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Dr. Horrible Lab Coat

AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Any one know where I can find a relatively cheap lab coat similar to the one Dr. Horrible wears....... in time for halloween?


I'm having a helluva time finding it.

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    darkmayodarkmayo Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    you likely have a medical supply store where you live. I would start there.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    He wears a Howie Coat. They aren't terribly common any more but dark mayo is right, a medical supply shop may have them. Else, your best bet is brick-and-mortor costume shop in your area.

    I wouldn't trust delivery to come before saturday.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Oh just saw that your location is NY. If you can get to Manhattan, try Halloween Adventure in Union Square. They had literally everything (Including a lifesize Han Solo in Carbonite). Just bought my costume on Sunday.

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    TachTach Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Jeebus, that's creepy, Alyce. I was just doing a websearch on the same thing.

    I can't find any medical clothing supply shops locally yet, though. May have to half-ass it with a Halloween lab-coat. Lame.

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    BobCescaBobCesca Is a girl Birmingham, UKRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Have you tried shops around Unis?

    I don't know what it's like in the US, but at the Unis I've been at in the UK the university shop sells lab coats as students need them for science courses.

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    AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I tried pretty much everything. I called up some places in the city too and they're all fucking out of stock. I'm thinking about just next daying a regular old lab coat and modifying it... somehow. I have the goggles, boots and gloves though.

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    SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I too have been having trouble finding this coat.

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    AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    or actually, better yet, could someone link me to a long lab coat with just..next day shipping!?

    Just a full length lab coat, that i can order and get by halloween or something. ffffffffffffffffff.

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    John MatrixJohn Matrix Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The coat itself is a costume from Firefly. Remember the episode where they break into the hospital to steal supplies while the Doc scans River's brain? All the doctors are wearing them.

    Check http://doctorhorrible.net/ when it's back up, they have a pretty good costume section that talks all about the costumes.

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    DoctorstrongbadDoctorstrongbad Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You can find them at any medical supply place. Check out ebay as well.

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    tech_huntertech_hunter More SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Try thrift stores

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    Namel3ssNamel3ss Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I am actually dressed as Dr. Horrible typing this, I looked high and low. I found the perfect one, but they were back ordered for weeks past halloween and it was $140. I eventually settled on a 'mad scientist' costume lab coat I found on Amazon.com (I can't seem to find it again for the link). Good luck. Also, I couldn't find an iron on caduceus anywhere, if anyone has any ideas?

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    MyiagrosMyiagros Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Seeing this thread made me remember that I own a Captain Hammer t-shirt so that will be my costume as I already have the same hair length/colour and build and Fillion. Only thing I need help finding is the gloves. No clue where to look for them.

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    Namel3ssNamel3ss Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Myiagros wrote: »
    Seeing this thread made me remember that I own a Captain Hammer t-shirt so that will be my costume as I already have the same hair length/colour and build and Fillion. Only thing I need help finding is the gloves. No clue where to look for them.

    I don't work out, I'm just naturally like this.

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    admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Doctorstrongbad wrote: »
    You can find them at any medical supply place. Check out ebay as well.

    Not in my experience. The style of Dr. Horrible's coat is really unusual (I think it's old.) When I was looking last year the only online stores with that style were in England.

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    AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, so I settled on just a regular old labcoat, but everything else is spot on, so I think we'll be good.

    Also, NameL3ss- Why don't you just draw the caduceus on with sharpie, or paint or something? It's a simple design.

    The Howie Style lab coat is ridiculously hard to find, so...bah. Ah well. I tried, but I think I got close enough.

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