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.

Monsters and Pigs (Review)

There are two characters that The Boy loves more than any others at the moment: The Gruffalo and George Pig. Therefore when I was asked by Jokers Masquerade, if I'd like to review some fancy dress costumes for him, I chose them without a second's thought!

The first thing that I need to point out is the sheer quality of this official costume: the fur is thick and doesn't pull out, the colours and attention to detail are spot on, the seams are well constructed. The size is 3-5 years and as The Boy is very tall for his age (95th percentile) he found it very comfortable with quite a bit of growing space in it. The Gruffalo costume is available for the currently reduced price of £23.99.

The second costume we were sent was a George Pig costume. I was concerned before it arrived because I've tried tabard style costumes before and they are snug to say the least. In fact I squeezed my poor one year old boy into a Very Hungry Caterpillar costume for his birthday and had to yank his arms through, and that was sized three years. So when this costume arrived (aged 3-5 years) I was really pleasantly surprised by the sizing: roomy and well constructed with a velcro fastening to halfway down the stomach. At £14.99, it's very reasonably priced.

It's roomy and there's plenty of headspace in the hood section, you'll have to excuse the fact that my son is honking George's nose, he was obsessed with it! I was really impressed with the quality of this official costume again, it's spot on for pirate George!

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and read The Gruffalo and The Pirate Island for the eleventy billionth time!

I was sent these products for the purpose of this review. My opinion is honest and unbiased.

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