A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 10: The 2025 Creator Haunted Mansion

This is a strange place to drop another parcel of monsters--a single LEGO Creator 3-in-1 set consisting of an homage to the 10228 Haunted House, with new but frustratingly unoriginal minifigure designs. I needed them regardless of what their designs were, of course!

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 9: Monster Miscellany

Time to wrap up some loose ends!

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 8: Pumpkins for Minifigures!

There have been many renditions of spooky pumpkins in minifigure scale, so as a side project, I thought I'd seek them out! 

A Living Dead Dolloween 2025: Revisiting the Halloween Series (LDD Roundup #14)

Time for (a little bit of) Living Dead Dolls Halloween again!

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 6: Minifigures Series 14

Ten years ago...ouch. Well, anyway, ten years ago, in 2015, LEGO did its first Minifigures series of unlicensed characters united under one concept, and I will forever love that the horror genre was their first choice. And that this series came before the series-size reduction to 12 minifigures!

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 4: More Monsters from Minifigures Series

Another small batch of Minifigures cropped up between Monster Fighters and the next big crop of horror figures, so let's take a quick look!

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 3: Monster Fighters

2012's Monster Fighters was LEGO's first and only supernatural horror theme based on the classic horror monster archetypes. Studios was artifice, all being produced on sets for movies, though could be played as real if desired, while the supernatural Hidden Side theme afterward is fully ghost/possession-centric and closer tonally to Ghostbusters than traditional or Halloweeny horror. Scooby-Doo, the thematically and temporally closest successor to Monster Fighters, is all about monster hoaxes. 

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 2: Monsters from Early Minifigures Series

 After the original Castle and Studios monsters from the "pre-modern" LEGO eras, the Minifigures theme served as the next major repository for horror minifigure designs, and started delivering right at the very beginning! The Minifigures line gave us the first horror designs in LEGO's current minifigure art style which stabilized around the late 2000s-2010s and hasn't really changed since, though it's arguable early series still look a bit different facially from minifigures of today. The Minifigures line also gave us our first iterative designs repeating and reimagining monster archetypes we'd already seen. Let's take a look.

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 1: Introduction to LEGO Monsters

Halloween season has begun, and this year, it's all about LEGO!

I've tried to figure it out before, but my love for the horror genre must be somewhat innate. I was always deeply enthralled by witches, adored Halloween, and monsters of any kind were my bread and butter. One of the bigger indicators for my belatedly-acknowledged passion came in the form of my LEGO hobby, and my singular focus therein on monster minifigures. 

Mini Morsels of Halloween: Living Dead Dolls Minis Isabel and Halloween Party 2004 Kelly

This was initially going to be more of a footnote within the next LDD roundup post because the Minis doll I got was bundled with one of the big dolls, but I can never made a footnote a footnote and it ended up becoming a long enough interlude that it was too much and warranted its own post. My third roundup doll has also gotten a fair bit delayed and stalled me because I need her reviewed and the roundup published before my birthday post, so while I fret about that, this topic works to have something up.

Leftover Candy: A Living Dead Dolloween Encore

Halloween never ends that quickly or easily for me, and I have to let myself savor. I'm ready to keep on with the year's events and festivities, but it's always hard to let go and cut off the spooky season right on the last day.

But what am I doing here? I've already combed through the Halloween history, and you already know these characters in the cover image. But not quite. These dolls you're seeing are their variants!  

A Living Dead Dolloween, Part 4: A Vintage Halloween Viewing

Time to look at the last LDD Halloween series!

A Living Dead Dolloween, Part 3: A Series 18 Selection

 Onward to the next spooky series!

A Living Dead Dolloween, Part 2: A Series 16 Showcase

Now for our first Halloween series examination! 

A Living Dead Dolloween, Part 1: An Exclusive Entry

This Halloween season, we're going all in! I completely skipped out on any blog activity last October because other projects were occupying my holiday (and I decorated my room so thoroughly I deprived myself of studio space!), but I can't let that stand for a second year. Halloween is my most activated time and the holiday fuels my spirit like little else. I had to bring that energy here and spread the celebration.

And what better way to celebrate than with an overview of Living Dead Dolls' Halloween-themed history?

Let's Talk Trolls, Part 1: My Childhood Russ Berrie Troll Dolls

One of my many childhood toy collections was troll dolls. They weren't new on the market anymore when I got them, but they weren't as long-retired as they are now. I used to have a lot of trolls, but now only have the most unique ones I'd gotten. Let's look at them!