Where to buy during the offseason?

**Texan78** · 11-02-2008,08:44 PM

Ok so now that Halloween is behind us and the stores will no longer be carrying Halloween decor. I was wondering where everyone buys there Halloween supplies to build for the next year? I.E. Buckys, skeleton heads, costumes, etc. so I can build props in the off season. I am ordering a lot of my animations and pneumatic prop stuff from like Fright Props, Monster Guts etc. but what are some other good places to buy during the off season to make props outside of HD and Lowes of course.

-Thanks

**Ugly Joe** · 11-02-2008,08:59 PM

Personal experience has been that any brick-and-mortar store that sells Halloween related items in the off season, usually does so at a full retail price - not that I can blame them, but sadly full retail is invariably expensive.

Having said that, one place I do go online to for Bucky's and other bones is SkeletonStore.com - they'll have specials and sales throughout the year, and they might even be able to offer a business discount for a "professional" haunt that is rather small...like, garage sized or whatever.

...and of course, all of our haunts are damned good, so that's professional, right??
(doesn't hurt to ask)

I do like their BagO'Bones...no telling just what wonderful bones you'll find, and what you can do with them...

**Industen** · 11-03-2008,03:22 AM

I thought Party City had a ton of different things that I didn't even see at Spirit. So I went nuts and bought some $200 in props after the 50% discount. I went to Spirit early but not early enough I guess...the only thing I wanted there was a 6 foot Grim Reaper but alas they were gone. On a positive note these gems at party city are going to be all pnemanic. You have to look outside the box when buting some of these props. Need to build 4 major props by next halloween. These include.

Air Cannon
Jumping/Spitting spider
Thrashing bound inmate to a metal panel
8 foot long scissor prop with a zombie that stands some 15 feet high.

Should be fun and can't wait to get started.

Halloween was amazing here everything went very smooth.

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**scareisburg** · 11-03-2008,12:23 PM

Costumes; Goodwill (or any thrift store) Go periodically through out the year
Pneumatics; Ebay, cylinders and valves
Controllers; simplecircuitboards.com the cheapest I've seen but not a lot of features
Misc Electronics: The standard Surplus houses here's a couple
herbach.com
allelectronics.com
jameco.com

**LV Scott T** · 11-03-2008,12:38 PM

We're very fortunate to have an open-year-round HalloweenMart (Halloween Experience open-to-the-public warehouse) here.

**Texan78** · 11-03-2008,12:59 PM

Originally Posted by scareisburg

Costumes; Goodwill (or any thrift store) Go periodically through out the year
Pneumatics; Ebay, cylinders and valves
Controllers; simplecircuitboards.com the cheapest I've seen but not a lot of features
Misc Electronics: The standard Surplus houses here's a couple
herbach.com
allelectronics.com
jameco.com

The places to buy pneumatics I have taken care of as well as animatronics and controls. I have pretty much all my bases covered to purchase things during the off-season with the exception of buckys and skulls to corpse. Those are the only places I can not find items for cheap.

**MildAvaholic** · 11-03-2008,01:05 PM

Originally Posted by LV Scott T

We're very fortunate to have an open-year-round HalloweenMart (Halloween Experience open-to-the-public warehouse) here.

Really? Thats cool. Maybe I can convince the Mrs. to take a drive down there sometime! Where exactly are they? I couldnt find an address on their website.

**LV Scott T** · 11-07-2008,07:28 PM

Originally Posted by MildAvaholic

Really? Thats cool. Maybe I can convince the Mrs. to take a drive down there sometime! Where exactly are they? I couldnt find an address on their website.

South Decatur, just north of the 215. Come down US95, all the way through town, exit onto the 215 (to the right - West, I think). The first exit is Decatur Blvd. Exit & go right. HalloweenMart is about a half mile up on the right.

6230 S Decatur Blvd (at Post Rd)

**maleficent** · 11-08-2008,01:26 PM

Shopping during the off season is great. You have more time to shop around for the best prices and have plenty of time for shipping.

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