YETI - Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare Diamond Select Deluxe Zombie Figure

Yeti is the first deluxe figure in Diamond Select's PvZ line. I have had the yeti for almost a year now and it is still very cool to me. I play the console version of Plants vs Zombies, which this yeti is based on, and he looks just about the same as he does in the game. The only difference from the game is that in the game he does not have white nails, he has green nails, but that is no big deal. I have also read most of the plants vs zombies books and comics.

Guest authored by my 10-year-old:

Currently these are the only decent action figures for Plants vs Zombies that I know of. I do know about the the Jazwares figures from the mobile game, but those figures look very sloppy from my kid- perspective.

He stands nearly 8" tall (nearly double the height of the regular figures), is made of hard plastic and features no accessories and no articulation, making him a statue. The other zombies in the line do have articulation, but usually only one to two points of it. His paint is overall pretty well done. He has some paint smudges that are very unnoticeable. For instance on mine he had smudges on his toenails, feet, mouth, and under his fur on his chin. (Here's where Dad takes over...) The overall sculpt does a good job of capturing the character's look in three dimensions. The mouth is especially well-done, with carved teeth and a tiny tongue sculpted inside.

It's unfortunate that DST decided to forego all of the articulation. There are thick seam lines where the arms meet the shoulders, where the legs attach to the torso, and where the head meets the body. All are glued solidly in place. Even the hands and feet are without joints. There's another seam where the lower jaw is attached to the head. Yeti stands fine on his own, which is good since that's all he'll be doing.

DST also decided not to include any accessories. They could have included some ice balls or another pack-in mini-figure, but decided to go bare-bones with this one instead.

Yeti is a fine figure to look at on a shelf. But as far as an action figure goes, this one won't be providing much fun at playtime. He's worth getting if you are collecting the line to display, but otherwise he's an easy pass.