Thread: 2012 Halloween Mdse Sightings in Stores

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in walmart i got some 5 amp fuses for $0.25. i always keep lots on hand. they are good for blow molds, extention cords, christmas tree lights. they usually run around $2.00 or $3.00 for a pack of 2.
and at hobby lobby i got some xmas trees at 80% off.

Haven't seen much yet (Except for a few garage sales).

garage sales? to cold for those here

OK bought a few of these Halloween Drop Down Mechanisms, like the kind that make those drop down spiders work, for my haunt from Improvements Catalog. Got an email that they have shipped. Not much left over at Improvements right now, but still worth a look. They have the Thrashing Mummy (from Tekky Toys) and the Standing Zombie at prices better than I've seen elsewhere. Set of 3 halloween crows, crawling mummy hand, lit tombstone, hanging spider lanterns are available as well.

The Thrashing Mummy, which I suspect is the same product basically as the Thrashing Zombie and the Insane Serial Killer with different bodies, has an AC adapter option that can be ordered through Tekky Toys directly (see Thrashing Mummy item page). I bought two of these guys when they went on clearance, and as long as you keep any replacement "costumes" lightweight and use the AC adapter, you can dress them up as you see fit. I'm turning mine into thrashing gorillas for my circus theme.

As for the boxes I bought I'm hoping I can use them for some drop down circus clown heads (styrofoam head or maybe even a balloon wearing a cheap lightweight mask) or maybe a lightweight guillotine blade set inside a guillotine frame set up that could be a haunted guillotine. The box supports 1 lb. btw.

For those that don't know it, Improvement Catalog is part of the family of companies from the HSN family (HSN, Frontgate, GrandinRoad, etc) and are a seller you can feel good buying from. Their shipping has been pretty reasonable too.

Don't know if my post above helped sell the IC halloween drop down mechanism or not, but mine will arrive today or Monday; and I went back on their website today and it is now sold out. Hope some of you managed to picked it up and I look forward to discussing uses for it later in the Prop Section.

Here what I did whith my trashing Insane guy.

Ostenator, love it! I'll have to remember your table setup. BTW these guys (thrashing mummy) were still available at IC when I looked earlier today.

osenator, very cool. that's what whiskey does to me too! lol

Bought some strands of bead (Christmas) garland at CVS 75% off to use for treasure in pirate treasure chest.