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Blackmoor Groundbreaker

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Blackmoor Groundbreaker, studio packshot on white

Blackmoor Groundbreaker

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  • Hooded gray shroud over black cloth
  • Eyes lit from inside the head
  • Set it leaning, never flat on the lawn
  • Weather-cast for outdoor use all month
  • Folds back into one bin in November

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Light-up eyes, outdoor, staked

The groundbreaker that lights its own eyes

A bone-gray ghoul with two long clawed arms, wrapped in a hooded gray cheesecloth shroud over black cloth. The eyes light from inside the head, so it still reads after dark with no separate fixture. It stakes into the turf at a lean, mouth open toward the street.

Stake it leaning, never flat

Shoulders low, hands planted forward on the grass, pitched toward the sidewalk. Flat on the lawn it reads as a body lying there. Leaning out of the dirt it reads as a climb, which is the whole shot.

Carries after dark on its own

The light-up effects are built into the head, so the face carries after dark without a separate spotlight stake aimed at it. Point the face at the approach and the glow does the work from the curb.

Weather-cast for a wet week

The finish is cast for outdoor use, so a wet week on the lawn does not end the run. The cheesecloth shroud soaks and drapes heavier in the rain, then dries out between nights.

Blackmoor Groundbreaker, closer in

Built for outdoors

After the last porch light goes out

On the night it works the walk-up while you hold the door. In November, pull it from the turf and let the shroud dry all the way before anything goes near a lid, then it goes back in the box for next year. Standard shipping runs 5 to 7 days, so order with room before the last week of October.

  • Eyes lit from inside the head
  • Set it leaning, never flat on the lawn
  • Weather-cast for outdoor use all month
How do I get it into ground that has gone hard?

Soak the spot with a hose an hour first, or open the hole with a screwdriver before anything goes in. Dry October clay will not take a point without help, and forcing it is how a stake bends. On packed or stony ground, a Ground-Lock anchor kit bites where a plain stake will not.

How much of it shows above the dirt?

As much as you leave showing. It is a torso with two long clawed arms and no legs, so you decide the ground line: shoulders low and hands forward reads as a climb, while sinking it deeper turns it into a head coming up. Nothing about that is fixed at the factory.

Do the eyes need a spotlight aimed at them?

No. The light is inside the head, so the face carries after dark on its own. That is one less fixture and one less cord crossing the walk.

Can it stay out in the rain?

The finish is cast for outdoor use, so a wet week does not end the run. The cheesecloth shroud soaks and hangs heavier while it is wet, then dries out between nights. Let it dry all the way before it goes near a lid in November.

Which way should it face?

Toward the approach, not toward the house. Pitched at the sidewalk, the raised hands and the hood break the flat lawn line first, which is the part that works at car speed.

Is it too much for small kids?

It is bone-gray and hooded with an open mouth — no blood, nothing torn. Kids slow down and look. Keep it back from the walk itself if the street runs strollers.

The whole sheet

  • MotionStatic
  • UseOutdoor
  • Scare levelSlightly scary

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