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There is a saying that it's the suit that makes a man and for Anthony Le, of Thornton, his suits certainly draw plenty of attention – especially from women, he said.

"It's a chick magnet, no doubt," he said.

But Le's suits are not made from the finest cuts of wool or cotton. Rather his material of choice is custom-cut high-impact urethane plastic and the pieces are held together by hundreds of rivets.

Simply put, he is Iron Man – or at least he's as close as anyone has come outside of Robert Downey Jr.

Over the past two years, the 25-year-old has built a name for himself in the costuming community for his highly elaborate suits based off of the popular Marvel Comics' character. His efforts have even caught the attention of "Iron Man" director Jon Favreau, who mentioned him on his Twitter account. Le said he started this hobby in 2008, just a week before the release of "Iron Man" in theaters.

"There were no tutorials (to build an Iron Man costume) whatsoever," he said. "So I ran to Wal-Mart and picked up some stuff I could see if I could make it out of and that's when I decided to take cosplay to a new level – by trying and going a little more crazy making something that nobody else has made."

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