If you grew up in the late 70′s or early 80′s then you probably watched the original Land of the Lost.. which I did. The sleestak’s always freaked me out because of their big eyes, hissing sounds and for the fact they moved so slow. Oh what a great low budget show it was. On Saturdays it was a sight you had to see.
Now with the 2009 remake of The Land of The Lost you can finally live your lifelong dream of dressing up as a Sleestak! Awesome!
Below you can watch the original Land of the Lost intro… awww, doesn’t it bring back memories? More after the jump…
About the Sleestak
Sleestak Mask
Sleestaks are large, scary, green humanoids with both reptilian and insectoid features; they have scaly skin with frills around the neck, bulbous unblinking eyes, pincer-like hands, stubby tails, and a single blunt horn on top of the head, and bear a resemblance to the hypothetical “Dinosauroid”. Sleestaks communicate with a hissing sound that rarely changes in characteristics. They move slowly in an upright and bipedal manner. Running is not necessary to avoid capture. Sleestaks are more sophisticated than Pakuni and are able to manufacture crossbows, rope, nets, periscopes and other relatively advanced technologies. The Sleestak have a current population of about 7,000 according to the Library of Skulls, but there were only three Sleestak costumes available for the show’s production, which sometimes required creative editing to create the illusion that they were that numerous. Of all the characters or species in the series the Sleestaks are the most famous.
Sleestaks live in the Lost City, an underground tunnel complex originally constructed by the Altrusians. They hate bright light and rarely venture out during the day. Sleestaks also have a “hibernation season” during which they cocoon themselves into rocky alcoves using some sort of webbing; cool air keeps them in hibernation, and the heat from lava in a pool that the character Peter Koenig (see below) dubbed “Devil’s Cauldron” inside the caverns of the Lost City revives them again on a regular schedule. The Sleestaks are very defensive of the Lost City. They know that their ancestors built it, but do not know how or why. They have occasionally tried exploring beyond the chasm that separates the Lost City from the rest of the Land, but their expeditions generally do not return; they consider the City to be their only refuge. However, after the earthquake at the beginning of season 3 the sleestaks are afraid and try to kick the Marshalls out of the temple. Fortunatley, Jack gets the door shut and the Sleestaks are trapped outside….
If you want to dive into some more Land of the Lost Sleestak info then visit the wiki page for more info.
If you are the funny adventurous type why not mix the Sleestak mask with a Hugh Hefner robe or Michael Jackson costume.. You’d be the sleez-knees!
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OMG! I love sleestak’s! Hehe.. I’m so getting that sleestak mask
seriously, sleestaks! they totally creeped me out too as a kid.. their eyes and hissing scared me. if I see a sleestak this halloween i’m using my super powers to stab them in the eye.. haha!
man and to think I’ve been waiting my whole life to dress up as a sleestak!
Sleestak are the large green humanoids with both reptilian and insecticide features that inhabit the Land of the Lost. This costume which includes a green jumpsuit and character mask will be of scary to young kids who came for the Halloween festival. Moreover these creatures are of large size and the mask will be interesting to watch when people came up with this costumes.
WOW SLEESTAK! must be the greatest halloween costume ever created until they come out with Anchorman costumes
Hi, can you guess what will be the most popular costumes and events for Halloween 2010?