THE ITEM LISTED IS A USED HALLMARK HALLOWEEN HAUNTINGTON COLLECTION TOWN HALL BUILDING FROM 2005 AND IS A LARGE, HEAVY (10 LBS.), LIGHTED AND SOUND TABLE TOP DISPLAY ITEM, APPROXIMATELY 14" HIGH BY 11" WIDE BY 6" DEEP, CATALOG ID: QFO6332 MADE OF POLYRESIN. THIS IS A RARE ITEM FROM THE HALLMARK HAUNTINGTON COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS AND IS NO LONGER FOUND IN HALLMARK STORES. AS HALLMARK SAYS “WELCOME TO HAUNTINGTON, USA, THE NATION’S ONLY TRUE GHOST TOWN. THE YEAR IS 1813. BARTHOLOMEW HAUNTSWELL, A BOLD PIONEER SPIRIT, DREAMED OF A PLACE WHERE HE AND KINDRED SOULS COULD BEGIN A NEW AFTERLIFE IN PURSUIT OF ‪THE AMERICAN SCREAM‬! HIS CALL TO ACTION LITERALLY WOKE THE DEAD AND THE TOWN OF HAUNTINGTON WAS BORN. YOU WON’T FIND HAUNTINGTON ON A MAP. FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, YOU WON’T FIND IT ANYWHERE. BUT EVERY OCTOBER, WHEN THE HALLOWEEN SEASON BEGINS, IT MYSTERIOUSLY APPEARS OUT OF NOTHING, THEN YOU’LL SEE THE CITIZENS GATHERING IN THE TOWN SCARE, STOPPING BY THE LOCAL I-SCREAM SHOPPE AND VISITING OTHER POPULAR HAUNTS. THE EXCITEMENT OF THE SEASON BUILDS UNTIL SPIRIT FEST, HAUNTINGTON’S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION. THE FEW LIVING HUMANS WHO’VE ATTENDED THE FESTIVAL, SAY IT FRIGHTFULLY THRILLING. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT-ONCE YOU’VE VISITED HAUNTINGTON, YOU’LL BE DYING TO GO BACK. THE TOWN OF HAUNTINGTON, UPON WHICH THIS AND OTHER COLLECTABLE BUILDING IN THIS SERIES BY HALLMARK ARE BASED, IS A UNIQUE ITEM THAT MAKES FOR A GREAT HALLOWEEN PARTY DECORATION OR ADDS SOME SPIRIT TO A HALLOWEEN VILLAGE LAYOUT.
THE BUILDING REQUIRES EITHER 3 AA BATTERIES (NOT INCLUDED) OR YOU CAN USE A 4.5 VOLT DC ADAPTER (NOT INCLUDED). NEITHER OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED WITH THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION WITH “TORCH LIGHTS” THAT GLOW ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE WHEN TURNED ON AND OVERHEAD LIGHTS ON THE BACK SIDE THAT ILLUMINATE THE BUILDING INTERIOR. (SEE PHOTO). IN ADDITION, IT HAS SOUNDS ACTIVATED BY A BUTTON. THE HOUSE MAKES FOUR (4) DIFFERENT SOUNDS WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE SIDE:
* “GRANDFATHER CLOCK TICKING WHILE STRIKING ITS GONG”
* “SOMEONE WALKING WHILE DRAGGING CHAINS BEHIND THEM”
* BORIS KARLOFF LIKE VOICE ANNOUNCING THAT “APPLICATIONS FOR HAUNTING LICENSES ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED IN ROOM 7B. BRING YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE AND BE PREPARED TO WAIT AN ETERNITY”
* BORIS KARLOFF LIKE VOICE ANNOUNCING THAT “TONIGHT’S TOWN MEETING WILL BEGIN PRECISELY WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 13”
THE REAR OF THE BUILDING IS OPEN AND HAS TWO LARGE DECORATED ROOMS, ONE WITH A SIGH OVER THE BANQUET TABLE THAT SAYS “HAUNTINGTON SPIRIT FEST, HAPPY HAUNTING”. THIS USED ITEM IN VERY GOOD COSMETIC CONDITION, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ONE OF THE TORCH LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING HAS BROKEN OFF AND IT IS MISSING THE WITCH ON TOP OF BUILDING (SEE PHOTO). OTHERWISE IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS NO ORIGINAL BOX.