iron man 2

Last week this blog joined others in oggling with admiration a full-sized costume of a Covenant Elite from the Halo video games.

Then two days ago I shared with y’all the “impressive… most impressive!” video of a German Star Wars fan’s General Grievous costume.

If you have yet to be astonished at the costuming creativity that is apparently running rampant through the land, then this should drop your jaw to the floor: Anthony Le’s full-sized, fully automated set of War Machine armor! That photo on the right? That’s not a still from Iron Man 2: that is Anthony fully suited up.

Meanwhile I’m sitting here, looking at my humble Jedi Knight costume, looking back at the ingenuity of these other outfits, a single tear trickling down my cheek…

(Okay someday, Lord willing, I will at last put together that movie-quality Boba Fett costume that I’ve always dreamed of, muhahahahaha!)...

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The new poster for Iron Man 2 was released yesterday and unless you saw the footage that was shown at this year’s Comic-Con (which I didn’t see, ‘cuz I’ve never visited California, and I’d like to someday 🙂 then this is our first glimpse of War Machine. Looks great! I especially love how they included the shoulder-mounted cannon. And throwing Don Cheadle into the armor only makes it better!

Iron Man 2 flies onto screens on May 7th, 2010....

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