Skull mug in person?

December 19, 2009 7:55 PM

Where can I buy a skull-shaped mug in the New York or Dallas areas?

I was recently struck with inspiration for a Christmas gift idea, but it requires a mug in the shape of a human skull, something like this or this. I don't have time to wait for an online order to be shipped, so I need to buy it in person. I'll be in NYC and the Dallas area in the coming days. Does anyone know of any stores that might have this sort of thing?

posted by albrecht to Shopping (10 answers total)

Best answer: I'd try Halloween Adventure/New York Costumes in NYC, on Broadway just south of Union Square, between 11th and 12th. There's another entrance on 4th Avenue. I'm 99% sure they're the same store, though there are separate websites under each name.

Searching their websites gets a couple of results, but I wouldn't assume that this is all they have, as the store is huge and has lots of miscellaneous stuff.
posted by alphasunhat at 8:22 PM on December 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

whoops. on the first link, if you search for "mug," two show up.. one the same as the other site and one different.
posted by alphasunhat at 8:28 PM on December 19, 2009

I was just about to mention the same store.
posted by dfriedman at 8:48 PM on December 19, 2009

Try thrift stores if you have time. I collect halloween junk year round and I can almost always find one at a there. If you don't have time for that, try a Spencers Gifts(every mall I've ever been in has one of those) or a Hot Topic. Good luck.
posted by OrangeSoda at 1:06 AM on December 20, 2009

We have one of these mugs and I think it came from the kind of novelty store that aims to corner the 'gifts for dad' market (barware, jokey signs for the back of the toilet door, team merchandise etc.)
I'm in Australia, though, and I don't know if this kind of store exists in the US (but I'd be willing to bet that they do). They're often in large shopping malls here.
posted by k_tron at 4:15 AM on December 20, 2009

or a Hot Topic

FWIW, I'm pretty sure the nearest Hot Topic is in Jersey.
posted by hermitosis at 6:45 AM on December 20, 2009

Dallas is lousy with Hot Topics.
posted by cmoj at 11:34 AM on December 20, 2009

Go get a drink at Otto's Shrunken Head on E14th Street near Avenue B. Order a stormy skull, keep the mug.
posted by backwords at 12:01 PM on December 20, 2009

Head shops and goth stores on E 8th Street in New York probably have them.
posted by musofire at 1:00 PM on December 20, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks, everyone! The main shop of New York Costumes didn't have it, but their gothic annex next door had exactly what I was looking for!
posted by albrecht at 6:00 PM on December 21, 2009