2009 $20 Prop Challenge Winners

[Zombie-F]

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2009 $20 PROP CHALLENGE WINNERS
The first prop-building competition of the season has come to a close and I am proud to announce the winners, as chosen by the HauntForum community at large.

First Place: dubbax walks away with the top spot for his entry "Dr. Phineas P. Phronk (http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=15833)".
Second Place: The second place prize goes to Devil's Charriot and his entry "Bomoh the Shaman (http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=15834)."
Third Place: Third place resulted in a tie forcing me to resort to a coin toss to determine the winner. Heads goes to Spooky Sam and Tails to Stolloween. The flip resulted in a heads so congratulations go to Spooky Sam and his entry "The Gravity Grabber (http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=15561)."


Thanks to everyone who entered. You all put forth a great effort and came up with some great props for under $20. All of you boils and ghouls who entered should be very proud of your hard work. I hope you all proudly display your creations at your haunts this year.

Prize vendors will be contacting the winners by PM or e-mail and your prizes will be mailed out shortly. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves. The discussion thread for this challenge is now closed and all further discussion should continue here.

The second prop-build of the season will be announced very shortly. We hope you will all participate again.

[Revenant]

HEY! This is just like the Preakness! I predicted first and second place! Once again, muchos congrats to Dubbax, DC, and Sam for some awesome works, and congrats/attaboys for Stolloween (better luck on the next coin toss if it comes to that -- you know you're still our hero!) Great props all around.

[Wyatt Furr]

Great work everyone.
Congrats to the winners.
The artistry is amazing on this board.
I'm hoping it will rub off on me one day.

[IMU]

Yeah, what Wyatt said ... great contest, GREAT PROPS! :)

Still waiting for some talent to rub off on me too ... :googly:

[BoysinBoo]

Yeah, what Wyatt said ... great contest, GREAT PROPS! :)

Still waiting for some talent to rub off on me too ... :googly:

The stuff that rubs off on you? That's not talent, but I heard there's this awesome ointment...

JK. Congrats everybody. Amazing work!

[RoxyBlue]

Congratulations on the now-official win, guys! Outstanding work all around and I take great comfort in knowing you won't be able to participate in the next contest:D

[Frankie-s Girl]

I had 1st and 2nd pegged too!

Congratulations to the winners! This was really fun! :D

[Terrormaster]

Congratulations guys, MOST excellent work everyone.

[Monk]

Congratulations to all. I look forward to the next one.

[STOLLOWEEN]

Congratulations to all the winners, they were all creative and fun entries, great work by everyone.

Also thanks Dave for hosting the contest, it was my first HauntForum challenge and the whole experience was a lot of fun, especially keeping track of every penny...that was a good prop building lesson.

Looking forward to the next challenge...

[Ghoul Friday]

Congrats to the winners and everyone else who ended up with a cool cheaply-made prop!

[Dixie]

Major congrats to Dubbax, DC, Spookysam and Stolloween - amazing stuff.... and big thanks and congrats go out to everyone who entered - I learned much from you, and can't wait to see what the next contest brings!!!

[Joiseygal]

Congrats to the winners! Also congrats on all the entries. Everyone did a great job!

[Wildcat]

Congrats to the winners. Thank you Dave for hosting the challenge. This was only my second event but first challenge with Hauntforum and both have been great experiences.

Well done to all that entered. I now have enough new ideas that I'll never be finished.:jol:

[spideranne]

Congrats to the winners and everyone who participated. Great contest and lots of great prop ideas for us to copy without breaking the bank.

[beelce]

Thanks to all prop builders who were entered the challenge or not...it is all of us , the collective haunt builders group, that share our ideas and techniques. We are the foundation that make this type of challenge so darn awesome!... Great job everyone!!

[Sickie Ickie]

Congrats to all the prop builders who entered and especially this years prize winners!

[hpropman]

Yes this years winners are well deserved and now that the bar has been raised yet again what might we see next year. I can't wait to learn from you and share all of our skills. Seriously well done everyone!

[RoxyBlue]

And I'm glad no one was executed:D

[Dark Angel 27]

And I'm glad no one was executed:D
me too!:jol:

[Dark Angel 27]

i had the first one pegged too! but i was sort of expecting stalloween to win 2nd...still congrats to all the winners!

[Lady Nyxie]

Congratulations to all the winners!

[Devils Chariot]

Wow what a great contest! So many cool ideas and props. I had a lot of fun on this contest, and I'm already kinda bummed I can't be in the next one. Maybe I'll just make an entry anyway for morale support or whatever.

Thanks everyone, and thanks to ZombieF once again for putting this together.

[Draik41895]

or you could give that entry to me and i could enter it ;)

[Draik41895]

well,congrats winners!!!!

[Devils Chariot]

split the prize with me 80/20 and you have a deal. I
m 80, your 20. and I get your cat.

[dubbax3]

split the prize with me 80/20 and you have a deal. I
m 80, your 20. and I get your cat.

When did they start giving out cats? I want one! They make a tasty stew. Very good cooks cats.

[Draik41895]

split the prize with me 80/20 and you have a deal. I
m 80, your 20. and I get your cat.

how about one of my grandmas cats,she wont mind

[Lilly]

Congrats boils and ghouls..
good stuff again as always

[Bethene]

great work, to all who entered, lots of ideas to "make" my own! LOL!
Also,congrats to the winners, you definately raise the bar for the rest of us!

[RoxyBlue]

(pssst, Draik, not the cat - send Devil's Chariot the scorpion. Wouldn't THAT be a lovely surprise?:eek::googly::D)

[Bone To Pick]

Excellent job everyone! You're getting your money's worth out of that $20!

[Smiter]

Very great creations!

[BackYardHaunter]

what and when is the next contest??

[RoxyBlue]

what and when is the next contest??

Probably no contests until after the 1st of the year, and typically March is about when to expect an announcement.

[BackYardHaunter]

i cant wait i was really late for this one. lol they do change tho?

[RoxyBlue]

I've only been around for a few contests, but it appears that the $20 prop one is likely to be a regular for the winter months when things are quieter. Previous years have seen other types of contests later in the year, but it depends on Zombie's schedule and whether he can find prize donors. If you look through the archives, you'll get a good idea of previous years' offerings.

[BackYardHaunter]

yeah i feel like im up for the work. i love building props. if i can build them and win something even better!

[Bethene]

I love the 20 dollar prop contest, but also the MacGuyver, that was interesting too! I t is just fun to see waht every one comes up with, so creative!

[BackYardHaunter]

yeah and a idea center for the forum.