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2009-05-14: Go here instead
Check out this amazing 3D animation of a Gore (in Iron Kong Yeti colors)! A-and if you go to Andy Whiteley’s site, you can find high-resolution video, in-progress renders, and a “making-of” page.
- 2009: Valga (E-Hobby exclusive)
- RCM: @Stompy: this one did have a lot of construction. Also, some the shell pieces are slightly different, so you have to pay attention!
- Stompy: Cool! I’m really liking this guy and the new Godos. To me it feels like they’re going back to pre-blox style which I couldn’t be...
- TS (Thruster System) Motor
- RCM: @Stompy: I think that one had the larger size windup motor… and I don’t have one anymore :(
- Stompy: Shadowfox? That’s a windup, isn’t it?
- KZ-02 Berserk Führer (King of Flexible Mobile)
- RCM: @Erin: Woot! You will love it.
- TS (Thruster System) Motor
In: 3rd Generation > Rebirth Century
This motor is one of new developments from the Rebirth Century line. It consists of a reworked windup-sized gearbox and an external battery pack. Official releases with this motor are Barigator TS, Tiga Godos, and the super-rare Merda TS (a “Guylos” colored limited).
SO, I wanted to see how many Zoids could use this motor, [...] - 2009: Valga (E-Hobby exclusive)
In: Everything Else > Other Limited Editions
Due to a lucky find from a US shop, the inflated prices of Rebirth zoids, the horrible exchange rate, and shipping costs, I somehow managed to get this LIMITED version for about as much as the regular version would have cost me. This was supposed to be one of those “faction switch” limiteds, but it [...]
- (Blue) Hydrazoid (Build Review)
In: 80s/90s Misc Releases > Original European Release
OK, not so much a review as it is some highlights of the neato workings. This is because I’m lazy.
- Gilvader/Gildragon
In: Customized Zoids > Plastic Swaps
I’ve been wanting to do this swap ever since the dawn of time—aka, when that other guy did it. It needed a bit more contrast, so I kept some of the silver bits instead of doing a full swap.
- GRZ-002 Gil Vader
In: 3rd Generation > Rebirth Century
Box damage, half price, woot! That and finally being able to do the awesome swap would have been good news enough, but it turns out the original color scheme is pretty wicked. I never knew the purple parts had a metallic flake finish. A-and the clear red is beautiful.
- Iron Kong (Karl’s type)
In: Customized Zoids > Plastic Swaps
TakaraTomy is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the anime by releasing more anime-accurate versions of certain kits. One of them is the Iron Kong of a certain Germanic colonel who likes gatling guns. The upside: a clear green gearbox, and inclusion of the super ultra mega rare CP-A1 (a sprue of connector parts that lets [...]
- HMM-009 Saber Tiger Schwalz ver.
In: 2000s Misc Releases > Kotobukiya HMM
Best HMM ever! More to come… someday…
- HRZ-010 Tiga Godos
In: 3rd Generation > Rebirth Century
This just in!
- ZA-03 Z-Knight (Toy’s Dream Project reissue)
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Z-Knights
stay tuned…
- ZA-01 Marinekaizer
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Z-Knights
stay tuned…
- Wastors: Destructors, second series
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Starriors
Bolar, Slice, Clawgut.
- Wastors: Protectors, second series
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Starriors
Ripsaw, Flashfist, Twinblade.
- Wastors: Destructors, first series
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Starriors
Slaughter Steelgrave, Gouge, Sawtooth
- Wastors: Protectors, first series
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Starriors
Hotshot, Crank, Cut-up.
- Transfer Rings
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Starriors
These figure heavily into the miniseries comic’s plot.
- Comics
In: Distant Cousins of Zoids > Starriors
Starriors had something that the US Zoids never had: a story line. The short version: Solar flares are destroying the earth, so the humans split the scene and build these robots to take care of things until it blows over. But then something goes wrong (of course)…
This story was told via the magic of comic [...] - GZ-016 Mugen Liger
In: 2000s Misc Releases > Genesis
I got a good deal on a used one. The Genesis ligers are just as enjoyable used, since they already come mostly pre-built!