2018 Annual Recap Post

I'M BAAAACK!!!

Here are the yeti highlights of the last year. Enjoy!

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MOVIES:

Incontestably, Smallfoot was the biggest yeti event of the year.  Since I started this blog, a major animated kids film with yetis was always my benchmark for yeti attaining the pinnacle in popular culture. And, folks, we made it. Here we are.

(Um, I think it might all be downhill from here.)

There's also a game, and probably a gazillion other things.

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THEME PARKS:

Did you know Pixar's Abominable Snowman from Monsters Inc. got a special frozen treat stand at Disney Land?  That was pretty cool.

It became a popular subject of selfies. Many pics of photographers' hands holding yellow ice cream cones showed up on social media.

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TELEVISION:

That Ol' Chestnut - still the classic stand-by character. Kids cartoons haven't stopped bringing in yetis as guest stars. I wonder if Smallfoot will stop all of that.

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!, episode 47, (19 July 2018): "Crouching Dennis, Hidden Yeti"

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Kuu Kuu Harajuku, Season 1, episode 20: "Yeti in the House"

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Yetis from True and the Rainbow Kingdom

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Though not from the last year, the following Kids Cartoons are from my Wish List! Very happy to finally have found them.

Potatoes & Dragons, episode: "Ready Yeti"

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Captain Flamingo, episode: "A Boy & His Yeti"

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BOOKS:

Book game is still strong...

My Dad is Amazing! - picture book by Moyle sisters
(yes, you know I will own this; MINE.)

Yeti, Set, Go! - picture book for Smallfoot

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti! - UK chapter book

There's a Yeti in the Playground! - UK chapter book

Father Christmas’s Fake Beard by Terry Pratchett
features short story, "The Abominable Snow-Baby"

And it's not a real book (yet), but Pottermore drew up a cover for it,
fulfilling an item on my Wish List

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GAMES:

Yowza! A lot of tabletop games with yetis came out this last year...

Tabletop Game: Klondike Rush

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Tabletop Game: Yeti, Set, Go!

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Tabletop Game: Dwar7s Winter

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Tabletop Game: Summit: Yeti Expansion

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Tabletop Game: Yeti or Not!

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Video game cameos were a little sparse. The yeti in God of War 4 didn't pan out, so that was disappointing.

Biggest news probably: Willump from League of Legends was reskinned as a multi-armed dude.

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Video Game: Hex Shards of Fate

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Video Game: Yeti Simulator

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Video Game: Board Kings

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Video Game:  King of the Hat

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Video Game: Miitopia

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TOYS:

The figures and designer toys were ridiculous this year. I thought last year was stellar, but these are like next level ...

Love this Funko Yeti with Frozen Treat in Patty Pose

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And OMG: They finally made a Playmobil Yeti (I WANTS ItTtTt)

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Nice action figure

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Imaginext Yeti Snowboarder

And check it out : Disguise!!!

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Squishy Cake Pop Cuties - Confetti Yeti

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Crate Creatures: Blizz

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Animated Musical Singing and Rocking Yeti

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Cryptkin Yeti

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Death Goliathan Snowman Edition (designer toy)

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Lex Yeti by DexDexignLab

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Roblox Yeti

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Another one by Yetis & Friends

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GIFTS:

Here are a couple items that may be stuffing your stockings this holiday season:

Buy Mei from Overwatch's Slippers for real

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Inflatable sled

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ENDORSEMENTS:

And yetis in advertising...

"My Yeti" ice cream snacks with AR and yeti cartoons

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Smart home automation app

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Yellow yeti in Microsoft Paint 3D commercial

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Kohl's stores used this big plush yeti for people to take pictures with

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DISGUISES:

Behold the HEROES of October 31, 2018:

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This disguise became available, I think:

Pajamas

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And here are a few mascots for good measure:

Yeti on Bicycle

Yeti in Lederhosen!!!

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ART:

I'm sure there were a lot, but here's a small selection of artistic works that caught my eye this year...

Samurai Vs. Yeti

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Sculpture from Altitude Lounge at Burning Man

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BONGS:

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OOPS I MISSED THIS:

I missed this Henriyeti web cartoon series from Sesame Studios (Makers of Sesame Street). And it's like the greatest thing ever created.

Never realized there were yeti in "Secrets of the Gnomes":

Missed this illustration from a 1990s Hominids book:

Besides Woo, there was also this yeti that fought Ultraman:

And I don't think I ever featured this comic (not sure where it's from):

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NOT YETI:

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Gritty", the controversial new mascot to the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team:

Personally, I kinda dig him.

I wanna give a shout-out to the Tuunbaq from The Terror tv show:

(I pictured it more yeti-ish when I read the book tho')

And the big rampaging white gorilla from Rampage was, you know, a thing that happened:

 

Figure's pretty cool, I admit

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YETI CRAB:

It's great seeing the yeti crab show up in more things...

Picture book from Amazon

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Japanese picture book versions of Octonauts stories

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Featured last year, but: Yeti Crab in animated "Deep" film

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Part of the "Life at the Edges" exhibit in Dublin's Science Gallery (source)

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And finally, some art with kiwa hirsuta as muse:

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THE FUTURE:

Smallfoot being big might mean less yetis in popular culture. With so much concentrated abominability in the zeitgeist, there won't be a gap to fill. There might be a feeling of "been there, done that."

Time will tell.

Laika's next film is "Missing Link" coming in April 2019, and I can't wait!

And Google's supposed to have a gaming console coming out, code-named "Yeti" - not sure if that means they'll use yeti depictions or not. Probably not.

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See You Next Year!