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This is the funniest thing ever — Google Maps accidentally captured a superhero party when they took photos for their Street View tool. It’s amazing to see how many Costume Craze costumes are in the pictures.

Have you heard of Google Street View? It’s a service provided by Google Maps. Google literally pays thousands of people in cities around the world to drive around with a camera on their car so they can take closeup photos of streets, buildings and houses. It’s a very handy map tool, and often something funny or embarrasing is accidentally captured on camera.

In this case, Google caught people having a superhero party at a pub in Scotland. We are DELIGHTED to see so many of our costumes in the photos! This is seriously awesome, I love how Google just happened to be driving by.

So just how many of our costumes are in these photos? I count TEN! Let’s take a closer look….
 

1. Ghost Rider Costume
2. Hulk Makeup

Here’s our Ghost Rider costume (GRDR02), along with someone in our Hulk makeup (HULK08). It looks like they might be talking to a cop.

I hope Hulk doesn’t lose his temper!

3. Captain America Costume

Glad to see Captain America made it to the party. We sell this exact costume! (AMER01)

4. Mr. Incredible Costume
5. The Flash Costume

The photo is a little fuzzy, but it’s easy to make our our muscle-chested Mr. Incredible costume (INCR01), and standing behind him is our muscle-chested The Flash costume (JUST14).

6. Buzz Lightyear Costume

Yes, good ol’ Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story is rubbing elbows with the superheroes! This is our Prestige Edition Buzz Lightyear Costume (TOY07). It looks like his trip to infinity and beyond involved a quick stop at the pub!

7. Gangster Hats

It looks like a group of gangsters decided to declare truce and hang out with the superheroes for a day. We’re glad they got their Gangster Hats from Costume Craze! Many of them our wearing our pink-striped Gangster Fedora (HAT209).

8. Spider-Man

Spider-Man is hanging out across the street, wearing our muscle-chested Deluxe Spider-Man Costume (SPDR147). I guess Peter Parker decided not to wear the mask… he’s sporting a fedora instead! Has he joined the gangsters? Maybe he’s Spider Pimp?

9. The Joker Costume

I spy the Joker! He’s sitting with the gangsters, that’s no surprise. This is our Deluxe Joker Costume (BTMN133) and our Joker Wig and Makeup Kit (BTMN103) from the Dark Knight.

10. Robin Costume

Ah, the Boy Wonder, wearing our Deluxe Robin Costume (JUST13). He looks great! Robin seems to be having fun talking to someone in a silver helmet, but I’m not sure of the costume — probably a homemade Juggernaut?

 
Isn’t this cool? And where is Batman? I bet he showed up later with the Batmobile, and drove everyone home after the party!

It’s great to see our costumes used for a fun time, and it’s soooo funny that Google happened to capture this superhero shindig.

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Clive Barker, best known for his Hellraiser series, is an author, director, artist and all-around master of horror.

Great news for fans — Clive Barker has designed an exciting new line of Halloween costumes. These costumes are based on his actual artwork and they look absolutely amazing.

Welcome to the Dark Bazaar!

Artwork via Fangoria

Web Woman Costume

Queen Of Skulls Costume

Fly By Night Costume

Tattu Furio Deluxe Half Mask

Clive Barker Boo-kay

Faces Half Mask

Attention KISS fans!

We’re excited to debut a full line of new KISS costumes and accessories! Rock out with KISS wigs, masks, makeup, shoes, jewelry and full costumes — for kids and adults! Choose between The Demon, Catman, Spaceman and Starchild.

These KISS costumes look absolutely incredible, and will be available for pre-order very soon!

Good news, Storm fans! We are pleased to debut to our new, officially licensed Storm costumes! These costumes are sized for girls, teens and adult women — and will be available for pre-order very soon!

I’d like to quickly introduce Chajiko, who ended up writing most of this blog post. She is our new costume designer and cosplay enthusiast. Chajiko is a skilled seamstress and has a ton of experience with costuming. We’re very excited to have her blog for Costume Craze — look for her great costume stories soon! She’ll also be writing for MyDisguises, a fun costume blog sponsored by Costume Craze. Best of all, she knows a lot more about Storm than I do. Take it away, Chajiko!
 

Storm: the original female X-Man, the generous, kind hearted yet stern, charmingly naïve and immensely powerful goddess of the weather.

Possibly the most well-known female superhero, Storm has been a popular costume request for a lot of years, with very little result. At last, however, we have no less than three Storm costumes in this year’s new Women of Marvel line-up!

Encompassing many of Storm’s trademark looks, these costumes reflect not only the classic Storm as she was introduced in Giant Size X-Men #1 (1975), but also recall lines of the costume she wore in the recent X-Men movies. While Storm’s usual look wasn’t a miniskirt, the dark fabric and metallic accents are very much a part of her original costume.

This particular look would be easy to emulate with very little (if any) changes to these costumes as they are! Regardless of what certain well-known super-suit designers say, a cape is essential to a classic super hero.

Add a long black cape (or even a silver or white cape—Storm changed it up a lot, why shouldn’t you?) on top of any of the three new Storm costumes to instantly amp up your look.

Another one of Storm’s trademarks were her thigh-high boots. These are a little harder, as they’re not something one normally has in the closet ready to wear. However, the look can easily be imitated with a pair of black or silver thigh-high stockings for a fraction of the price of actual boots.

The real key in dressing as Storm is in the details. Storm’s unmistakable mane of white hair is essential if you want to make your costume unforgettable. Storm is mainly known for two look: the long, flowing white hair of her original incarnation and the short, whispy bob that Halle Berry sported in the films.

The less well known (but undeniably awesome) 80’s sort of punk incarnation of Storm wore her hair in a magnificent white Mohawk. Unfortunately the Mohawk is out of the question for most of us, but the other two styles are easily attained! We carry three ideal wigs for either Storm style, and they both go swell with the costumes! Our Spirit wig and Chic White & Silver Wig are perfect for that classic Storm look, while our Venturous Storm wig is great for the Halle Berry version.

The very last touch needed to add that final bit of verisimilitude to an already convincing costume comes in the form of white contact lenses. Storm’s eyes, when calling on her mutant power to control the weather, go blank—like a white film has been drawn over her irises. We will have colored contact lenses in stock very soon!

See how easy it is to be awesome? Go Mutant this year!   — Chajiko
 

What an impressive Star Trek fan! Meet Mack Elder, who can recite from memory all 79 original Star Trek TV episodes in 1 minute 38 seconds!

Best of all, he does it wearing our costume! He’s wearing our Deluxe Star Trek Gold Shirt Costume, which is currently on sale for 15% off!

Very impressive work, Mr. Elder. Congratulations on winning the world record!

Super Deluxe Iron Man 2 Costume

Here’s an exciting first look at the new Iron Man 2 Mark 6 costumes! These look great!

Last week, we debuted the costumes of all the other Iron Man 2 characters, so be sure to take a look at those costumes as well.

This movie can’t come soon enough!

We saw this awesome photo on MyDisguises, where they recently posted a gallery of Olympic fans cheering in costumes. We sell this exact hat, and it’s wonderful to see it worn at the Olympics!

Our USA Peace Hand Hat is currently on sale for only $18.66! This is a great time to show your patriotism and cheer for the USA as we strive to win the gold medal.

USA Peace Hand Hat

A few weeks ago, I posted a first look at sexy Wolverine costumes.

Turns out, this is not “sexy Wolverine” — it’s Wild Thing, Wolverine’s daughter! In an alternate universe, she’s the daughter of Wolverine and Elektra. Interesting! I wonder if X-23 feels left out?

Please note that these are some, but not all, of the new Iron Man costumes. We will release photos of the Mark 6 costume on March 1st!

UPDATED (March 1, 2010) – Now showing the new Iron Man 2 costumes as well!

These Iron Man 2 costumes will be available for pre-order very soon!

Super Deluxe Iron Man 2 Costume

Stay tuned for more Iron Man 2 costumes. The Mark 6 costume will be revealed on March 1st!

Here’s a sneak peek at the new licensed The Last Airbender costumes, featuring Aang, Katara, Sokka, Blue Spirit and a deluxe Fire Nation mask!

These costumes are officially licensed and will be available for pre-order very soon!

Can 12-year-old Aang save the world from the Fire Nation? Find out when The Last Airbender hits theaters on July 2, 2010! The official movie trailer is below.