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Oct 02
2008

Inflation Hits Home this Halloween

Posted by: Webmaster

Tagged in: Just Plain Cool , Holidays

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I wanted to find something different to wear this Halloween, and set my sights on finding a costume that would bring a smile to my kids' faces. The Gorn was always one of my favorite villains, who many of you remember was featured in the old Star Trek episode "Arena". The Gorn was Kirk's opponent in what has to be the worst TV fight ever, featuring styrofoam boulders and Kirk's trademark double-fisted karate chops.

 

Although not the fastest moving creature in the galaxy, the Gorn had a tremendous strength advantage over Kirk, and despite his reptilian ways, was a pretty smart dude to boot.  He misses his chance early on in the clip below, when he has Kirk in an embrace and fails to just bite his head off and end it all. In the end Kirk wins, spares the Gorn's life and saves all of humanity. The episode goes down in history as one of the hokiest ever with the Gorn's Lost in Space type costume -- the perfect costume to stand out at a Halloween party!

 

(You can watch Kirk outsmart his foe in the gripping ending here!)

 

 

Unfortunately, Gorn costumes don't come cheap. Estimated value? $20,000-$30,000 according to Uncle Odie's Collectibles, one of the few sites that had any info on this unique prop. A little out of my price range, so I guess it's back to wearing my trusty old "Tor", a mask inspired by former pro wrestler and B-movie actor Tor Johnson (Plan 9 from Outer Space and Night of the Ghouls, among others). Tor's real mug stood the test of every horror movie he was ever in! $35 at the Horror Dome!

 


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Webmaster said:

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Cool! Myth Busters takes on the Gorn Canon:

December 31, 2009

Webmaster said:

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October 13, 2008

Webmaster said:

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Hey the Gorns have their own home page, complete with anatomical diagrams. Gotta love Trekies...http://www.70disco.com/gornpage.htm

October 04, 2008

Beak said:

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This could have been you on Halloween:
October 04, 2008

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