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DIY Hallowe'en: Bender

Xeni Jardin at 10:12 am Sat, Oct 30, 2010

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5128289682_5b17cea27c_b.jpg In the Boing Boing DIY Hallowe'en Costume thread, Boing Boing reader stefrobb says,
I made a Bender costume for my eldest, who is 8 years old. He sees it as a great excuse to run around shouting "Bite my shiny metal ass!" Aww...

The cigar is stuck on with a magnet, so is detachable. Took a couple of weeks all in. We've been distracting drivers and causing accidents today. Fun!

Flickr set is here.

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Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • Anonymous

    Watch out for a 20something blonde girl tackling him and stealing this costume. I want it THAT badly. Can someone make it for me??

  • Anonymous

    Isn’t that the Zinc Saucier?

  • Felton / Moderator

    Somebody’s pending for a bending! :-D

  • Chris Tucker

    If it had a stick on stylish goatee, he could be Bender, disguised as Flexo.