Home Depot’s viral 12-foot skeleton now talks

Skelly returns for 2026 with some new capabilities. | Image: Home Depot

The Home Depot is once again upgrading its 12-foot-tall skeleton to help keep the viral piece of Halloween decor popular as spooky season creeps closer. Skelly is borrowing some of the tech introduced in the smaller 6.5-foot Ultra Skelly last year, including letting you speak through the skeleton's moving mouth using a mobile app. The new version of Skelly will be available online starting tomorrow for $379 and in Home Depot's stores later this summer, along with a new collection of Halloween characters.

Skelly was last upgraded two years ago with eight different animations for its animated LCD eyes, but the new version bumps that to 20 dif ...

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