In the last several months, I have started to become a bit obsessive over fast food mascots; mainly those from McDonald's Land and Harland Sanders aka the Colonel Sanders from KFC.
So, imagine my surprise when I saw on my Facebook feed that KFC was selling a Harland Sanders (The Colonel) costume for only five bucks! I quickly gave them some credit card numbers and a week later they sent me something that I can only describe as gloriously cheap and kitsch.
The costume kit includes a plastic mask of the ghostly visage of Colonel Sanders, which was feels surprisingly sturdy, as I was expecting something that was more akin to a tissue thin dollar store mask, and a plastic bib that resembles his all white 1900's southernly gentleman's suit. All of this bagged in a cheap bag with a stapled folded label, and believe me the label is, in itself, a thing of graphic design love.
Now, of course, like most limited edition things that are fast food related, the costume sold out quickly, which can now be found on eBay for around twenty bucks to a hundred, with no one clamoring to grab one at any price. I think five was just enough for most people, but anything past that is insane.
Anyway, take a look of some of my pics of this beautiful weird thing, just in time for the Halloween season. I seriously took way too many pics of this, but I am saving you the grief of sifting through hundreds of them by giving you only several.
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| The box it arrived in |
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| It's both spooky and crispy! |
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| Like a spooky game, akin to Bloody Mary, the longer you stare at the mask, the quicker he can sneak up behind you to whisper southernly things into your ears. |
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