumbles under the load, the video of him walking around is available here.
Looks like his family got the scrimp regarding costume planning. Themed pajamas for the kids, massive who-da for dad.
"We shall grapple with the ineffable, and see if we may not eff it after all." - Douglas Adams
There's nothing like the sight of a wet cardboard powerloader crumbling under its own weight.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
If he was going for the theme he would have gotten a space marine outfit for his wife and had one of the toddlers bursting out of her stomach.
I'm a fiscal conservative, it's a pity we don't have a political party anymore
dust off and nike the website from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
They mostly trick or treat at night... mostly.
Slashdot makes a big deal out of April Fools, but features Halloween material a day late?
We need a Halloween theme along the lines of OMG Ponies, except it should be OMG Ghosts - by Symantec.
Oh You POS
Do I joke about bombarding it with sweatshop-produced sneakers, or so I comment that Nike was a ground-based nuclear missile system, not a space-based one? :)
Shouldn't this guy just get a trench coat, a T-shirt, a baseball cap and a packet of cigarettes? That way he can play Silent Bob.
The guy's an exact duplicate of Kevin Smith!
Education is the silver bullet.
It had Drums and fuzzy dice.
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
THAT IS AWESOME! But I think it'd only be fair to call him the winner if someone else made a costume of those similar looking thingies from the Matrix and they fought it out hehehehe
Is it just me or is it not going to upgrade to Vista in here?
He did a fantastic APU costume in previous years, that was my grand plan for this year, except that my 4 month old son Orion was going to be strapped into the pilot's seat. However procrastination got the better of me and with a few hours before the first halloween party I attached some constrols to his baby carrier and wired them into a cardboard hat that said 'Mind Control Unit' - it may not have been 10% as cool as the power loader outfit, but it did win a prize for originality.
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There's some photos here, completely unimpressive compared to the original article
http://snm.imeem.com/photo/MJDZtjMt/McddntHQ57Yp0
Of course, next year he'll probably be too big to be the pilot.
He comes from Holland, MI, a small, mainly Dutch community in West Michigan which is so ridiculously conservative, it makes Utah look liberal. Most of the schools in that area don't have Halloween parties because of the Christian right's pervasive presence. It's so bad that people have been shunned (yes, actual shunning) for mowing their lawns on Sunday. Honestly, Taco probably forgot that Halloween even happens anymore.
It's a great costume, but it reminds me of something that's always bothered me about the Aliens movie:
Why do they need a big, hydraulic power-loader on a spaceship? If they need to move large, heavy things around, why don't they just turn off (or down) the artificial gravity?
Joel did the power loader costume on MST3k.
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
Warning. On that site, do NOT click "Full Size" for a picture of the woman in red.
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