Chinese company offering replica Iron Man suits

Will cost you $2,000 and you'll have to wait eight months

Gone are the days when coming dressed in a full Darth Vader or Stormtrooper costume was enough to prove your geek credentials.

Now Chinese company Iron Man Factory is offering to make you a full-body Iron Man costume complete with glowing lights.

Ben Furfie is a former freelance writer for T3.com who produced daily news stories for the site on tech and gadgets. He also live-managed the T3 Award websites during the 2013 and 2014 T3 Awards. Ben later moved into web development and is now a Technical Development Manager leading a team of developers.