Spooky Girl Origins & 2018 Halloween Sets

[kelceycoe]

Until this point we were only able to speculate who exactly Spooky Girl aka Vampire Girl (her name in the file name of her bio graphic from Lego.com and now we know as her development name) was based. We all guessed Wednesday Addams (the Haunted House is essentially the Adams Family house) and I felt Lydia from Beetlejuice. But thanks to a recently discovered design we now know she was also based on the girl from The Ring and Emily the Strange and that Matthew James Ashton specifically did not want her to resemble Monster High. Below is the link with all of this information.

This year is another dismal year for Lego Halloween. The only seasonal set is the Witch Brickheadz and we already have the Ghostbuster duo Brickheadz set. We will soon get Jack/Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas and that's it. Series 18 could go any way you want it since it is a Party theme it's assumed to pretty much be a Halloween costume party theme. It's definitely the year for Brickheadz. The Scooby Doo site has returned with Bricktober currently disabled, don't know why: https://www.lego.com/en-us/scoobydoo/

By the way, if you buy the Fantastic Beasts carriage set you can use it as a Vampire Carriage for your Monster Fighters or Studio monsters Vampire Crypt sets.

 

Edited August 30, 2018 by kelceycoe

[MAB]

Recently discovered? These were released by LEGO and published on brickset (probably other sites too). https://brickset.com/article/38202/minifigure-design-sketches

 

[x105Black]

On 8/30/2018 at 5:14 AM, MAB said:

Recently discovered? These were released by LEGO and published on brickset (probably other sites too). https://brickset.com/article/38202/minifigure-design-sketches

Yeah... recently.

[kelceycoe]

Update: There appears to be no other sets besides a scarecrow for the Monthly buildings at Lego stores. I'm eagerly anticipating with the European Friends Magazine will include with this month's issue.

Lego Life barely mentions Halloween. Lego Parks do have some neat additions including a new ride in one country but still riding the back of the 2012 Monster Fighters theme.

The Scooby Doo site is all but removed, saying all the mysteries are solved but hinting it could make a come back with the phrase "For now."

The mysteries have been solved! For several years, Scooby-Doo™, Daphne, Velma, Fred, and Shaggy have uncovered clues, unmasked villains, explored mysterious old places and investigated monster sightings. For now, the LEGO^® Scooby-Doo journey is over. However, your journey doesn’t have to end here. Explore LEGO Kids to watch videos, play games and see other cool LEGO products.

Edited October 9, 2018 by kelceycoe
Added scooby tidbit

[Robert8]

2 minutes ago, kelceycoe said:

Update: There appears to be no other sets besides a scarecrow for the Monthly buildings at Lego stores. I'm eagerly anticipating with the European Friends Magazine will include with this month's issue.

Lego Life barely mentions Halloween. Lego Parks do have some neat additions including a new ride in one country but still riding the back of the 2012 Monster Fighters theme.

There is this

[kelceycoe]

Robert where did you get that and where can I buy them?

[Robert8]

25 minutes ago, kelceycoe said:

Robert where did you get that and where can I buy them?

This was reported by Promobricks

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LEGO Halloween Minifigures will be available in LEGO Brand Stores soon #Halloween #LEGOMinifigures #LEGOLANDBillund #promobrickshttps://www.promobricks.de/lego-halloween-minifiguren-auch-bald-in-den-brand-stores-erhaeltlich/68889

And this was reported by brickfinder

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Brick or Treat Halloween Exclusive Duplo Brick has been found! #legolandmalaysia #duplo #brick #toy #legoland #instalego #promobricks

 

[Aanchir]

Overall it's pretty rare for there to be a lot of Halloween-related sets besides the low-priced seasonal items at LEGO stores (in the case of this year, the BrickHeadz Witch). 2015 was something of an anomaly, what with the launch of the Scooby-Doo theme, a ghost-themed wave in LEGO Ninjago, a skeleton-themed wave in LEGO Bionicle, a Monsters series of collectible minifigures, and a Halloween-themed build for the Creator 3-in-1 Changing Seasons set. But there wasn't really any other year with a similar variety of new spooky stuff all coming out in the second half of the year. But that's extraordinarily rare — even 2012, when the Monster Fighters theme came out, didn't have nearly that much variety of spooky stuff.

Also, there are several non-Halloween-specific sets with decidedly spooky vibes that have been released in the past several months: off the top of my head, the Skull Arena from LEGO Minecraft, the Jack Skellington and Sally set from LEGO BrickHeadz, the Emily and Noctura's Showdown set from LEGO Elves.