1977 C-3PO Costume

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Amazing DIY C-3PO Costume from 1977

Great story, I was right there with you. I get more of the meaning of what Star Wars means to me from that costume, than just about anything I have ever seen, except for maybe the original C-3PO Kenner action figure I still have from then. Thank you for the warm and fuzzies man.

Andy
 
That is absolutely the best costume story I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I was 11 when Star Wars came out and those memories are the best.
Thank you so much for sharing.
 
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Someone posted about this earlier. It's a C-3PO costume from the 70's so I think it's pretty good.
 
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I was promised that these photos would never show up online.
 
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for the amount of work involved, the amount of data he had to work on, and the amount of time it took, i think its bloody awesome. i thought one of the cool things about this forum was no-one bags anyone elses work, even if they think its terrible?..
 
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Not bagging it,,, the costume itself for the time is pretty good,,, its just the underwear I guess that throws me,,,
 
What a great story!

A crude costume by today's standards, perhaps, but the value is in the story and the memories. :)
 
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this was years ago, and the back story is great. The costume was made using whatever could be found at the time. Great work.
 
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The Hopkinator said:
Not bagging it,,, the costume itself for the time is pretty good,,, its just the underwear I guess that throws me,,,
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What can I say? I ran out of time to finish the costume and I improvised . No excuses; it was either tighty-goldies or let my restraining bolt waggle in the wind. :lol
 
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n0regret5 said:
for the amount of work involved, the amount of data he had to work on, and the amount of time it took, i think its bloody awesome. i thought one of the cool things about this forum was no-one bags anyone elses work, even if they think its terrible?..
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It's cool. :) I fully expected to get ragged on for that "codpiece" - I've been blown away by the positive responses in my thread.

Hey, it is what it is. When I wore the suit to the Halloween party, half the people didn't notice the tightys, and the other half wouldn't have noticed if I had been wearing them on my head! (1977 = drunk stoners).

All in all, I'm proud of what I could do given the restrictions. Maybe I should re-create 3PO in foam....:love
 
STEALTH said:
The World's first cosplayer
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There were others before him ...

And btw, if anyone wonders about it, the second thread on this has been merged into the original one. More fun, I´d say, especially with the media exposition this recently got ;)

Michael
RPF staff
 
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