This Trekkie just found out:

“Star Trek Experience is over?!!”

Trekkies everywhere are mourning the loss of the Star Trek Experience, the only live Star Trek attraction in the world. Today marks the end of its ten-year run at the Hilton in Las Vegas.

Over the weekend, thousands of Trekkies beamed into Las Vegas for a final encounter with the Borg and to drown their sorrows in strong Klingon drinks served at Quark’s Bar and Restaurant.

It doesn’t help that there’s as strong online rumor that the exhibit will become a theater for pop star Michael Jackson. Ouch, that’s harsh. Couldn’t they have just made Michael part of the attraction? Oh well.

Someone put together a touching tribute on YouTube:

Operations Manager Chad Boutte left a final transmission from the Enterprise bridge:

“Hailing frequencies open. We’d like to thank all the fans and friends of Star Trek, whose constant and amazing support we’ve enjoyed throughout our tenure at the Las Vegas Hilton. As we boldly go into the futures that await, know that we take your love of Star Trek: The Experience with us. We share the memories of time spent in the most unique place in the Galaxy, and we carry those memories into our futures with us.

Live long, and prosper. Hailing frequencies closed.”

[Via StarTrekExp.com]

Perhaps all is not lost, Star Trek fans. All of the props will be returned to Paramount, and with a new Trek movie debuting next summer, it’s likely the franchise will reboot into a future with many more Experiences to come.

My attempt at a Lolcat

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It’s not the sort of thing you want the kids to see…a handcuffed Snow White being dragged away from Disneyland by the cops.

It gets worse. Cinderella, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans last Thursday after a labor dispute involving three Disney-owned hotels.

Following an hour-long march, thirty-two protesters, many wearing costumes famous Disney character costumes, sat in a circle on a busy intersection outside the park holding hands before being carted off in plastic handcuffs by the police.

Tourists in Disney T-shirts and hats looked on with bewildered faces as the costumed picketers we’re hauled away.

“It’s changing my opinion of Disneyland,” an Australian tourist commented.

Indeed, the “Happiest Place on Earth” was less than a fairytale that day!

[via CNN]

There’s been a lot of fuss in the news lately about the Bigfoot corpse found by hunters. Turns out it was just a costume.

There was a big press conference held in Palo Alto, CA.

Tom Biscardi, owner of SearchingforBigfoot.com owner paid an estimated $50,000 to Georgia residents Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer for their frozen “corpse” and the rights to the news story.

Meanwhile, many websites, such as MakeupandMonsters.com did their own detective work and compared the corpse photo to a popular Bigfoot costume.

They noticed the face and nose were exactly the same as the costume. It wasn’t until many days later that the Bigfoot corpse was officially declared a hoax.

Why did they do it? The hoaxsters simply wanted “to give the psychos something to do over the weekend.”

Many of you have probably heard about the new Invisibility Cloak that scientists are developing.

What a great costume this would be! I took a chance and contacted the scientists to see if they would let me try one.

The guy on the phone was like, “MyDisguises? Isn’t that the incredibly popular costume blog?”

“Yep,” I said.

“Hey, we love your blog. Sure thing, we can send you an invisibility cloak, no problem,” he said.

I was so excited. I couldn’t wait! And sure enough, several days later, I received a package in the mail.

Wow, it works great! I had so much fun wearing it. I took a bunch of pictures.

Here’s me sitting on a park bench.

Here I am about to kick a soccer ball.

Riding around town on my bicycle.

Posing with my girlfriend.

As you can see, I had a great time. It’s the best costume ever!

 
Looks like the kid in this video has an invisiblity cloak, too. I think his mom is one of the scientists, but I’m not completely sure.

I suspect these invisibility cloak sightings will become more and more common in the near future. If you spot someone invisible, please take a picture and send it to us!

Disney knows a good thing when they see it. So they came up with their own line of Disney / Muppets Star Wars action figures.

The Disney action figures will be sold individually for $9.95, and include Mickey Mouse as Anakin, Minnie Mouse as Amidala, Goofy as Jar Jar, Donald Duck as Darth Maul, and Stitch as Yoda, available for sale inside Disney Theme Park gift shops.

Muppets Star Wars figures will be packaged separately or in a boxed set. Characters include Kermit as Luke Skywalker, Miss Piggy as Princess Leia, Beaker as C3PO, Fozzie as Chewbacca, Rizzo as Yoda, and Gonzo as Darth Vader. These figures are also for sale sale inside Disney Theme Park gift shops.

Just when you thought you were done collecting action figures…

I really wasn’t planning on yet another blog about Dr. Horrible, but the lastest development in the Dr. Horrible costume world is too good of a story to pass up.

With the release of Dr. Horrible on the Internet, fans immediately began looking for ways to make a Dr. Horrible Costume. A key ingredient? The Goggles. It turns out they are standard welding goggles available at many safety supply companies.

A company called PendergastSafety.com advertised a pair of silver welding goggles that looked EXACTLY like the kind worn by Dr. Horrible.

So hundreds, perhaps thousands, of fans descended upon PendergastSafety and ordered these goggles. But instead of taking advantage of the surge in business, Pendergast told them angrily, “We’re a safety supply company, not a costume company. One girl literally received an email that said, “Just go away. Thank you.”

Unbelievable!

To make matters worse, Pendergast had the wrong photo on their website (this has now been corrected). The goggles are actually green, not silver.

Naturally, the many fans who did manage to receive these goggles were very disappointed in the misrepresentation of the product. Costumers are picky: If Dr. Horrible wears silver goggles, then green ones just won’t do.

When the customers demanded their money back, Pendergast told them to get lost, saying, “The picture is not the description. The fact that is does not match your costume is not our responsibility.”

A virtual war erupted on the Internet. Many keyboards were damaged in the furious typing that ensued.

And the really weird thing? Pendergast had previously posted on the official Dr. Horrible fan site, inviting them to purchase these goggles. It makes no sense to me that they would change their mind.

“We did not want these small orders and were shipping them because many of you have called and begged for them. Again please spread the word that we are not interested in selling these as a costume.”

This is blatent costumism. I thought our country had moved passed this kind of discrimination.

I guess Pendergast normally sells in bulk and just couldn’t handle all the individual orders. But is that any justification for being rude to their customers?

Wow, talk about Horrible service.

You know how they say that life is stranger than fiction? Maybe that’s because sometimes life tries to mimic fiction but it doesn’t go so well.

This past weekend, Spencer Taylor, 20, of Three Rivers, Mich, tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker.

Unfortunately Spencer, who was wearing a purple suit, green wig and face paint in the style of the Dark Knight’s nemesis, is no criminal mastermind. He was detained by the theater employees until police arrived.

Now our young not-so-super villain may face larceny and malicious destruction of property charges.

Look’s like the joke is…on this joker.

Someone at Domino’s Pizza is thinking outside the box - pizza box, that is. To promote the upcoming “Dark Knight” movie, Domino’s is offering a free Batman costume made of cardboard!

Each pizza box will have a part of the costume, and you’ll have to order several pizzas to complete the outfit.

That’s a pretty creative idea, I bet kids will love it.

JUNEAU, ALASKA — The Juneau Empire has a good story about last Saturday’s Only Fools Run at Midnight costume race. 600 people, mostly in costume, raced to raise money for SAIL’s ORCA program which helps disabled people enjoy the outdoors.

Juneau’s resident Paralympic skiing champ, Joe Tompkins, was on hand to work as a race volunteer.

Tompkins, who is part of the U.S. Disabled Alpine Men’s Ski Team, is currently ranked as the 5th best mono-skier in the world.

“I think what SAIL does with these guys to raise money to help people with disabilities is amazing … It shows people with disabilities that it is not over,” Tompkins said. “You can get out and do stuff just as much as anybody else. There is way to do that and SAIL opens people’s lives to that.”

Nothing beats putting on a costume for a good cause. Looks like a lot of fun, too.

Every once in a while, we find a very strange costume news story.

Meet Ally Ashwell, a 30-year old UK woman who recently gave birth while wearing a bumblebee costume! She didn’t know she was pregnant, and attended a bachelorette party (known as Hen Night) to celebrate her friend’s upcoming wedding.

She safely delivered a baby boy, born 14 weeks premature. Fortunately, the baby received proper medical attention and is doing well.

Wow! Glad to know the baby is fine. A spokesman for the Blackpool Victoria Hospital said: “It is very unusual for a baby to be born in this situation.”

Gee, you think?

I wonder what kind of baby gifts she’ll receive?

Ever been to a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game? If so, chances are you’ve seen The Great Sausage Race that occurs during the 7th inning stretch. This hilarious, and hugely popular event involves five people in sausage costumes racing around the field.

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Rita Riggs was recently profiled in The Ann Arbor News. At age 19, Rita is a professional circus performer, clown, hula hoop dancer, sword swallower, ballerina… and BIG costume lover. She also performs regularly with the Tickled Fancy Burlesque troupe in Ann Arbor.

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A costume blog is always fun, and sometimes it’s just plain funny.

Meet Stuart Kennedy, a professional male stripper otherwise known as Sgt. Eros. He frequently performs in costume dressed as a police officer and sometimes a soldier.

Recently, Sgt. Eros danced his way into the courthouse, accused of illegally carrying weapons while on the job. He was arrested for carrying two batons and a spray without lawful authority.

However, Sheriff Kenneth Stewart said: “There is no evidence at all which even hints at the suggestion that he had any intention of causing harm or injury to other persons.”

The Crown Office then announced an appeal against the ruling that Mr Kennedy’s stripogram work did amount to a reasonable excuse.

Advocate depute Brian McConnachie had argued that if Sheriff Stewart’s ruling went unchallenged it could create a legal loophole for carrying weapons.

[via BBC News]

Well, say one thing about his weapon, at least he doesn’t keep it concealed. Ha!

Judges in the British courtoom are discarding their traditional attire and boldly going to the future.

Britain’s top judges are to get a new outfit, doing away with their traditional wigs and introducing colour-coded robes which one critic likened to costumes from the hit sci-fi series Star Trek.
[via AFP]

According to The Guardian’s Hadley Freeman, the new robes make the judges look “like the man who sells you tickets for the Star Trek Experience at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.”

Really, are they worse than the horse hair wigs?

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The Dragonfly costume from Superhero Movie is up for auction on Ebay.

Direct from the set, this is Mike’s screenworn Dragonfly stunt costume. This hero stunt costume includes a green and black w/ black dragonfly on front and attached mask spandex zip up the back dragonfly superhero shirt, green and black w/ hard shoes inside spandex dragonfly superhero pants and a green and black w/ velcro belt that attaches to shirt w/ black buckle. Includes the original wardrobe tag.

This movie is a silly spoof on superheroes. It was released in theaters last March, and the DVD comes out this July, 2008.

Here’s the official movie trailer, if you haven’t seen it already:

MovieWeb is giving away an official costume from A&E’s upcoming miniseries, The Andromeda Strain.

The costume is an actual Wildfire Lab costume from Daniel Dae Kim’s Dr. Tsi Chou character in the mini-series!

The outfit consists of one pair of pants, two jackets, two t-shirts and one pair of shoes.

Click Here for complete contest information. One lucky winner will be randomly selected.

The Andromeda Strain premieres on A&E for a 2-night special event on May 26-27. The DVD will be released on June 3rd.

An entire town is killed by a mysterious virus brought to earth by a returning satellite. A search through the town reveals two survivors: a baby and an old man. Why the virus spared them could provide the key for immunizing the populace. A crack team of scientists isolates themselves with the survivors in an underground laboratory, and now they only have a few days to find a cure before the world is destroyed.

For more information on this miniseries, visit the Official Website.

Baton Bob is a street performer in Atlanta, Georgia. The self-proclaimed “Ambassador of Mirth,” Baton Bob dresses in a variety of costumes and marches around midtown Atlanta, spinning his baton. His goal is to “lift people’s spirits and put a simple smile on people’s faces during their daily routine.”

He frequently wears a tutu or wedding dress, and sometimes dons a superhero costume. When Christopher Reeve died, Baton Bob dressed as Superman to pay tribute.

He often participates in local parades and festivals. He was recently named one of the 2008 10 Best Colorful Characters in Atlanta. In 2007, he won “Best Local Hero,” “Best Local Celebrity” and “Best Street Character” in a local newspaper, and was Grand Marshall of the Inman Park Festival Parade.

“Very rarely does a single street performer capture the imagination of an entire city, but Atlanta has embraced Baton Bob with open arms. His infectious good humor and broad smile have been welcoming guests and locals to Midtown since 2005. If you have a chance to see him, Bob’s sure to make your Atlanta visit memorable.”

Keep twirling that baton, Bob. You are a true hero.

ZION, ILLINOIS – A group of students at Zion-Benton Township High School landed in hot water when they pulled a costume prank that disrupted classes. Ten seniors dressed as large bananas ran wildly through the school as they were chased by another student wearing a gorilla costume.

Hah, great costumes! Sounds like an innocent prank, right? But the school administration didn’t think so, and the students found themselves suspended for seven days. That seems too harsh to me, especially when, according to the New-Sun, Zion students recently caught fighting only received a five-day suspension.

Many students planned protests in support of the “Banana Boys,” but the pranksters asked everyone to “relax” and stand down, fearing they might get banned from attending prom and the graduation ceremony.

Well done, Banana Boys, and congratulations on surviving high school. We all know it’s a jungle out there.

Ning… does that word ring sweet in your ear? It should. We’ve become closer to Ning than Joan Rivers to a plastic surgeon.

Ning is a site that lets you set up a social network, and that’s just what we did. We figure that it’s not enough to just have our site bursting with articles, but we need a place for people to talk, share, and make a name for themselves. MyDiguises’ new social network will do just that. What can you do?  Well for example:

• Profiles - Make a page for yourself that identifies you as a real costume buff.
• RSS Feeds - Our blog feeds directly over to NING and will be there for you to read as it updates.
• Events - As we find great events going on, we’ll post em up there and you can know everything that’s going on exactly as it happens.
• Personal Blogs - Did you have a great costume you made? Any classic stories? Yeah, blog em for us.
• Photo Contributions - What’s a costume site without photos??! We believe in the “Pictures, or it didn’t happen” philosophy.
•  Forums and Groups - Link up with people, become a thought leader, be famous, tell all your friends, they’re already jealous.
• Share Videos - Like pictures, but they move all around and have sound!

So basically, you get the idea. Get on the network! Have fun. It will be the best and only community that will let you unleash your passion for costumes on all levels!