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Ashgrave Groundbreaker

$32.99$49.00

Ashgrave Groundbreaker, studio packshot on white

Ashgrave Groundbreaker

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$32.99$49.0033% off
  • Motor drives the reaching arm
  • Eyes lit orange from inside the hood
  • One 120V cord runs motion and light
  • Torn olive robe, cheesecloth shawl
  • Outdoor, low in the grass by the walk

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Animated, light-up, plug-in, outdoor

The lawn ghoul that claws its way up through the sod

A half-figure in a torn olive robe, gray clawed hands raised and eyes lit orange above a shredded cheesecloth shawl across the chest. A motor drives the movement and the light-up effects run off the same cord, into a standard 120V outdoor outlet. It belongs low in the grass beside the walkway, where the raised arm reaches toward the path.

Motion and sound in one body

The motor and the effects are inside the prop, so there is no separate fixture or speaker to hide in the mulch. One cord in, and the figure works the lawn on its own all night.

Built to sit outside all October

UV-stable materials keep the robe and skin from graying out in the sun, and the electronics are weather-shielded against dew and rain. You set it out early in the month and leave it there.

Reads from the sidewalk

The ground-level pose breaks the flat line of a lawn, which is what catches the eye from the curb. Keep it clear of the shrubs so the silhouette sits on open grass with nothing behind it to muddy the shape.

Ashgrave Groundbreaker, closer in

Motorized, plug-in, built for outdoors

Then November comes for it

On Halloween night it works the yard from the grass while you handle the door. The next weekend it unplugs and packs flat back into the tote until next season. Standard shipping runs 5 to 7 days, express 3 to 4, so order with room before the block starts decorating.

  • Motor drives the reaching arm
  • Eyes lit orange from inside the hood
  • One 120V cord runs motion and light
How much of it is there? It looks cut off.

That is the design. It is a half-figure — torso, head and two raised arms, no legs. It is meant to sit low in the grass so the ground line finishes the body for you, which is why it reads as something coming up rather than something set down.

How do I keep it from tipping in a breeze?

Set it low, with the robe skirt spread flat on the turf and mulch or leaves pulled over the hem. Piling weight on the fabric edge does more than trying to prop the body upright. On an open corner lot, an anchor kit through the skirt holds it where a loose prop walks overnight.

Does it need batteries?

No. The motion and the light-up eyes both run off the same cord into a standard 120V outdoor outlet, so there is nothing to swap halfway through the night.

Can it stay outside all October?

That is what it is built for. UV-stable materials on the robe and skin, weather-shielded electronics. You set it out early in the month and leave it, instead of carrying it in every time the forecast turns.

Where does it look best?

Open grass beside the walkway, with the raised arm reaching toward the path and nothing behind it. Against shrubs the silhouette muddies and the whole shape disappears from the curb.

How does it store?

It unplugs and packs flat back into the tote in November. The robe folds in around the arms first so the cheesecloth does not catch on the lid.

The whole sheet

  • MotionAnimated
  • PowerPlug-in 120V
  • UseOutdoor
  • Scare levelSlightly scary

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