Thread: Grandinroad tombstones? Heavy resin stones

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Just saw two different ones at Homegoods today. One was a Dracula with "beware" and red glitter touches (not too obviously glittery, and would probably scrub off with a stiff brush if you hate glitter) for $29 and about 1.5 foot tall. The other was a gothic looking one with a small wire fence embellishment around the bottom and had a bat on top (like a weathervane) and said "welcome" for $24 and was about the same height.

And I haven't seen them this year, but back in 2009, Tuesday Morning had this stone:

It has a small battery and light inside and the epitaph and his eyes light up. It is quite heavy and I think I got it for about $45. They are still having stuff trickle in, so there's always a chance that you'll come across one like this.

Most of my tombstones are foam...I loves the resin, but cannot afford alot! I also use wooden crosses and made some cardboard ones that rocked. They are not sturdy...but they worked!

Design Toscano also has three nice resin stones.

http://www.designtoscano.com/product...+-+db159491.do

http://www.designtoscano.com/product...+-+db160282.do

http://www.designtoscano.com/product...+-+db160281.do

Originally Posted by ctarpey

go to home depot buy some pink or blue foamular ang get to work... its the easiest cheapest way and have you seen the work that comes out fo those pieces of foam.. better then anything you can buy...

I'll disagree with that. Yes, you can create some unique and interesting stones yourself out of foam, but the tombstones that GR is selling are top quality and very, very nice. I bought one this year, Celtic zombie gravestone, and would like to purchase more. Don't have to worry about breaking or dinging them when storing them. The GR stones are pricey and if you can score them after Halloween or at a steep discount, then they are worth it. Making your own from foam is the cheapest (depending on where you live and the price of foam), but not the easiest and unless you're very artistic I don't think they're better than the ones being offered by Grandinroad. Some people are better at making props that look fantastic than others. Myself, most anything I create and build looks typical and amateurish. While a gravestone purchased from GR may not be a "one-of-a-kind" item that nobody else will have, it's easy for someone like me with little to no artistic ability to click a button and have an awesome tombstone. Just my opinion.

I found very plain resin stones on the shelves of target here.

mraymer, do you work for GR? Seems like you are pushing GR products. Most of us home haunters do not have hundreds of dollars to put into one prop. I will put the quality of any one of my self made stones against any mass prodution product. Putting down the artistic ability of any props built and displayed here on the forum is bad form.

MrMordrid, I found some more heavy tombstones on deep clearance at HSN. These are heavy, and were at Grandin road.com. Watch the product video on the link.

http://home-decor.hsn.com/halloween-...rev=hp!sf!dept

I got 2 for $20 bucks, but shipping was $28. They were reg $79 each. The reviews weren't great, but I am gonna see how they are when they arrive. I too want heavier stones, but CANNOT pay $80 per stone.

If they don't "light" up, I am sorta ok with that, too!

Great buy.To bad I have so many tombstones.

I know! I need some, as I have alot of styrofoam...which is cool...but I love the heavier as well.

I emailed their customer service about the bad reviews due to damage during shipping. They said that if I get some damaged ones, I can send them back no problem and they will send me replacements. They said they sold about 10,000 of these.

I am super stoked to find them so cheap. I love Grandin Road, but I cannot pay $89 for a tombstone. I will be waiting on these babies to arrive!

I went ahead and ordered one.Darn I couldn't resist.I have made alot of my own tombstones and have probaly 10-13 of the resin ones from gr and target.But for the price I just had to.I would have liked to but a mister but the shipping price was to high.