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Vesper Groundbreaker

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Vesper Groundbreaker, studio packshot on white

Vesper Groundbreaker

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$39.99$69.0042% off
  • Red eyes lit from inside the head
  • Burlap shroud, moss across the crown
  • Motorized — it works one patch hard
  • Stake it leaning toward the street
  • Weather-cast for a wet October yard

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Light-up eyes, animated, outdoor

The groundbreaker that claws up out of your lawn

A skull-faced torso in a shredded burlap shroud, both skeletal hands up and open, moss creeping over the crown and long dark strands falling past the jaw. The eyes light from inside and read red after dark. Stake it in the front bed or the lawn strip, leaning toward the street.

Read from the sidewalk, not the porch

Set at a lean toward the street, the raised hands and the shroud break the flat lawn line first. From a car it reads as something climbing out of the ground, not a mask lying in the grass.

The eyes do their own lighting

The glow is built into the head, so there is no extra fixture to run out to it and no cord across the walk. Aim the face at the walk-up traffic and the red eyes land first after dark.

Built for a wet October yard

The weather-cast finish and the burlap shroud stay out through drizzle and dew instead of coming in every night. Moss on the skull and the hanging strands keep it looking like it came up with the dirt.

Vesper Groundbreaker, closer in

Motorized, built for outdoors

After the last trick-or-treater

On the night it works one spot hard: the patch of ground it appears to be crawling out of. In November you pull the stake, fold the shroud in around the arms, and it goes back with the rest of the yard pieces. Standard delivery runs 5 to 7 days, so order with room before the block starts decorating.

  • Red eyes lit from inside the head
  • Burlap shroud, moss across the crown
  • Stake it leaning toward the street
How much of it shows above the ground?

It is a torso with two raised hands and no legs, so the ground line is yours to set. Leaning out with the hands high reads as a climb; sunk deeper it becomes a head and fingers just surfacing. Pull mulch against the shroud either way to close the gap.

The dirt in my front bed is like concrete. How do I stake it?

Soak the spot with a hose an hour before you set it, or open the hole with a screwdriver first. Forcing a point into dry October ground bends the stake. On packed or stony beds, an anchor kit bites where a plain stake will not.

Does it need a spotlight on it?

No. The glow is built into the head, so there is no extra fixture to run out to it and no cord crossing the walk. Aim the face at the walk-up traffic and the red eyes land first after dark.

Can the shroud stay out in the rain?

Yes. The weather-cast finish and the burlap are made to sit out through drizzle and dew rather than come in every night. Let the shroud dry all the way before it goes near a lid in November.

Which way should it face?

At a lean toward the street, not square to the house. Set that way the raised hands and the shroud break the flat lawn line first, and from a car it reads as something climbing out instead of a mask lying in the grass.

How does it store?

Pull the stake, fold the shroud in around the arms, and it goes back with the rest of the yard pieces.

The whole sheet

  • MotionAnimated
  • UseOutdoor
  • Scare levelSlightly scary

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