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DIY Hallowe'en: Father and Son Robots

Xeni Jardin at 5:24 pm Sun, Oct 31, 2010

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From the Boing Boing DIY costume thread, BB reader "PrettyBoyTim" says,

"My son and I went as robots today; it was a lot of fun, although it made it very difficult to do anything. I also did the puppy up with some bat wings. All the teenage girls who came round trick-or-treating went absolutely *crazy* over her.

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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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  • TheDivineGoat

    Hey! That’s my cousin!

  • PrettyBoyTim

    ROBOTS NEED LOBSTER MEDICINE.

    GIVE US THE LOBSTER MEDICINE.

    NOM NOM NOM NOM.

    THANK YOU.

    FOR THE LOBSTER MEDICINE.

  • Lobster

    Dad-E is horrifyingly enthusiastic. Look at that giant robot smile. He wants to eat my medicine, I just know it… D:

  • Anonymous

    The best one of all of them!