Apone
Super Freak
Please come and pay respects to a great old friend that was taken from us way too soon....god bless Spooktacular
R.I.P Spooktacular-pay respect
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I lost touch with spooktacular about 3 years ago. It was starting to get really boring even then and dozens of tourist posters really made it annoying. But I am saddened to hear of it's imminent death.
Fritz
My muse is a fickle b**ch
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
It's been dead for a couple years now.... What a shame. 
ProgMatinee
circlesendwheretheybegin
I think its just too crowded.
I prefer low key events like the BOGOs they recently had for SW and now having for GI Joe.
I prefer low key events like the BOGOs they recently had for SW and now having for GI Joe.
Shropt
My Little Mod
Goodbye Spook. You were truly loved.
I remember when Spook was incredibly personal. We got to meet the higher-ups at Sideshow and ask them questions and talk about their awesome products. It really made them feel more like a family than a company. Those days are truly gone now.
Rest in peace Spook. We will miss you.
I remember when Spook was incredibly personal. We got to meet the higher-ups at Sideshow and ask them questions and talk about their awesome products. It really made them feel more like a family than a company. Those days are truly gone now.
Rest in peace Spook. We will miss you.
Josh-A-Tron
Super Freak
Why my spook, I loveded you....I loveded you!
wanderlai
Super Freak
I have no idea what you are but so long.
VASith
Super Freak
Guess we weren't good enough for sideshow and they felt they'd be better off without us. Not the first time I've been dumped. 
RoboDad
Super Freak
And that is the saddest thing of all. New members who will never know the awesomeness of Spooktacular (and it was incredibly awesome).
TheObsoleteMan
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That about sums it up for me too.
Spook was fun back in the day when this place was fairly small, and there was a community feel to the event. Unfortunately, that vibe has been lost in the HT age.
Last year with the re-focus to social media advertising and the entitled tourists just looking to win something they can flip on ebay, it was really a shadow of its former self. Though the '11 kit was one of the best, just behind the '09 mug,catalog,hoodie. The 'Help Wanted' 2009 year was the last high water mark for Spooktacular imo. So sad to see it fizzle away into what they're promoting now. 
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Guess we weren't good enough for sideshow and they felt they'd be better off without us. Not the first time I've been dumped.
Jesus, will you drop that already??? I told you, it wasn't you, it was me....
RoboDad
Super Freak
It's funny, but I remember thinking, during the '09 Spook, that it seemed like Sideshow was letting it grow too big for its own good. The "Help Wanted" video was fun, but somehow it ended up feeling less "personal" than previous efforts.
And then, when Facebook was added as the primary vehicle in '10, I knew it was headed downhill.
And then, when Facebook was added as the primary vehicle in '10, I knew it was headed downhill.
I knew it was over when they stopped offering 1:6 zombies.
*seems like I said that somewhere once before....
*seems like I said that somewhere once before....
JD18_92
Super Freak
Soooooo theres nothing to win and flip anymore...?
Spoken like a true tourist. 
kinqcuonq
Super Freak
R.I.P Spook and ganados
