Phantom Castle Review - NEW for 2024 Lemax Spooky Town

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • Welcome to the 2024 season of Spooky Villages! We are starting off with a bang- the Lemax Spooky Town Phantom Castle! Check it out!
    Here's the link to the Ghostly Carnival Village Scene Setter - spookyvillages.com/product/gh...
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    - Doug
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  • @SpookyVillages
    @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci +4

    I have around 10 Ghostly Carnival Village Scene Setters left and you can find the link to purchase them here - spookyvillages.com/product/ghostly-carnival/
    Note that for 2024 I will NOT be doing any new Village Scene Setters- at least that's my plan as of now. There are several reasons for this, but the main one is a simple matter of logistics. It took a lot of time, energy and money to have them produced and then shipped last year, as well as the space to store them....and I just don't have it in me this year. I am keeping the door open to doing new ones in the future though! Thanks for the understanding!

    • @davidbenson7592
      @davidbenson7592 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Totally understand. Hoping you will make a pumpkin patch scene-setter version sometime in the future.

    • @g4ndalfthegrey964
      @g4ndalfthegrey964 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Let's go summerween

  • @Kat_Nguyen
    @Kat_Nguyen Před měsícem +6

    Love the dark ride spooky theme of this. This is an amazing carnival piece!

  • @breadguy7962
    @breadguy7962 Před měsícem +6

    I know you have always said that you wished for a Lemax rollercoaster (as many other carnival collectors have), and I think they pulled through with this! I am interested to see if they keep going with the coasters but different themes, like they have done with carousels. It is definitely going to be a coveted piece. Great review!

  • @headbangersballroom666
    @headbangersballroom666 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Can't wait to get my hands on fright night cinema from michaels!

  • @5monkeystv50
    @5monkeystv50 Před 2 měsíci +4

    So glad to see you Doug. This is a fantastic piece. Very busy. But I like it. I can see this as the center of attention. Excited for all the content this year. I'm due to deliver my 4th baby bat any day. So looking forward to have spooky village stuff to watch while I'm adjusting to a newborn in the house again. 🥰👻🍁🎃

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Congrats on the newborn and thanks for watching!

  • @ramtruck21
    @ramtruck21 Před 2 měsíci +4

    And so it begins! Half way to Halloween! Fall is only four months away!

  • @fahliilvahlok4869
    @fahliilvahlok4869 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Will you and the village idiots be doing a reaction video for the michaels exclusives? I always like to watch the reaction videos because I feel like you all bring up different points about all the pieces that I might not have thought of as a newbie and it kind of helps me decide which ones to focus on.

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci +4

      Hey thanks, but no at this point some of us actually have the Michaels buildings in hand so it seems like the ship has sailed on that (my fault for that!). Look for actual videos on the buildings in the next couple weeks (some of them, at least!)!

  • @davidbenson7592
    @davidbenson7592 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thanks for sharing Doug and good to see you back doing reviews. I agree that this is a great piece for the Lemax spooky carnival theme. They have needed a coaster and this is the best way possible for them to do it. It’s nice to know that Lemax is listening.

  • @ittakesavillagekelly
    @ittakesavillagekelly Před 2 měsíci +2

    So happy to see this piece up close. Amazing piece, reminds me of some of Lemax's vintage pieces. Love the theme and that the riders are humans.

  • @mrs_vanessa_dominguez
    @mrs_vanessa_dominguez Před 2 měsíci +3

    Great to see your channel back doing reviews for the Halloween season! 🎃

  • @CassidysWorkshop
    @CassidysWorkshop Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great way to start off the 2024 season, Doug, and good to see you back. Nice to hear you going over items for new collectors, and this one will be sure to introduce some into the fold. I've always stayed away from carnival pieces because of their size and animation issues, but I'm super tempted by this one. Looking forward to your future videos. Thanks!

  • @dxtra30
    @dxtra30 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Awesome to see this!! Spooky town season can’t come soon enough! Thanks for sharing!

  • @lisacornelius1327
    @lisacornelius1327 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thanks for doing your videos. I always look forward to this time every year. Keep up the great work 😊

  • @halloweenvillages17
    @halloweenvillages17 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Good to have you back man!

  • @countrycandle1460
    @countrycandle1460 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Hey welcome back Friend!! Been waiting to begin Halloween

  • @scottc3270
    @scottc3270 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hey Doug great to see you back! the countdown is on ! that Phanton Castle is 1st on my list , what funny it that rubber belt making the car bounce it like the real thing lol

  • @lindah5910
    @lindah5910 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wooohoooo! Spooky Villages is back! Yay! Thank you, Doug!

  • @vikingbjj7
    @vikingbjj7 Před 2 měsíci

    Thx again for your reviews buddy! Looks awesome, cant wait for mine to arrive!

  • @michaelrivera8665
    @michaelrivera8665 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Glad you're back - great review.

  • @Jay-fw1ry
    @Jay-fw1ry Před 2 měsíci

    So happy to see your video! So excited for your 2024 spooky season videos! Keep up the good work!

  • @idabara7585
    @idabara7585 Před 2 měsíci

    amazing piece!!!! thank you for showing all the details!

  • @VirtualRobotsRevolt
    @VirtualRobotsRevolt Před 2 měsíci +2

    Its funny when you see the Xmas version of these. Santa might be the grim reaper instead LOL.

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci

      LOL yeah this type of animation I've seen used a lot in recent years on the Christmas buildings.

  • @airtiki2374
    @airtiki2374 Před 2 měsíci

    Great review..looking forward to more

  • @alyssag3301
    @alyssag3301 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow - this is so nice. I am a sucker for theme park items/rides, and I really love this. I like to have a carnival theme on Halloween so I think I will be getting this. Thank you for showing it off!

  • @TroyB-sp5eq
    @TroyB-sp5eq Před 2 měsíci +1

    CODE ORANGE in affect, glad your back.

  • @tabithalivingston1302
    @tabithalivingston1302 Před 2 měsíci

    Yay! You are back. Congratulations, btw! This is the one I knew I had to have!!

  • @marcjaikaran714
    @marcjaikaran714 Před 2 měsíci

    Great review this goes great with your background drop

  • @sharonelazar
    @sharonelazar Před 2 měsíci +1

    I am afraid of all those moving parts-I am not handy and wouldn’t know how to fix it-but it’s tempting for sure!

  • @jm7804
    @jm7804 Před 20 dny

    That looks like a good piece. I do agree that if you ran it non stop you are probably going to have issues with those wobbly cars flying off the top. Side note....bro is handsome. A+ for sure.

  • @cincinnatuscincinnatus8541
    @cincinnatuscincinnatus8541 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for the review this piece is huge

  • @tanyad7073
    @tanyad7073 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks for this video Doug! It just made me put in a pre order at ehobby!

  • @VirtualRobotsRevolt
    @VirtualRobotsRevolt Před 2 měsíci +2

    I really want to see the magic mirrors one....but michaels has it listed for $200!

    • @tanyad7073
      @tanyad7073 Před 2 měsíci +1

      😳

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci

      I plan to do a review of this year but yeah, gotta get it with 40 percent off coupon

  • @gregjorgensen7271
    @gregjorgensen7271 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks Doug as always. You and I have discussed roller coasters before and I agree that this is as close as Lemax can get and they did it well.

  • @JWJW2311
    @JWJW2311 Před 2 měsíci

    Can’t wait to start my fourth year of villaging!!!

  • @JnCn710
    @JnCn710 Před 2 měsíci

    We just received this yesterday. This piece is amazing.

  • @omegadredd
    @omegadredd Před 2 měsíci +1

    Finally!!!!🎃🎃🎃🎃

  • @capitalj1987
    @capitalj1987 Před 2 měsíci

    Absolutely amazing to have you back the only thing I could say as a CZcams creator is put a photo of you in the thumbnail with it because you post so very little I pass by this because I have so many other Halloween content I follow I didn’t know it was you till I actually read the title and you know people don’t like to read read amazing video amazing contact just gets me excited for the season. Thank you so much. Been a fan since I think 2017 wishing you and your family the best spooky season ever gets the ball rolling I’m excited

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci

      Hey thanks for the feedback. I have a couple of youtube channels myself, one in particular being a good deal larger (unrelated to villaging) that is run moreso as a pseudo business, and even though it probably is "correct" to do the thumbnails that way....stylistically it's just not my thing! I view Spooky Villages as my "summer vacation" from many of my other hobbies and interests. Thanks for the advice though, much appreciated on you taking the time to leave the feedback!

  • @michelleleebento1888
    @michelleleebento1888 Před 2 měsíci

    We bought this just waiting

  • @user-ts5ce2ri3h
    @user-ts5ce2ri3h Před 2 měsíci

    Great piece I’m not big into the amusement park theme I’m more into the garden pumpkin patch and haunted house theme but still pretty cool I’m so glad your still doing these videos I’ve been a fan for years

  • @sams6098
    @sams6098 Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome.. thankyou. Been meaning to suggest. As some of these are mechanically noisy if you can make comment. Also you should try a rating system: construction, paint, soundtrack etc. But overall thank you for doing this I enjoy your content

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci

      I actually started doing something similar to this on Patreon this year. With each review video I'm doing a post/article discussing specific likes/dislikes! I will try to mention animation sounds more in the future. If something is particularly very noisy I try and bring it up. They do vary a lot though depending on individual pieces, even the same ones!

  • @Scorpion.1992
    @Scorpion.1992 Před 2 měsíci

    Damn Doug, you’ve been MIA lately lol 😂

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci +1

      I view Spooky Villages as my annual summer vacation. I'm here for a good time but not a long time!

  • @alfoncesmithe
    @alfoncesmithe Před 28 dny

    This is fab will look out for it but it would be extra fab if the eyes lit-up👻

  • @spookyboyjones9373
    @spookyboyjones9373 Před 2 měsíci

    Hi Doug, Maybe the shaky cars on the belt is to provide a sense of downhill speed. I think it would look lame if it was smooth. 👻

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci +1

      ha, I do agree but if a coaster shook me that much I think it would injure riders!

    • @spookyboyjones9373
      @spookyboyjones9373 Před 2 měsíci

      @@SpookyVillages lol, I've been on those! Son of a Beast in Cincinnati. ⚰️

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci

      @@spookyboyjones9373 ha, I have heard about Son of Beast. Beast is my favorite wooden coaster! I got to ride it at night for the first time a couple years ago!

  • @Skullsandfire93
    @Skullsandfire93 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Is this as big as the older carnival pieces?

  • @HereForTheComments
    @HereForTheComments Před 2 měsíci

    So those ARE the sounds it makes. I asked Pixelated Pumpkin about this but never got an answer.
    Kinda noisy though, definitely not for a "peaceful" holiday gathering.

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci +1

      I usually run animated pieces briefly when guests are over just to show them off, but then turn it off as in my history, people seem to like to touch the animated pieces when they are running which as you know is a big no-no!

  • @robertsander-caceres5986
    @robertsander-caceres5986 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Such a missed opportunity with the sound. They really could of made it sound like a rollercoaster.

    • @SpookyVillages
      @SpookyVillages  Před 2 měsíci

      Totally agree. They could've made it more of an ambient soundtrack with coaster noises and it would've been really cool!

  • @iiheart_vivi
    @iiheart_vivi Před 2 měsíci

    Me liky 💖💖

  • @reginaldforthright805
    @reginaldforthright805 Před 2 měsíci

    Can you get a rotating display stand to show off 360 views

  • @joanl9383
    @joanl9383 Před 26 dny

    Is this noisy? Surprised you didn't play sound?

  • @capitalj1987
    @capitalj1987 Před 2 měsíci +1

    And one more piece of advice I have three or four different channels on CZcams. I’m at 40,000 subscribers some have 15,000 subscribers on all those channels you have to keep them monetized by posting at least every five months so don’t let it go seven months like this one again or you lose monetization and that’s just throwing money out the window ads won’t be on it and it won’t get fed to advertisements so getting people to give you things gets harder if you don’t keep up with it so I just recommend posting two or three videos the break keeps the content alive on CZcams end and we love seeing you anyways

  • @VirtualRobotsRevolt
    @VirtualRobotsRevolt Před 2 měsíci

    You want the sound with these animated pieces. Most of them the gears can get very loud and can be awful to hear. My wife can't stand the noise and thats why i have to keep them in the other room.