AIM / Yahoo: Scythemantis
Email / MSN: bogleech@hotmail.com
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| Halloween 2005: Decorations & Stuffed Toys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part II of this year's spooky horde! Featuring all the more expensive, elaborate items. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Robo-lanterns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| One of the coolest things ever contributed to the holiday by Wal-Mart, these came in both the "antique" looking metal above and a cleaner, lighter grey. The bulbs inside are designed to emit a sort of "crackling" reddish-orange light, making these the perfect decor for your unholy laboratory. Unfortunately, one of mine has already blown out, and I'm not sure where to get a replacement bulb with the same effect. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Two completely unrelated skeletal Nutcrackers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Because Christmas ain't got NOTHING Halloween ain't got better. The skeleton with the dangly limbs is part of a larger set by Target, while the beckoning specter of death came from "Hechts." I'm not sure which one I prefer. The skeleton stands out more and truly looks like a nutcracker sans flesh (the eyes are perfect), but the Reaper is more elaborate, generally badassed, and has a dangling spider. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Even EVILER Pumpkin Clown Guy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From the same exact store as last year's pumpkin-clown demon, only, MUCH more frightening, which I honestly didn't think was possible. Here's hoping next year brings a third, even eerier member into this family of freaks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanging "Hyde" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is one of those hanging decorations with the solid head and empty cloth body. Like Mr. Hyde from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas", he has a little brother in his top hat, which is pretty much what made me like him enough to spend 5.99 on a chunk of resin in a cape. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GIANT Crazy Pumpkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Another item that matches some of 2004's, this thing has wobbling eyeballs and stands over a foot and half tall, which is pretty big for something wide and round. I found him all alone at a TJmaxx. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Target "Count Down" and "Scary Mary" figurines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Target decorated for halloween this year with a whole huge family of adorable, big-headed monsters, plastering them all over their stores as giant cardboard cut-outs, talking "doorbells" in the candy aisles and a fair amount of merchandise. None were made into proper toys, but these two (along with a pumpkin and spider) were at least immortalized as small, glass figures. They should've been salt & pepper shakers, but ah well. At least they're cute...and how can you not love a tiny vampire named "Down?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Probably part of a larger set, but I got them from a closeout store that only had one each of these two. Their legs dangle on strings if you sit them on the edge of a table. I love the freaky design of the rat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The word "Spiders" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It's the word "spiders". It's made of sculpey. It was seven dollars. The fact that someone made the word "spiders" out of sculpey and put a 6.99 price tag on it is practically the whole reason I had to have it. "SPIDERS!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Spooky Hollow" Plushes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created just for 2005, these four characters appeared on a wide range of "Spooky Hollow" products, primarily sold through Joann craft stores. These mini-plushes were their only 3-d incarnations, and are about 3-4 inches high. They have cords to hang them from, and the pumpkin features a bendy vine for no real reason. My favorite is the candycorn, but he beats the angry ghost by only a small margin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skeleton mummy riding hood guy thing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Actually came off ebay last year, but some time after Halloween, so I just counted it for this year. Eight different nonsensical outfits combined with a very large (two feet tall) skull-faced mummy ends up one of the most interesting halloween plushes I've ever found. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Raincoat reaper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rescued from a consignment store, I'm not sure where this guy originally came from but he has a raincoat and a plush scythe, both removable. You do not want to get all wet when you run a door-to-door buisiness. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Screaming coffin and tombstone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You can set these to activate via button or motion sensor. Both reveal ghastly, wobbling heads with light-up eyes and the same hilariously loud, bloodcurdling scream that sounds MUCH better when you have both of them going off at once. An entire wall of these would make a nice security system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My illegitimate son Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abandoned by the Pumpkin Queen, Stewart is a well-meaning boy but his mental handicap can get him into mischief. His fingers are deformed and he can only say his own name.
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AIM / Yahoo: Scythemantis Email / MSN: bogleech@hotmail.com
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