Criminals Beware, it’s Spatman!

Here's Batman taking out the criminal trash in Bruce Wayne's Bruno Maglis

I can’t remember what site I saw the ad for this Batman Collector Edition Adult Costume but I was intrigued to say the least.  It looked like one I would actually want to wear (it had Steve thinking that it was a Kelley Jones Batman come to life which was a positive in my book).  The shading in the muscles looked great and the cowl was solid which was going a long way to helping me overlook the lame cape and the Batman/Robin-esque chest logo.  So, I went to the site to see the whole set-up and begin to think of a strategy of convincing the wife that it was the purchase of the Halloween season. 

That is until I got to the bottom of the outfit where the designers totally punked out.  At what point do stirrups/spats factor into the equation of this costume?  It’s unexcusable unless it is to keep the purchase price down, which what anyone would think.  That is until the sight of the regular retail price of $999.99 or even the sale price of $664.99 made you question the sanity of anyone who would really buy it.  Of course, since the costumer is a special order, you have to put up a non-refundable $300 deposit.  Poor economy be damned!

And for you Comic Book Guy-looking fanboys, let me break it to you not so gently.  If you want this suit, you better invest in some gastro-bypass as this max size for this costume is a men’s jacket size up to 44, inseam is 33 and waist of 28-34.  I wonder if the designers knew that when they created this suit by making these size limitations, they would be eliminating 75-80% of Batman’s fanbase.  Yeah, I don’t see this costume being a hot seller this go-around.