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No, Spending $20,000 on a Homemade Iron Man Costume Doesn’t Seem Obnoxious At All
By Great White Snark | January 30, 2009
I don’t want to let the state of the economy get me down. So I do my best to scoff at it. But what begins with haughty laughter at the latest reports of financial doom usually ends with me crying into a bowl of generic-brand, Honey Nut Happy-O’s from CostCo.
Norweigan John Kristiansen apparently feels no such pain. Or he’s inhaled a few too many fiberglass particles for his own good.
As described in this article from Popular Mechanics, John and his buddies in “TMP” set a goal to build a homemade replica of the armor from the Iron Man movie and complete the project before the flick hit theaters last summer. And $20,000 later, they discovered that gobs of money can, in fact, make dreams come true.
Oh, and a little bit of talent for molding ABS plastic and fiberglass probably helped. But, whatever. Money is where it’s at, people. Cha-ching!
Anyway, things went so well for the project (which you can track from its inception in the Replica Prop Forums) that Paramount hired John to promote the Iron Man release in Europe. (YouTube link.)
And just this week, John released photos of the first pieces of his newest costume replica project, the chrome-plated Iron Man Mark II. Clearly, his feelings towards the economic crisis have evolved from “indifferent” to “completely oblivious.”
Is Norway where money comes from or something? That would explain a lot, including why I’ve been having a hard time getting ahold of some.
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Topics: Costumes, Crafts and Hacks | 9 Comments »
Tags: cosplay, Costumes, Iron Man
January 30th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Actually, Norway does have the highest standard of living in the world, and one of the highest GNP per capita.
Mostly, it’s because of oil – they’re the third-largest oil exporter; so it’s more accurate to say that Norway is where money goes…
January 30th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I knew it!
January 30th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
[...] Homemade Iron Man costume. Only $20,000. HERE. [...]
January 30th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Maybe he got more that $20,000 to tour with his Iron Man armor. Or maybe he has decided to ignore the Recession and not participate in it.
January 30th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
@Jim: Yeah, I’m getting pretty bored with this whole recession thing. You can count me out, too.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:50 am
You should double check that $20,000.00 figure, I believe the real figure is $2000.00
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/05/04/cool-stuff-custom-iron-man-costume/
October 29th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Matt, check the original source in Popular Mechanics again, and remember: “reading is fundamental!”
October 29th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Well, the link I posted said $2000, and the suit is made of fiberglass, so sounds more reasonable than $20,000. But, I know, reasoning is a higher function. ;)
October 29th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Hey, Matt, nope. The article from my friend Pete at /Film says that *one component* of the costume cost $1,500 – $2,000.
http://www.rif.org/