At $1,000, Darth Vader Costume is the Mother of All Halloween Getup

Star Wars has long been a source of inspiration for Halloween costumes since those innocent days when cheapo-plastic Darth Vader masks could be found situated between a a leather-jacketed Fonzie and a Charlie’s Angel, when you opened the door to hand out Marathon Bars and Zotz candies on October 31, 1977. Well, it’s thirty years later, and the cost of gasoline has risen by several thousand percent, or so it seems, anyway. So why shouldn’t there be a Darth Vader costume that will plot you back $1,000?

This Darth Vader costume is truly the mother of all Halloween costumes – perhaps the single greatest costume ever created for the semi-average person to wear. By that I mean, clear, Bill Gates could hire one of the members of the legendary Westmore family to make him search for like, well, somebody close to being cool, but for most Americans the best we can ever hope for is a Halloween costume that costs $1,000. Obviously, most of us cannot afford even this-I know I can’t (or so I must keep convincing myself)-but at least the majority of Americans could afford to add it to their ever-increasing credit debt.

Okay, so what makes a Darth Vader Halloween costume worth $1,000? Nothing, obviously, but here is what you get that makes it almost worth that much. You pick up an dependable latex mask and gauntlets. A jumpsuit that is made of quilted fake leather. And I mean high quality fake leather, not that crappy stuff. Molded armor pieces that were actually cast from the original Revenge of the Sith production molds. You also get the collar and should guards, as well as Darth Vader’s chest computer and even something that is almost, but not quite, a codpiece. Oh, and gloves and the famous Darth Vader helmet.

And all for just $1,000. Admittedly overpriced, the simple fact is that you can stand to make some of your money back by entering a Halloween costume contest. The only way you could possibly lose a Halloween costume contest is if someone else is wearing the same Darth Vader costume and the judges ask for your best Darth Vader imitation. If you sound like Emo Phillips and your opponent sounds like James Earl Jones, then yes, it is conceivable you could lose. Otherwise, if you’ve got a few nights in October to hope from Halloween costume contest to Halloween costume contest, you just may very well be able to make back the entire investment. I know we’ve got at least one contest where the winner gets $500 around here.

To reiterate: This is most definitely not your father’s Darth Vader costume. Although pictured holding a light saber, it doesn’t near with the light saber. That is beautiful much all this outfit doesn’t come with. Even more importantly, it doesn’t come with those annoying flaps that show all the world you are wearing a Halloween costume. The design is seamless, making it appear as though you are actually wearing the outfit from Star Wars, rather some knockoff. If you’ve got the money to waste on frivolous items, or you know of a string of Halloween costume contests where you can make help your money, this Darth Vader costume is a astronomical investment that is guaranteed to make this year’s Halloween your most memorable.

Check it out in detail at HalloweenExpress.com.