Summer 2026 Superman Propstore Preview

How important is it for you guys at Prop Store, um, when you display costumes, especially for people to see, whether it's in an interview or for your catalog, uh, how, how accurate do you try to be with the actual mannequin?

Well, we certainly have a fleet of mannequins here at Prop Store.

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Uh, there's, there's a room over there with about 45 mannequins in it.

Uh, you know, you can tell when you've got something looking good and when you don't.

Yeah.

And it especially comes into play.

You know, these costumes are, are relatively unforgiving because obviously they're so tight and form-fitting.

Um, this I believe is a custom mannequin that was made at some point for a Superman costume.

This is just a stock mannequin, but it fits the suit quite well.

Um, sometimes I see the Christopher Reeve mannequins that have been done up almost overly bulky, I would say.

He's, he's been hitting the weight rooms a little more than maybe he actually did.

Right.

Uh, a- and I think, you know, there's a risk of going too far with that.

Other things that are tough are, like I'm looking around the room, there's a Leonard Nimoy Spock costume.

He's so thin that to get that on a mannequin that fits right, it's tricky.

I remember, you know, we've had Darth Vader costumes in the past.

You need a very tall mannequin.

If it's not tall enough and you put that costume on it, it just doesn't look right.

So it's definitely a, a thing for us here at Prop Store, and in some cases you do have to go out and have mannequins made or modified to fit the costumes well so that they present their best.

And obviously at Prop Store, you know, we want these things to feel like pieces of artwork.

We believe they are pieces of artwork.

It's fine art.

It's something that people should be thrilled to bid on, to, to buy, to own, to have on display in their home.

Right.