Saturday, October 2, 2010

Halloween Miscellaneous I


This just in from the Countdown to Halloween home office: Countdown participants and readers can get $5.00 off CRAZYDOG TSHIRTS stuff by using the code HALLO5 at checkout. All kinds of cool shirts and a sizable collection of Halloween costumes, though mostly of the slutty-female-caricature kind (not that that's a bad thing, necessarily). Offer good through Halloween.


In the meantime, there are Halloween fanatics and there are Halloween Fanatics. See, there's this guy in Glendale, CA (tool around the website; it's fun!) who does elaborate--and I mean elaborate--displays in his front yard (pics here). As you might imagine, these are expensive propositions and this year he's asking for a little help. He's trying to raise $2,200 by Oct. 14 to construct this:

Concept art for a steampunk drilling machine

I can't vouch for the legitimacy of his project, but here's his Kickstarter page and maybe you can judge for yourself. Regardless, the idea is unspeakably cool.

3 comments:

John Rozum said...

I'm enjoying your countdown and look forward to the rest. Yes, the Glendale fellows yard haunts are amazing and inspiring. I guess it helps when you have worked as a Disney Imagineer.

I have no doubt he'll pull this year's off as well. I hope he gets the funding.

G. W. Ferguson said...

Thanks!

Yeah, I hope the guy gets his funding. His previous years' displays are completely awesome!

JSaM said...

I wonder if Dr. Abner Perry is at the helm?