{"id":15272,"date":"2012-06-19T06:45:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=15272"},"modified":"2012-06-12T09:12:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T14:12:13","slug":"start-saving-your-pennies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=15272","title":{"rendered":"Start Saving Your Pennies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/legohouse-132x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lego Haunted House\" title=\"Lego Haunted House\" width=\"132\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>&#8230;because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brothers-brick.com\/2012\/06\/09\/new-lego-exclusive-10228-haunted-house\/\">this<\/a> will be available in September.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are lots of Lego &#8220;haunted houses&#8221; custom-built by hobbyists, this is the first &#8220;official&#8221; version.  I have to say, it sounds rather splendid.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Includes 6 minifigures: 2 glow-in-the-dark ghosts, Vampyre, Vampyre\u2019s Bride, Zombie chef and butler<\/li>\n<li>Features unique &#8216;crooked&#8217; design featuring boarded up windows and working front gate.<\/li>\n<li>Haunted House opens to reveal detailed interior with 3 floors.<\/li>\n<li>First floor features fireplace that swings open and displays a ship in a bottle on the mantle.<\/li>\n<li>Cook up a ghoulish meal with the Zombie chef in the kitchen complete with old-style stove, jars and table.<\/li>\n<li>Write letters from the Vampyre\u2019s haunted office.<\/li>\n<li>Pull the lever hidden in the chimney to release the drop down staircase and access the top floor.<\/li>\n<li>Top floor features gramophone, records and newspaper LEGO\u00ae elements.<\/li>\n<li>Customize the Haunted House with new stickers for wall hangings, spider webs and curtains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5917610\/\">Kotaku<\/a> has a closeup look at the included minifigures, and here&#8217;s the official walkthrough video:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"239\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r5-28oA6-yc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r5-28oA6-yc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The kit includes over 2,000 pieces and suggested retail is US $179.99.  Sounds like a holiday wishlist item to me.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Hat tip to SpookyBeth)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;because this will be available in September. Although there are lots of Lego &#8220;haunted houses&#8221; custom-built by hobbyists, this is the first &#8220;official&#8221; version. I have to say, it sounds rather splendid. Includes 6 minifigures: 2 glow-in-the-dark ghosts, Vampyre, Vampyre\u2019s Bride, Zombie chef and butler Features unique &#8216;crooked&#8217; design featuring boarded up windows and working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-needful-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15272"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15283,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272\/revisions\/15283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}