Bloody Brain and Voice Transformer in the mail

My Bloody Brain and Voice Transformer have arrived in the mail while I was away at G2E in Las Vegas.

This brain looks a little small, like the last one. I guess all brains look smaller than you expect them to.

The voice gadget has 5 different binary switches...

...for different voice disguise effects, shown on the back of the box.

If I can find a good setting for Monsieur Mallah's voice and a good setting for Brain's voice I'll buy a second gadget. I hope so. I saw some ventriloquist acts on the G2E Variety Entertainment Showcase Stage this last week...

...and I'm looking forward to trying out some of the schtick.

This has been a Monsieur Mallah and Brain costume update.

Dome and brain in the mail

My plastic dome and Pink Prop Brain Decoration have arrived in the mail.

You can't tell if from the photo, but the brain looks kind of small. True, the brain is actual size. Reportedly, the human brain is the size of two fists. But it still looks small.

This has been a Monsieur Mallah and Brain costume update.

Connecting gorilla to Brain

It has occurred to me that I could operate Brain, wirelessly, as a ventriloquist's dummy. And it wouldn't matter that I moved my lips because I'd be wearing a gorilla mask.

This has been a Monsieur Mallah and Brain costume update.

Bullets in my mailbox

My order of four Bandolier Bullet Belt Deluxe arrived today.

This has been a Monsieur Mallah and Brain costume update.

Planning my next obscure comic-book costume

Halloween is just over and we're still months away from Comic-Con, but it's not too early to plan my costume.

I'm thinking Monsieur Mallah. Which means, of course, that I'll also need Brain.

These two are like Tristan and Isolde, if Tristan were a super-intelligent, French-accented, bandolier-toting male gorilla and Isolde were an evil scientist whose bitter rival turned him into a brain in a jar. The tale of the two star-crossed lovers was best told in Grant Morrison's epic run on Doom Patrol where we saw Brain (temporarily housed in Cliff Steele's Robotman body) confessing his love for Monsieur Mallah...

...before the two were tragically and explosively torn asunder.

(The less said about the repeat of this plotline in Salvation Run, the better. Ugh.)

If I want models, DC has sells a set of small action figures called Mallah's Revenge:

I've already got the gorilla costume, given to me many years ago by the redhead. I've used it in a few costumes over the years.

So that's a lot of the costume right there. The rest is just choosing among accessories: