My son absolutely loved this costume.  We didn't complete it with a scythe, which ended up being okay because the gloves made it quite difficult for him to hold his candy bag, let alone coupling it with an unwieldy mock weapon.  (The gloves are actually the reason for docking a star.  They extend maybe a half an inch into the plastic skeletal finger tips that cover them, making it impossible to make a fist and difficult to carry anything.)  The costume itself is great and both my wife and daughter commented on how creepy it was...  which made both my son and I happy.