Someone worked out how much Darth Vader's suit would cost and it's ridiculously expensive

LONDON -- Darth Vader's outfit might look simple enough -- and you could probably find a not-too-bad imitation of it in most fancy dress shops -- but actually he's got a hell of a lot of technology stashed beneath that black cloak. 

There's the breathing mechanism, obviously, but then you've also got the prosthetics, the voice modification, and that's before you even get started on the whole augmented reality thing.

By analysing costs based on real-life items like a NASA space suit and an f-35 helmet, Shade Station have calculated how much money Vader's outfit might cost in real life...

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Yep, it's that base suit that really makes the dent.

Bonus: Can you find the potato in this sea of hamsters?

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