Dan Shor's Ram movie costume from Tron on display...

This week I saw the new Tron: Ares movie on the big screen and wished I could have also seen some of the new costumes and props from the movie in person. Fortunately my Tron cravings were satisfied the week before with this costume from the original 1982 Disney sci-fi film on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. In the film computer programmer and video game developer, 'Kevin Flynn' (played by Jeff Bridges), is abducted into the digital world of the Grid and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is a the help of a heroic security program named 'Tron' (Bruce Boxleitner). Another ally of Flynn's within the mainframe is the captured program 'Ram' played by Dan Shor.

Ram costume worn by Dan Shor

in Tron

For the now beloved cult classic, writer-director Steven Lisberger collaborated with Oscar-nominated Costume Designers Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton to create futuristic-looking outfits (by Eighties standards) made from simple materials to convey life inside a computer world.

Ram's white and black costume is made from hockey pads and a fabric bodysuit with gaffer tape and screen-printed electronic circuitry details. For the 1982 movie, a backlit animation process helped create the illusion of outfits with embedded high tech glowing circuitry.

This screen-used costume was photographed on display at L.A.'s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Fans of Disney's science fiction film franchise can see more costumes from the 1982 Tron movie, plus Tron: Legacy film costumes on display at previous cinema exhibits and expos.

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Top picks from Prop Store's 2017 costume, prop and memorabilia Live Auction...

On September 26, 2017 it's your chance to once again get your hands on 600 lots of amazing costumes, props and memorabilia from some of 200 of your favourite films and TV shows courtesy of Prop Store and their latest Live Auction. This time around you can bid for spectacular costumes, props and production materials from movie franchises like Batman, Star Wars, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Iron Man, Thor, Terminator, Gremlins, Star Trek, The Martian, Back to the Future and many more besides. Here's just a few hot picks that caught my magpie eye for purely personal reasons.

Buddy costume worn by Will Ferrell in Elf

First up is Will Ferrell's 'Buddy' costume from one of my all-time favourite feel-good films, Elf.

Laura Jean Shannon was Costume Designer on Jon Favreau's 2003 comedy in which a human baby grows up with Santa Claus and his workshop elves in the North Pole, then sets off to New York City to find his birth father when he grows up.

Buddy's green antron fleece is trimmed with white fur collar and cuffs, with a green and gold flower filigree pattern and completed with his signature yellow tights. This authentic Elf costume which is in excellent shape is expected to fetch anywhere from £8,000-£10,000.

Magneto costume and helmet
worn by Ian McKellen in X-Men

Next up is Sir Ian McKellen's 'Magneto' costume from Bryan Singer's 2000 X-Men movie, designed by Louise Mingenbach.

This streamlined look for the leader of the 'Brotherhood of Evil Mutants', combined with McKellen's and Patrick Stewart's stellar performances as frenemies 'Magneto' and 'Professor Xavier' really added some gravitas to the comic book adaptation that started a new generation of superhero movies.

If you like this villainous look, make sure you check out Michael Fassbender's younger Magneto costume from X-Men: Apocalypse also designed by Louise Mingenbach.

This costume worn by the 'Master of Magnetism' in X-Men is expected to sell for £20,000 to £30,000.

Sark costume worn by David Warner in Tron

Disney's 1982 cult classic Tron really evolves some fond childhood memories so I was excited to see this Game Grid costume worn by David Warner as the merciless 'Sark' up for auction.

Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton were Costume Designers on Steven Lisberger's groundbreaking film where a computer hacker is zapped into a digital world of gladiatorial games, where he has to help a heroic security program in order to escape.

If you like this villanous outfit, be sure to also check these other original Tron movie costumes on display.

If you're a fan of Tron, this original Sark costume could be yours for around £10,000 to £15,000.

Pete "Maverick" Mitchell flight suit
worn by Tom Cruise in Top Gun

With a sequel to 1986's Top Gun movie in the works this flight suit worn by Tom Cruise as 'Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell' really caught my eye.

Tony Scott's film about the U.S. Navy's elite pilot academy really cemented Tom Cruise's star power and this piece of cinematic history is expected to sell for £20,000 to £30,000 at least.

Alien Xenomorph suit from Aliens

And finally for my top picks, how could I not resist this extraordinary Xenomorph creature suit from James Cameron's 1986 sci-fi horror classic, Aliens.

This is one of my all-time favourite science fiction movies as it has everything, from great action to great character moments, hordes of aliens and Sigourney Weaver's 'Ripley' versus an Alien Queen.

Legendary make-up effects maestro Stan Winston was tasked with updating H. R. Giger's original alien and I think he did a spectacular job. This iconic thing of beauty would set you back from £20,000 to £30,000, and would be worth every penny.

As you can see from these examples there are some real treasures going up for auction at the year's event, and there's so much more with hundreds of screen-used props, production and promotional materials and lots of memorabilia that collectors will love.

If you don't believe me go online yourself and visit Prop Store's Live Auction website for all the details.

Original 1982 Tron movie costumes on display...

I may have been fortunate enough to see these classic Tron costumes from Disney's 1982 sci-fi cult favourite at the D23 Expo in Anaheim last year, but it was still a thrill to see them up close again under different lighting conditions at the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives exhibition on July 17, 2012.

Actual Tron movie costumes on display

Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton were nominated for an Oscar for these now iconic looking costume designs.

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First up is Jeff Bridges costume we wears as 'Kevin Flynn', a User who gets digitized into a world of programs who look like humans.

Kevin Flynn costume worn by Jeff Bridges in Tron

If you like his outfit from the original movie, be sure to also check out Jeff Bridges costume from Tron: Legacy, the 2010 sequel.

Next, the mannequin holding the Identity Disc is the outfit worn by the Program 'Ram' played by Dan Shor.

Ram costume worn by Dan Shor in Tron

And then there's the costume for our titular hero, 'Tron', played by Bruce Boxleitner.

These skin-tight outfits look so simplistic now, but at the time with the cutting-edge special effects in the early 80's they looked so futuristic and super sci-fi when I was a kid.

Tron costume worn by Bruce Boxleitner

Standing beside Tron is the costume worn by the female Program and his love interest 'Yuri' played by Cindy Morgan in the film.

Yuri costume worn by Cindy Morgan in Tron

If you did want to replicate this look, you'd have to keep in mind that this Yuri costume is missing a belt.

If you like these original outfits, be sure to check out the sexy Tron: Legacy Light-suits from the sequel that updated these classic costumes for a new generation.

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Costumes from the original Tron on display...

In Steven Lisberger's original 1982 sci-fi movie Tron, Jeff Bridges hacker 'Kevin Flynn' is literally zapped into the world of a computer and forced to battle in gladiatorial games and team up with the heroic security program 'Tron' to stop the nefarious schemes of the Master Control Program.

Original Tron movie costume exhibit at Disney D23 Expo

These fantastic costumes worn by the stars of the movie were photographed on display at the Disney D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center on August 19, 2011.

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Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton were responsible for creating the distinctive look of the costumes in Tron, which have become such iconic cult classics since their debut almost 30 years ago.

Original movie costume worn by Dan Shor as Ram in Tron

First up is the costume worn by Dan Shor as the Program 'Ram', who escapes with Flynn and Tron in the movie. His costume appears to be missing a belt, but he's holding his frisbee-like Identity Disc, so you can't complain.

Actual costume worn by Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn in Tron

Next is the costume Jeff Bridges wears as the User 'Kevin Flynn' in the computerised world.

Be sure to also check out this futuristic looking Jai Alai arm prop used by Jeff Bridges on the game grid, plus a closer look at Jeff Bridges warrior helmet from Tron.

Original costume worn by Cindy Morgan as Yori in Tron

Next is the Tron outfit worn by Cindy Morgan as the female Program 'Yori' (which also appears to be missing a belt), who is the computerised counterpart to the ENCOM scientist 'Lora Baines' and love interest of Tron.

Original film costume worn by Bruce Boxleitner as Tron

Finally, this is the costume worn by Bruce Boxleitner as the titular 'Tron', who is a security Program created by ENCOM computer programmer 'Alan Bradley'.

If you're a fan of Tron, make sure that you check out these upgraded movie costumes from the new 2010 Tron: Legacy on display, plus a replica Lightcycle inspired by the movie.

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