I Loved the Yeti: Tie

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Monday, July 11, 2016

[Makeover Monday] Get with the times

Why are yetis always naked, hanging out like primitive apes in a cave? They should modernize. And that means get clothed.

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Travis Louie

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Monday, October 26, 2015

[Heroween] Demon School

Here's a concept for a game by artist Yujin Kiem where various Halloween ghoulies are in demon school together. The yeti is the class nerd.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Mystery 001:

According to this instagrammer, you can get your photo taken with this yeti-costumed fellow. Anyone know where and why?

Mystery 002:

Anyone know more about this Polar Explorer Toy, like its name or when it was released?

Mystery 003:

Is this from a particular game?

Mystery 004:

Can anyone provide more detail? Is it a window display? Why does the Yeti wear a tie?

Mystery 005:

This costumed fellow was included as background in this science video about Bigfoot. Anybody know where it's originally from?

Mystery 006:

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Where the heck is this giant statue with a slide coming out of its heart? I know this is probably meant to be King Kong, but can that be confirmed?

SOLVED:

Check out # 3 from the 8/8/14 Mysteries for You to Solve. Update: Yo, I SOLVED it.

This is from the 1966 Ramblers Carnival Club, one of many that participate in the Bridgwater Carnival, a West Country Carnival.

Here are additional Unsolved, Mysterious, Unexplained, and Unknown Things We Do Not Know Anything About:

1) The Mystery of the Plush Almost Acquired By Father
2) The Mystery of the Vintage Plush Owned Since Youth With No Tag Or Markings ("did mom cut off????")
3) The Mystery of the Drawing of the Steampunk Cyborg And the true object(s) of my obsessions...
4) The Mystery of the Yeti Pet Plushes (second photo)

And if you like this post, check out previous mysteries:

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

She Loves Me (Comic: Abigail and the Snowman)

One of my favorites, Roger Langridge, is behind a new comic mini-series featuring a girl named Abigail and her friendship with a yeti.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

[Banned Books Week] Food for Thought

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Mystery Solved: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

It was two years ago, almost to the day, that I posted about this mysterious action figure, which was described on its ebay listing as a "TMNT Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain ape man".

I didn't know for sure if it was meant to be a yeti or not, but if it was connected to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there would surely be something about it online. All cyber-sleuthing efforts (i.e. googling) yielded nothing. According to the Internet of 2012, the Ninja Turtles Universe did not have a dapper green-suited, monocled white-furred ape-man character. So, if not TMNT, what was it?

In desperation, I turned to you, my dear readers, to see if any of you could recognize it. An anonymous commenter confirmed my suspicions: "100% not a ninja turtle action figure, not sure what it is but I can tell you without a doubt that its not TMNT. I'm a legit fan of the 80's toys and show and the newer figures have different articulation"

And that left the trail cold.

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Until TWO YEARS later (almost to the day!): I was just doing my routine googling for yetis - you know, like I do - when up popped up in ma search resizzults...

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BOOM.
MYSTERY SOLVED.

Finally, the tides of the Internet have washed up the answer onto the beach.

It is indeed from TMNT. And it is indeed a yeti. It's an action figure based on a villain from the short-lived live-action TV show "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation" (1997-1998).

His name is Silver. And he's the last of the Yeti:

"Instead of spending his time on top of a mountain, he decided to make the most of it by going into crime. His gang of humans have the collective IQ of a peanut and they think he's the smartest boss around. Silver is always looking for a way to get more money then he already has, usually by stealing it from somewhere. He also is highly offended by monkey jokes, even though he likes to eat bananas."

ChrisPiers of the website The Robot's Pajamas chose Silver's episode (Ep. 15: "Sewer Crash") to illustrate what an abomination this particular TV series was. The author goes into hilarious detail on the awfulness of the show (definitely worth a read) and provides lots of great screenshots, for which I am grateful: