In 2020, Home Depot unleashed a 12-foot skeleton, dubbed Skelly, back in 2020, and since then has been regularly releasing additions to the creepy family. This year, you can give your Skelly scary, changing eyes, plus adopt a pet for the big guy. Maybe it’s a bloodhound?
The 12-foot Home Depot skeleton revitalized Halloween yard decor.
Skelly is back, of course, priced at $299. But now you can customize his LED eyes with eight different variations, such as hearts for Valentine’s Day. Home Depot obviously knows that many people don’t take their giant Skellys down after Halloween and just deck them out appropriately as other holidays roll around. If you already have Skelly, you can buy the eye additions for $30.
In addition to the heart eyes, the upgrade will give your Skelly classic-blue, hazel, exploding fireworks, stars, flames, “hypno-spiral” eyes and dragon eyes. You can also pay $379 for “servo Skelly” (sorry Mystery Science Theater fans, no relation to Tom Servo). Servo Skelly is animated by motors, costs $379, and isn’t in stores — you have to buy it online. There’s also a limited-edition servo motor pack to give your own Skelly some head movement.
Skelly now has a canine companion, too. A 7-foot skeleton dog is available for $199.
I was creeped out by what Home Depot is calling its Inferno Deadwood skeleton, a 12.5-foot relative of Skelly with flames in his rib cage and skull.
In 2023, Home Depot released a 13-foot Jack Skellington, from Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas movie. Jack’s back this year. Other decor options include a 12-foot Levitating Reaper for $300 (he looks like he’s floating), a 7-foot Plague Doctor for $199, a headless knight on a black horse for $379, and a 7-foot pirate for $250.
The products are scheduled to be in Home Depot stores by Labor Day, which is Sept. 2 this year, but they’re set to be for sale online as of July 18. They may sell out, so if you’re interested, get on early — and we mean, really early, like 5 a.m. ET.
