[MGOBLUENIK]

My mom has collected the Boney Bunch since 2009. We were so glad to find out about the preview party ahead of time this year. She went to the party in 2009 and got the pieces she wanted, but didn't hear anything about one for last year, and by time we happened to go to YC almost everything was picked over. She only had 2 or 3 pieces from the 2010 collection. She has a small book case in the living room filled with all her Boney Bunch pieces. She also has the small ceramic Bonsey face air freshener from 2009 hanging from her rear view mirror, she can't get enough Bonsey!

This year she picked up Bonsey, Rest in Pieces, Bobbing for Apples, the Boney bat votive & jar hanger and the horse drawn pumpkin wagon, all the pieces we really wanted. I also went back and got the bride & groom cemetary chapel double votive for my mom's birthday. When I went in to get it, it was the last one and they were down to a few things which they had alot of (like a dozen of the bride & groom tapper holders). Our store only got a limited number of some of the pieces. They said they only got 2 of the horse drawn pumpkin wagons, which both sold as soon as the store opened for the preview party, one by us and one by a couple who bought one of each of the Boneys and Skeleton Crew (their total was something like $385 after coupons).

 

[myerman82]

The good news about these Boney Bunches being back in stock is that everyone that missed out can pick them up finally. It also drives the high prices on ebay down a bit. I think some people get more excited when they know they are very limited. I know the last few years the Boney Bunches were always restocked in stores a few weeks after the preview party. Once it gets closer to Halloween most of the pieces will be sold out for good. I know I saw the organ player, pirate guy, and a few other older pieces on Yankee Candles shelves up until Halloween and they are going good a good buck now. I feel bad I never picked up those pieces I wanted in 2008 and 2009 due to my situation at the time. However, I won't be paying the high prices on ebay. Maybe one day I will see some of them at a garage sale cheap. LOL Unlikely!!!
I was at Hallmark yesterday looking for the Pumpkin people. It seems the only ones any of the stores have around me are the raven guy and the pumpkin car. Hallmark did not have any in stock but I checked their sale section and found a Halloween votive holder that looks like it would fit it with the Boney Bunches great. It's a ghost wearing black and has on a black hat and is holding a pumpkin. The holder itself is a pumpkin with a face similar to the Pumpkin people. It is NOT made by Yankke Candle but it was discounted to 6 dollars and I had to have it. I couldn't any pictures of it online but when I finally move later this week I will take a picture of it.

 

[grandma lise]

I was surprised to see three products at Value Village last night that look similar to these three Yankee Candle Skeleton Crew products:

http://www.yankeecandle.com/detail/skeleton-crew/1226784 (skulls were different and painted silver)
http://www.yankeecandle.com/detail/skeleton-crew/1226786 (similar, but with rhinestones added)
http://www.yankeecandle.com/detail/skeleton-crew/1226785 (similar, but with different themes...one was a skeleton pirate, another was a skeleton witch, I think)

If you missed collecting these pieces from YC, either online or in the stores, here's another opportunity. They're different enough so they won't compliment the YC pieces, but they're nice. I didn't think to look at all of the prices, but the candelabra was $19.99. [Edit: skull votive holders are $3.99 each and the skeleton pirate and witch are $5.99 each. The candelabra and both "sitters" are selling well, quite a few were gone.]

My Yankee Candle Wholesale set of pumpkin people arrived. They mix well with the Boney Bunch. Sadly, the tealight holder with the black bird cart arrived with two small pieces broken off the cart handle. I re-glued it and am displaying it with my Boney Bunch 2011 jar holder for now. Am hoping to find a replacement for it at Bed Bath and Beyond if they are sold here too in the next few weeks. That one, the one holding the bird cage, and the one driving the pumpkin car are my favorites. I have an idea for displaying the two witches too, but am limited in display space!

Lisa

 

[Boneys80]

Afterlife party collection

Thanks for the info regarding Hallmark! I called and unfortunately they won't ship. I was able to find the accordion player from an online retailer but am still looking for a few more pieces. Hopefully they'll pop up on ebay sometime soon.

Hi can u tell me which retailer u got the accordion player from? I can't find him anywhere! :/

 

[grandma lise]

Boneys80,

The accordian player was sold last year. I didn't know about him either until it was too late to collect him. Some Hallmark stores sell Yankee Candle Wholesale products, but many don't. It's hit and miss. If you scroll back through this thread and read the 8/8/11 - 8/11/11 posts, you'll see a picture of the bass player, and a link to a picture of the accordian player. Someone recalled that there was a pumpkin headed singer too, but no one has posted a picture of him yet. When you view the pictures, you'll see that they differ from the Boney Bunch in that the faces are bigger and they are colored black, orange, ivory, and green.

On 8/10/11, Hollow posted a picture of this year's Yankee Candle Wholesale pieces, available at some Hallmark stores and Bed, Bath & Beyond stores. It's a collection of five pumpkin people: two witches - (one with a cauldron, the other riding a broom) - and three guys - one driving a pumpkin car, one holding a cage with a black bird, and my favorite, one pushing a black bird cart). They compliment the Boney Bunch nicely.

None of these pieces are sold in Yankee Candle stores. Hope that helps.

Lisa

 

[Guest]

Hey guys! I actually put my BB and Pumpkin People away- I had them out, and then decided to release them from their box on October 1st!

Yankee Candle is having a tart and votive sale right now- all for $1! Time to stock up on those votives and tarts for halloween. They have coupons, too.

http://www.retailmenot.com/view/yankeecandle.com
Hope everyone is gearing up for Halloween! We are so excited here!

 

[Guest]

Grandma Lise, I am sorry your raven piece was broken. That is my favorite one! At least you can repair him.

 

[grandma lise]

Thanks Hollow. Am going to try to replace the piece when the collection arrives at our local Bed Bath & Beyond. If not, the glued piece is fully functional. Fingers and toes crossed!

That was so nice of you to post a link to the current Yankee Candle coupons. This sale is a good one as it only happens twice a year. It started on Monday and runs though Sunday, September 11th. Tarts an votives are only $1 each - (regularly $2 each)! And they let you use the $10 off $25 and $15 off $45 coupons too!

Many of the stores allow you to use more than one coupon - (1 coupon per transaction). I used two coupons to get 19 tarts, 2 jar candles, tea light tongs - (here's a link so you can see them, hard to describe... http://www.amazon.com/WaxiTaxi-Tealight-Tong/dp/B0056AT9GA ) and wax buttons for my candles and tapers. It was fun!

Lisa

 

[Guest]

I ordered the first day and got my candles today! Quick $5 dollar shipping! So awesome! What scents do you all use? I use Witches Brew, Candy Corn, Spiced Pumpkin, and Apple Cider. I burn the Spiced Pumpkin and Apple Cider together for a delish Apple Pumpkin Scent.
I cleaned them out of Witches Brew for my Boneys! Oooh I can't wait!

2 votive or tart combos people have told me to try: Patchouli and Midsummers Night= Haunted House
Macintosh and Midsummers Night= Poisoned Apple
I also like Granny Apple Smith and Creamy Caramel for Caramel Apple.

 

[Guest]

G.L.- I like that tealight tong! Thanks for the suggestion! I am hoping there are some Pumpkin People left at my PX after Halloween. If there are, they will be reduced and if you need one you can have it. They are reduced in our PX already, and after Halloween they will be even cheaper.
I am counting on people NOT loving our Pumpkin Peeps and passing them by. I watch them- they are slowly selling.

 

[Boneys80]

Boneys80,

The accordian player was sold last year. I didn't know about him either until it was too late to collect him. Some Hallmark stores sell Yankee Candle Wholesale products, but many don't. It's hit and miss. If you scroll back through this thread and read the 8/8/11 - 8/11/11 posts, you'll see a picture of the bass player, and a link to a picture of the accordian player. Someone recalled that there was a pumpkin headed singer too, but no one has posted a picture of him yet. When you view the pictures, you'll see that they differ from the Boney Bunch in that the faces are bigger and they are colored black, orange, ivory, and green.

On 8/10/11, Hollow posted a picture of this year's Yankee Candle Wholesale pieces, available at some Hallmark stores and Bed, Bath & Beyond stores. It's a collection of five pumpkin people: two witches - (one with a cauldron, the other riding a broom) - and three guys - one driving a pumpkin car, one holding a cage with a black bird, and my favorite, one pushing a black bird cart). They compliment the Boney Bunch nicely.

None of these pieces are sold in Yankee Candle stores. Hope that helps.

Lisa

Thanks for responding quick. I started collecting the bb in 2010, and this year I learned about the ultimate afterlife pieces. I've seen them, which is why I need to find them. They're sooo cute! And as far as the pumpkin people, I have bought a couple pieces that I could find, but some bed bath and beyond stores in my area still need to put their shipments out. I hope I can find the one with the bird cart too! I shall continue to scavenge all the hallmarks bbb, and ebay til I finally find the rest. LOL

 

[grandma lise]

Bonesys80, your best bet is the Bed Bath & Beyond stores because the smaller stores such as Hallmark received their shipments weeks ago. Talked to my BBB tonight. They still don't have any of their Halloween shipments in, but they did receive some Thanksgiving this week. One of the full-time staff said she'd call me when they come in. Fingers and toes crossed for us both!

Lisa

 

[grandma lise]

Hallow, I'm going to give the tea light tongs as a stocking stuffer this Christmas. They work great!

You are way ahead of me on "mixiology". I'm new to this. I've purchased a jar candle each year for my Boney Bunch, mostly for the color. But that all changed this past Christmas. A Yankee Candle store opened here, and we bought our first pre-lit artificial Christmas tree so I bought a Christmas Wreath jar candle.

Then, a month ago, I started following the Boney Bunch Fans and The Yankee Candle Company Facebook Pages and was fascinated by their descriptions of the scents. Well, here I am now with three new jar candles - (Autumn Leaves, Apple Pumpkin, and Grapevine & Oak) - and a pile of tarts - (Mountain Lodge, Kitchen Spice, Apple Pumpkin, Farmers Market, Autumn Fruit, Harvest, Cranberry Chutney, Sweet Honeysuckle, Storm Watch, Midnight Oasis, Berry Tangerine, and Nappa Valley Harvest). Oh, and an electric tart burner so I don't have to worry about an open flame when I'm out of the room. Luckily, I already had a few illumalids and a wick trimmer.

Of the Halloween scents, I like Midsummer's Night best but just realized I didn't get any tarts. Hmmm...might have to make one more trip...[giggle].

Lisa

 

[myerman82]

I am surprised that so many people are still tryiong to hunt down the raven pumpkin guy. That is the only one that the BB&B around my area carries. They also carry the pumpkin guy driving the car. I really want the other three pieces. I many have to travel an hour to the other stores to see if they have the others in stock. I really want to finish the collection.

 

[grandma lise]

For those of you who have or are trying to collect the Yankee Candle Wholesale pieces from 2010 - (a bass player, an accordian player, and ?) - check out the label on this jar candle in this Ebay auction...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...l?ViewItem&item=230666080181&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

Lisa

 

[myerman82]

I went to 4 other BB&B tonight and they only have the raven guy and pumpkin guy driving the car. I guess I'm going to have to miss out on the others.

 

[Guest]

Hmmm, maybe the pieces will come in later at your stores. I know that a lady on the YC FB page said her stores said they would come in their store in LATE September.

G.L., I think $42.00 and change is TOO much for that jar topper.

 

[grandma lise]

Hollow, apologies... It the label, not the auction that I found interesting. It shows a picture of the three Yankee Candle Wholesale pieces from 2010. Looks like the third piece is a drummer.

Lisa

 

[Howlatthemoon]

Hallow, I'm going to give the tea light tongs as a stocking stuffer this Christmas. They work great!

You are way ahead of me on "mixiology". I'm new to this. I've purchased a jar candle each year for my Boney Bunch, mostly for the color. But that all changed this past Christmas. A Yankee Candle store opened here, and we bought our first pre-lit artificial Christmas tree so I bought a Christmas Wreath jar candle.

Then, a month ago, I started following the Boney Bunch Fans and The Yankee Candle Company Facebook Pages and was fascinated by their descriptions of the scents. Well, here I am now with three new jar candles - (Autumn Leaves, Apple Pumpkin, and Grapevine & Oak) - and a pile of tarts - (Mountain Lodge, Kitchen Spice, Apple Pumpkin, Farmers Market, Autumn Fruit, Harvest, Cranberry Chutney, Sweet Honeysuckle, Storm Watch, Midnight Oasis, Berry Tangerine, and Nappa Valley Harvest). Oh, and an electric tart burner so I don't have to worry about an open flame when I'm out of the room. Luckily, I already had a few illumalids and a wick trimmer.

Of the Halloween scents, I like Midsummer's Night best but just realized I didn't get any tarts. Hmmm...might have to make one more trip...[giggle].

Lisa

Kitchen Spice smells so yummy!! It really says "Fall"!! Bath and bodyworks has their 2 for 20 going on until Labor Day, I've picked up some to use in the Haunted House luminary from last year. I am so ready to get them out and start burning them. But I'll wait...

Oh yeah Midsummer's Night is good....smell kind of sexy lol

 

[grandma lise]

Myerman82, as Hollow pointed out, many BBB's haven't gotten their Halloween products yet. Ours are expected the first or second week of September. Am still hopeful...

If we get all five pieces here, I will help you if I can. Did your stores receive two or three of the five pieces? Of the pumpkin figures with the bird, did your store get the one with the cart and also the one with the bird cage? If only one, which one did your store receive?

By the way, to find Hallmark and other gift shops that carry Yankee Candle Wholesale products in your region, go to http://www.yankeecandle.com/locator and do a search. Look specifically for Yankee Candle Wholesale retailers. Not all ordered these pieces earlier this year, but some did. I found one and they shipped them to me. I think they charged me $14 for shipping. If you go that route, be sure to tell the store that these pieces will break if they come into contact with the box walls or each other because they're ceramic. Mine arrived in one layer of bubble wrap with styrofoam peanuts which can shift in shipping if not packed tight enough. The piece with the cart was in partial contact with one of the other four pieces and, predictibly, broke. I had this happen to me a lot last year when I collected Franciscan Madeira stoneware from Ebay last year.

Lisa