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2013 Yankee Candle Boney Bunch Thread

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<Kitty asked me to start this thread>

This thread is dedicated to Yankee Candle's Boney Bunch line. If you aren't familiar with the Boney Bunch, it is a collectible line of candle holders released each summer- fall by Yankee Candle.

https://sites.google.com/site/boneybunchyankeecandle/ Boney Bunch photos and info

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58087845@N04/sets/72157627766950310/ Boney Bunch Pumpkin People

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1710727@N25/pool/ Boney Bunch flickr group

http://www.youtube.com/user/yankeecandleinc?feature=watch Yankee candle youtube video channel with 5 Boney Bunch videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHA_aZyT6T0 2011 Boney Bunch youtube video

Boney Bunch often sell out quickly. There are some facebook groups devoted to this topic as well. If you don't have Bone-cperience, you will need this thread like an animal needs precious blood to acquire and complete your collection. The hunt is thrilling!

If you have any Boney news, Boney rumors, or Boney fun, post away.

I'd like to add, Ebay prices for Boney Bunch have seemed quite low and if you are looking to start a collection or add a few pieces, buy before the halloween season starts.
 
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I'm happy everyone did well today! With insider tips here on the Forum, we were all miles ahead of the pack. :) I didn't run into anyone super obnoxious at my store this year, thank goodness. The best deal of the day for me was that super cute jack-o'-lantern plugin. I got the autumn leaves refill to go with mine, and for only five bucks for both, plus it lights up, I felt like I got a great bargain.
 
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well, Boney Day is all said and done in my world. I bought lots-the train, hearse, motorcycle, bone white, frank, 08, cat jar shade.

I spent $222.75 with my coupons/the cost without them would have been $365 so I'm a happy camper. I just gotta remember to tell dh how much I saved. LOL. How much I SPENT is a whole nother matter...

I ordered all online--hopefully they will all look ok when received. If not, I don't mind dragging them back to YC.
 
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Any YC employees say anything about the September re-stock or any new items- Boney Dominoes?- today in store?

Yeah. The associates were telling people that they were expecting more inventory "in about a month", but didn't know exactly what or the quantity.
 
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I highly doubt that wave two will be new boney bunches. They may just restock them.
I went back again tonight just to say hi to my friend working. Someone is good friends with someone who has a say so in the higher ups in the company. I told her to suggest to him more female boney bunches, re-release another 2008 piece next year (lady with baby carriage) and think about re-releasing the 2007 mansion. She said those were great ideas and would let him know. (fingers crossed) She also told me that one year Yankee Candle released haunted houses that were luminious (sp) and were in color and made a haunted village. She said they were really cool and was going to see about getting those made again too. Anyone ever heard of those?
 
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^,,, (though I'm not really familiar with their older stock; hopefully one of the great YC/Boney fans here will know). Would love to see the ones she's talkling about if it's not the black metal houses. ETA: √

Wow, sounds like overall everyone did great in their Boney Hunts :D Didn't get to go until noon, so almost everything was gone. The manager said they had a huge line this morning & sold out of the majority of their stock. Was able to get the top hat jar topper & the crackle votive holder with the haunted house/black cat on it. While I was there a couple was ordering on-line from the store & the clerk said they'd sold out of the Snow White Family. Wild how popular these things have become.
 
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I don't remember those houses either and I have been going there for years. I do remember a lot of "cutesy" witch stuff and more country looking Halloween stuff a few years back. I can't really remember if I ever saw haunted houses before but she said some were tall and some were smaller. I told her that once she gets her houses set up to please take some pictures for me. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they did have something like that because I remember Yankee Candle always had very nice Christmas stuff too. One year I bought a tree tart warmer that were two pieces and when you stacked them it made a coll look tree that leaned sideways. It almost looked like something from The Grinch.
 
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I went to mine at 10:30 this morning, since the manager had told me the there is usually a line before the store opens! I got there & there was a decent crowd in the store, but nothing outrageous. There are a lot of items I don't recall seeing at all. Bride & groom. FrankenCouple, the train, BoneWhite, the hearse or the motorcycle.

Metal

I thought I wanted the black cat with the arched back, but changed my mind once I saw this guy in person.

Figurine Toy Games

This was the only piece I REALLY wanted.

So that's all I got. I'm a poo. I did order the bride & groom as soon as it was available online & I got the email today that it shipped. YAY!
I like the haunted house, but I don't have room for anything that big. The spiderweb tealight holder was pretty cool, too.

Someone posted a pic on Facebook of their haul and their Frankencouple were next to the prom couple & I was amazing at how huge they are! I checked the dimensions on the site & the bride & groom are just as big! And The Boney guy with the glass & wine bottle was a lot bigger than I expected, too.
 
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We went over later and there were some cool pieces. I picked up the new Candy Corn candle and an Apple Pumpkin, probably my favorite scent. These and a few tumblers with the $20 off coupon. The buttercream swirl candle smelled good enough to eat, and I'll be buying that and some others soon. I did get the catalog after asking a clerk. They said there was a good crowd there this morning, and some pieces like Bride and Groom were sold out. Some neat BB items for sure.
 
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I had a thought about the raffle. Wouldn't it be cool if there was one special separate raffle @11 for JUST the people who were present at store opening!? I was thinking that today during the raffle drawing. In my head I'm like, "Please don't let some person who just walked in the door @ 10:56 am win this thing! That's not fair. Let it be one us who got here early!" Then they could do a normal raffle pull at the same time with everyone included and continue them as planned once an hour. I think that would be a great way for them to show appreciation to us for rolling out of bed extra early to be there waiting in line faithfully!
 
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I do feel sorry for the people who were there at the beginning with me. The person who bought one of everything lived a block down from me and he does decorate very nice. I think they deserved to win the noon raffle but I think they left after the eleven o'clock raffle. I had the idea to go back at one o'clock and try to win them the tart warmer but I figured people would think I was being greedy. I hate the fact that knowing during the later hours random people who were just browsing won these. I hope that everyone who did win one today really enjoys it and doesn't just throw it away, box it away, or sell it on ebay. I did tell the manager that they should have done a door-buster raffle for those who waited in line and she agreed. After all we are the die hard fans.
I forgot to add that when I went back to the mall I stopped at Hallmark and picked up the "My Pet Ghost". I highly recommend it for the price. As I was checking out I asked the lady if they were going to be getting in any haunted candles this year. She told me they did have one in the store and I grabbed it. Overall, it was a great day. I cleared out my glass cases to start putting up the boney bunch but I'm a little exhausted.
 
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Finally getting a chance to post my day. Didn't make it out to my NEW local Yankee Candle until around 1pm (stayed up too late last night ordering a few pieces). To my surprise, EVERY SINGLE PIECE WAS AVAILABLE AT 1PM! I could not believe it!!! I would have waited and bought everything in-store. My fiance, my 3-year-old son and I all got a raffle ticket for the Boney Bunch tart warmer when we entered and starting filling up our baskets. Guess who won the 2PM raffle? That's right, I did! Unbelievable! When I left around 2:30PM, they still had at least 1 train, 2 Bone Whites, 2 hearses, 1 bone dry, and plenty of the rest including a whole shelf full of black cat clingers! This store has only been open a couple months. I didn't even know it was there until last weekend. I think most people are unaware it's there or just don't collect BB in the area. I bought a ton of stuff, including the haunted mansion. I did pass on a number of BB like the train and Bone White, but overall the day was a blast and a huge success! Crazy enough, my favorite piece this year is the cat and pumpkin. I didn't buy it til I saw it in-store. I wish I would have grabbed a bone dry, though. Some of these pieces were huge!
 
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Great pictures & stories everyone!! Glad everyone seems to be pleased with their Boney's and other spookies they picked up/ordered :D

Originally I was most excited about Bone White but now after seeing all the pictures I've become more excited for the Prom couple and Franken couple to arrive :D oooh and the train... SO glad I decided to go ahead and get the train!! :D
 
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