Look out! Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton is returning – and this time, he has a friend

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

It might only be July, but The Home Depot is already communicating about the return of its popular 12-foot skeleton. The $300 Halloween decoration sold out online last year after going viral on Twitter and TikTok. 

On Wednesday, Home Depot published a blog post explaining that the 12-Foot Giant Skeleton with LifeEyes will be available for purchase beginning July 16 on its website and in-store starting in September when Halloween products arrive in its aisles.  

It’s a departure from the retailer’s 2020 strategy, when the Giant Skeleton craze took off on its own, without much of a push from the home-improvement retailer.  

This year, you can also buy a friend for him: the new 12-Foot Inferno Pumpkin Skeleton with LifeEyes. 

In the blog post, Home Depot gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at how its decorative holiday merchant Lance Allen and his team brought the giant skeletons to life.

Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on our 12-foot skeletons, as told by decorative holiday merchant and Halloween fan Lance Allen: https://t.co/hK6gf5Cek5 pic.twitter.com/zbmAM5Zrjh

— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 14, 2021

The post also includes a video showing how the pumpkin skeleton can be put together within ten minutes.

Later on Wednesday, Home Depot tweeted, “If you don’t like the giant skeleton, please reply. Plot twist: Only people ‪@HomeDepot mentioned can reply - which is no one.

Home Depot started hinting about the giant skeleton’s return earlier this month in a series of tweets.

If this gets 1 like, we’ll bring back the giant skeleton.

— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 5, 2021

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— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 6, 2021

MFW people ask when the giant skeleton is coming back. https://t.co/thPS4raXmj pic.twitter.com/y45TB2VksV

— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 7, 2021

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— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 8, 2021

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— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 9, 2021

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— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 10, 2021

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— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 11, 2021

If the giant skeleton had a name, what would it be?

— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 12, 2021

Normalize the giant skeleton as a decoration for the seasons.

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— The Home Depot (@HomeDepot) July 13, 2021