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soft and cuddly...just don't mess with them!
If you have a hankering for horror toys, don't look further. We have just fallen in love with the Teddy Scares stuffed bears. They're cute, they're cuddly - but a little bent! Teddy Scares are "evil zombie bears." So be sure to keep one eye open when you sleep.
Each Teddy Scare is decked out in creepy, homicidal-esque fashion and comes with a dangerously wicked biography that is hysterical! Teddy Scares come in 12" and 6" sizes. We have some of our favorites below:
Last Words: "Trust me, it won't hurt." Favorite Place: In the shadows Favorite Color: Blood red Past Occupation: School bus driver Hobbies: Sharpening his axe and splicing wires
Rita Mortis Granger Evermore Mundy Drudge
For more information or to purchase these soft and cuddly Teddy Scares Bears, please use the following link: http://www.teddyscares.com
 
....not for your average girl
To start with,
what's creepier than a doll? This popular opinion is what
inspired the creators of
The Living Dead Dolls,
These popular dolls have a fan base of middle-aged housewives as well as the obvious goth-loving kid. Please check out their website for more information or to purchase these wonderfully, scare-the-bejesus-out-of-you Living Dead Dolls: http://www.livingdeaddolls.com
These dolls make us want to watch that "scary doll movie" with Karen Black, 1975's, Trilogy of Terror. In the last third of the trilogy called Amelia, Black has a bloody tete-a-tete with a Zuni fetish doll. Once it's protective chain slips off, it comes to life with a fetish for murder. Very creepy - see The Voodooz below!
We just discovered the coolest scary toy - though "dark" in concept, they are actually very adorable, funny and cuter than any stuffed bunny we've ever hugged! So who or what are these hip little darlings? They are the fashionably bony Skelanimals.
Skelanimals feature a variety of "dead animals" to collect and love... and they glow in the dark! They come in 8″ plush toys, beanies, vinyl figures, keychains, back packs, breath mints and more. They've even invaded fashion: apparel, underwear, handbags, shoes and jewelry. Skelanimals are soon to be the next Hello Kitty - just a bit on the goth side - but still oh so cute.
We also just love the tag lines of the Skelanimals: Dead pets are so easy to keep! Dead animals need love too!
For more information or where to purchase Skelanimals, please use the following link:
The Voodooz
are too cool. We are very
excited about these little voodoo dolls. They are just like the kind you
can purchase in a small voodoo store in New Orleans. Each one has an
articulated internal skeleton, which allows you to display them in any
pose you wish.
Each creepy little voodoo doll comes with most of the following accessories: voodoo pins, binding twine, mojo bones, journal booklet, and a chicken foot!* - Voodooz website
Baka - the troublemaker!
For more information or to purchase these Voodooz, please use the following link: http://www.thevoodooz.com/
Ezili - a lover, but can get jealous!
It's really hard to consider these almost cute plush toys ugly, horrific or scary. Actually, they are rather cute - guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, they are a wee bit different than your average toy.
Uglydolls were created by independent toy designers David Horvath and Kim Sun-min and first released in 2002. They have already been recognized when in 2006, they were awarded the Specialty Toy of the Year award by the Toy Industry of America.
The Uglydoll collection were first made in 12" plush and were handmade by Kin Sun-min. They now are available as 7" Little Uglys, 24" Giant Uglys, 4" plush key chains, and 7" vinyl Uglys. Each doll includes a small tag describing the character's distinctive persona.
Some resident Uglys include:
Ice Bat
(in plush) who lives in an ice cave or inside an ice box. He is usually blue, but is known to come in specialty colors from time to time. Ice-Bat even appears briefly in the 2005 film Zathura!
Target is the grandfather of the UglyDolls, which is why he has hair and a few extra limbs. Tray is the brains of the Uglydolls. She has three brains, one for each blue eye. The reason her eyes are so blue is because she eats so many blueberries.
For more information or to purchase these odd little Uglydolls, please use the following link: http://www.uglydolls.com/
If we were to live anywhere, it would be in a Department 56 Halloween Village. Ok, maybe you can't really live in one, but you can decorate the heck out of home or apartment with them. What are they? They are intricately detailed porcelain pieces done up with Halloween in mind. Some come equipped with colorful, blinking lights, some with eerie sounds and others with moving pieces. Halloween would not be the same without setting up my collection of Department 56 Halloween Village. Perfect as a Halloween collectible.
Department 56 comes out with new pieces every year while retiring older pieces. And these retired items can really become valuable on ebay. Some villages, including some retired villages include: Shipwreck Lighthouse, Be Witching Costume Shop, Grimsly Manor and Helga's House of Fortunes.
Shipwreck Lighthouse Be Witching Costume Shop
Grimsly Manor Helga's House of Fortunes
Other Halloween-inspired items by Department 56
Queen Mummy Cider Server Treats for the Kids Crow Candy Bowl
For more information about Department 56 Halloween Villages, please use the following link: http://www.department56.com/
These horrorific collectible cards, popular in the 70's, have a ghoulish, twisted quality and sometimes even scary images. Wacky Packages were first made by Topps bubble gum in 1967 and were basically parodies or spoofs of everyday consumer products - from Kentucky Fried Chicken to Listerine. They were the size of baseball cards and contained a piece of bubble gum and some Wacky Packages. The good news is they are still being made today - as well, they are very popular on ebay where you can still locate all of our old favorites.
Official Wacky Packages site: http://www.wackypackages.com
The series has 72 parody cards including such notable celebrities as Martha Skewered, Nicole Retchie, Wacko Jacko, Britney Speared, Paris Hellton and Lindsay Loco.
Some extra surprises! One in every four packs contains a glow-in-the-dark “Morbid Mug Shot." Hollywood Zombies have already caught some media attention of their own. They’ve been featured in Spin, Entertainment Weekly and Wired magazine. They’ve also been seen in USA Today.
The only drawback….no gum!
For more information or where to purchase Hollywood Zombies, please use the following link: http://www.hollywoodzombies.com
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Horror
Toys & Scary Collectibles
Like
Teddy Scares and Living Dead Dolls, each Skelanimal has its own distinct
"personality". Each Skelanimal even has its own favorite scary movie!
The
first series of plush toys includes Thomas the Hippo, Quackee the Duck,
Pen the Penguin and 
Manufactured
by Toynami (big with the anime action figure market), Skelanimals
was created by artist and designer Mitchell Bernal, so they must
have an edge. The toy market has seen creepy dolls, deadly teddy bears
and now the skeleton of animals. We like this trend!
The following site has a good history
of Wacky Packages as well as a gallery of all series. Excellent site:
