Thread: Walgreens is simply ridiculous. A review.

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Sarcazmo here in LA and the Walgreens have finally gotten their halloween truck in and boy oh boy do they have some cool stuff.


Let me preface this post by saying that being a halloween fanatic/collector. Its so sweet to not have any competion for these cool items. There was no one in the Halloween aisle and I was there a half hour. When I used to collect Star Wars and Hot Wheels, guys were waiting at the door before the store opened, and would dash to the toy aisle. Thats why I quit toys.

This may be over your heads, but theres a scene in Plains, Trains, and Automobiles where Steve Martin sees an open cab in New York, Kevin Bacon sees the same cab. They glance at each other from across the street, knowing what the other one wants. They then race to the cab. Thats what toy hunting was like. You'd see a guy in the parking lot and he'd see you. He knew you werent at KMart at 8:00am to look at dvds. You'd then try to get to the aisle without running because that would look pathetic. Then when you both get there, you act like you didnt know the other guy was there for toys and make small talk.





My main things to get this season were the Gemmy projector, the Jack in the box, and the you solve it mystery dvd from Dollar Tree. So I go into Walgreens and the aisle is packed with cool stuff. There are so many items I want, must pace self its early Sept. First thing I scope for is the Jack in the Box, they have 4, 2 Jacks, 2 Jills, I buy 1 of each. $14.99 each. These things are so cool. One of the classic Halloween props of all time, right up there with stuff from the early 1990's. The most overlooked thing here is the deco of the box itself. Their coveted because their wanted by an assortment of collectors for Halloween. I collect clowns so thats why I wanted one.

They have these awesome wall plaques for $9.99 that light up and actually come out of the wall, its like a 3d effect, they move and talk. If Spirit had something like that it'd be $40.00.

Freddy, Jason, Myers, full size door covers that motion detect people and play theme songs and scary sounds. They had a bunch, I might pick them up later. The Freddy one is basically the cover of Freddys Dead: The Final Nightmare, so I thought it was kind of a chessy pic. Jason is the coolest one of the lot. I might buy one and put it on the bathroom door for my party.

The groudbreaker wolf with heartbeating hand was $9.99, I dont own a house so I didnt get him.

They had a case of 4 inch talking heads for $6.99 each, the witch and the bride are the shortpacks, theres two skulls, 2 mummys, 1 witch, 1 bride. I bought the witch, Bride and Skeleton.

Blinking strobe lights that play music...bought them.

6ftt Freddy and Jason that hang from the ceiling, pretty cheaply made...$20.00...I pass.

Huge skeleton that hangs from ceiling for $30.00, I want one really bad and may go back. Spirit would sell something similar for $100.00 probably. If it lit up or talked I would've bought it.

A ghost that dances to Ghostbusters but wait.... it also blinks and GROWS TALL while dancing $15.00 bucks...immediate purchase.

Lifelike bone skeleton heads for $6.99. These things feel like real skeletons, not that I'd know. Larger skeleton with red lights inside was like $10.00.

Ty Beanie babies if anyone is still living in 1997.

Candy syringe needles, candy pizza, lots of wacky candy.

A 3 tombstone set that interacts with themselves for $20.00, they blink and play music but once again, I dont have a yard to put them in. This would be a must purchase IF I had a yard.

Paper jointed cutout skeletons and witches that are pretty big...2 for $5.00.

You ever see on ebay the lifesize human trapped in the gigantic web? Well they have it for $19.99.. I IMMEDIATELY purchase. I then find one with a giant spider instead. May go back to buy it, other Walgreens dont have stuff out yet.

I also bought a piar of skeleton gloves like the bad guy in The Karate Kid wore, they were $5.00.

A ton of other assorted stuff. The display page was still in the aisle. All Walgreens apparently will look the same. I went to other Walgreens some had the giant $30.00 hanging skeleton some didnt. Jack in the Boxes are scarce, but there may have been more in storage.

My Walgreens display (so far) is very wimpy. I hope to see some of those items, OP!

Being from a generation who thought "ridiculous" was a bad thing to be, I was prepared to read yet another post about how poor the Halloween offerings were this year. Glad this wasn't the case!

I stopped in to our local walgreens last week just as they were starting to fill the Halloween aisle and I must say, I was very impressed as well. I will go back on Friday (payday ) to see what else is out. In the last couple of years, walgreens has outdone both walmart and target , at least in this area, for Halloween goodies. Hope they keep it up!

I have not been to Walgreens yet, but will do so tomorrow. I must say that is quite the lot for a Walgreens!! I'm hoping I have the same good fortune here and if I do I will post pics!!

I just came back from Big Lots (2 different stores) & stopped at Hobby Lobby for some Masquerade Feathers only to be extremely disappointed in their Halloween selections this year. It's still early I suppose, but not by much. Normally I can find a great Halloween treasure or two.

Sounds like it's time for a trip to Walgreens!

Originally Posted by Ryadread

I just came back from Big Lots (2 different stores) only to be extremely disappointed in their Halloween selections this year. It's still early I suppose, but not by much. Normally I can find a great Halloween treasure or two.

I second this, and was surprised at the prices! Normally, big lots and the like are my go-to places for great deals. $10 bucks for a resin skull?!?!?

Heather

I'll give them some time putting up the stuff. I'll try Friday. The thing that especially has me interested in is that Ground Breaker Wolf because I barely have any werewolf stuff at all, and they don't make blow molds for werewolfs, and to me werewolfs are cool.

Also, the blinking tombstones, I assume it is just going to be another variation of the white skulls they had last year that had Halloween music played to it, so I doubt I will like that.

I'll have to check out that Freddy and Jason big stuff though for sure. It's great they have Freddy and Jason stuff, but come on people: put out some Saw animatronics, or more stuff related to Saw. Or how about Predator, Alien, or Independence Day stuff? Or even Ghostbusters stuff. Sure, the ghost is a song, but I'm talking about more like the real Ghostbusters than just a ghost to music. To me, they don't have stick the same theme all the time.

I'm not trying to complain, but I have Freddy and Jason scene setters, I have the smaller animatronics of both of them, I have a Jason hockey mask, a fake Freddy Glove, a mask of Freddy, and basically I pretty much have all the movies of them, and I have Freddy and Jason pens. Now, offer another franchise please (any Halloween store really). I understand they do have Saw scene setter I seen, but I haven't seen it in stores.

But I'll still look at those big Freddy's, and Jason but unless it's very impressive, I probably won't buy it.

Poop...ours has nothing! The lady told me they might get it started this weekend. I'm feeling kinda down in the dumps so a good Halloween find would have made me smile!

Oh well...guess I'll check next week.

Ours has nada so far _

thanks for the review! I scored so much awesome decor last year from them at 75% off in November, I cannot wait to see what they have this year. I have been checking, nothing yet!