The Home Depot's 12-foot skeleton is on sale for the first time ever, but there's a catch

SAVE $149.02: The Home Depot's iconic 12-foot skeleton is on sale for just $149.98 (normally $299) as of Oct. 24 — a 50% savings. However, it's only available for in-store pickup.

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12 ft. Grave & Bones Giant-Sized Skelly with LifeEyes

$149.98 at The Home Depot
$299 Save $149.02

 

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It's been six years since the Home Depot launched its 12-foot skeleton yard decoration to viral, meme-ified acclaim. And for the past five, "Skelly" has been impossible to find in stock around Halloween — much less on sale. This year, that finally changes.

As of Oct. 24, the Home Depot's 12-foot skeleton is marked down to just $149.98. That's a whopping 50% off its usual sticker price of $299 and the first I've ever seen it go on sale in all my years covering its cult following.

There's a catch, though: At the time of writing, the 12-footer wasn't available for delivery. You can only buy it for half off if you find it in stores, and you can't reserve it for pickup ahead of time — i.e., you'll have to go on a bit of a wild Skelly chase.

The skeleton, the myth, the legend. Credit: The Home Depot

You can use the "Check Nearby Stores" feature on Skelly's product page to see if it's sitting on a shelf somewhere near you. For reference, three of the ten Home Depot locations within ten miles of me had limited stock available.

If your Skelly search comes up dry, know that some of the Home Depot's other giant-sized Halloween decorations are on sale for 50% off and available for delivery (see below). I'd also recommend checking out my colleague Leah's list of the best Halloween clearance sales across all major retailers for more decorating deals.

• 5 ft. Long Grave & Bones LED Skelly's Cat — $99 $199 (save $100)

• 5 ft. Grave & Bones Skelly's Sitting Dog with LifeEyes — $124.98 $249 (save $124.02)

• 7 ft. Dead Water LED Megalodon Shark — $174.98 $349 (save $174.02)

• 8 ft. Wide Gruesome Grounds Giant-Sized Color Changing Animated LED Wyvern — $199.98 $399 (save $199.02)