maintaining the legacy with my old Plants vs. Zombies toys and mini figures...

It's been a long time since I featured all of those old Plants vs. Zombies toys and mini figures that I own for years, so it's time to explain about how I maintain the legacy specifically with themselves. Since I do live in the country where it has really high humidity yet I constantly "play" with them instead of keeping them in their storage or display, resulting by how come if most of them suddenly had some wear and tear on them. Without further ado, let me explain about those figures that already suffered from the way how they withstand against it.

Before I begin, I exclude most of those Chinese mini figure sets that I also own, since they seem to survive just okay overall since I purchased them. As for the ones that they suffer from those issues apart from the fact they already accumulated quite amount of dusts on majority of them, here are my examples about them:

A. 2013 KFC Plants vs. Zombies toys (ID)

All 3 plants (such as Peashooter on Pumpkin, Cabbage-pult, and 🌻) do share their own issue where their own black eyes are easy to be erased by simply touching them any objects in the slightest touch. Because of this, I had to DIY fix one of them with the combination of the black marker and correction pen, though it obviously make the appearance of it looks slightly uglier than how it should. This also applied to the green eyebrows on the Cabbage-pult, but since I already learned the lesson with the exact same toy that I borrowed from one of my old friend's house in 2014, I have to be very careful when it comes to "playing" with it in general.

As for the 🌻, the bottom part of her stem already has some light stressing marks on it due to the way how I tried to connect her stem to the original base, since it's so loose every single time.

B. 2014 KFC Plants vs. Zombies 2 toys (ID)

All of them do seem to survive just reasonably okay, except for both of these moments that I mentioned here:

• I lost the "🔥" disc projectile that originally came with the Snapdragon, and
• I broke the inner workings of that iconic walkable Zombie toy since roughly a decade ago

Even with both of those aforementioned moments, but all of them still survive just like so, except with slight wear on each of them.

C. K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies

This one is possibly the weirdest one when it specifically comes to react against our country's high humidity. The fact I also "play" with most of those plant characters that I always wanted back then, they led to their weird issues which most of them couldn't able to fix them by myself. Apart from their original pieces that were loose overtime, here are more examples about the issues themselves:

• Weird darkening issues on their own original paints, specifically occurred on certain plant characters with solid plastics like Peashooter, Snow Pea, Cabbage-pult, and Garden Warfare/Garden Warfare 2 version of Peashooter. Unfortunately, those aren't fixable unless if I have to bring each of them to the paint workshop in order to make them "bright" again.
• Just like those of my old 2013 KFC Plants vs. Zombies toys, most of them do have their own similar issues where their own original prints are easy to be erased with the slightest touch from any objects (for example, 🌻's face, Peashooter or Snow Pea's black eyes, Bloomerang's face and his own boomerang's petal accents, 🌹's mouth [and possibly her eyes], and so on).
• Some light stressing marks that already occurred on most of them, such as 🌻's stem, 🌹's feet, and so on.
• Cracks on the bottom "leafy" part of my Fire Peashooter, since it clearly made using a translucent plastic, therefore it's partially hard to mount it on any of those Lego or any of those popular Chinese building block plates with ease anymore.
• Even if I saved my Kernel 🌽 on the storage (for this case, a small jar), it strangely has some tiny bit of black spots on it's own yellow 🌽 parts (possibly some sort of mold spots, especially for his head).

Because of all of those issues, I had to DIY fix it to most of them depending on how difficult I could able to restore each of their appearance, otherwise I just simply accepted their fate (since all of them are obviously nowhere to be possible to search each of their identical replacements in case if I accidently break or lose each of them, even if they're already flawed to begin with since they produced them from an unknown factory in China).

D. Other figures...

That one cheap static Plants vs. Zombies 2 Grave Buster mini figure that I got since 2014, it has it's own issue where it suddenly separated both the top part and bottom part of it due to the fact I accidently dropped it to the floor multiple times, though it's still easy to be fixable by simply gluing both of those pieces together.

Well then, there you have it for the way how I maintain the legacy with those of my following old Plants vs. Zombies toys and mini figures that I particularly have for years. If you have your own story related to this, be sure to write your own short story in the comments section if you're able to. Anyway, that's basically it from what I could particularly say over this, and as always, thanks for reading this exact article. 

plants vs. zombies 2's latest update... (hint: ads)

Note : I originally made this particular article when the problem itself used to exist at the moment. However, since they actually fixed it later on, I originally didn't want to create this article, but I decided to do so anyway...... because why not.

Yet another fairly short article that I made here, but it's hard to believe it if the vanilla Plants vs. Zombies 2's latest update has it's own major problem where it is now consists of random video ads (just like other two mobile Plants vs. Zombies like what I explained them in one of my previous articles that I created just before). Not only the fact it is already applied to any newer players since somewhere in August of 2025 with those of the dreadful limited time ad-free subscriptions, but now it is also shockingly applies to certain veteran players like I do, which I already purchased certain plants and resources since a while ago... However, since I equipped my 📱 with the AdGuard DNS on it (either from private DNS or both of their respective IPv4 addresses), it seems to work 🆗, though they somehow hardcoded them with the way how that one endless Marigold loading screen always appears instead of those random video ads every single time I completed any levels on each of it's own game modes that are available on there (either from standard Adventure Mode*, Pinata Party*, Arena, or Penny's Pursuit), so I have to manually force close the game and re-open the entire game itself every single time when it happens, which causing my 📱's 🔋 to drop significantly faster than it should. 

* unless if there's a Zen Garden button, which simply skips those ads completely...

According to one of the internet citizens out there, it turns out if this occurs simply because of an unknown bug, according to some people who works at the modern day Electronic F****... However, not too long since this bug existed thanks to how majority of the internet citizens who still playing this particular Plants vs. Zombies game were highly frustrated by it, they actually listened the aforementioned problem itself by fixing the said bug itself later on. Even though they probably stated like so, I have a doubt if this particular hotfix will stay in their next subsequent updates though (since the ad-free pack is still present at the moment), despite it's horrible state that this game currently suffering nowadays since they outsourced their works to that one company in India since somewhere in 2022. Again, that's basically it for what I could particularly say over this awful update of the vanilla Plants vs. Zombies 2 as a whole, even if it is now back to how it should be... Despite this, I have no clue if I eventually decide to download some of their fan-games or mods that perform way better than it anyway.

My reaction with the current state of the mobile Plants vs. Zombies games...

(this is clearly the port from the good old PC GOTY version, but it doesn't matter for this exact article though...)

Believe or not, those of the popular mobile Plants vs. Zombies tower defense games (such as original free version, it's sequel, and Heroes) are still active since then until today. However, let me tell you about something that isn't right on each of them according to bunch of people who are still suffering by playing any of those mobile vanilla Plants vs. Zombies games, including myself in general. So, how come if each of those mobile Plants vs. Zombies games are still getting updates albeit if all of these games are existed since more than a decade ago? Well, it's time for me to explain them about why.

According to most internet citizens out there who somehow still suffering by playing each of them, both modern day P**pc**p and modern day Electronic F***s are no longer developing each of those games since somewhere in 2022. Instead, they deliberately outsourced them to that one company in India (hint: not Crompton Greaves [never mind, I'm joking...😁]). Which means, they actually butchering any contents on each of them so badly, including by how they literally add even more random video ads and pay-to-win features than before. As of each of those mobile Plants vs. Zombies games themselves, each of them have their own story about how come if each of them look severely weirder than before. So, those features of them are:

A. Plants vs. Zombies 🆓

• It now only has 3 lawn mowers or roof cleaners instead of the usual 5 (or on the Pool/Fog level's cases, only just a single pool cleaner and two lawn mowers, or vice versa). In order to "add" them, you must watch the random video ads in order to make them...... appear. However, according most internet citizens out there, they immediately RUNS OFF the lawn/pool/roof once you've done watching the random video ads themselves... Oh, apart from the lawn mowers (or pool cleaners or roof cleaners), you must watch the random video ads in order to get certain items such as garden rake, Explode-o-nut, and so on.
• Those of the random video ads sometimes appears RIGHT when you're playing on the game itself, especially if the game itself is RUNNING on the background without pausing it.
• In order to temporarily disable ads for certain amount of time (for this game's case, JUST for a week), you must purchase the "remove ads" subscription feature itself to do so.

B. Plants vs. Zombies 2

• Similarly to the original game, and specifically in it's recent update(s), in order to temporarily disable ads for certain amount of time (for this game's case, either a week or a month), you must purchase the "remove ads" subscription feature itself to do so. This trait was applied specifically when you make your own brand new username on the entire game itself after August of this year.
• They keep adding EVEN MORE characters that are WAY more tackier than how both modern day P**pc**p and modern day Electronic F**** used to do so, which majority of them are just premium seed packet plant characters that you definitely couldn't able to unlock them sooner since their debut (especially for post-2022 premium seed packet plant characters [unless if you play Arena or wasting a lot of gems in order to unlock them]). Many of them are basically clones of another plant (or basically just fusions from those of the pre-existing plants, either stronger or weaker than those), or on most cases, they do have really awful designs, and so on. Despite all of those disasters, there are few exceptions that are okay in performance to use though, and so for those that surprisingly have okay designs as well.
• They also keep adding EVEN MORE features that makes this game's content looks and feels massive compared to any of those Plants vs. Zombies shooter games trilogy combined. Most notable features are the Arena tournaments that are getting trickier than ever (depending on which level designs that they deliver to every players, including me [though I can do it by using the "Practice" section for testing them without any risks for being beaten by the actual opponent]), and Penny Pursuit's game modes that are now basically highly repetitive than how it previously should, unlike it's Chinese version. 
• Certain limited time event game modes such as seasonal Thymed Event(s), Plant of the Week (formerly known as Premium Plant Quest which used to be accessed in the Travel Log section), and New Plant Nursery, are now present...... yet as of it's recent update, the regular seasonal Thymed Event itself is now more challenging than how it used to do since their initial release of them. As of the New Plant Nursery ones, it's basically just renamed Plant of the Week ones.

C. Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

Since I no longer play this particular card game since few years ago, I couldn't recognize about which part that they recently butchered in their recent version of the game itself though. However, according to most internet citizens out there, they butchered certain parts of the entire game itself where most of the characters from both sides are either more weaker or more stronger than how they used to be.

With all of those extreme disasters that they recently doing so in each of those mobile Plants vs. Zombies games, how's my reaction about all of those anyway? Well, because I still play one of them right now (which for this case, it's the Plants vs. Zombies 2), I have no words apart from the fact I'm so shocked by how they badly butchered each of them these days. Though these games are somewhat still better compared to any of those trash modern day mobile games that are now popular (including most of those that involves those of the recently viral generic AI character doo-hickeys), but it's still awful thanks to all of those microtransactions in general, especially for most of those that lasts WAY shorter. 

Note: Those of the particular excessive pay-to-win features aren't just for these games, but that also applies to EVERY SINGLE modern day mobile games that are now being developed by that one Indian company that I mentioned earlier.

Oh, and one more thing before I wrap up this entire article. Even though I still keep my original Plants vs. Zombies game on my 💻, but I obviously prefer it over the current version of the mobile version anyway (though as of nowadays, there's also the Replanted version as well, though that one is still a bit flawed [even with those of the new features and recent bug fixes on that one])... Although I also used to play the older versions of the mobile version in my older Android devices that I used to have (except for the HD version, which it simply didn't open at all), those versions were way better compared to the current one as well. So, that's basically it for what I could particularly say over those of the modern day mobile Plants vs. Zombies games that are now in their obnoxious state thanks to all of those disasters... I have no clue if I eventually decide to download some of those fan-games that performs way better than those of the vanilla ones, so.

Experience with the AI playground apps...

Since the AI itself is now become a thing since last couple of years in particular, how about my experience of me using any of those AI playground apps that are now available out there? Well, I actually did use bunch of those AI playground apps for fun purposes, and I already doing so with two separate instances about them, which both of those are ChatGPT and (recently) Google Gemini, respectively.

Before I continue, I actually don't use either one of them quite often apart from the fact I sometimes having fun with certain stuffs that I want to tinker with them through all of those specific prompts that I typed into each of them (for this case, it was me turning some of my own pictures into something different that are related to them). As for others besides me with those pictures, I also occasionally use them for various other things, such as casual conversation with them in general and so on, albeit still way less frequent compared to everyone else out there.

As for both of those AI playground apps that I ever used there, here are my specific use for them, so those are:

1. ChatGPT

• I ever used it in order to turn bunch of my pictures into that Ghibili anime style that were once popular back in those days. Not sure if I actually did it with something other than my own collectible items instead of people's models like everyone's else did back in those days.
• I ever attempted to check a YouTube video link that was once existed back in those days until it got deleted later on. However, instead of doing so like how Wayback Machine or Internet Archive would work, it introduced me with something that had nothing to do with the link itself (though those people behind Wayback Machine or Internet Archive themselves didn't retrieve several of those defunct YouTube links in the first place).

2. Google Gemini

Similarly to ChatGPT, except with major differences between the two, so those are:

• I used it recently for having fun with several of my pictures (or sometimes someone's else pictures) in order to turn them into AI mini figure styles that are popular since last two months (as of the time when I clearly created this particular article). Not sure about other styles like Polaroid or others since I still centering around with my own collectible items instead of people's models like most people recently would do.
• I attempted to check a YouTube video link that was once existed back in those days until it got deleted later on. Instead of showing some of the irrelevant results, it literally showed me with the true reason about how come if that particular YouTube video itself is now gone.

 

As for the honorable mention, there was also a Bing AI which I also used for very short amount of time compared to those two that I mentioned there, except I only used it for casual conversation with it just for once.

Even if those of the AI playground apps do exist nowadays, I already understand about the ethics of me using it general, so that means I obviously NEVER misuse them for certain horrible stuffs that are associated with them, for example (because why not, some people out there are way advance enough to use AI stuffs for bad stuffs, such as deepfake, scamming, and so on [which those are literally existed even before AI playground apps themselves are really a thing]). Well, if you have an experience of using one of those popular AI playground apps, feel free to share your own story in the comments section. Anyway, that's basically it for what I could particularly say to this particular article, and pay full attention when it comes to using the AI playground apps in general, otherwise you'll end up having a major problem if you use them incorrectly.

My favorite stuffs from Plants vs. Zombies shooter games...

Even though if I clearly only play standard Plants vs. Zombies tower defense games on various of my devices that I own, but since I also watch various of Plants vs. Zombies shooter gameplay videos on YouTube by various YouTubers who uploaded them since my childhood, I decided to create this particular article here because I also interested by all of those contents that are available on each of the games themselves, ranging from the characters themselves from both plant and zombie sides, until all the way to the IRL merchandises that were once existed back in those days. So, as usual, let's take a look about the particular topic that this particular article's title clearly says, shall we?

A. Characters

There are lot of characters from both plant and zombies sides across three games that are my favorites from certain aspects that I decided to list them here (though not all of them that I enjoy though), so those are:

1. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

a. Plants

• Peashooter
• Ice Pea ❄
• Agent Pea
• Law Pea
• Plasma Pea
• Chomper
• Fire Chomper 🔥
• Count Chompula
• Sunflower
• Fire Flower 🔥
• Mystic Flower
• Sun Pharaoh
• Alien Flower
• Cactus
• Power Cactus ⚡
• Future Cactus
• Citrus Cactus*

b. Zombies

• Foot Soldier
• Super Commando
• Tank Commander
• Arctic Trooper ❄
• Engineer
• Welder 🔥
• Mechanic
• Plumber
• Sanitation Expert
• Scientist
• Marine Biologist
• Astronaut
• Paleontologist 🔥
• All Star
• Rugby Star
• Golf Star

* means promotional characters

2. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Example of Rose variants, which 3 of them are listed below... (Courtesy: Twothless' YouTube channel [though most of them are from Plants vs. Zombies Fandom/Wiki GG too])

Note : Many of those returning characters from the first Garden Warfare aren't included in this list (excluding those of the promotional characters), because they all look exactly the same, except for their designs and certain buffs or nerfs that were occurred on most of those characters through many of those patch notes that were once available per each of those updates from their first one from the first Garden Warfare until all the way to their last one from it's sequel that they did.

a. Plants

• Electro Pea ⚡
• Disco Chomper
• Unicorn Chomper
• Twilight Chomper
• Stuffy Flower
• Petrified Cactus
• Citron
• Frozen Citron ❄
• Iron Citron
• Party Citron
• Rose
• Frost Rose ❄
• Party Rose
• Nec'Rose
• Kernel Corn
• Pops Corn
• Party Corn
• Commando Corn
• Torchwood 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

b. Zombies

• Scuba Soldier
• Roadie Z
• Computer Scientist
• Moto-X Star
• Imp
• Pylon Imp
• S.H.R.Imp
• Party Imp
• Z7 Imp
• Super Brainz
• Toxic Brainz 
• Party Brainz
• Breakfast Brainz
• Captain Deadbeard
• Captain Cannon
• Captain Partyman
• Hover-Goat 3000

3. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

a. Plants

• Peashooter
• Kernel Corn
• Snapdragon
• Acorn (and Oak)
• Citron
• Sunflower
• Rose
• Wildflower

b. Zombies

• Foot Soldier
• Imp
• Super Brainz
• 80s Action Hero
• Space Cadet (and Space Station)
• Captain Deadbeard
• Scientist
• Wizard
• TV Head

B. Character abilities

Through three different games themselves, there are bunch of those character abilities from both plant and zombie sides that are my favorites (though not all of them that I listed here, especially for those ones that are from Battle for Neighborville [which they're somewhat obscure to tell]), so those are:

1. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and it's sequel...

a. Plants

• Peashooter : Chili Bean Bomb, Hyper, Pea Gatling, and Sombrero Bean Bomb
• Chomper : Goop, Burrow, Spikeweed, and Vampweed (Garden Warfare 2 only)
• Sunflower : Heal Beam, Heal Flower, and Solar Flare Beam
• Cactus : Potato Mine, Garlic Drone, and Iron Maiden (including it's bling version, thanks to that one YouTuber's joke about it)
• Citron (including in his ball form) : E.M.Peach, Peel Shield, Mood Shield, Hyper Ball, and Spin Dash
• Rose : Arcane Enigma and Arcane Lotus
• Kernel Corn : Husk Hop, Shuck Shot, and Bigger Better Butter
• Torchwood : Blazing Blast

b. Zombies

• Foot Soldier : ZPG, Rocket Leap, and Super Stink Cloud
• Engineer : Sonic Grenade, Zombot Drone (Garden Warfare only), Rocket Drone (Garden Warfare only), and Jackhammer
• Scientist : Warp, Zombie Heal Station, Energy Warp, and Mega Heal Bomb
• All Star : Imp Punt, Sprint Tackle, and Future Dummy (Garden Warfare 2 only)
• Imp (as himself) : Gravity Grenade and Impkata
• Super Brainz : Heroic Kick and Super Ultra Ball
• Captain Deadbeard : Barrel Blast and Parrot Pal
• Hover-Goat 3000 : Damage Buff Booster Beam and Mega Awesome Laser

c. Imp and each of his respective variant's Z-Mechs...

• Z-Mech and Party Mech : Missile Madness
• Drake Mech : Dragon Swoop
• Pylon Mech (and it's bling version) : Pylon Mine
• S.H.R.Imp Mech : Shrimp Jump
• Z7 Mech : Zomni-Blade
• Scallywag Mech : Crusty Gigabomb and Peg Leg Kata

2. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

a. Plants

• Peashooter : Chili Bean Bomb, Pea Gatling, and Pea Suped
• Chomper : Grody Goop, Burrow, and Spikeweed
• Kernel Corn : Husk Hop and Shuck Shot
• Nightcap : Fung Fu
• Snapdragon : Swoop Slam and Blazing Trail
• Citron : E.M.Peach and Navel Laser
• Cactus : Potato Mine and Garlic Drone
• Acorn and Oak : Sap Trap, Super Sap Trap, and Roll for Damage
• Sunflower : Sunny Side Up and Heal Beam
• Rose : Jinx and Arcane Enigma
• Wildflower : Weed Out

b. Zombies

• Foot Soldier : ZPG
• Super Brainz : Hyper Jump Thump
• Imp (and his Z-Mech) : Gravity Grenade, Impkata, and Missile Madness
• 80s Action Hero : Can't Missile and Dynamite Dodge
• Electric Slide : Outta Fight!
• All Star : Sprint Tackle and Imp Punt
• Captain Deadbeard : Barrel Blast and Parrot Pal
• Space Cadet (and her Space Station) : Big Bang Beam and Crater Maker
• Scientist : Warp and Healing Hose
• Engineer : Bullhorn Swarm and Heavy Helper
• Wizard : Co-star and Spell Disaster
• TV Head : Yeti, Set, Go!

C. Maps

Through three different games themselves, there are plenty of those locations that are my favorites (though not all of them that I listed here, especially for those ones that are from Battle for Neighborville [which they're somewhat obscure to tell]), so those are:

1. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

a. Multi game modes

• Garden Center
• Zomboss Estate
• Suburban Flats
• Port Scallywag
• Crash Course
• Jewel Junction

b. Gardens & Graveyards

• Main Street
• Driftwood Shores
• Cactus Canyon

2. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

a. Multi game modes

• Z-Tech Factory
• Zen Peak
• Frosty Creek
• Boney Island
• Sandy Sands
• Frontline Flats

b. Turf Takeover

• Seeds of Time
• Great White North
• Moon Base Z
• Zombopolis

3. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

a. Multi game modes

• Town Center
• Ruiny Ruins
• Mount Steep
• Funderdome

b. Turf Takeover

• Turning Point
• Goopy Gully
• Peachy District
• Preserve Pastures

D. Ports

Even though I still clearly don't have any physical copies of (at least) one of those games and proper device to play them since then, but if I want to play them, the PC port is definitely the one that I'm looking for. However, since there are lot of total hacker problems in PC version of Garden Warfare 2 since last several years since the entire game's initial launch (excluding those of the genuine mods by several of their respective genuine authors out there), the console version is also my good option. Also, the Switch version of Battle for Neighborville is possibly my good option as well.

E. IRL merchandises...

Believe or not, since I also centering around the IRL merchandises of the franchise as a whole (both from the standard tower defense games section and shooter games section), there were plenty of official IRL merchandises that were existed somewhere from several years ago, which those were Diamond Select Toys, Minimates, Funko Pop, Jazwares, and K'NEX, respectively. So, those ones that are my favorites are:

1. Diamond Select Toys

• Scientist and Peashooter (in his Pea Gatling ability)*
• All Star and Shadow Flower*
• Foot Soldier and Camo Cactus*
• Marine Biologist and Toxic Pea*
• Goalie Star and Sunflower*
• Captain Deadbeard and Kernel Corn**
• Super Brainz and Rose**
• Disco Zombie and Peashooter**

* means it was based from the Garden Warfare.
** means it was based from the Garden Warfare 2.

2. Minimates

Even though there were bunch of them that packed inside those blisters, but I spotted few of them that were my favorites, so those were:

a. Plants

• Peashooter
• Fire Pea
• Sunflower
• Shadow Flower
• Kernel Corn
• Rose

b. Zombies

• Foot Soldier
• Scientist
• Captain Deadbeard
• Super Brainz

3. Funko Pop

AFAIK, Funko Pop only released just a single Super Brainz figure. Though it wasn't my favorite, but the design of it was great overall.

4. Jazwares

Believe or not, Jazwares did release some of the figure sets that were based from the shooter games section, specifically from Garden Warfare 2. Though those weren't as memorable as their tower defense game's counterparts which they used to produce and manufacture them initially since 2012, but I spotted couple of them that were my favorites. So, those sets were:

• Captain Deadbeard and Parrot Pal, and
• that one box which contained 6 certain figures like Peashooter, Chomper, Kernel Corn, Foot Soldier, Imp, and Captain Deadbeard, respectively.

5. K'NEX

Courtesy: SquirrelStampede's YouTube channel

Courtesy: SquirrelStampede's YouTube channel

And finally, those ones that I always excited the most since 2014, which were those of the K'NEX ones. Similarly to the Jazwares, they also used to release those characters from the shooter games section right after they initially released those ones that were from the tower defense games section, specifically based off Plants vs. Zombies 2 judging by their designs... Since I own most of those figures since I got them from a while ago, I spotted plenty of them that were my favorites, which majority of them were the plant characters (because why not, every zombie characters just simply didn't come with their primary weapons, except Super Brainz [since he is a melee character class]). Anyway, those figures were:

a. Series 4 blind bags

• Kernel Corn
• Rose
• Citron
• Peashooter
• Super Brainz

b. Series 5 and 6 blind bags

Note : Kernel Corn, Rose, and Citron aren't included in this particular list, because they all look exactly the same.

• Power Flower
• Plasma Pea

c. Small building sets...

Courtesy: SquirrelStampede's YouTube channel (which was the one that featured me in there...)

I would choose that Crazy Targets one, since that set was the only one that exclusively featured that Sunflower, albeit it also obviously came with the Foot Soldier with that weird looking ZPG... That Boat Blast building set was also my favorite thanks to the presence of that Peashooter, although I was so utterly disappointed by how awful the building set itself looked.

6. Others...

a. Limited edition figure of Z7 Imp in his mech...

Similarly to that Funko Pop Super Brainz figure, it also wasn't my favorite, but the design of it was great though.

b. Bootleg figures...

Of course those of the bootleg ones were existed, although they were rare to come by, unlike those of the mad common ones that were from the tower defense games section. Despite it's existence, I spotted few of them that were my favorites, which were those of the cheap knockoff version of the Diamond Select Toys ones.

Before I wrap up this entire article, do you have your own memories when it comes to playing those of the Plants vs. Zombies shooter game trilogy? Or even collecting those figure sets from those games instead? If so, feel free to share your own story in your comments section if you still remembered them though. Anyway, that's basically it for what I could share particularly about my favorite stuffs from Plants vs. Zombies shooter games as a whole, and as always, thanks for reading this particular article.

Marching/drum band stuffs...❔ 🥁🎺 (ID)

Believe or not, I was an ex-marching band player. Although it only lasted only on 3 schools where I used to study in each of them which had their own marching or drum bands, such as my 2 separate kindergartens, and my old primary school. However, I'm not gonna tell you about how come if I decided to stop doing so during I was in my primary school by all of the sudden, it's because that would be my "top secret" to totally expose the truth about why... Speaking about the marching/drum band in general though, I also had lot of experience of watching marching/drum band displays or parades performed by various schools (or certain institutes, albeit it is insanely rare to invite at least one of those particularly in my hometown where I do live since I was born in here), until all the way about how I simply watch any of them on YouTube. Without further ado, let me categorize into 3 different sections, which are from those of my old schools, watching parades or displays in person, and watching many of those YouTube videos of them.

A. Marching/drum bands from your old schools? 🥁🎺

As what I clearly stated just earlier, I was an ex-marching band player from those 3 aforementioned old schools where I used to study back in those days per each of them. Except, I used to wield one of the percussion instruments only, rather than certain of those melodica or brass instruments though. As for the percussion instruments that I was referring to, I only used to wield mainly snare drums, simply because it was an easy percussion instrument that I ever played since those of my childhood days in my very first kindergarten until those days in my old primary school IMO (albeit the one in my primary school was obviously more advanced for sure).

As for the display and parades from one of them (for this case, my old primary school, because why not), here are both of my notable moments about each of them both:

• Display : I remembered that time when I and several of my old friends used to perform our drum band display that was held in someone's senior high school in order to win a display competition against many other marching/drum bands from various other primary schools around my entire hometown. Even though we eventually got the second place, but it was highly amazing experience to say the least.
• Parade : The word itself is pretty much self-explanatory in general (because this one was obviously more common than the display), although I remembered the time when I was totally exhausted while the parade itself was on-going, I had to take a break by sitting on my school's janitor's pedicab that was ridden by himself, alongside with the snare drum itself that I used to wield it with me for a moment (yep, the snare drum itself was somewhat heavy to me).🥁

B. Marching/drum band parades around your hometown? 🥁🎺

Moving on to how I watched various marching/drum band parades around my hometown, specifically performed by various schools (such as kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, and senior/vocational high schools). Even though those were much more common to encounter them per each of them since my childhood per each of those days where the whole government used to host each of the aforementioned parade events themselves every once per year, but I remembered if our whole government from our hometown used to invite two special guest military style cadet drum bands into my hometown, which those were both Indonesian Naval Academy and Institute of Home Affairs, respectively. However, I didn't even watch the Indonesian Naval Academy's cadet drum band in person though (though they used to invite them twice), instead I used to briefly watch the Institute of Home Affairs one from more than a decade ago. The aforementioned drum band itself was exactly what I highly excited for, more so than those of the common marching/drum bands that were performed casually by various schools around my entire hometown (except for few of them that looked great IMO). Overall, I'm glad if I used to watch at least one of those cadet military style bands in person, but I highly doubt it if our current government from our hometown will able to invite another one of those anytime soon for now.

C. Marching/drum band videos on YouTube...🥁🎺

Of course if I ever watched many of those marching/drum band that were performed by various schools around my hometown where I do live, I also watch many YouTube videos of themselves too! However, I actually watched them since my childhood, back when I specifically used to briefly watch them from my old laptop or my very first smartphone. Even though it was painfully difficult to connect them both to the internet to begin with, at least I was able to watch my very first marching/drum band videos on YouTube, which were various marching/drum band parades from various schools in Rantepao, North Toraja, South Sulawesi (unfortunately, all of those old videos of them were deleted already, although I was able to download them though when they were available online from back then).

Surprisingly, right after roughly more than a decade without watching those YouTube videos of them, I decided to watch even more of them due to my boredom against all of my own stuffs that I'm currently enjoying them these days. Anyway, the list of the videos of them are:

• Various videos of popular cadet military style bands from our whole country (such as Indonesian Armed Forces Academy, Indonesian Naval Academy, Indonesian Air Force Academy, and Indonesian Police Academy). Others such as Institute of Home Affairs do count for this category, and so for many more cadet military/marching bands from certain other academics, polytechnics or universities (such as merchant marine polytechnic[s], land transport academy, defense university, etc.).

• Various videos of certain military style bands that are "inspired" their styles from those of the aforementioned popular cadet military bands from our whole country, including those that are from the senior cadet high schools and those of non-civil institutes.
• Many videos of those marching/drum bands performed by various schools around my hometown, although majority of them (except for kindergartens and most of the primary schools) are now using modern marching style bands instead of the classic ones.

• Some of the "cheapo" marching/drum band groups performed by certain small communities or simply by a small group of people, including those from my hometown where I do live.
• More videos of various marching/drum band parades and displays from various schools around the eastern part of our whole country (for this case, Rantepao [North Toraja, South Sulawesi], Baubau [Buton Islands, Southeast Sulawesi], and so on).

• Those of the "dance-able" marching/band groups, performed by bunch of those performers per each of the groups from rural areas in entire regency of Sukabumi (excluding the Sukabumi City), West Java.

• Some lyre cover videos, both from our country or outside our country. Heck, one of them used to cover my favorite video game's soundtracks too (for this case, some of the original Plants vs. Zombies soundtracks like Watery Graves [Pool level], Graze the Roof [Roof level], Brainiac Maniac [Dr. Zomboss battle], and Cerebrawl [Puzzle mode, both Vasebreaker and I, Zombie levels]). Not sure for any other videos with different melodica instruments besides lyre though (as for now).
• Bunch of marching/drum band groups performed by any foreign people who lives in their respective countries that aren't from our country, albeit I rarely watch them though besides most of those lyre cover videos that I mentioned just earlier (as for now).

Well, there you have it for my own story about the marching/drum band stuffs in general, ranging about how I used to perform in each of the marching/drum bands in those of my old schools where I used to study back in those days, then I used to watch all of those marching/drum band parades in my hometown where I do live, and how I still watch many of those YouTube videos of them since those good old days too. If you have your good old memories regarding to this exact topic (such as performing at least one of those in your own school[s], or probably remembering the time when your hometown's government used to invite one of those special military style cadet drum bands [if any]), feel free to share your own story in the comments section if you still recognize them though until today. That's it for what I could particularly say about this particular topic, and as always, thanks for reading this short article.

your favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies NON Peashooter mini figures...

After I made my article that clearly explained particularly about my favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Peashooter mini figures, so it's time for explaining about my other favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies plant mini figures that aren't Peashooters... I know if most of those figures weren't my personal favorites, but I spotted plenty of them that were also my favorites, so. Well then, let's take a look at those of the said figures of them, shall we?

According to what I clearly stated in one of my older articles that I made particularly back from almost 6 years ago, there were 4 of them that were my favorites (although one of them is now no longer my favorites), so those were:

1. Sunflower : Possibly one of my favorite Sunflower mini figures that I ever seen, although I still prefer that 2013 Indonesian KFC toy equivalent of the similar character. This was also the one and only Sunflower mini figure that had it's own ability where I was able to rotate her head 360 degree, unlike majority of toys and mini figures from various toy companies that featured her in each if the sets... That also applied to her Garden Warfare counterpart of the said character too (including one of her variants; for this case, it was Power Flower), but unfortunately I didn't have that one yet to this day (and so for that aforementioned variant of herself too, bummer).🌻
2. Bloomerang : This was possibly my most favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies mini figure that wasn't Peashooter or any of his variants. Although I used to have one of those mad common cheap PVC mini figure equivalent of the similar character, but as soon as I acquired this one, I was so amazed by the design of it overall. Even though there was the Jazwares mini figure equivalent of the aforementioned character, but I still prefer this one because it somewhat had better versatility where I was able to flick his own "hockey stick" boomerang projectiles.
3. Cabbage-pult : Even though this used to be one of my favorites, especially about how I used to be a mad enthusiast with it instead of Peashooter and all of his variants... As for the figure itself, it was possibly one of my favorites where it simply had partially better appearance compared to one of those mad common cheap PVC mini figure equivalent of the similar character that I used to own.
4. Rose (Garden Warfare 2) : This was my favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 mini figure that I ever acquired that wasn't the Peashooter or one of his variants that they featured (for this case, it was Plasma Pea), although it wasn't on the same level as that Peashooter would do. Design-wise, I know if this wasn't the greatest (which was lower tier than the Citron and Kernel Corn), but it is somewhat better versatility than that costly Diamond Select Toys figure equivalent of her... For some odd reason, the one that I specifically own had slightly better appearance compared to most people who owned it (especially for both of her eyes though, if I'm not mistaken), including several people who discovered them through many old YouTube reviews that featured them from a while back.🌹

(Video courtesy on the 📱 that I'm holding there: Puppet Steve's YouTube channel)

As for the other plant figures besides those that I clearly mentioned above, here are the honorable mentions of the rest of the plant mini figures about them:

• Wall-nut and Infi-nut : I decided to mention them both here because these were definitely my least favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies plant figures that I ever seen so far, being the Infi-nut was the worse one between the two.
• Bonk Choy : Even though this one wasn't my personal favorite, but I'm pretty sure you used to excite over it, including the dark transparent green version of it too.
• Snapdragon : Again, even though this one wasn't my personal favorite, but some people out there would remember the time when they used to discover this exact character in one of the blind bag series, it was definitely the most dangerous K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies plant mini figure that they ever assembled.
• Laser Bean : Similarly to the previous 4 plants of the same reason, but I'm pretty sure most of the people would used to excite over it instead, either from that particular building set that exclusively featured it or one of the blind bag series.
• Coconut Cannon : Again, similarly to the previous 5 plants of the same reason, except it was only featured exclusively in the one and the only building set that featured him, so.🥥
• Kernel Corn (Garden Warfare 2) : Even though I own this one which isn't my personal favorites, but I had to admit if the design of the entire figure itself was definitely one of the greater ones that they ever designed and produced in general.🌽
• Citron (Garden Warfare 2) : Similarly to the Kernel Corn of the same reason, but with vastly greater design since this was the one and the only IRL figure of the aforementioned character itself that specifically existed in those times.🍊

Well then, there you have it for what I could particularly say over those old K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies mini figures of themselves, specifically for any other plant figures besides the Peashooter and all of his variants which I already mentioned in one of my articles that exposed about them from couple of months ago. Again, even though there are lot of those Chinese sets that are somewhat "inspired" most of their designs from them nowadays (excluding the ones from the shooter games section), but those of the said mini figures of themselves were still my personal favorites to this day, but still, the plastic quality of them weren't that great either... Anyway, if you have your own thoughts and good old memories regarding to this exact topic, feel free to share your own story in the comments section if you're able to. That's it for what I could particularly say about this particular topic, and as always, thanks for reading this entire article.

your favorite K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Peashooter mini figures...❔

All of my K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Peashooter mini figures that I have (except for one of them which I still didn't have that yet)

Can't believe it if I actually made yet another article that literally explained about one of those official Plants vs. Zombies mini figure sets that were once existed back in those days, and of course you definitely familiar with several of those ones that I have in my own collection since a while, which are those of the old K'NEX mini figure sets of themselves... However, I will spot some of my favorite plant characters that I always excited the most which they used to feature them in majority of those sets that they released back in those days, which are Peashooter and 4 of his following variants, respectively.

Even though I already made my article that briefly explained about them in general from roughly 6 years ago (based on their raw designs that they designed and manufactured them in general), but I decided to take another look at them again based on my own personal opinion about how come if I always excited over these mini figures for multitude reasons. Without further ado, let me answer about the aforementioned topic about them, shall we?

Before I begin, you probably remembered those of the very early days of K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies in general, right? If so, how about their first blind bag series that they ever released on the market from then? Well, if you still remember those good old times when they used to pack all 8 figures in each of their own blind bags, they literally packed each of them inside some sort of tissue papers (and so for some K'NEX bricks that were wrapped inside their own separate plastic transparent bag)... General traits of them aside, how about the appearance of those figures that they used to produce them back then though? Well, at first glance, they all look exactly the same as each of their own ordinary designs that they clearly featured in each of the sets that featured them, specifically between their dedicated graphic designs of themselves and the actual mini figures of themselves. However, after I somehow keep watching those of the old review videos of them from various YouTubers for many years since then, I noticed a bit of difference on those of the plant figures. It might be hard to compare between those of the newer ones and those of the first iteration of themselves, but it was somewhat noticeable for a bit on the Peashooters.

In case you've wondering about what are those traits of that K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Peashooter mini figure that I'm referring to, here are my lists about it, right away:

1. First iteration: Slightly thicker stem*, slightly larger eyes**, and had simple hexagonal (❔) hole design on each of it's own pea projectiles.
2. Second iteration: Slightly thinner stem and slightly smaller eyes compared to the first iteration, but it retained the similar style of the hole design on each of it's own pea projectiles.
3. Third iteration: Roughly similar to the second iteration, except with vastly different hole design on each of it's own pea projectiles compared to the first or second iterations (literally the same projectile's hole design that they used it initially on each of the Cabbage-pult's cabbage projectiles, and then it eventually shared into majority of the plant figures later on [including Peashooter and 4 of his variants]).

* means also applied sometimes with Fire Peashooter.
** means not sure if this was the case, because it sometimes had slightly smaller eyes similarly to both of it's newer iterations. This trait also applied sometimes with Fire Peashooter too, albeit it was somewhat inconsistent.

Example of the first iteration of K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Peashooter mini figure (Courtesy: SquirrelStampede's YouTube channel)

Of course the one that I own is the third iteration, it's because I purchased it NOS from somewhere in 2017, while it was originally packed inside it's own K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Series 1 that literally lurked it inside... Although I literally have it since a while, but I always prefer the first iteration of it, simply because the design of that one was slightly beefier compared to any of those newer ones that I already mentioned above.

Now, how about those variants besides the original one that I mentioned just earlier? There were 4 of them that literally existed IRL after the original one, those were the Snow Pea, Fire Peashooter, Peashooter from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, and Plasma Pea from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare... Among all of them, I liked the Snow Pea the most. It's because I simply enjoyed the in-game accurate design of it for it's size, unlike that one cheapo PVC mini figure of himself of the similar character... As for the rest besides the Snow Pea, that Peashooter from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is definitely my second favorite. Even though the design of it is slightly off compared to how he should look like in both of those Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare games, but I still excited over it too, thanks to the popularity of the Peashooter himself in both of those aforementioned Plants vs. Zombies shooter games (yep, because of his highly iconic in-game model of him and his highly memorable kazoo-y voice lines, thanks PopCap)... For the last two Peashooter variants (which are Fire Peashooter and Plasma Pea from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare), both of these are probably my least favorites. Even though I also own that Fire Peashooter, I decided to say so due to the way they designed it, they literally used the similar shape as the original one instead of the current one that clearly exists in Plants vs. Zombies 2 since a long time ago, except for the fact it used the transparent plastic materials instead of the usual solid ones (no wonder why I already cracked, chipped, and shattered most parts of mine already). Lastly, specifically for the Plasma Pea, although I still didn't have it yet until this day, it still shared the same traits in similar fashion about how I excited over that regular Peashooter too (even though it looked partially tacky to me in my own opinion).

Note: Even though those are always my favorites, they all shared their dreaded goof where the connection between the stem and the bottom leafy part of each of them were loose as heck (and so for both of those that were from the shooter game's counterparts too, which the connection between the stem and both of their pea pod arms were loose).

2 K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies Fire Peashooter mini figures... (one of them has slightly thinner stem compared to the other one)

Well then, there you have it for what I could particularly say over those old K'NEX Plants vs. Zombies mini figures of themselves. Even though there are lot of those Chinese sets that are somewhat "inspired" their shapes from them nowadays by "enlarging" each of them (except for those from the shooter games), but those of the said mini figures of themselves were still my personal favorites to this day, even if the plastic quality of them weren't that great, however. Anyway, if you have your own thoughts and good old memories regarding to this exact topic, feel free to share your own story in the comments section if you're able to. That's it for what I could particularly say about this particular topic, and as always, thanks for reading this entire article.