Robot Costume (Review)

At Christmas time, The Boy announced that he would like to give daddy a robot costume.

When I say at Christmas time, I am actually referring to Christmas Eve.

Quite. No sense of timing my son.

I managed to stall him until Mr. TBaM's birthday when the lovely people over at Jokers' Masquerade stepped forward and sent us this fabulous costume to make one little boy, and one daddy, very happy.

robot costume

The robot costume that Mr. TBaM unwrapped is a good one. There are many slightly alarming robot costumes on the market and this isn't one of them. Many look like an intergalactic superhero (skin-tight lycra would not be a good look for my husband) or a very scary looking Terminator wannabe; neither of which are really a robot. A robot costume should have dials and buttons, it should be silver and shiny, there shouldn't be a human face to it and it shouldn't be frightening.

Especially not frightening!

Made from soft 100% polyester silver and black fabrics with metallic trims on the 'joints' of the knees and elbows, and a large panel on the chest to 'program' the robot, this all-in-one jumpsuit went down a treat. The costume comes in a standard size to fit  38"-44" chest and as Mr. TBaM is six foot tall and well within that range, it fitted him with no problem (he would probably like me to point out that he is wearing a t-shirt and jogging pants underneath, hence the bulky tummy). The separate helmet is made of the same soft polyester with a good size black mesh over the wearer's eyes and mouth. There is also a detachable belt.

I like Jokers' Masquerade for the very simple reason that they sell such a huge range of costumes to suit all purposes and events, and the products are well made and good value. I have reviewed for them before and The Boy still uses The Gruffalo and George Pig costumes for dressing up, parties and general mayhem. They were also more than happy to oblige the whims of a four year old child, and for that reason they get a thumbs up from me.

We were sent this product for the purpose of making my son happy, and I said I'd review it too. Only polite really! My opinion is honest and unbiased.

A Young Harry Potter (Costume Review)

harry potter dressing up

How cute does he look?

A few months ago we were sent the Wonderbook: Book of Spells to review and ever since The Boy has been obsessed with spell-casting. We bought him a magician's wand for Christmas and he brandishes this in our direction at various points during the day, but it's one of those black and white jobbies that is used by a magician with black hat and tails. His preference is for incantations rather than conjuring.

I know! Three and a half, who'd have thought he'd be so fussy when it comes to magic?!

"Expelliarmus!" "Wingardium Nevinosa!" (he can't say it properly) and "Accio daddy!" are just a few of his favourite spells, along with "ComeToMeus" (thank you Grandad!). He has no idea who Harry Potter is but he adores wizarding.

Therefore when I was offered the chance to review a costume from Fancy Dress Ball I had no hesitation in choosing this Gryffindor cloak, wand and set of glasses for The Boy. While he may not have much of a clue at the moment as to the wizarding significance, he thinks he's marvellous and a proper wizard now; the wand is much better and he likes looking like daddy with the glasses. This Harry Potter get-up is perfect and it's one of many costumes available under the Fancy Dress Ball’s world book day costume section. Don’t forget to mark your calendar as World Book Day is on the 7th March 2013.

I was sent this product for the purpose of this review, my opinion is honest and unbiased.

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