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Bag Of Skulls.

The woman enjoys autumn much the same as me, but for her, I have to think it's at least partly due to my increased agreeability to random trips to Michaels. If you don't live near one, Michaels is a chain of arts & crafts stores. I've already complained about the woman's obsession with this place, and it hasn't let up.

During the Halloween season (Christmas too, to a lesser extent), I only raise my Michaels hate flag at half-mast, because the chain offers a spooky smorgasbord of booing bric-a-brac, and it's often stuff that none of the other stores around here carry. They also get a gold star for being one of the first places in town to sell anything Halloweeny, and the proof is in the blood pudding: It's barely September, and I'm already buying bags of skulls.


(click here to see the WHOLE bag!)

In fact, that's what the product is officially titled. "Bag Of Skulls." The shoe (or skull) fits, as it's five bucks worth of little menacing skulls neatly nestled in a black net sack -- which itself has a bunch of smaller skulls built in! So many skulls!

What I really dig (ha!) about them is that they don't kowtow to society's usual call for all toy skulls to look perfectly gregarious. These are some seriously mean-faced skulls. After closer inspection, I noticed that they all have gigantic fangs, so they're not even supposed to be human skulls. It's a bag of monster skulls! I was on the fence about buying these, but a sack of monster skulls is definitely worth a fiver.

I can't find my giant Spider-Man figure, but picture him palming one of these babies. Totally sincere Shakespearean Yorick pose just waiting to be designed. I so need to do it. Where'd I put that guy?

Posted by Matt on 09/04/2007. E-mail me!



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Nice Skulls.

Chestnuts roasted by Crizag in Newfoundland @ 09/04/2007 8:20 PM

It looks like someone raided a ginormous werewolf graveyard and stole their shrunken heads. These skulls actually look like the squishy stress balls that they give away at work.

Chestnuts roasted by jjwspider @ 09/04/2007 8:20 PM

I got stuck at Michaels yesterday, but I managed to keep her down to 15 minutes, a miracle in and of it self. How did I miss the sack-o-skulls?

Maybe Spidey is under your bed, that’s where I would be if I were a 12″ action figure.

Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 09/04/2007 8:21 PM

I was in Michaels a couple days ago. The miniture towns were pretty cool but I think i could only stand to have them on for a few minutes at a time. Very noisy.

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/04/2007 8:26 PM

Matt,

Good deal for 5 bucks. To my surprise, the first store near me to put anything Halloweenesque out was Party City (Party America, etc.). I heard from one of the clerks they started almost 3 weeks ago! Now THAT’S what I call devotion!

Already when I walked in a few days ago the place was playing Halloween DVD’s on how to decorate your spooky house, and Halloween music. Plus, costumes in almost every aisle.

Is that the Spiderman that came with the ninja costume? Because if it is I remember having him too.

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/04/2007 8:34 PM

Damn you all for having a “stay up all night” thread the one night I can’t stay up to be a part of it :evil:

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 09/04/2007 8:44 PM

The Halloween store I saw last Columbus Day seems to have reappeared in the same Westmont shopping center (or will – they were just hiring for the season the last time I was over there). The grocery store where I work just put their Halloween stuff out last week, though it’s not all out yet. I imagine the school supplies will probably be around for another week or two before they give way entirely to candy and giant moving skulls in black robes and plastic light-up pumpkins.

Actually, Matt, thanks for reminding me I wanted to take a look at the AC Moore on the other side of the same mall as the Halloween store for fall decorations. AC Moore is an arts-and-crafts store chain similar to Michael’s. I don’t hate it, mostly because, also like Michael’s, they have cool holiday decorations you won’t find anywhere else. (This was one of the only places I could find anything for the Fourth of July.) I wanted to see what their general fall decorations were like – it’s too early for me to think of Halloween decorating.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 09/04/2007 9:06 PM

I didn’t see those at my MICHAEL’s. Good stuff.

I love my giant Spiderman but, man, it is tough to keep him standing.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 09/04/2007 9:13 PM

Hmm, I’m thrown by the “Ages 8 and up”. Would a 7 year old swallow some of the smaller skulls? Get twisted up in the net like a helpless fish? I don’t know but it’s bothering me.

P.S. Is that a pumpkin recipe book??

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/04/2007 9:21 PM

I was definetly impressed with Michael’s selection of Halloween stuff. Prices aren’t bad, either. I plan on going and picking up some of the little glass potion bottle thingies that have clever, spooky labels.

Chestnuts roasted by EtHM @ 09/04/2007 9:29 PM

skulls, skulls everywhere are skulls, breakin’ up the scenery, breakin’ my mind
Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the skulls?

sorry, went into “five man electrical band” for a second there!

Chestnuts roasted by ginger @ 09/04/2007 9:34 PM

Michael’s can also do cool Halloween framing..they actually carry orange steel frames and black mats for this purpose. i got a cool old concert poster framed this way.

Chestnuts roasted by Another Matt @ 09/04/2007 9:52 PM

I work at a Michaels up here in canada. We’ve been selling halloween stuff for at least 3 weeks now. In fact we’ve actually sold out of certain things including 6ft mummies that mumble when you walk past them.

Chestnuts roasted by Neen @ 09/04/2007 10:20 PM

I recently applied at Michael’s.
If all goes well, I will be working there in the smack-dab of the ‘Ween season.

Actually, if all goes well, I will be working at the Halloween Supply store next to the Michael’s…

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 09/04/2007 10:23 PM

I’m staying at the Marshall House in Savannah later this week for business and it turns out I got the reservation for the most notoriously haunted room. It was featured in ABC Family’s Scariest Places on Earth a few years ago. The lady that made the reservations did this on purpose.

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/04/2007 10:24 PM

I don’t know that I could do the village for Halloween, but i have a very deep window sill in my new place that is begging to be lined with cotton snow and mini houses come November.

How does one lose a giant Spiderman?

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 09/04/2007 10:24 PM

Also, where is all the goddamn slime, stores?
One of the reasons I love the season is because my chances of finding decent slime products raises by about 25%.
I’m just not seein’ it yet.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 09/04/2007 10:25 PM

You need to get her to be a craft snob, then she won’t want to go to Michaels anymore. Instead, it will be specialty store after specialty store and she’ll see the logic in not dragging you along on all of those separate trips to get that organic silk yarn or discontinued scrapbook paper or whatever she’s into. I’m telling you – my husband hasn’t had to enter a Michaels in years.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 09/04/2007 10:28 PM

Technically, I have to admit Halloween is now less than 2 months away- but I still feel it’s too early to start getting exited.

However, that didn’t keep me from noticing 2 pieces of candy corn flattened on the sidewalk outside work. Not to mention the nearby coffee shop which now apparently also sells rubber skeletons and glow-in-the-dark eyeballs. Oh, and the farm I pass everyday now has pumpkins out along with a big Jack-O-Lantern sign.

-Yep. No avoiding it.

Chestnuts roasted by GloriousKyle @ 09/04/2007 10:29 PM

I loves me some Michael’s. I like Hobby Lobby too, but they’re way too Fundamentalist to carry cool Halloween stuff. I’m Christian and all, but can’t we have some fun in this transient life?

Chestnuts roasted by penguin_poet @ 09/04/2007 10:32 PM

This is what I get for actually going out today.

I miss 2 blogs. You’re on fire, Matt. Making up for lost time is how I see it.

I too was dragged into a craft store today with my gf and her best friend, but we went in an AC Moore (a poor man’s Micheal’s) There are Micheal’s around here too, but this one was close to where we were.

What were they looking for? Picture frames.

But I did see a bin full of beanie babies, many kind of old (circa 97, 98 & 99). Sadly, I had them already, and back when they were popular, I paid WAY more than $3 for them.

And now, I will go to the last thread and read all 100+ comments. It was at 105 when I looked at it around 4pm.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 09/04/2007 10:33 PM

I can honestly see myself buying 10 bags of skulls if I saw them for sale somewhere.

Chestnuts roasted by Frostor @ 09/04/2007 10:37 PM

I just noticed the main page’s title…AWESOME Spaceballs reference! I freaking love that movie! Pizza The Hutt was just a great, disgusting character. Dom DeLuise voiced him well.

Also, yesterday I went to see “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.” I thought it was good, I was laughing the entire time. If you’re a fan of Mr. Bean, Rowan Atkinson, or just plain British Slapstick humor, go see it. Also, Willem DeFoe plays a self-absorbed filmmaker. (the movie that he shows at Cannes mostly consists of himself traveling up an escalator)

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 09/04/2007 10:45 PM

The ‘Ween Jones sodas are out.
Every single flavor is a rerun.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 09/04/2007 10:55 PM

Are the can designs any different?

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/04/2007 11:00 PM

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