A-Maze-Ing Pumpkin Patch Review - NEW for 2024 Lemax Spooky Town 

There needs to be a push to get Lemax to do these pieces with music only. The goofy dialogue ruins so much of that beautiful music behind it.

This is one I was really debating getting, as it is a very cool one. I can see how the soundtrack has stirred up controversy though. This piece may be coveted simply because of the light up eyes in the maze, very similar to that classic accessory. This year, I think I am sticking to the pumpkin facade, cursed ruins, and pumpkin motel (which I already have and is amazing!).

I love the spooky glow eyes in the front bush. Nice piece, I want one.

Thanks for all these reviews, don't buy too often but wife love pumpkins and I try to get her one from time to time.

I really like the theming too, it feels very classic. I don’t really collect any Spookytown buildings made past 2012, but this might just fit right in with my ‘vintage’ village. Feels strange calling it vintage, been collecting since 2003. I might not put on the flying scarecrows on the back , they have been borderline abusing that animation piece ever since last house on the left and it’s not very unique or special anymore. I prefer the really detailed animations that were on the earlier pieces, where things didn’t just spin or rotate around. The popping up and down on this maze is a reference to an older, great graveyard piece called Dead Are Rising. It was retired this year, little HTF but great piece if it’s working

I do like that oversized pumpkin coming over the barn. Looking forward to how you add to it in your display. 👍

Hey buddy! Glad to see you back!!

Why is the large pumpkin guy so naked and muscular? That's definitely an odd choice. 😂 Would love the see the finished project when you get it all landscaped. It sounds like a great idea!

I was looking forward to this piece. It did come out great, and I'm glad Lemax is going back the their old ways of working accesory pieces into their buildings. The Creepy Corn Rows, if you're lucky enough to have a bunch, will make an easy expansion of the maze. It sounds like I'll be engineering a way to quiet down the poppers, though. 😉

Very nice piece; I agree about weathering it a bit with a wash. Also, that flannel shirt is perfect!! It is interesting how agritainment is influenced by your geographic area. In Kansas, we do have corn mazes at pumpkin patches, but the pumpkins are trucked in rather than grown!

Yessss the 2024 videos are here!

Jack Pumpkin Farm may be my most beautiful piece so far.

Always love your videos! Now I have to get this one. You know I share your love for the pumpkin theme!!

Doug, I was pretty excited about this piece when I first saw it, but now that I see more of it, I know why I'm kind of turned off now. The A-Maze-Ing Pumpkin Patch feels to me like Lemax just phoned it in. They knew people were clamoring for a corn maze (I'm one of them), but this seems more like a concept to a future spectacular piece. It's kind of like the Dungeon of Terror. There were cool elements in that piece, but for the most part, it was blah as a ride and just recycled too many tropes from other pieces. Then Lemax took the best elements from the Dungeon of Terror and transformed it into a new re-imagined and fantastic piece with this year's Phantom Castle rollercoaster. I do like the new feel of the pop up monsters in the A-Maze-Ing Pumpkin Patch, it's standout element (the Dungeon of Terror had it's magnet moving skeletons in cages), but that's it. The creature shadowing the structure (although decent), along with the overused spinning set of creatures in the back, makes it feel like this piece was just slapped together. And if this was a $50 to $60 piece, that might've been fine, but this one is over $100 and that's just crazy to me. Especially when there have been much better pumpkin pieces like the Ghoulish Gourd selling for less. Here's what I would've liked to see... Have people walking through the actual maze instead of the spinning creatures in the back. Use magnets (like are done in the bumper car and ice skating pieces) and have them walk a trail through the maze. This is a freebee to Lemax if they happen to read this comment. I'm looking forward to seeing how Lemax evolves the concept of this piece instead of settling for this one. I don't want to make another mistake like I did buying (and returning) the Dungeon of Terror. Thanks as always for these reviews! vgv

Thanks for these show and tell reviews. They really help us decide whether or not to add the piece to our villages. 🎃🎃🎃

I ordered this piece. Awesome.....And Doug love the shirt!!!!!!

Thanks for showing this piece Doug. I’ll be buying this one this will go perfect with my haunted farm pumpkin patch set up

Another great video -like the teaser for the next video! 😃

I love the spooky eyes...thank you for your review.

Not related, but my wife and I were watching some of your videos and we thought you should do like a top 10 of your favorite Halloween movies along with the “gothic action horror” genre. Keep pumping out the content man! We love it

I love the more realistic builds, I love watching your videos each week

Great review !! I hope you do a review on the haunted hotel haven...it's my favorite this year

Love it, cant wait to see what you do with it in the display! im wondering if there is a paint(maybe orange) or something of some sort to tint the bright white light on the side of the barn? Thx again love the videos buddy!

You can also apply a wash over lights as well, dimming them to various degrees. I use black nail polish over the bulbs. But always have a wet paper towel in case the light gets too dim. For example, on my display, I have the D56 Laghostly Theatre. The marquee lights were so bright they would ruin any picture I would take of my display. I dimmed them down and now the pictures look great!

I already have it ordered . I like the pumpkin monster ,but wished his body was more viney instead of looking like the green giant with a pumpkin head on , that said I will also be adding a maze to this piece . I am looking forward to see what you add to yours and hope there is a lot of uploads of others as well.

The pumpkin patch party would go well with this piece. You go to the patch/maze and then go to the party the farm is having

Happy early season Doug! Is this piece confirmed to not be at Michaels? I might have to get a head start on ordering if that's the case

Hi Doug! Thanks for the review. I wanted to know your thoughts on the large lit pumpkin head. I noticed you can see a lot of brush strokes when it is lit up. This seems to be a reoccurring “issue” with the painted plastic parts on other buildings Lemax has done as well. Does the light/dark paint job on the pumpkin head make it a detraction? I’m not sure if it would stop me from buying this piece, but I happened to notice it right away.

I love your flannel shirt!! I like this piece but I'm just not a fan of the big looming guy. Also, this piece should have had flying crows but I guess I could see why they went with scarecrows. Still on the fence with this one.

Ok… it looks like a sweet pumpkin patch very traditional. I would have bought it, but there’s a giant muscular naked pumpkin man on the side? Wtf? It’s like someone else made the whole thing and then a different person said it’s not weird enough let’s slap a giant naked pumpkin man on it!

Lemax is really stepping up their game...I didnt order this bought the roller coaster

Oil washes lol. You been watching Boylei Hobby time i can tell .

Doug so great to see ur videos . I get such joy watching them and the village idiots. Do you think the slithering gardens will be at Michael’s that’s my jam theme haunted cemeteries with garden type stuff. I have hemlocks nursery garden of eaten and a bunch more what are your thoughts on what will be at michaels

I'm not a fan of the oversized pumpkin man or the flying scarecrows on the back - I think they could've saved money by not having those. I didn't order this one but I did order the accessory that goes with it Spooky Scarecrows.

Those pop up spooks are making a lot of noise, wonder how long that system will take to fail. I like the LeMax aesthetic, and think they're creative in their designs, but their execution is god awful. Everything I've ever bought from them has failed mechanically and/or electrically. When you take a LeMax piece apart, the craftmanship is beyond bad and the engineering is not much better. I would be leery of this one based on the violent sounds, it's gonna shake itself apart for sure. 😅