I like that they made a soundtrack without talking. I’ll take music over talking any day. Of course the ambient sound ones are my favorite. My favorite two soundtracks are Last House on the Left and Graveyard Scene.

@jordynhanson8990

Ай бұрын

LHOTL is my all time fave soundtrack on ANY piece

Love the Soundtrack too, it reminds me of The Goonies

This is such an amazing piece, and amazing comments and review to go with it! I’m definitely getting it. I have many comments, mostly surrounding the fact that they are finally bringing back the Medieval theme, harkening back to pieces like the infamous Castle Black which has sold for $2000 on EBay, and even more interestingly, 2014’s cancelled Blackroot’s Wizard Academy. So this is the third major entry in this theme to my knowledge, and it’s great to see Lemax bringing the old themes back. They brought the mining theme back with Skull Cave Quarry (recall Dead Man’s mine, WE Slabbum Quarry [a unicorn of mine], Black Mountain Coal Mine [my #1 unicorn], etc.), they continued the wasteland theme with the gas station, witch fairy village, zombies it’s been a few years but there’s always at least a small piece (barring major things like Dead Fraternity, Graveyard party, Zombie fortress, etc). So really what we haven’t seen in a while are pirates and old western (and I guess Egyptian! the infamous Doomed Temple, or even “Jungle” with the cursed temple); but the big themes missing are pirate and old western. In my opinion, next year’s fogger piece will be pirate related. They brought back mining with the quarry fogger, so I just have a feeling that’s what they’ll do. Or, maybe with the facade they’ll do a pirate or old western town. We will have to see, but considering that they are finally bringing these themes back, SURELY those classic themes will return, unless they have decided to retire them. Anyway, great video, see you next time!

@SpookyVillages

Ай бұрын

Nice to see you Bread Guy! Yep- this is a building that will go with my castle themed stuff so I'm very happy to have a good addition to that. I may build a little display around it this year and not the pumpkin patch piece- not sure yet!

That piece is so much cooler than I expected. Sometimes the skills Lemax uses can look a little goofy, but this one is fantastic! I know you've been looking at doing a castle theme, and this is a great addition to put up front.

Very cool piece. Love the fog. Any soundtrack without all that chatter is great.

I feel Lemax ruined lot of great pieces with cheesy soundtracks, and the fact that this is just music is refreshing. Its not too busy, unlike a lot of other Lemax pieces, not too cheesy, and well balanced.

Love the shirt, Doug! 🎃 I want this piece badly!

I’ve always known about the Christmas scenes from my parents and other people having them, but I walked into Michaels today and left with the magic shop and a few other small pieces. Can’t believe years of these models and sets went over my head but I’m excited to jump into the hobby

@MrZACATECANO100

29 күн бұрын

DONT feel bad , I started like 3yrs ago . And do buy 5/6 houses a yr.

Absolutely love this! Thanks for the video Doug. Will you be doing a live Halloween video maybe with Philly candle man this year? Loved when you guys did that. Would love to see Anthony come back as well!

Need to pick this one up!

Definitely picking this one up. I'm going to modify it a bit for my spooky graveyard. I'm going to replace the guard on the stairs with a reaper. The soundtrack is too Disneyish for me, so I won't use that.

@CassidysWorkshop

Ай бұрын

Like the idea of a reaper.

amazing piece!

I agree, I like it with music/sounds and no talking. Two favorites of mine are the Pumpkin Tilt-n-Hurl and the Black Raven Manor. Love the soundtrack on Black Raven!

So excited for this one!

Excited to see this one in person

Soundtrack sounds a bit like John Williams Star wars from phantom menace. Agreed it's a great piece including the soundtrack 😃

Beautiful.

Great piece! Definitely on my list Should have mentioned this is a michaels exclusive Michaels does have their lemax line out on their website and app listed with prices as "coming soon"

@davidbenson7592

Ай бұрын

Some Michaels stores already have there Spooky Town out.

@mfeyko

Ай бұрын

@@davidbenson7592 why wouldn't items at least be available online then?

@davidbenson7592

Ай бұрын

@@mfeyko my past experience is that online comes out later than in store. Not all the stores have it yet. There’s speculation that it has to do with coupons. I’m not 100% sure, but I think when you order online, it comes from a store and not a central warehouse, but I could be wrong. It would definitely explain the variety in how well their items are packaged when shipped.

It has a very Harry Potter/Goonies soundtrack to it. I wasn't planning to get this piece but now I have to reconsider that!!

Great review, definitely a must have. please review the new "smoke and mirrors magic shop"

You got a new subscriber here👍🏼 I’m new to the lemax spooky town and just bought my first which was the theatre. The next one is either going to be this one or the amusement park. I got a question for you: where did you get your background with the spooky fog and full moon behind the ruins castle as you show cased it? Is it something you created for your video or is it something I can order from someplace? Thank you for the awesome review! 😊

@SpookyVillages

Ай бұрын

It’s a product I sell called a Village Scene Setter! I have 8 of them left and when they are gone they are gone! They are on spookyvillages.com!

That's a nice piece

Doug, I like the skull. I like the castle. Together they don't quite work for me as much, but I'm glad you have another piece you really like. The flickering candle effect that Lemax also used on their Foreboding Abode looks out of place here. Perspective-wise, it looks like the candles don't belong, like someone just stuck full sized candles to a Lemax building. The soundtrack is very cool which is rare for Lemax. I personally love the Symphony of Screams soundtrack. Out of all the mist-ers, my favorite is still the Skull Cave Quarry. Thanks as always for showing off all these pieces! vgv

That looks badass. Very Metal🤘

Hands down, this is the best piece this year.

@shaneabrams7370

24 күн бұрын

Agree- had to snag it- candles are very cheesy though- (no offense Doug) I agree with a comment that it should had been torches or even cauldrons or something…. Those are some massive candles in scale 😂

@shaneabrams7370

24 күн бұрын

Oh…. And are those eyelids right above the lit eyeballs 🤔😂 yea, those are getting painted over- really can’t see in dark but….odd

Cool piece...love the non voice soundtrack!

Hey Doug. How long does the fog last with one fill?

The fog effect looks esp thick on this one. But my two fog pieces stopped working after one season (replaced the wick, fully soaked and cleaned the metal contact), which makes me wary of another fog piece.

This one looks real nice & yes, they did a great job with the soundtrack.

Very cool piece. Could this pass as Dracula’s castle?

I wish the candles were torches, that would have fit with the castle theme. Can’t wait to see it in store

@shaneabrams7370

Ай бұрын

Agree totally… some rather large candles

I just purchased this today Michaels 20 percent off and I love love this lives I bought three pieces and this is the best one it’s amazing

@shaneabrams7370

24 күн бұрын

Just picked up- had to go to two Michael’s and they found it in back. Guess it’s doing well sale wise.

Pretty cool but how would you get more wicks

@countrycandle9837

Ай бұрын

Ehobby tools has them

Does Micheals sell extra fog wicks, or do I get them elsewhere??

My Michael’s has their spooky town out and already marked 20%. It is never on sale the week it goes out on the floor. This is to screw us from using 30 or 40 percent off! Which I have both coupons. Guess I can buy it and return it for a price adjustment later. 😡

@SpookyVillages

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it really sucks. I plan to talk about this in what'll probably be the next video on the channel!

@Zam1Fear

Ай бұрын

I just got mine last night at 40% off. I'm in Canada.

It’s a nice piece and I like that the soundtrack has no talking in it. The soundtrack remind me of the Harry Potter movies and the piece itself reminds me of Castle Grayskull. 😄

Doug, will you review any Department 56 pieces this year?

Thanks for the video! Are there any michaels discount codes floating around yet? There are a ton id like to get this year but $160-$200 each has me tearing up

@SpookyVillages

Ай бұрын

Not that I know of, unfortunately

@dricedt

Ай бұрын

@SpookyVillages o no! Hopefully something pops up. They're are a few good ones that I'd like to get but there's no way at 160-200 a pop.

I dig it, but I'm wondering about the guard. Is it a tie in with any other Lemax items? I can't think of any other than the D56 Castle Calvaria and Mad Guard. And how do the candles work? Is it just flickering lighting? It looks like the shadows are actually moving. Great review, thanks! {edit} Looking at the guard again he reminds me of the ones at the witches castle in Wizard of Oz.

@breadguy7962

Ай бұрын

It follows the old Medieval theme of Black Castle (impossible to get) and a few aptly themed accessories, but Lemax hasn’t touched the theme since (besides the 2014 Blackroot’s Wizard Academy, which was demoed but cancelled and never released). It makes me think they are going to keep bringing back other classic themes. Also, D56 Castle Blackstone.

@CassidysWorkshop

Ай бұрын

​@@breadguy7962Thanks, forgot about Castle Blackstone. It's available but I never really found it haunted enough. Didn't know about Black Castle, thanks.

One could place a boombox under layout to play extended soundtrack with little repetition.

Are you gonna do a review of The Living End?

Got mine for $99 lucky had a $45 voucher

My Michaels is Out go get it

Does the fog ever stop? Mine stops after about 5 min? Is the fog suppose to stop and go?

@SpookyVillages

6 күн бұрын

It does stop for awhile sometimes, yeah. Othertimes it'll go and go

Love it but can’t get it to fog

Does it make fog with the soundtrack off?

Mine is leaking from the bottom 😭😭

Made my list !

I wish the fog on my pumpkin one would work it never did

I like the soundtrack a lot, particularly because there is no talking! Sometimes the talking can be a little annoying, especially when the music itself is good! It doesn't fit my theme so I wont be buying this but its great!