Zoids ’n Shit » Rebirth Century

GRZ-013 Gul Tiger GC

RCM — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:48:08 +0000

Words are coming, but for now here are some pics I took to test out my new lens.

Things to note (and eventually write out in a better fashion):

This took less than half the time to build as the OJR would have, since the entire motor/gearbox unit came pre-built. For a taste of what you’re missing, see WIKD’s review!
GC stands for Gyrocrafter and was originally sold separately as GU-05.
You can also attach GU-03 Eye Flasher to this, which I am hella going to try, ~~as soon as I find where I stashed that thing~~ RIGHT NOW.

HRZ-010 Tiga Godos (“Dos” mode)

RCM — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:46:35 +0000

Since I don’t have the funds to get the Dos Godos, and Tiga has all the required parts, I’m having it fill in. And since the TS motor is being borrowed by all my other windups, I’m using a windup motor from Spinosapper.

TS (Thruster System) Motor

RCM — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:27:27 +0000

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, without any darthing (or visible darthing, in the case of Snipe Master).

Zoids that weren’t compatible:

Double Sworder/Saicurtis (non-generic motor)
Garius (nowhere to mount the battery pack)
Gator (nowhere to mount the battery pack)
Godos (wires get tangled in the arms)
Gun Sniper (nowhere to mount the battery pack)
Malder (non-generic motor)
Molga (non-generic motor)
Pteras (non-generic motor)
Sea Panther (non-generic motor)
Sinker (non-generic motor; water hazard)
Spiker/Mantazoid (nowhere to mount the battery pack)
Storch (non-generic motor)
Twinhorn (non-generic motor; no openings in inner frame for wires)
Whiteheads not mentioned above (non-generic motor)

Zoids to try:
~~Taking requests, if doable!~~ Tried them all!

GRZ-002 Gil Vader

RCM — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:25:11 +0000

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.

HRZ-010 Tiga Godos

RCM — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:24:12 +0000

In the Rebirth line, ol’ Godos got two upgrades! (Tiga means three in Malaysian, and we all know what Dos means, right?). A big part of the fun of this kit is the new motor, as you can see here. The other big thing (introduced in Dos Godos) is the choice to be motorized or poseable. It’s not 100% awesome (some bugs still need ironed out), but it’s definitely a good start.

HRZ-001 King Gojulas

RCM — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:41:36 +0000

Perhaps you’ve heard of the quality control issues with the King’s motor. If not, let me tell you: BEWARE! Many people are reporting that their motors do not work properly or at all, right out of the box. A sampling of problems: head won’t turn, arms won’t expand, motor won’t turn off, lights don’t work, purchase of kit didn’t make me more popular with ladies…

Mine seemed ok at first, but then after construction, the lights quit working. I took everything apart and looked inside the motor, wiggled things around, and no luck. Since I had the motor open, I decided to try and disable the “screaming” function—a horrible grating gear that sounds a lot like a dino roar. After some trial and error I managed to do that, and keep the arms in order (everything’s connected), but then I noticed the head wouldn’t turn. I thought I broke it until hearing complaints from others—I didn’t run the motor much before disabling the “screamer”, since I live in an apartment and it was late at night.

I tried tinkering around a bit more, and finally got fed up, because even if I did fix everything else, I was still stuck with nonworking lights. So that is why King Crapulas is getting the boot.

GRZ-004 Dark Nessios

RCM — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:57:01 +0000

A big part of the Rebirth line seems to be re-tooling and updating old designs. This one takes Brachios and makes it into a plesiosaur, which in turn makes me very happy. In the ancient times (2001), a hobby magazine showed a Brachios-to-Plesio kitbash (one, two), so I’ve been hoping for an official bash for some time. In other news, Hydrazoid is sad at not being the coolest (and only) plesiozoid anymore.

The only bummer to this kit (besides not being a real swimmer) is that there are no eyes on the new head. The ones on the box are ’shopped. I cut off some extra bits from the purple sprue to make mine.

This kit also comes with the parts to make Brachios (Dark Army Specification). I may build and shoot that variant some day, but for now I’m lazy. Laziness is also the reason these pics are terrible. That, and no sunlight.