So our Ben had a Superhero party last week. Now, imagine he had invited you. (He didn't mean not to invite you. After all, strangers are just friends he hasn't met yet. But there's a limit to the number of people you can sleep on one sofa.*) You're sitting there thinking "just how can I wow my new Firebox friends with a superhero costume?" Well, were you thinking Lego Batman? Of course you were.
Meet friend to Firebox, Pete "All Kinds of Awesome" Wycherley.
In typical Yorkshire fashion, Pete here didn't want to fork out on buying a costume for the party, so spent three weeks making this. Scaled exactly so both he and Batman could bend at the waist, the mouth also slides around so you can chat to people while waiting for your pint at the bar.**
Pete, who always played it safe at uni, had this to say: "He
got covered in beer stains! I'm
currently looking to find somewhere for him to live, he'd like an out of town
mansion (ideally with a cave system below)."
Inspiration! Creativity! Dedication! Yorkshire Charm! We love all of these things. Talking of which (although perhaps not exclusive to Yorkshire) have you seen our Firebox Inventor competition? If you've got any of these attributes, or just a clever little idea, let us know!
*Three. In case you were wondering.
**We should probably mention, before you spend your lunch hours trying to recreate this with cereal boxes and double-sided sticky tape, that Pete is a professional Model Maker (no sniggering at the back) and recently won an award for a shelving unit. Fancy.
(via Boing Boing)
