Dec. 02, 2024
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A guest blog post by one of my T. Rex wearing friends who wishes to remain anonymous
After a few events in our T. Rex suits, we realized deflation (and slow re-inflation) was an issue with some suits. Since the suits are one size fits most, they sit differently on everyone. Some of the wearers have skinnier ankles and wrists than others, some are freakishly tall or freakishly short. Some get hugged and stepped on more than others. Also, it is worth noting that the battery life of the single fan is about 3-4 hours. Well what if we want to dance ALL night? A simple solution was to install a second fan. Turbo T. Rexes! Here&#;s how it&#;s done&#;
Step 1: Purchase additional fan. I bought mine off eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/?_trksid=p.m.l&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT) but you can also find it on Amazon (Mini Fan Blower &#; TOOGOO(R) Mini Fan Blower for Mascot Head Inflatable Costume 6V Powered by Dry Battery).
Step 2: General items you will need (below). I didn&#;t have dark duct tape, so I used the wide black tape before the red, just in case it showed through. If you have normal duct tap you should be good with that.
Step 3: General size of hole to cut.
Step 4: Measure to same spot on opposite side of suit. Use something to trace hole. Cut (recommended just a few millimeters smaller).
Step 5: Use some tape (I used electrical because it is a little more pliable) to wrap the edge of the whole to help prevent tearing.
Step 6: Tape back side well. Again, I used two kinds of tape but if you have good duct tape, that should be all you need.
Step 7: Insert new fan.
Step 8: Gently trim around edges (if needed) and/or push tap tight against fan body, so that the lock-ring will fit on the next step.
Step 9: Twist on lock-ring. If it will not go on without a lot of force go back to step 8.
Step 10: Admire your work.
Step 11: Take selfies.
Step 11: Rock out with confidence that you won&#;t deflate!
Anonymous, Guest Blogger
Other T. Rex adventures on Red Shoes. Red Wine.
T. Rex Shenanigans (The Beginning)
How to Increase Your T. Rex Suit Awesomeness (Installing a 2nd Fan)
Lost a T. Rex Hand? Make Your Own Replacement Hands!
Enchanted Rock Trip Report: Camping, T. Rexing, & Wine Tasting
Ghosts of Costumes Past: DragonCon
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Inflatable Costumes are great fun. They&#;re impossible to dislike, since they&#;re oversized and tend to wobble all over the place. You can&#;t help but laugh at someone wearing one. And one of the most popular is the inflatable dinosaur.
While they can be used for Halloween, often people enjoy wearing these costumes for all kinds of events. They&#;re great for kids&#; parties, or even to liven up a dull corporate get-together if your business has a sense of humor. Or you can use them for pranking people, provided you aren&#;t too mean chasing them.
With this guide, you can learn everything you need to know about inflatable dinosaur costumes.
Inflatable dinosaur costumes work using a battery-operated fan. Once you&#;re in the costume, switch the fan on and it&#;ll start blowing air into the costume to keep it fully inflated.
An inflatable dinosaur costume might appear heavy, just because of how big it is, but they&#;re actually really light due to the thin materials used to make them.
Read more: How Do Inflatable Costumes Work?
To put on an inflatable dinosaur costume, just lay it flat and remove your shoes. Step into the legs and then close the costume, normally using a zip, putting your arms into the arm-holes. It&#;ll sag on you, but then switch on the fan and it will inflate. Adjust it if you can&#;t see through the mouth.
They&#;re a little bit cumbersome, but not too difficult to put on or take off. You&#;ll just want to make sure you&#;ve got enough space because the costume will inflate to a decent size.
In terms of how to wear an inflatable dinosaur costume, despite being inflated they will still follow your movements, so you can run and bounce along with few problems. Just remember that the costume is bigger than you normally are &#; accidents are likely to happen!
Inflatable dinosaur costumes are made in different sizes for kids and adults, so anyone can wear them as long as you buy the right size. Bear in mind that the inflated suit will normally be around a foot taller than the person wearing it.
They&#;re great fun for all kinds of parties, so don&#;t let me limit your imagination. Maybe there are some more formal events you should avoid wearing them at, but for any kind of birthdays, anniversaries, or any social gathering, an inflatable dinosaur makes for a lot of fun (and havoc).
Despite being made from a thin material, and the fact that a fan is constantly blowing air inside, inflatable dinosaur costumes will get hot and uncomfortable to wear after a short while. Take breaks and drink water to stay hydrated.
Part of the problem is that, once you&#;ve put an inflatable dinosaur costume on, you can&#;t resist running or bouncing around. Regular walking just doesn&#;t seem to fit. So with the heat inside the costume, and the extra exercise, you&#;ll soon be sweating.
Make sure you don&#;t try to push things too far. It&#;s always better to take the costume off, even just unzipping the top half, to cool off for a few minutes. Then you can get back into character.
You can sit down while you&#;re wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume, but it will spoil the look a little bit as it gets flattened. If your costume has a tail then it might flatten that, or you may find it awkward to get comfortable.
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Still, taking a short seated break is a good idea since it will help you to cool down a little. And it will look hilarious to anyone who sees you.
You can wash inflatable dinosaur costumes. Just make sure you&#;ve removed the fan and battery pack (they are removable). Hand-wash them only, and don&#;t scrub them. Soak them gently in a mild detergent and rinse them.
If someone spills something onto the outside of the costume, the material should wipe clean, so just a wet wipe or a soft sponge. This is particularly useful if you&#;ve got a little bit excited and accidentally tripped into someone holding a drink or an ice cream.
To inflate an inflatable dinosaur costume, you&#;ll use the built-in fan powered by batteries. Wait until you&#;ve zipped up the costume and switch on the fan. This will start inflating the costume until it is full.
Air will escape &#; these costumes aren&#;t meant to be completely air-tight. But if you don&#;t wait until you&#;ve zipped the costume up, then it&#;s never going to inflate as the air will just completely escape.
Inflatable dinosaur costumes use a small fan to inflate which runs on two AA batteries. Fully charged, these batteries will normally last for 2-4 hours, although this will vary depending on the individual costume.
You&#;re unlikely to want to wear the costume for longer than this because it will get very hot. However, it does mean that each time you want to wear the inflatable dinosaur costume you may need new batteries &#; or at least to have bought rechargeable ones that you&#;ve since charged up.
You can buy inflatable dinosaur costumes in different sizes. They are normally around one foot taller than the wearer, meaning that the typical largest costumes are about 7 feet tall.
This can lead to some pretty funny moments if you try to go through a doorway. You won&#;t get knocked over, since the head is soft and flexible, but the head will be bent backwards.
The overwhelming majority of inflatable dinosaur costumes that you can buy are of a T-Rex. You may be able to find some others, including a triceratops, a diplodocus or a ride-on velociraptor but these are a lot less common.
The diplodocus costumes that are available tend to be designed for children or shorter adults &#; otherwise they would need to be around 8-feet tall and wouldn&#;t fit in most rooms.
You can buy inflatable dinosaur costumes at local party stores, or find them online &#; Amazon has a good range. Make sure you read product reviews, and ideally check those that have customer photos attached.
When it comes to fancy dress costumes, sellers are often guilty of using false photos as a guide, but then sending a costume that&#;s lower quality. If you buy one that has a customer&#;s real photos attached, you can see what it will actually look like.
Or, buy one in a store if you can &#; then you can see it in person.
Of course, you may prefer to rent a costume instead, if you have a local store near you offering costume rental. But don&#;t be surprised if you have so much fun that you want to keep it.
Depending on the size and quality, an inflatable dinosaur costume will cost you between $20 and $60 on average. The better quality ones are normally in the $50-60 bracket and will last longer, plus they&#;ll inflate faster.
Some inflatable dinosaur costumes also come with a battery-powered soundbox that roars. Expect these to add around $10 to the cost of the costume.
Inflatable dinosaur costumes are a huge amount of fun, and buying one to own is a great way of livening up any boring day, especially if you&#;re a parent.
They&#;re really easy to slip into, and they only need a couple of AA batteries to work. If you buy rechargeable batteries then the costume can be ready to go at a moment&#;s notice.
Ultimately, the only reason you need to buy an inflatable dinosaur costume is just how funny they are.
There are only two real downsides to an inflatable dinosaur costume. Firstly is the heat &#; they do get very warm inside, and you may need to take regular breaks.
But the second drawback is that it&#;s quite hard to stay hydrated without removing the costume. Unfortunately, you&#;re stuck with the same affliction of real T-Rex dinosaurs &#; little arms that can&#;t reach the head, where your face will be.
So while they are fun in short bursts, you&#;ll need to take regular breaks to refuel and rest.
How Long Do Dinosaur Costumes Last?
Dinosaur costumes can normally stay inflated for 2-4 hours on a single set of AA batteries. In terms of overall durability, the costumes can last for many years if they are properly cared for &#; including any punctures fixed quickly, and if they are hand-washed only.
Can I Customize Inflatable Dinosaur Costumes?
Most inflatable dinosaur costumes are imported from abroad and so can&#;t be customized. They come as they are. You might be able to find a costume manufacturer who can make you one specific to your designs, but expect to pay a high price.
Inflatable dinosaur costumes may be both frightening and hilarious, depending on your audience. One thing you can guarantee is that they will always grab people&#;s attention.
Now that you know everything you need to, you can buy your own and have a roar-some time at your next party &#; whether it is meant to be fancy dress or not.
This year I&#;m doing a double cosplay for Halloween: Dopey from Fun.com and the fearsome inflatable t-rex from Jurassic World made by Disguise Store ($55).
This is my first inflatable costume and I&#;m impressed. It&#;s a high-quality costume and stays inflated when I&#;m walking around. The costume is a one-size-fits-most kind of thing but I found it to be a bit too small for my 6ft 2in son. He fit fine but he couldn&#;t see out of the designated viewpoints without using his arms to lift the costume up to his line of sight.
I&#;m only 5ft 8in so when I put it on I found it easy to see out of and move around. My experience as a Walt Disney World entertainer had me wondering if an additional viewpoint out the mouth would have made it better for people that are taller.
The fan takes four AA batteries and is quiet. I could barely tell it was running. It&#;s not noticeable at all when you&#;re walking around.
For a quality test, my son took this on a walk around our neighborhood with our toy poodle, Bakster Stockman, and he said it held up very well. The only problem he ran into was the fan ended up being a bit weak. He said it started out strong, but he felt like the fan was weakening the more he walked.
The hands and feet both slip out of their respective areas and are covered by the attached gloves/covers. My son wears a size 13 shoe so it was kind of a bear to get his feet through it. He still fits though so that&#;s good.
It zips up in the back but there is a zipper pull on the inside of the costume to get in and out by yourself. If something happens and you need to open the costume a bit quicker, there is a velcro opening on the front near the chest.
There are a couple of things I&#;d like to mention that I found to be annoying.
First, is there are straps on the inside but no instructions with the costume as to what they are for. After reading some other reviews, I learned they are shoulder straps to support the weight of the costume instead of using your arms to do it. Second, the batteries don&#;t last that long so if you are going to a convention, you will need to take backups. The last thing is that the tail drags on the ground so if you are walking on a lot of concrete, you could damage it. I would recommend maybe putting some felt or other fabric on the bottom of the tail to protect it for longer periods of time.
Overall, it&#;s a fun costume if you are looking to join the ranks of the inflatable dinos at your local con or dance to music on TikTok. I plan on making many videos while messing around (my brother has a ring camera and I&#;m overdue for pranking him&#;). The inflatable t-rex is available in both adult and children sizes on Amazon.
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Don the Inflatable Dinosaur Costume and pose like the prehistoric predator you are. This Jurassic jumpsuit totally covers your body in T. rex style while the air-filled design keeps you mobile (except for the intentionally stubby arms). The inflating fan replaces traditional costume stuffing and padding with a cushion of air, so you'll feel as cool as you look. Practice prehistoric parkour or just run around and terrorize the neighborhood dressed like a dinosaur!
Suit up and get scary-silly in this Inflatable Dinosaur Costume. Modeled after the king of prehistoric beasts, the air-filled garment turns you into every child's dream: a walking, talking T. rex.
Since the suit isn't stuffed or padded with anything but air, you've got the mobility to perform prehistoric parkour and dance like a dinosaur.
With attention to detail in both the shape of the suit and the pattern printed on it, the realistic flourishes sell the impossibility that dinosaurs walk among us.
You can surprise, startle, and scare friends and strangers alike. But when was the last time you saw a tyrannosaurus boogie to the Cupid Shuffle, do a backflip, or just reach for something on a high shelf? The contrast between frightful lizard and limber movement creates a sense of prehistoric playfulness that easily amuses everyone.
It's been said that everyone needs a tuxedo, but in today's world, you'll probably get more use out of a dino suit than a dinner jacket.
Standing seven feet tall, the full-body jumpsuit makes quite the impression at any party. A battery-powered fan blows air into the suit, inflating it to its full height and expanding its three-foot-long tail, while you look through the viewing port in the dino's neck. A pair of included wearable claws completes the ensemble.
...everyone had an awesome time!
The suit's spats-like foot covers leave your natural sole able to touch the ground, and the cushion of air between you and the suit maximizes your mobility. Therefore, the biggest limit to how well you can get down is your own dancing skills.
Whether you're as talented as Fred Astaire or as clumsy as Fred Flintstone, you're sure to make a scene in an Inflatable Dinosaur Costume.
When you climb inside your Inflatable Dinosaur Costume, you're not just strapping on a cardboard cutout or wearing a dino-themed hat. The whole ensemble enrobes you in a multi-faceted 3D suit that's a sight to behold.
Question: What size does it come in?
Answer: Currently, we're offering the Inflatable Dinosaur Costume in an adult medium. This size is appropriate for most small-to-average stature adults and even older children/teens.
Question: Will it pop?
Answer: The Inflatable Dinosaur Costume isn't 100% sealed, so pressure can never build up enough to rupture the seams or surfaces. The suit is continually filled with air using a small battery-powered fan.
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