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Spirit Halloween 2023

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#1 ·
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.
 
#2 · (Edited)
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
 
#6 ·
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)
 
#3 ·
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.
 
#10 ·

It’s only on Spencer’s for now, but I have no doubt that this will be for Spirit as well. Check out the new 24 inch Good Guys Chucky Doll based after the other 24 inch doll they sold for years
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#14 ·
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.
 
#18 ·
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 :confused:). They're all laughably bad just like most of the prices!
 
#19 ·
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.
 
#24 ·
Widow animatronic has a 99.99999999% chance of being restocked online for this year. Lil Skelly Bones is also likely to be Online Only. We are also going to be seeing Stuffed Dummy, Klowns Popcorn Statue, and the two Sam plushes come back in stores this year.
Yes, the Unmasked Sam plush and a few other tabletop items received new photos with a blue background a while ago.
 
#25 ·
The new version of the Good Guys Doll is available on the site now:
 
#35 ·
Do we know what table-tops are returning?

I hope the side-stepper series is continued. I don't understand why a Shorty one hasn’t been made yet.
Based on what photos got an updated blue background so far I’d say:

Slim Sidestepper
Sam Pumpkin Statue
Sam Lamppost Statue
Crouchy Plush
Skelly Bones Plush
Sam Plush
Unmasked Sam Plush
Trick r Treat Bus Photo

Obviously there’ll be more.
 
#45 ·
Since that new Haunted Mansion movie teaser trailer came out, I wanted to mention that we could very likely see some merchandise based on that.

Haunted Mansion has been a Spirit license for quite a while and if that movie does good (which to be honest I don't think it will) it would be a good sell for Spirit.
Personally I think the trailer looks great, it’s a lot more faithful to the ride than the 2003 movie was. We already know Lowe’s is getting more HM stuff this year so I’m sure Spirit will be too.
 
#47 ·
I didn't care much for the trailer. The movie looks likes another cash grab for Disney. Modern media feels like there's a political agenda to it, or the story and dialogue are dumbed down. If you're going to do a movie about the Haunted Mansion, make the characters the main cast, not just a bunch of A-list actors shoehorned in.
 
#49 ·
The new Monkey Chimes is part of the doll line, the actual animatronic version isn’t returning.
 
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#54 ·
The Lord Raven is just a costume, SVI likes to make costumes of their animatronics.