I've been looking for an image of the Halloween set, and I think it looks nice. The Gingerbread Man set might be interesting, although I think that's supposed to be Gingerbread House.

And regarding your visit to Billund, are we going to see a series of posts about the tour?

No summer or autumn sets though. Maybe it is just 'holiday' sets this year. Still waiting for Wall-E to show up on Lego Shop (no sign of it at all and only a few days until it's announced release date).

Just curious, do some or all European countries celebrate Halloween? What about Asia, Australia, and South America? If so, do you also have the tradition of 'trick or treat'? I imagine it varies by country, so please tell us about yours.

That Halloween set looks great. They're certainly giving us a wealth of spooky merchandise this year with the CMF series, Scooby Doo and this.

These look great.

Halloween is one of those weird holidays that both Catholics and Pagans take equal credit for. The way I see it, it's free candy either way.

Any US folks have any idea what Target's seasonal polybags will be? They should be putting some stuff on the shelves in the next few weeks.

A Must-have for me!

Re which countries celebrate Halloween, I have a friend in Australia who told me last year that it's very rare to see signs of Halloween there and trick-or-treaters are almost unheard of, but she added that American influence is starting to show.

Love the seasonal vignettes this year. Look forward to seeing what all those other winter sets look like, first I've heard of those.

I have a bunch of costumed kids knocking at the door every year for Halloween here in New Zealand. Plus there are a few halloween parties for grown ups. Definitely nothing as crazy as in the US I guess.

What's up with the minifigs in that Halloween set?

@PicnicBasketSam

It's a kid trick or treating dressed as a witch and a skeleton decoration at the door. What's not to get?

I can't wait to get this one, I just hope they limit the sales of them. When I was lucky to get the Easter one, literally 5 minutes later some utter ass came in and bought the remaining 6 of them. Seeing things like that really make me disappointed in Lego as a company.

@woosterlegos No Halloween where I live in Australia. Some people try it each year, but it would be a very tiny percentage of the population. Did have a couple of teenagers turn up on my doorstep a couple of years ago, not dressed up, and ask for money!! Not surprisingly, I think I gave them a small lollie each. However, the shops try and sell some stuff - people might buy some for decorating at a BBQ or small house party - but certainly not a big night. The appeal of the Lego Halloween for me personally, always depends on whether I can relate it somehow to my Haunted House - hence the upcoming new wave of minifigures has some nice ideas.

Oh, and I didn't get the minifigure in the set either, until explained... (lack of exposure to Halloween I guess.) :)

I'm curious, for people who live in an country/area where Halloween isn't generally celebrated with children visiting houses or adults having light parties - would you LIKE Halloween to become more of a regular thing or does it feel like another encroachment of an American thing?

Some of my best childhood experiences are from Halloween, the creative outlet of choosing and building a costume, spending time at night with friends and of course the candy. I know that homemade costumes lose out in favor of store-bought these days, which I feel is a terrible shame, but it feels like Halloween has still retained the aspects I enjoyed.

So would you like Halloween, or should we keep it to ourselves?

I can tell (with my pidging english) how it is in Poland (and - to my knowledge - other Central and Eastern Europe countries). Generally - we don't have Halloween tradition. Of course shops and marketers are trying to implement this.
Do we like Halloween to become tradition? Rather not. We have very old traditions of commemorating our deads. And it is at the begining of November, the day after Halloween. However, it is completely different tradition - mystical, nostalgic, religious etc. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaduszki and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziady ).
However, I like LEGO Halloween sets very much!

@DanRSL - honestly, since I have no real exposure to Halloween, if it were to occur, it would come across as an anomaly. However, what you describe in your childhood sounds like a lot of fun. But then so does a White Christmas, something I have also never experienced (although we do get snow - albeit in June/July). I suppose it depends on what you grow up with, and we have no traditions like Parsom mentioned either. But from a kid's perspective, dressing up and getting free lollies - who in their right mind wouldn't enjoy that - problem is, because since no one does it, they might have to walk many blocks, receiving some odd looks, just on happenstance they may get a single lollie ! I think however, eventually, it probably will come to Australia, just not for many years... :)

I bought the Halloween set today at my local Lego store. They also had for sale on the shelves the Advent Calendar sets, I bought the City and Friends sets for gifts later on.

I wonder if something major should be announced shortly :-)

@Montyh7

Well, if it ever does creep up, I'd suggest to take it slowly. Don't let it be too commercial (if at all possible) and enjoy the community and creativity aspects. Or hey, start your own traditions with a different style! I love experiencing the "same" thing in different countries/cultures

Future sets (Winter fun and Santa's visit) will be vignettes too? So, they will not be limited editions gifted as last year on october?