How was Halloween?

winrichwhips · Post by **winrichwhips** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:51 pm

I know I sold a few whips to costumers for Halloween. I was wondering if any of you out there dressed up as Indy for Halloween and if so, how did it go? Did anybody scare anyone with his/her bullwhip?

-Adam, www.winrichwhips.com

Mola Ram · Post by **Mola Ram** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:53 pm

not yet,
im currently repairing my black indy bullwhip as i type this,
hopefully i can get it done by 6:00.
Adam

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:24 pm

I totally forgot it was Halloween until tonight...

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:43 pm

Hi, Adam! Even though I had my IOAB whip long before Halloween, I took it with me as part of my Indy costume to the parties I went to. I had a lot of compliments from people.

"WOW! A real whip!"
"How cool!"
"Man, that thing looks great!"
etc...

I even talked with someone who owns a Strain whp and he was impressed with mine. It's a good whip!

bink

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:04 pm

Kind of stunk. There isn't a lot of Halloween events where I live (except at the mall, which was LAST night, and I had to work). I spent about forty minutes handing out candy to trick-or-treaters with my girlfriend at my parents house until they returned. One of her co-workers brought her kids by, and she exclaimed "That's my man!" when I stepped outside in full gear. That was the most notable thing that happened to me this Halloween. Maybe next year will be better.

Kentucky Blues · Post by **Kentucky Blues** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:15 pm

Pretty good, most people knew who I was, and one guy came up just to check out my gear. I also got a few cowboy remarks

Well, I got pics...but no place to post them

Maybe someday I'll be able to post them.

Regards, Daryl.

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:54 pm

I had a few kiddos come by. One 9/10 year old kid said, Hey You're Indiana Jones....

And then a whole hord of teenagers showed up. They were like Hey Indiana JOnes! and one of the boys said he played the video game and that it was easy. They asked if I had the whip and I swiveled my hip around the door to reveal the whip. That was about the extent of my gear wear on Halloween. I was just glad that modern day kids recognize and are familiar with Indy so that he can continue to be an American (fictional) icon.

Trevelyan · Post by **Trevelyan** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:37 pm

Indiana Texas-girl wrote:. I was just glad that modern day kids recognize and are familiar with Indy so that he can continue to be an American (fictional) icon.

That's so true. Indy's staying power is amazing. As for me, I was flying all night, making this was the second year in a row I was on an airplane for all night of Halloween. I did have a great time at a party Friday though. I was Snake Plissken, and the best costumes I remember were Kuato (from Total Recall), and three girls were dressed up as Alvin, Simon and Theodore. The Simon had these funny glasses on so I kept calling her Harry Potter all night, which I'm sure was very annoying but never stopped being funny to me

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:47 am

Adam - It went GREAT. Your whip lent some real class to the rest of my close-enoughs - it was the only thing that felt nearly accurate.

Had a lot of fun, but resisted the urge to crack the whip in front of 'the straights', although it did get out of hand once...take a peek over here at this thread, rather than repeat myself:
http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight=

Needless to say, the whip garnered as much attention by itself as I got altogether by dressing up this year.

Thanks again for a great whip! - J

P.S. So to get it out of my system, I spent some time Saturday afternoon working it...got several great rifle-cracks out of it that I heard echo and rebound down through my suburban neighborhood. Whee!

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:23 am

Hee hee - we had lots of fun here - took my kids out trick or treating.

However, I wasn't Indy this year!

I was Darth Vader!

Gater · Post by **Gater** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:19 am

sigh* Usually I would have gone to the Heroes & Villains Party put on by the Comic Shoppe on Saturday, but this year, I was too behind in setting up my garage for last night, so I couldn't make an Indy appearance.

Maybe next year?

Jack Flanders · Post by **Jack Flanders** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:10 am

Kentucky Blues wrote:I also got a few cowboy remarks.

I went out with the kids and had a good time- actually an amazing time. Adults knew who I was, had one cowboy remark...from a kid. I only have a few pieces of gear, but decided to fake the rest. And let me tell you, my new motto is: you can fool most of the people...all of the time. I'd be fingered as a cheat if I went trick-or-treating in a neighborhood full of gear members, luckily we're scattered all over the map. I decided that I just couldn't take off my gear when I brought the kids back home so I bothered two friends before bothering my parents, everyone said it looked amazing. One time someone said that the perfect cartoon character is identifiable in his silhouette, Indy is pretty cartoony and he is very identifiable by his shadow- I was reminded of this when I saw my shadow last night. Unless you haven't seen the movies, it's unmistakable.

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:55 pm

Oh yes, I can't stop looking at my shadows when wearing hte hear, its soooo Indy

Post by **Michaelson** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:57 pm

Even when in gear, the only recognition I usually get around my neck of the woods is 'you're the old guy who drives that old Plymouth, aren't you?'

I guess they think I'm dressing up to match the car!

Regards. Michaelson

Indiana Croft · Post by **Indiana Croft** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:46 pm

The one party i went to was perty cool I of course was Indy.
Had lot's of complaments on the gear and of course on the whip. One of the ladys there was telling me of her nephew who's into Indy so I of course turned her onto Indygear.com. So there maybe a new member soon.

Heres at pic
http://public.fotki.com/IndianaCroft/my ... party.html

Croft

Canyon · Post by **Canyon** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:18 pm

Hey Croft. You look great!

Indiana Croft · Post by **Indiana Croft** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:12 pm

Thanks Canyon. It's alway fun to do the dress up for halloween, but like I tell my co-workers, I dress this way all the time (minus the whip, holster and MKVII) I wear a tan shirt most times and I wear my Fedora every day along with my Wested and my Aldens.
Heck today at work a woman gave me a nice complament about my hat even before she found out it was mine.
Croft

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:02 pm

Jack Flanders wrote:I'd be fingered as a cheat if I went trick-or-treating in a neighborhood full of gear members, luckily we're scattered all over the map.

Hehehehe...but that would be funny if it did happen...

'< Bing-bong >
"Trick or treat!"
"Uh...aren't you Michaelson?"

ob1al wrote:I was Darth Vader!

Is your son sick of you dramatically saying, "I...am your father!" ?