Originally published at: Home Depot's viral 12-foot skeleton really IS enormous | Boing Boing
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Is it, like, 12 foot enormous? How unexpected! 
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In the building projects that I work on, the height of one floor to the next is usually between 10 to 12 feet (huge lobby areas excluded).
So a single story house would be about the same height as this behemoth, using this one story metric.
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There’s consumerism, late stage consumerism…and then there’s this.
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A neighbor has this set up with the giant skeleton holding a child-size skeleton while a normal parent-size skeleton seems to be rushing to them, pleading or both. It’s pretty great.
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Next up on boingboing: 12 foot skeleton meets 11’8" bridge
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“Technically the skull hits the crash beam, not the bridge.”
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We have one of these. My lovely wife brought us to HD the day they became available. The box fits in the back of an Outback with a lot of squeezing and pushing. The end result is worth it.
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Then there’s this guy:
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Amazing! Where do you store it in the off-season? Or did you just leave it up, like the good happy mutant that we know you are?
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And some guys claim they can’t fit in a compact because they’re 5’11 1/2"
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He has in fact added the roof bursting skull and it is glorious.
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The overlapping pushed-upward shingles are a very nice touch, adds a bit of realism while hiding the egde of the skull.
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I freaking hate Home Despot.
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When I saw the 12-ft skeleton I immediately had the same idea as this guy that the only way to stand out would be to make a truly giant skeleton to lord over the lesser skeletons. Glad to see actually done.
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Neat! But I really don’t need any more viral things in my life right now.
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There’s one in my neighborhood that really was left up all year. They re-decorated it for all the different holidays (Santa outfit, Easter bunny ears, st Patrick’s day leprechaun hat and beard, etc)
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Just bury it in the garden.
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I was hoping to get one to display year-round, but these things sold out in July… I’m just not that forward-thinking. I assume we’ll see a bunch of these sold second hand in a year or two.
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