Congratulations Greg. What a great idea. I am very happy for you. Great looking family my boy. Sell millions.

You all are are the best! Thank you for the support and feedback!
I will be sure to post any news as things progress :)

I am also a Halloween kid (well, born within a few days, so I always claimed it!) – and I love your idea. I told my husband all about this and we will be on the lookout. Great way to hang in there and reach out to the right people who can help you make this a reality.

Go Cowbell!!!

Great story Greg! Love the tenacity…very cool!

Be sure and show your support for Greg’s product this Halloween.

Cowbell,
Awesome! Congratulations to you not only for a great idea, but also a beautiful family…

Greg, it was a pleasure working with you on this project and see it end successfully. You kept going when a lot of other Inventors would have quit and given up. You certainly learned a lot goingthrough the process and they seemed to throw every obstacle you could think of in front of us, but you were willing to be flexible and open to my suggestions, no matter how off the wall they may have sounded atthe time.
I hate it took so long, but that part is behind you now and you can look forward to seeing your product on store shelves. Getting a check isn’t to bad either. LOL

The product is great Greg. I like the process as well if not better. A lot of people think the inventing process is easy. That you didn’t give up is the answer to me.

The tucking your ego and taking an out of the box try again and again until you suceeded is what it takes in my opinion. It took 2 full years for one of my products to be accepted in test store markets and now I am going to several companies with it. I am sure there will be even more changes to come. I am looking forward to getting an agreement, I will be okay with EN or a private company taking it.

Very cool Greg!

I remember only a few months ago you suggested you had something potentially big in the works…and this is pretty good turnaround! It is very professionally put together. I can’t wait to watch it “grow up”!

…like Greg B. pointed out this is EN bonus material! And Greg B., one other inventor with a slightly similar story (moving forward independently with an EN idea) is Jason. He has the 2 Spencers items.

Wowee…We always need lots of “cowbell” around here at EN, Greg!!! Great inspirational stories like this!

Love how this idea all worked out! Just ordered some of those scratch-thingies for my daughter (from that Scholastic mag they send home from school). Loved doing these when I was young and she has never seen them!

Hope to see/buy your product in Walgreen’s, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. this Halloween for sure!! Our family has done those carvings in the past, and it was always the very intricate ones that our kids chose for us to do…Hours of work and sore fingers!! This will be so cool and a bit easier!! (Boy, my daughter would love an Angry Birds set!? Better not add the slingshots, though! hehe)

Huge Congrats to you!!! Keep On Inventing!!!

Greg!!
Yours is a quintessential E.N. story. You are what makes E.N. real to me. You are the one that got away and yet you are extolling their virtues and sharing your extra-E.N. story on their forum. It’s a win win win win…
Edison Nation is the only inventor-centric environment I’ve stumbled upon and, the proof is in the fact that you are here sharing this with us in the wake of an R8. Your gain is our gain.
Way to go!

Great Idea Greg! and inspiring story.
Eric, EN didn’t turn it down. G7 means they liked it and presented it. R8 means the searching company turned it down.

Thank you for sharing! :) What an inspirational story! Best wishes for continued success!

More cowbell!! ;)

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Hey neighbor! A big fat triple AWESOME is in order here! Way to go bro! It’s this type of re-enforcement that keeps the dream alive! This as well has to have a few folks at EN thinking maybe we shouldn’t have let this one slip away! Brilliant!

Thanks for the kind words….means a lot coming from this group!

Me too, it’s awesome Greg! What a wonderful, creative and yet simple idea! I hope you make ga-zillions! I think Fate planned this for you many years ago when you were born on Halloween. And I agree with Patricia, what a gorgeous family! Ya done good! Big Congrats!!!!!

Congratulations Greg, what a lovely family you have, they must be so proud of you. The video is not only so well done but the music is over the top perfect . You did a superb jun putting it all together and your " Little Stars" were adorable and precious. Hope they weren’t charging you full Actors Guild wages haha!

Your product and idea is just awesome. I think you hit the Pumpkin on the Head and will have everybody who see’s it saying " Why Didn’t I Think of It " ……. Yes, I agree you addressed the most dreaded safety concerns parents have and made something so fun even that much better with a personal, creative and versatile twist. I could actually see a darling picture of the kids dressed up in their Halloween’s best pictured on the front of one of your pumpkins .. maybe a way to download special photo’s ?? .. Love the "Scratch off " concept could there possibly be Pumpkin Spice scent added or perhaps a secret ghoulish concoction to create some Sniffing fun !!

Thank you so much for sharing your story Greg … it is not only inspirational and brings it on home as we’re all family here but also
wonderful to hear about each others journeys on and off the forum as well.. By sharing all aspects including the challenges and the successes it makes it real and our bond even tighter …

Outstanding – thank you for sharing! It is inspiring and I wish you great success!!!

Many do not know just how close to succeeding they were…when they gave up. Great post and story, thanks for sharing!

Brilliant! And I love that you addressed their concerns so simply. I wish you great success, Greg!! We’re Halloween freaks at our house, so I’m sure we’ll end up with a set sooner or later.

Greg,

Great idea! Thanks so much for sharing your story. One of the details I would love to hear is how you made your initial contact with the company and what your conversation was like. So happy for you and can’t wait to see them in stores!

Great idea. I’m now wondering if you could make something like pumpkin TV. Maybe some kind of LCD panel you stick in the hole. Don’t know, something cheaper maybe. Nevermind.

Nice Cowbell. Great video too. Vey nice. Best of luck.

Very Cool Greg. Congratulations! A good example of not giving up on an idea that you believe in. Identifying the need and coming up with a great solution.

Greg…. I LOVE IT!!!! What a great idea………

What about the halloween stores?