I have a Lemax Graveyard Party, bottom left, that stopped working last season. When I plug it in and force the wheel to move that the zombies are on, it lights up. I haven’t been able to fix it on my own with different power sources, etc. Any tips or is it toast? TIA

It was also running on its own power supply that it originally came with when it stopped working.

Me & my kids always wanted to start a Halloween village, but besides _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ I never knew it was a thing! 🤣🤣 once I stopped living under a rock & researched (obsessed 🤷‍♀️) as much as I could, we decided we'd start our collecting/building this year!

I was so excited to see the inventory at our Michael's, and got my kids excited to see the store display....and decide what our official theme would be.

I even drove went out of my way to the "nicer" one, in the better area. It always has a bigger selection of things....and I was so disappointed. We walked the store 2x, until I realized we'd passed it. It was on 1 middle stand, in the last aisle, right in front of the exit. No joke, there were 8 boxes all together.....2 of which were just the extra platform 🙄. No display. Nothing out of the box.

Drove to two other locations & pretty much the same deal. It wasn't "picked over" or already sold out.....the employees said; " That's all we've gotten." My kids were upset, but luckily, I found the Halloween aisle...

Did I misunderstand? Doesn't Michael's carry a large selection of Lemax Spooky Town pieces? I thought they displayed the new season or at the least showed their pieces out of the box, so you could look at them? Or do I just live in the worst area to want to start "villaging"?

Besides, just shopping online, is there any way I can get a catalog with new season/last season pieces? Do you recommend any other stores that carry Lemax or Department 56?

Hi all!

I am a giant lady of regret! About 2 years ago I had the FRIENDS Central Perk Dept 56 piece in my hand and decided against buying it because I did not have a Christmas Village at the time. Fast forward to today and I am in a buying frenzy for Dept 56 pieces to start my village this year.

Does anyone know anybody who is selling Central Perk or can point me in the direction of where to go? I have gone to a local dealer, eBay, Mercari, Amazon, and Etsy and so far no luck.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated!!

Anyone looking to sell a complete collection? I'm looking to start collection all of these houses if I can buy a full collection. Let me know thanks!

I’ve been trying to collect the Hudson’s City Sights Village pieces from 1998. These were Detroit building mates by Dayton Hudson who also made Chicago landmark buildings I know I’m missing the Fox Theatre, but I’ve also heard over the years that they also made a Hudson’s Department Store piece. It would make sense as I know they did a Marshall Field building.

I wanted to know if anyone knows if this is true. I have not been able to find any picture of it on the internet and as far as I know there’s no definitive list of the pieces they made. Does anyone know if Hudson’s exists and if it does exist, does anyone have a picture of it from their collection? This post includes a picture of my collection so far and a picture of the real Hudson’s Department Store for reference.

I thought these would compliment the Nightmares Video set as they are all from 80’s horror flicks I used to check out at the video store. Those were the days! Going to find some time to paint them. 3D print files on Makerworld. There are more and they print extremely well with supports. They’re green soldier style models and I’m planning to sprinkle these throughout my village once it is setup.

The Lemax stuff is awesome but it's not cheap, at least in my opinion. I came across Valery Madelyn on Amazon and it LOOKS pretty cool for low prices. Is the quality decent though?

After scaling the size to typical Lemax house and then adjusting the settings to make sure the interior is hollow, I’ve successfully printed this sucker and I’m moving on to painting next. Likely going to spray paint the whole thing black and then dry brush the details for everything after. Removing all the supports was tedious but they came off clean. I’ll figure out lighting last.

My original post explains it and includes the pics, but I’m new to villages, and this one I got second hand captured my heart, despite its flaws. I don’t know the brand, it didn’t have a box, some of the lights need replaced, and the sound/music box doesn’t seem to work
I was wondering if anyone recognized this one, and had any tips for a first timer to fix this one up without messing it up even worse (especially the music/sound box), I’d appreciate any help

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Just can’t afford to add new Lemax sets this year but I still want to expand. Should I 3D print some houses? I would definitely paint and detail them to match my current sets as much as possible.

Always the first section done.

When you plan your villages, do you try to make them look realistic or not?

For example, I try to imagine, "If I shrink, will I be able to walk around the entire village? Or would it be inaccessible?"

Do you worry about the measurements of sidewalks, streets, stairs, etc?

Forgive me, I’m not very creative when it comes to this part of villaging. Anywho, this year I’m moving my Halloween village to a different spot. This time I’ve got a whole 15”x48” space on a shelf to work with. It’s perfect because I’ve only got two large buildings and two of the small Lemax treats buildings (or whatever the tiny ones are called). Other than that I’ve just got a whole graveyards worth of tombstones, a lot of trees, and some figures. Instead of buying a new piece this year, I’ve decided to make my own platforms for dimension as my 2026 addition. I’m just struggling with what type of foam to use and how to cut it. I’m considering buying a few of the cheap craft foam blocks from Michael’s as opposed to insulation foam sheets because I’m not sure how I’ll get 8 ft sheets of foam home in my little car, plus it’s expensive. I used styrofoam scraps from old packages for my Christmas village last year and it turned out great, however it was a huge mess when I cut the foam to make it look realistic. Any tips for working with craft foam? Or should I figure out a way to go with insulation foam?

So until yesterday I didn't know Halloween villages were even a thing . I've always admired the Christmas Village displays I've seen here and there as a kid, but as a jew and just not a big holiday person in general, I admired and considered it a day. Halloween though, that's my JAM and at Michaels I saw these and just had to have them. Not sure where I'm going with it, but atm they're chilling on top of my dresser and I am so very happy. I maybe or may not have 3 more set to arrive in the mail next week >_>.

Please excuse the state of my bed. So I have a permanent halloween display in my bedroom that I'm very proud of and considered finished, until today. My mom came back from visiting her sister, and my aunt had seen pictures of my display and sent my mom home with what she described as 'a few knick knacks I might want'. what I received was a ridiculous amount of older pieces, some of them still in box. A few are broken, but nothing huge, just a couple missing limbs here and there. The lighted pieces all still light up.

I have no idea what I'm gonna do with most of this. I have very limited room in my display. There's no way I can use everything. I'm going to have to tear down my whole display and see what I can fit in with a new layout. I'm losing my mind. I didn't even know my aunt was ever into villaging. Why am i the most excited by the trees?????

Anyways I need to buy like 18 new adapters for all these lights.

Hi all.

I just bought a Lemax Spooky Time building. It is powered by a 9V AC adapter which is missing. I can arrange a replacement adapter but I don't know the size of the connector.

It's a barrel connector, like the 4.5 adapters, but it is smaller.

Who knows what size connector it has to be?

Thanks in advance.

Seller in the UK has it for £100. About $134. I live in the UK so shipping fees won’t be too much.
I’ve tried to find others listed to compare price but haven’t found any. I like Wolf pieces but it also feels a bit much for a table accent.

During the off season, my village people spend their time shopping. To calm them, I present Christmas in July from the my 1980’s -90’s Century III Mall, Pittsburgh. Mall Manager Snap welcomes you and wants you to not worry the Zambie family only eats at Rax and that the mall is Scaled to fit Christmas village people, made from photopaper and custom designed 3D printed elements.