How was Halloween?
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How was Halloween?
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?
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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!
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"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!
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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.
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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.
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.
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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 meIndiana 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.
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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!
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!
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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.Kentucky Blues wrote:I also got a few cowboy remarks.
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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
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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
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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
Heck today at work a woman gave me a nice complament about my hat even before she found out it was mine.
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Hehehehe...but that would be funny if it did happen...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.
'< Bing-bong >
"Trick or treat!"
"Uh...aren't you Michaelson?"
Is your son sick of you dramatically saying, "I...am your father!" ?ob1al wrote:I was Darth Vader!