# Impressive Homemade Alien Costumes This Peter Kokis 'Brooklyn Alien' is Terrifyingly Awesome By Davina Sinnatamby | Published 2014-04-01 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/peter-kokis-brooklyn-alien References: [fashionablygeek](http://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/this-120-pound-alien-costume-was-made-from-household-items-cosplay/) & [brooklynalien](http://www.brooklynalien.com/) If you thought your DYI [movie costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-costumes) were impressive, then clearly you haven't seen the Peter Kokis 'Brooklyn Alien' costume. Inspired by the Xenomorph from the [Alien film](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/alien-vases), professional cosplayer Peter Kokis created a mechanized Xenomorph. He calls it the 'Brooklyn Alien.' The craziest thing about this suit is that he made it from everyday objects. Most of the parts for his costume were household items like knife sharpeners, toilet plungers and drain mats. It took 16 month to collect all the necessary parts. The suit took 400 hours to complete and weighs 120 pounds. Who could ever imagine spending that much time and putting that much effort into a costume? If you take a page out of Peter's book, you'll defiantly get heads turning at the [next convention](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snackstume) you go to. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.7/10 - Popularity: 49% | Activity: 83% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **DIY Costumes:** Opportunities to innovate in materials and technology for creating impressive homemade costumes. - **Mechanized Costumes:** Disruptive potential in incorporating mechanized features into costume design. - **Everyday Object Costumes:** Opportunities to creatively use household items in costume design. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Entertainment:** Potential for innovation in the entertainment industry, particularly in film and cosplay. - **Retail:** Opportunities to innovate in costume design and materials for consumer Halloween costume market. - **Engineering:** Potential for engineering innovation in creating mechanically-enhanced costumes for various applications. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Highly Detailed Sci-Fi Costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stormtrooper-kit.md) - [Product-Inspired Halloween Looks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aldi-and-elladoesfx.md) - [Interactive Fossil-Inspired Costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wearable-dinosaur-costume.md) - [Alien-Inspired PC Cases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aftershock-pc-case.md) - [Ghost Hunter Cosplay Gear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/haslab-ghostbusters-plasma-series-spengler-proton-pack.md) - [Spooky Life-Size Animatronics](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beetlejuice-character.md) - [Life-Sized Clog Costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crocs-costume.md) - [Hand-Knit Sci-Fi Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/handknit-scifi-sculpture.md) - [Candy Bowl Costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trickortreatable-costume.md)