Cursed Ruins Review - New for 2024 Lemax Spooky Town

[@davidbenson7592]

I like that they made a soundtrack without talking. I’ll take music over talking any day. Of course the ambient sound ones are my favorite. My favorite two soundtracks are Last House on the Left and Graveyard Scene.

[@jordynhanson8990]

LHOTL is my all time fave soundtrack on ANY piece

[@goodiesgumdrops1164]

Love the Soundtrack too, it reminds me of The Goonies

[@bread-guy001]

This is such an amazing piece, and amazing comments and review to go with it! I’m definitely getting it. I have many comments, mostly surrounding the fact that they are finally bringing back the Medieval theme, harkening back to pieces like the infamous Castle Black which has sold for $2000 on EBay, and even more interestingly, 2014’s cancelled Blackroot’s Wizard Academy. So this is the third major entry in this theme to my knowledge, and it’s great to see Lemax bringing the old themes back. They brought the mining theme back with Skull Cave Quarry (recall Dead Man’s mine, WE Slabbum Quarry [a unicorn of mine], Black Mountain Coal Mine [my #1 unicorn], etc.), they continued the wasteland theme with the gas station, witch fairy village, zombies it’s been a few years but there’s always at least a small piece (barring major things like Dead Fraternity, Graveyard party, Zombie fortress, etc). So really what we haven’t seen in a while are pirates and old western (and I guess Egyptian! the infamous Doomed Temple, or even “Jungle” with the cursed temple); but the big themes missing are pirate and old western. In my opinion, next year’s fogger piece will be pirate related. They brought back mining with the quarry fogger, so I just have a feeling that’s what they’ll do. Or, maybe with the facade they’ll do a pirate or old western town. We will have to see, but considering that they are finally bringing these themes back, SURELY those classic themes will return, unless they have decided to retire them. Anyway, great video, see you next time!

[@SpookyVillages]

Nice to see you Bread Guy! Yep- this is a building that will go with my castle themed stuff so I'm very happy to have a good addition to that. I may build a little display around it this year and not the pumpkin patch piece- not sure yet!

[@metalxslimes]

I’ve always known about the Christmas scenes from my parents and other people having them, but I walked into Michaels today and left with the magic shop and a few other small pieces. Can’t believe years of these models and sets went over my head but I’m excited to jump into the hobby

[@MrZACATECANO100]

DONT feel bad , I started like 3yrs ago . And do buy 5/6 houses a yr.

[@Kat_Nguyen]

Very cool piece. Love the fog. Any soundtrack without all that chatter is great.

[@Hauntersnation]

That piece is so much cooler than I expected. Sometimes the skills Lemax uses can look a little goofy, but this one is fantastic! I know you've been looking at doing a castle theme, and this is a great addition to put up front.

[@volttherobot]

Picked this up at our local Michaels for 20 bucks! (Clearance) It's AWESOME!

[@Zam1Fear]

I feel Lemax ruined lot of great pieces with cheesy soundtracks, and the fact that this is just music is refreshing. Its not too busy, unlike a lot of other Lemax pieces, not too cheesy, and well balanced.

[@bedazzled64]

I agree, I like it with music/sounds and no talking. Two favorites of mine are the Pumpkin Tilt-n-Hurl and the Black Raven Manor. Love the soundtrack on Black Raven!

[@JohannaSylvia]

Absolutely love this! Thanks for the video Doug. Will you be doing a live Halloween video maybe with Philly candle man this year? Loved when you guys did that. Would love to see Anthony come back as well!

[@rgrossell]

Need to pick this one up!

[@mfeyko]

Great piece! Definitely on my list Should have mentioned this is a michaels exclusive Michaels does have their lemax line out on their website and app listed with prices as "coming soon"

[@davidbenson7592]

Some Michaels stores already have there Spooky Town out.

[@mfeyko]

@@davidbenson7592 why wouldn't items at least be available online then?

[@davidbenson7592]

@@mfeyko my past experience is that online comes out later than in store. Not all the stores have it yet. There’s speculation that it has to do with coupons. I’m not 100% sure, but I think when you order online, it comes from a store and not a central warehouse, but I could be wrong. It would definitely explain the variety in how well their items are packaged when shipped.

[@idabara7585]

amazing piece!

[@thepumpkinking666]

Definitely picking this one up. I'm going to modify it a bit for my spooky graveyard. I'm going to replace the guard on the stairs with a reaper. The soundtrack is too Disneyish for me, so I won't use that.

[@CassidysWorkshop]

Like the idea of a reaper.

[@tattoobillyband7725]

That's a nice piece

[@dubuyajay9964]

Beautiful.

[@VideoGhoulash]

I've really liked this piece from afar but had no idea how awesome the soundtrack is. I personally prefer the spooky music sans voice acting (for the most part), so this went up a notch! Dig the whole vibe, the ruins, the candles, the eyes and I'm always a sucker for a fog element. Awesome review as always! Long time subscriber. Cheers! 👻

[@videogamevegas]

Doug, I like the skull. I like the castle. Together they don't quite work for me as much, but I'm glad you have another piece you really like. The flickering candle effect that Lemax also used on their Foreboding Abode looks out of place here. Perspective-wise, it looks like the candles don't belong, like someone just stuck full sized candles to a Lemax building. The soundtrack is very cool which is rare for Lemax. I personally love the Symphony of Screams soundtrack. Out of all the mist-ers, my favorite is still the Skull Cave Quarry. Thanks as always for showing off all these pieces! vgv

[@vincespaventa3652]

I just purchased my ruins, I love love it!!

[@thehauntedspot8873]

Excited to see this one in person

[@michaelrivera8665]

This one looks real nice & yes, they did a great job with the soundtrack.

[@sooospooky8910]

I wish the candles were torches, that would have fit with the castle theme. Can’t wait to see it in store

[@shaneabrams7370]

Agree totally… some rather large candles

[@marcjaikaran714]

Great review, definitely a must have. please review the new "smoke and mirrors magic shop"

[@andrewchiera1864]

I wish the fog on my pumpkin one would work it never did

[@sams6098]

Soundtrack sounds a bit like John Williams Star wars from phantom menace. Agreed it's a great piece including the soundtrack 😃

[@sn2967]

Hands down, this is the best piece this year.

[@shaneabrams7370]

Agree- had to snag it- candles are very cheesy though- (no offense Doug) I agree with a comment that it should had been torches or even cauldrons or something…. Those are some massive candles in scale 😂

[@shaneabrams7370]

Oh…. And are those eyelids right above the lit eyeballs 🤔😂 yea, those are getting painted over- really can’t see in dark but….odd

[@behemoth3562]

You got a new subscriber here👍🏼 I’m new to the lemax spooky town and just bought my first which was the theatre. The next one is either going to be this one or the amusement park. I got a question for you: where did you get your background with the spooky fog and full moon behind the ruins castle as you show cased it? Is it something you created for your video or is it something I can order from someplace? Thank you for the awesome review! 😊

[@SpookyVillages]

It’s a product I sell called a Village Scene Setter! I have 8 of them left and when they are gone they are gone! They are on spookyvillages.com!

[@airtiki2374]

Cool piece...love the non voice soundtrack!

[@starpugsnort1014]

It has a very Harry Potter/Goonies soundtrack to it. I wasn't planning to get this piece but now I have to reconsider that!!

[@goawwy]

Pretty cool but how would you get more wicks

[@countrycandle9837]

Ehobby tools has them

[@Kelley-eg6fs]

⁠Thank you!😊

[@josefingatsby]

So excited for this one!

[@rempsac]

The fog effect looks esp thick on this one. But my two fog pieces stopped working after one season (replaced the wick, fully soaked and cleaned the metal contact), which makes me wary of another fog piece.

[@jmurphy6402]

Just pulled mine out of the box and turned on the fog for 2 minutes to test it. Unplugged it and moved it, then plugged back in and now it won’t fog.

[@prescotthenry1727]

One could place a boombox under layout to play extended soundtrack with little repetition.

[@chasetaylor0000]

It’s a nice piece and I like that the soundtrack has no talking in it. The soundtrack remind me of the Harry Potter movies and the piece itself reminds me of Castle Grayskull. 😄

[@Johnnyblaze8219]

That looks badass. Very Metal🤘

[@ericdevey7520]

How long does the fog last/how often do you have to fill it?

[@markgomez9079]

Hey Doug. How long does the fog last with one fill?

[@robertforet4477]

Does Micheals sell extra fog wicks, or do I get them elsewhere??

[@mr22s313]

I just purchased this today Michaels 20 percent off and I love love this lives I bought three pieces and this is the best one it’s amazing

[@shaneabrams7370]

Just picked up- had to go to two Michael’s and they found it in back. Guess it’s doing well sale wise.

[@MrZACATECANO100]

Got mine for $99 lucky had a $45 voucher

[@user-ts5ce2ri3h]

My Michaels is Out go get it

[@arnieimm]

Very cool piece. Could this pass as Dracula’s castle?

[@TylerSchollOilTransport]

Can you shut off the sound and animation both and only have the lights on? Or is the animation on with the lights no matter what

[@sooospooky8910]

My Michael’s has their spooky town out and already marked 20%. It is never on sale the week it goes out on the floor. This is to screw us from using 30 or 40 percent off! Which I have both coupons. Guess I can buy it and return it for a price adjustment later. 😡

[@SpookyVillages]

Yeah, it really sucks. I plan to talk about this in what'll probably be the next video on the channel!

[@Zam1Fear]

I just got mine last night at 40% off. I'm in Canada.

[@sandyvb2273]

Doug, will you review any Department 56 pieces this year?

[@CassidysWorkshop]

I dig it, but I'm wondering about the guard. Is it a tie in with any other Lemax items? I can't think of any other than the D56 Castle Calvaria and Mad Guard. And how do the candles work? Is it just flickering lighting? It looks like the shadows are actually moving. Great review, thanks! {edit} Looking at the guard again he reminds me of the ones at the witches castle in Wizard of Oz.

[@bread-guy001]

It follows the old Medieval theme of Black Castle (impossible to get) and a few aptly themed accessories, but Lemax hasn’t touched the theme since (besides the 2014 Blackroot’s Wizard Academy, which was demoed but cancelled and never released). It makes me think they are going to keep bringing back other classic themes. Also, D56 Castle Blackstone.

[@CassidysWorkshop]

​@@bread-guy001Thanks, forgot about Castle Blackstone. It's available but I never really found it haunted enough. Didn't know about Black Castle, thanks.

[@mwsteininger]

Can you turn off the music while the lights and fog are on?

[@dricedt]

Thanks for the video! Are there any michaels discount codes floating around yet? There are a ton id like to get this year but $160-$200 each has me tearing up

[@SpookyVillages]

Not that I know of, unfortunately

[@dricedt]

@SpookyVillages o no! Hopefully something pops up. They're are a few good ones that I'd like to get but there's no way at 160-200 a pop.

[@andrewgallo5653]

Does the fog ever stop? Mine stops after about 5 min? Is the fog suppose to stop and go?

[@SpookyVillages]

It does stop for awhile sometimes, yeah. Othertimes it'll go and go

[@spookydookie4046]

Are you gonna do a review of The Living End?

[@tylerb9457]

Love it but can’t get it to fog

[@carlseverson107]

Does it make fog with the soundtrack off?

[@cameronh.3668]

Mine is leaking from the bottom 😭😭

[@jordynhanson8990]

I like the soundtrack a lot, particularly because there is no talking! Sometimes the talking can be a little annoying, especially when the music itself is good! It doesn't fit my theme so I wont be buying this but its great!

[@scottc3270]

Made my list !