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Beast's (Nicholas Hoult) costume from Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class on a display. Scientist Henry "Hank" McCoy became "Beast," a furry blue mutant, after testing an experimental serum on himself. Beast wore his costume when an early version of the X-Men went to fight the leader of the Hellfire Club, Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon).

The fifth X-Men film and the first of the four prequel series films, First Class was very well received amongst fans and critics alike. One of the original X-Men, debuting in X-Men #1 in September 1963, Beast only appeared in the third and final film of the original X-Men trilogy (then portrayed by Kelsey Grammer) before being given a much larger role with Hoult in the prequels.

Designed by Academy Award®-winning special effects group Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI), this costume consists of a static Beast head assembled from various makeup appliances, including a blue foam cowl and sculpted teeth; a blue foam and lycra Beast bodysuit with a zip closure on the back; and blue foam limb appliances tipped with resin claws. The cowl and limb components are hand-punched with dyed blue fox fur.

The costume comes dressed in a polyester replica of Beast's signature blue-and-yellow X-Men jumpsuit with black webbed nylon straps and metal hardware added to complete the costume for display. It comes mounted to a custom mannequin inset with acrylic eyes and mounted to a custom wooden base via metal poles in the feet. The costume exhibits cracking in the foam along the limbs, and loose and snagged fur strands. Dimensions: (display) 40" x 27" x 72" (101.75 cm x 68.75 cm x 183 cm)

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Estimate: $6,000 - 12,000

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