Zoids and Stuff » Robo Strux http://zoido.smeat.net All of my Zoids and most of my Stuff Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:26:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Legend of the Brown Reptex http://zoido.smeat.net/the-legend-of-the-brown-reptex http://zoido.smeat.net/the-legend-of-the-brown-reptex#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:31:24 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/?p=3374 (Spoiler alert! It’s not real.)

Deep within the mists of time (early 2001), there was an auction of a bunch of loose Zoids and Robo Strux kits. Most were in pretty bad shape and the only picture was of the whole lot of them just laying on the scanner. And the quality/resolution: not so good. But there was a curious item—a Reptex, but with faction-switched colors! The bidding went fast and furious (there was also a Cosmozoid in the lot) and quickly reached a price beyond my funding.

A friend of mine who was also outbid ended up contacting the winner and asking about the mystery Zoid. It turns out it was just an OJR Gator that had been left in the sun. Myth: BUSTED!

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/the-legend-of-the-brown-reptex/feed 0 Stang http://zoido.smeat.net/stang http://zoido.smeat.net/stang#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:37 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=228 These scorpion types are always cool looking, but if you touch them the claws will fall right off. Not very stable.

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/stang/feed 0 Spartak http://zoido.smeat.net/spartak http://zoido.smeat.net/spartak#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:29:55 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=226 Madness? This is Spartaaaaak! (Sorry.) Shares parts with Stang (small guns and extra heads and such).

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/spartak/feed 0 Rado http://zoido.smeat.net/rado http://zoido.smeat.net/rado#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:28:58 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=224 This is identical to the OER Zark. Since I don’t have a box for this one, the only way I can be sure I have a Rado, is that I got it in a lot with a bunch of other Robostruxes, back when OERs were not widely available outside of Europe (no ebay in 1995).

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/rado/feed 0 Gordox http://zoido.smeat.net/gordox http://zoido.smeat.net/gordox#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:27:54 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=222 No words… they should have sent a poet…

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/gordox/feed 1 Chompz http://zoido.smeat.net/chompz http://zoido.smeat.net/chompz#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:23:34 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=220 This one’s tail is very fragile.

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/chompz/feed 0 Brox http://zoido.smeat.net/brox http://zoido.smeat.net/brox#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:21:57 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=218 Shares parts with Batlar (the guns on its back are Batlar’s horns).

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/brox/feed 0 Slithor http://zoido.smeat.net/slithor http://zoido.smeat.net/slithor#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:20:07 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=216 I’ve never thought of snails as striking fear in the hearts of men, but this one is still pretty neat.

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Update, 11/2011: I dug this out to have a look at it, and it turns out the motor is dead. Frowny emoticon.

]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/slithor/feed 0 Sekta http://zoido.smeat.net/sekta http://zoido.smeat.net/sekta#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 16:18:59 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=214 I like the silver in this version. In bad news, the front section droops with age, doh!

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]]> http://zoido.smeat.net/sekta/feed 0 Batlar http://zoido.smeat.net/batlar http://zoido.smeat.net/batlar#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 22:00:19 +0000 RCM http://zoido.smeat.net/zurt/?p=82 Shares parts with Brox, cockpit is precariously mounted.

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