Best Halloween Costume Ever: Bumblebee Transformer

Whether or not you're a fan of the redesigned Camaro or Michael Bay's remake of the classic Transformers cartoon series, you've got to be impressed by this amazing Bumblebee Halloween costume. In fact, if you were at all obsessed with Optimus Prime and the Autobots, you're pretty much obligated to have your mind blown, IMO.

Like any other self-respecting Halloween fan, I took the video's title as a challenge: "Best Halloween Costume Ever." I thought: "We'll just see about that." Then, I watched the first few seconds of a dude wearing a Transformers costume in front of the dealership and thought: "Way to blow a bunch of auto bailout money on a useless costume, guys. Woo hoo!" (Heavy sarcasm implied.)

Then it happened. He started transforming into a really convincing-looking Camaro ... and my jaw hit the floor. Usually, I like to value creativity and ingenuity over big budgets and special effects, but this is one of the rare times where I can't help but agree: That's the best costume I've ever seen.

The fact that it looks so real when transformed is what really does it for me, since I do happen to like the new Camaro. Think of the amazing potential for freaking people out. Imagine a herd of trick-or-treaters walking up on your lawn, gawking over your miniature Camaro. Then all of the sudden, you transform and scare the crap out of them! Classic.

It might get a little cramped in there, but that's the price of a really good prank. Maybe you could do some yoga before you get in costume. That might help.

Here's a video of a low-tech version made out of cardboard. Props to the cardboard engineer.