Monday, January 13, 2020

My Plants vs. Zombies collection (part 4)

It's been a long time for no any of my most demanded series of my toy or figure collection based on my favorite game... Anyway, welcome to new series of my Plants vs. Zombies collection. Like the first three parts, this part will be featuring some of my Plants vs. Zombies that I got from several of the online stores or some other sort of the places where I got these toys from my favorite game. So, before I show all of the toys or collectible stuffs on this part, here are the toys that were featured on the previous part (Part 3):
All of my Plants vs. Zombies collection from part 3
And here's how all of my Plants vs. Zombies collection across 3 parts merged in one picture:
All of my Plants vs. Zombies collection that I collected through 3 parts, such as Part 1 (original), Part 2, and Part 3
So, just like the last parts, I will show some of my latest Plants vs. Zombies's acquisitions from anywhere else. Anyway, here are the things that I got on this part here:

1. K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Series 4

a. Peashooter

The Peashooter itself, followed by the original and the Fire Peashooter from the main series of Plants vs. Zombies games on the background...
Yes! Good way to start this part of my entire collection by getting this one! It is a Peashooter from the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2. However, the style of this resembles from the both original game and that sequel, so it doesn't matter. Fortunately, I got this for free from the popular YouTube toy reviewer who also reviewed any of those K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies sets just like several that I do have here (can you guess who it is)... By asked it to him with many reasons that caused me couldn't get this one in a chat of a social media with him, he sent it as a gift for my appreciations collecting these things here. Anyway, back to the plant itself. Despite I don't have the console and the game itself, I still can get this plant, though. It came straight out from it's own blind bag and no instructions, simply packed in a transparent bag, unlike the others. So, here are advantages and disadvantages of it:

Advantages:

Design looks pretty cool, and sensible as it's own promotional pictures of it. 

Disadvantages:

  • The watermark on it still has a copyright from 2014 (probably it refers to the K'NEX itself).
  • The connection between the stem and the base itself is loose, in fact it's a bit worse than the original styles like the ones from Series 1, 2 or 3.
  • The connection between the stem and both of it's own "pea pod" arms are also loose  like crazy as well.

b. Rose

The Rose itself, next to a Peashooter...
Not really a fan of this one, but eventually, he also sent this one as well during it was packed inside the blind bag. The style of this resembles from the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 too. Not much I can say about it, I opened it just for an add-on figures only. So, here are advantages and disadvantages about it:

Advantages:

Design looks pretty cool, and sensible as it's own promotional pictures of it. 

Disadvantages:

The connection between the body and both of it's own arms are loose.

c. Kernel Corn

The Kernel Corn itself... followed by other 2 plants on the back...
Not particularly a fan of this one too, but it has the same reason as what I mentioned above... The style of this resembles from the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, so don't be confused with a lobbed shot plant with almost exact name in the original Plants vs. Zombies games. Not much I can say about it, I opened it just for an add-on figures only. So, here are advantages and disadvantages about it:

Advantages:

  • Design looks pretty cool, and sensible as it's own promotional pictures of it. 
  • The stem on this plant does connect very well to it's own base without any DIY repairs, unlike Peashooter.

Disadvantages:

The brown husk on the back of it's own head doesn't mount well, it keeps poking out for a little bit from it's own hole.

d. Citron

The Citron itself
Again, not particularly a fan of this one too, but it has the same reason as what I mentioned in the Rose one... The style of this resembles from the Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, not Plants vs. Zombies 2. Not much I can say about it, I opened it just for an add-on figures only. So, here are advantages and disadvantages about it:

Advantages:

Design looks pretty cool, and sensible as it's own promotional pictures of it.

Disadvantages:

  • Takes a lot of strength to connect those 4 legs together in their own ball joints on that connector between the body and those legs themselves.
  • Pretty difficult to tell the difference on those 4 leaves on the top of it's own body, because their connectors on the bottom of those leaf pieces and the holes almost have the same size, except for the front one, which is a bit easier than the rest.

2. "Sermoido" Lego-based Plants vs. Zombies figures

Several of Lego-based Plants vs. Zombies figures...
It's been a while since I got those K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Series 4 for FREE from a very famous YouTuber who reviewed them on his channel back in November of 2018, so I decided to buy these alternative Lego-based Plants vs. Zombies figures in January of 2020. Purchased them from one of local online shops, and I got it from a Chinese seller, yet I ordered the one that has complete 8 surprise eggs contains different plants and zombies. They are packed inside their own surprise eggs, and each of the package contained one plant and one zombie inside. Here are list of the plants and the zombies that are packed in the batch itself:

Plants:

  • Peashooter (looks like a Repeater to me, except without eyebrows)
  • Fire Peashooter (again, just like the regular one)
  • Cabbage-pult
  • Melon-pult
  • Winter Melon
  • A.K.E.E.
  • Chomper
  • Coconut Cannon

Zombies:

  • Mummy Zombie*
  • Pirate Zombie*
  • Cowboy Zombie*
  • Future Zombie*
  • Cave Zombie
  • Big Wave Beach Zombie*
  • Disco Jetpack Zombie
  • Relic Hunter Zombie
* means it has 2 or 3 certain accessories like flag, cone, and bucket

Advantages:

  • Design for both plants and zombies look decent, and worth to collect for the price and the time about how they exist on these days. 
  • Most of the zombie figures do have their own extra accessories, such as flag, cone, hat, and the bucket, unlike K'NEX ones did (only have just cone or hat in each of the respective zombie figures that they packed in their own package).
  • The way how the shooting plants (such as Peashooter, Fire Peashooter, and Coconut Cannon) shoots projectiles quite easier than the K'NEX ones did. They also have different kinds of shooting projectiles as well (being the stick looking projectiles at that, rather than just balls).

Disadvantages:

  • Sometimes it doesn't want to connect two pieces together with ease, especially for most of the plants.
  • They do include stickers for decorating one of the plants and all of the zombies... Which means, you must manually put the stickers on their respective parts of themselves.
  • Unlike K'NEX ones which you can mount most of the plants in either classic 2x2 Lego studs or + pattern Lego studs, you can only mount them in classic 2x2 Lego studs, and it's being the dead-on at that, because obviously you must place them with force in order to mount on them properly. This trait also happens with zombie figures as well.

Specifications:

1. K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Series 4

Original product name : K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Series 4 #53040
Total of the complete set : 8
Material: Resin, plastic
Year: 2016
Factory: China
Popularity: Insanely rare
Company/Importer: K'NEX
Purchased from: Not from any online shops, because this
Quality: Average
Type: Shooting figure (Peashooter), Mini construction sets (other 3 plants), building toys (zombies)
Bootleg: No
Delay of delivery: Around two weeks
Packed in: Blind bag

2. Sermoido Lego-based Plants vs. Zombies figures

Original product name: Unknown
Total of the complete set : 16 (for this particular set)
Material : ABS, plastic
Year: 2017 and 2018
Factory: China
Popularity: Uncommon
Company/Importer: Sermoido
Purchased from: Shopee
Quality: Average
Type: Building toys, shooting toys (for plants)
Bootleg: Probably yes, but it's unknown whether it's officially licensed from PopCap Shanghai or not
Delay of delivery: A week
Packed in: Surprise eggs

Galleries:

All 4 K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Series 4 plants
Bunch of surprise eggs containing Lego-based Plants vs. Zombies figures, before opening all of them
Close look of one of the Plants vs. Zombies surprise eggs that I opened... This is the one that contains Peashooter and Future Zombie, by the way...
All 8 Lego-based Plants vs. Zombies figures from their own surprise eggs... Notice for the box itself on the background, that's how the seller sent all of these to me on my mail by packing them inside that box...

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