Giant Chomping Pacman Costume

This was my Halloween costume for 2009. It took about a month and a half of planning and work. I built both a Pacman and Ghost, but this writeup will focus on the Pacman. The suit has a functioning mouth as well as speakers built in to play sounds from the game. It stands 5 feet tall on its own, and requires some crouching to get though doors while it's being worn.

 

Here is a video of the suit in action

Here is a list of the materials I used:

 

1/2" CPVC pipe

Cardboard boxes

Bleached muslin (Both 48” and 96”)

Expanding Foam

Yellow Fabric

Black sheer fabric

Yellow Latex paint

Black and Clear spray paints

Amazing Goop Plumbing glue

CPVC Primer and glue

Electrical Tape

Steel wire

External-frame backpack

Hip belt

Pulleys

Rope

Thera-Bands

Wheel Bearing Grease

Dry Teflon Bicycle Lube

 

 

Tools:

 

Measuring Tape

PVC Cutter

Paint supplies

Box Cutter

Respirator

Diagonal Cutters

Leatherman

Sharpie

Lighter

Scissors

Sewing Machine

Straight pins

 

 

 

Step 1: Planning

I spent quite a long time planning this project. I did initial sketches on paper and then did some very simple CAD work. Unfortunately in the Pacman costume I forgot to plan for the extra length that the PVC joints would create, so it caused some deformation of the frame shape.

Comments

[Ward_Nox]

know what would be a neat update attach an iPad in the mouth loaded with pacman

[tinker234]

cool i like these if i put them in a wall

[kjclarke]

oh i think you forgot somthing the spikes on the botton of ghost

[techy101]

They are there, they just got bent up a bit. They're made out of painted muslin, and in the cold the fabric sort of got stuck bent up. You can see them in this picture: http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FY3/FTWI/G1M2BQKL/FY3FTWIG1M2BQKL.MEDIUM.jpg

[kjclarke]

i see them

[RED___SPARTAN]

how much did it cost in total?

[techy101]

The two of them together cost about $600, but there were a number of things that I had to re-do and others that I could probably have gotten cheaper if I'd shopped around.

[Ghost Wolf]

Amazing!