[CGI Michael Myers]

This may be an interesting year for Spirit Halloween. It will be their 40th anniversary this year so they may do something special. Also since Seasonal Visions is doing pneumatic animatronics now we may get some interesting animatronics from that too.

Their website’s internal system/website database starts updating in late April and early May so we will have to wait for that.

 

[Crouchy Fanatic]

Man’s Possessed Friend and the Jumping Spiders have already been confirmed to return (no big surprise there).

Lately there have been reported price raises for certain props, such as the Fogging Skull Pile and Cotton Candy Ray Gun (edit: CCRG now back in stock with the new price), also confirming their return.

Surprisingly enough, that Towering Reaper has finally released today after being delayed for nearly two years now: 10 Ft Towering Reaper Animatronic - Decorations - Spirithalloween.com

 

[CGI Michael Myers]

A Killer Klowns fan stated that a Spirit Halloween employee at Flagship told them there will be a new Killer Klown animatronic this year.

I’m betting it will be Slim, his design is not very complicated compared to other Klowns, he’s a fan favorite, Spirit has tons of merchandise for him, and Spirit already has audio tracks they can use.

 

[Crouchy Fanatic]

A Killer Klowns fan stated that a Spirit Halloween employee at Flagship told them there will be a new Killer Klown animatronic this year.

I’m betting it will be Slim, his design is not very complicated compared to other Klowns, he’s a fan favorite, Spirit has tons of merchandise for him, and Spirit already has audio tracks they can use.

I wouldn't be surprised if we get Slim. Hopefully we get more KKFOS props as well, something like a hanging Cotton Candy Cocoon or even obscure items from the movie like the Popcorn Bazooka.

 

[Southwest Fall]

Bummed who read the cotton candy gun price is increasing. Its already $35 on Amazon when in stock. If they make the popcorn bazooka I'm getting it!!!

 

[SLCGirl]

Man’s Possessed Friend and the Jumping Spiders have already been confirmed to return (no big surprise there).

Lately there have been reported price raises for certain props, such as the Fogging Skull Pile and Cotton Candy Ray Gun, also confirming their return.

Surprisingly enough, that Towering Reaper has finally released today after being delayed for nearly two years now: 10 Ft Towering Reaper Animatronic - Decorations - Spirithalloween.com

This has been out on other sites. They redid the head with the digi eyes and made a new skull. It's the same voice and sayings as the previous one that I bought on clearnace from Spirit's website in 2019, I think. Got him for $50. https://spirit-halloween.fandom.com/wiki/Towering_Reaper_(2018)

 

[ghostbust99]

A Killer Klowns fan stated that a Spirit Halloween employee at Flagship told them there will be a new Killer Klown animatronic this year.

I’m betting it will be Slim, his design is not very complicated compared to other Klowns, he’s a fan favorite, Spirit has tons of merchandise for him, and Spirit already has audio tracks they can use.

It’s definitely possible, usually once they secure a license it gets bigger every year. Still hopeful for a new Cryptkeeper after the tease in 2020. I could easily see a cotton candy cocoon reskin of the YJ Cocoon Corpse.

 

[bobby2003]

I hope they learned from Home Depot, and Lowes and just release everything all at once instead of just dribbling things out over several months because by the time they finish people have either lost interest, or already spent their money elsewhere, and Lowes and Home Depot are already putting out Christmas stuff.

 

[ghostbust99]

I hope they learned from Home Depot, and Lowes and just release everything all at once instead of just dribbling things out over several months because by the time they finish people have either lost interest, or already spent their money elsewhere, and Lowes and Home Depot are already putting out Christmas stuff.

They’ll definitely be having some fierce competition this year now that we’ve seen a lot of the Lowe’s stuff.

 

[Crouchy Fanatic]

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[bingo666]

The Towering Reaper looks like the same one released years ago. Pretty sure Costco and Sam's had it last year for much less. I hope Spirit ups their game soon.

 

[CGI Michael Myers]

The Towering Reaper looks like the same one released years ago. Pretty sure Costco and Sam's had it last year for much less. I hope Spirit ups their game soon.

Yes, it's a Morris Costumes animatronic who is a wholesaler.

 

[CGI Michael Myers]

The Psychotic Circus of Savannah has stated that there will be two new clown animatronics and that Spirit will be releasing some of the best props in a long time. He seems very reliable so I have no doubt about what he said.

 

[Crouchy Fanatic]

The Psychotic Circus of Savannah has stated that there will be two new clown animatronics and that Spirit will be releasing some of the best props in a long time. He seems very reliable so I have no doubt about what he said.

If there's only two, then that's a relief as Spirit has had an overwhelming clown overload in the themes in recent years. Even though they sell well and it seems to be calming down in the amount of clowns being sold by Spirit lol.

As for the best props made of all time statement, I can only hope that not only has Spirit taken notice of the pneumatics now available in retail props, but also they continue to listen to fans and implement more new technology and gimmicks that attract a wide variety of audiences.

 

[CGI Michael Myers]

If there's only two, then that's a relief as Spirit has had an overwhelming clown overload in the themes in recent years. Even though they sell well and it seems to be calming down in the amount of clowns being sold by Spirit lol.

As for the best props made of all time statement, I can only hope that not only has Spirit taken notice of the pneumatics now available in retail props, but also they continue to listen to fans and implement more new technology and gimmicks that attract a wide variety of audiences.

The clown animatronics other than Shorty did not sell very well last year so that’s probably why there won’t be very many this year.

I’m pretty sure they have a few pneumatic animatronics planned, Spirit works closely with SVI and Tekky Toys so they would’ve known. The animatronics are planned a year or so in advance, I expect that they have been planning for their 40th anniversary for a while now.

 

[ghostbust99]

Personally I’m not too excited given how the last few years have turned out. Spirit is very out of touch with what their fans truly want these days. As for clowns of course there’s gonna be some, I don’t see that stopping anytime soon.

 

[exitg]

I fully expect zombies, reapers, ghosts, maybe a few clowns, but little girls? Sorry, but little kids/girls, that’s just weird to me.

 

[Crouchy Fanatic]

I fully expect zombies, reapers, ghosts, maybe a few clowns, but little girls? Sorry, but little kids/girls, that’s just weird to me.

The creepy little girl props just make no sense to me. Dolls I understand but creepy kids are just dumb and waste of prop space that could be utilized better. They're not even scary just laughable with all their phrases (ugh look at Betty Sharpe and her facial design ). They're all laughably bad just like most of the prices!

 

[JustaBunchOfHocusPocus]

Thanks for the update on the store. I usually just browse around to look at everything, but some of the props seem a bit overpriced. If I bought anything from the store it would most likely be horror merch or something of the sort.

 

[ghostbust99]

The creepy little girl props just make no sense to me. Dolls I understand but creepy kids are just dumb and waste of prop space that could be utilized better. They're not even scary just laughable with all their phrases (ugh look at Betty Sharpe and her facial design ). They're all laughably bad just like most of the prices!

Not to mention how minimalistic most of them are for their prices. The only movement Betty had was in her bag.