Thank you to all that entered their carved up pumpkins, stunning costumes and clever decoder photos during this year’s Spooktacular 2008! Our Pumpkin Carving contest Grand Prize Winner will have ONE choice of either a Phantom of the Opera Masque of the Red Death 12-inch Figure, Vampyre – Count Orlok Premium Format Artist Proof, ‘Duel of the Fates’ Faux Bronze Diorama or $100 Sideshow Collectibles Gift Card. The Costume Contest Grand Prize Winner has won a Bela Lugosi as Dracula Premium Format Figure and the Decoder Contest Grand Prize Winner has walked away with a Frankenstein Premium Format Figure. All our runner up winners have won a Sam 15-inch VCD! The Winners are:

Pumpkin Carving Contest winners
Grand Prize: Pumpkin #19 by Andrew M.
Runner Up #1: Pumpkin #1 by Cari S.
Runner Up #2: Pumpkin #40 by Jeremy S.

Costume Contest winners
Grand Prize: Dressed as Ursula – Cher D.
Runner Up #1: Dressed as Alien – Mike M.
Runner Up #2: Dressed as Red Skull – David J.

Decoder Contest winners
Grand Prize: Photo #44 – Brant R.
Runner Up: Photo #50 – Michael D.

All these winners have been contacted by e-mail to claim their prizes. To see all the entries for this year’s Spooktacular photo contests, check out the [2008 Spooktacular Photo Galleries!]

If you took advantage of our FREE item Spooktacular specials during this year’s Spooktacular Online Event, from October 23rd – 31st, please make sure to watch your e-mails. Be responsive in approving any shipping estimates that we may send you so that we may quickly fulfill and process your free item. Additionally, you should expect delivery of your FREE item(s) 2 to 4 weeks after we receive any approvals or additional information from you. If you have any questions, please fill out a Customer Service Request From, and we’ll be happy to help you: [Customer Service Request Form]

With all the madness of Spooktacular 2008, you may have missed a few exciting new product announcements! Here is a listing of items released during Spooktacular 2008 and are still available for pre-order/order.
• Subject 1025: The Babysitter – Spooktacular Edition
• Subject 805: Tactical Containment Unit Operator – Spooktacular Edition
• Classic Iron Man Comiquette
• Uruk-hai Berserker Premium Format Figure
• Slave Leia Premium Format Figure
• The Creature from the Black Lagoon Diorama
• Tyrannosaurus Rex VS Triceratops Diorama – Sideshow Exclusive

It is with great sadness that we close out Spooktacular 2008. This year was chock full of all kinds of spooky goodness! From Elvira hosting the premiere of ‘It Collects from Beyond’ to the plentiful contests and giveaways, there were non-stop opportunities for collectors worldwide to do the thing they love best, collect! Like the lessons of ‘It Collects from Beyond,’ we all have a need to collect something! We hope you enjoyed this year’s event and please join us next year for Spooktacular 2009 – plans are already in motion! And don’t forget, we’ll announce the winners of the remaining giveaways and contests coming up next week. Before you enjoy your Halloween festivities…check out the last ‘Stalk the Halls’ entry and see you on November 28th! [Stalk the Halls] [It Collects from Beyond] [Spooktacular Homepage]

Follow the link for complete details about how you can enter for a chance to win one of TWO Endor Trio prize packs! To Enter:[Click Here][Sideshow Contest Terms and Conditions]

To celebrate the release of ‘Zack and Miri….’, Kevin Smith sent along some awesome prizes! TWO (1) randomly selected winners from all entries received before November 3, 2008 at 4 PM (Pacific Time), will walk away with either a Clerks DVD or Clerks animated series DVD, each signed by Kevin Smith! After you’ve entered this giveaway, run out to your local theatre to see ‘Zack and Miri…’! To enter and for contest details: [Click Here][Sideshow Contest Terms and Conditions]

Follow the link for complete details about how you can enter for a chance to win one of THREE Origins Angel 12-inch Figure! To Enter:[Click Here] Plus, keep watching our Contests Homepage for the start of new giveaways throughout Spooktacular! [Sideshow Contest Terms and Conditions]

Today in our live IRC chatroom, we will be giving away one of the largest prizes of Spooktacular 2008! So while you hang out with fellow collectors at any moment you might find yourself in the middle of a giveaway! We’ve got multiple items to giveaway today, but the big prize will be the Artist Proof Hellboy Premium Format Figure! Don’t miss out – join the chat now and be ready to go away a winner! [Chat]

The day has finally arrived! Halloween is here and Elvira is ready to host us through the final dramatic episode of Spooktacular 2008′s ‘It Collects from Beyond!’ If you have not see the first eight episodes, make sure to watch those first before you are blown away by this mind-boggling conclusion. What will happen to the Spacedition? Find out right now! [Final Episode] [View Part 8] [Part 7] [Part 6] [Part 5] [Part 4] [Part 3] [Part 2] [Part 1] [It Collects from Beyond!]

The FREE Item is now gone! We had to give quite a few clues for our winners to snag themselves a 12-inch Jabba Figure:

John E. of Monroe, CT (yes, the same one as below!!!)
Trevor Z. of Ulster Park, NY
Amanda C. of Westland, MI

The Spooktacular can claim a victory as we had to give 5 clues for this to be finally claimed. We’ll try to keep it a tad bit easier next time…NOT!

Here were the hints:

1. The letters/numbers you find make a coupon code
2. With the correct organization of those letters/numbers you can get an item for free.
3. The Free item is already a Spooktacular special and the coupon code will give you full 100% off the price.
4. The name of the character is backwards.
5. The item is 2146
6. The first letters of the code are ABBAJ…..

Happy Hunting! Mama Mia it will be tough to use!

And if you weren’t paying attention earlier, John E. of Monroe, CT claimed the hidden $75 Gift Code!