Yup! I popped over to Michael's today for glue sticks and I had to sneak into the seasonal section to see what was there. Yup, there was half and aisle of Halloween stuff. Nothing I'm interested in yet though, dang it. I was so hoping to get a skull or two.
Just thought I would check the large online stores like Target, Walmart and Kmart today. TARGET had quite a bit listed, something like 12 pages of decorations, mostly stuff from past seasons but a few new things. Some big items too--over $100. Found the following new stuff worth a look: Dead Fred Talking Head, Gothic Lady Door Topper (not sure how it gets displayed--it's poly-resin foam), Gothic Skeleton and Skull Wall Mounts and I thought the Wind-up Walking Skeleton Guys were kind of cute. They also had animated Hex and Spazm motion activated from previous seasons. Target also had a large selection of costumes and accessories as well. Do a search for "halloween". Free shipping on a number of things if you spend over $50.
WALMART and KMART had barely anything in comparison. I don't know about Walmart's online selection but I remember last year Kmart had a pretty decent inventory. Guess Target beat them to the punch this year.
ZGALLERIE online has a dozen or so of skull/skeleton items in stock which might be nice for a party. They have stores in a number of states in addition to their online presence. I've shopped at our local stores and they carry nice quality merchandise.
Not much yet at IMPROVEMENTS CATALOG yet. Same goes for FRONTGATE. GRANDINROAD had 9 pages of items. Looked like stuff from last year. I signed up for both Frontgate and GrandinRoad's alerts for Halloween collection launches and will post when I receive something.
Nothing yet at POTTERY BARN. BTW MICHAEL'S Online has all of the Lemax 2009 halloween collection online to view. I kind of like the House of Wax Exclusive Michael's display. Reminds me of the old B&W movie of the same title that I loved getting scared watching.
ABC DISTRIBUTING (& it's sister company I can't think of the name of right now) have a few halloween items right now. I liked the Haunted Die Cast Collectibles (1920 County Coroner and 1938 Cadillac Hearse vehicles) the best. The mummy hands tea light candle holders were nice too.
Well those are some of the online places I routinely checkout at halloween time.
BTW has anyone been to the DOLLAR STORE or BIG LOTS yet?
Wow..................I'm getting all excited now! I'm wondering if they made it to the Micheals in Ontario yet? I don't want to drive over an hour to find out that it's not out yet. I might have to call the store..........
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