These outfits are super.

Nearly a quarter million fans of movies, television, anime and video games descended on Midtown’s Javits Center this weekend for celebrity panels, merchandise markets and a cavalcade of eye-turning costumes – some of which took hundreds of hours to put together. 8

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Among the hordes of Jedi, caped-crusaders and armor-glad transformers – and celebrities from Sigourney Weaver to George R. R. Martin – visiting Manhattan since Thursday was a parade of Disney princesses: including an Ariel in a ball gown made from a repurposed couch found at a church rummage sale.

“As soon as I saw it, I said ‘this would be perfect for Ariel,’” said 25-year-old cosplayer Amanda Caswell, who spent a month sewing the glimmering pink-and-white creation. “I was inspired by the

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