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(Blue) Hydrazoid (Build Review)

RCM — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:02:33 +0000

OK, not so much a review as it is some highlights of the neato workings. This is because I’m lazy.

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.

EZ-047 Maccurtis

RCM — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:58:21 +0000

MIB for now. I built one a long time ago, but ended up breaking one of the legs trying to take it out of the socket (this is very easy to do), so I’m not in much of a hurry to build this one.

Vol. 07 Sea Panther

RCM — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:51:51 +0000

Sea Panther (poor romanization for Panzer?) is one of the most anticipated reissues in the Graphics line. It pretty much sold out instantly, leaving lots of people in the lurch, preorders be damned. Thankfully they’re doing another run in December, but those could go just as quickly. And with good reason: Sea Panther has never been reissued, and the original is hellllllla rare. The mechanism is totally awesome—it rolls along, while all the legs move about creepily. For being one-piece legs, the movement is nice and fluid. The bonus “present” in this set is the gun sprue from Remodel Set No. 1.

The only bummer to be found: if you like applying stickers, you will be saddened by the quality of the foil sticker sheet. I ended up using stickers from spare OJR sheets.

Sinker (OJR/NJR)

RCM — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:04:04 +0000

As soon as I got theNJR Sinker (back in 2000), I made these swaps. I think I like the silver one better. Due to slight mold differences, the back vent piece is incredibly difficult to remove, post swap.

EZ-032 Sinker

RCM — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:57:12 +0000

OMG, they killed Steve Irwin! YOU BASTARDS!

BZ-003 Mosasledge

RCM — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:06:34 +0000

Despite my initial hatred of all things Blox, I had to get this one right off, on account of my undying love of aquatic zoids. It sat in storage for years, until I dug him out with plans to raid his parts for my Killer Bee custom. Lucky for Mosasledge, his parts were not right, so he lives on. This one would look a million times better with panel lining and details painted on. ~~I am adding that to my eternally long zoids to-do list.~~

CP-14 Viking Lance Unit (on Hammer Head)

RCM — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:40:22 +0000

It would have been nice if the colors matched. I am hella going to paint these up. Someday. More pics to come. Also someday. You can affix this CP to Command Wolf, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

RZ-033 Hammer Head

RCM — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:57:24 +0000

And no one seems to like poor Hammer Head (inexplicably renamed “Sledge Head” by Hasbro) either! Well, I do. I took the bar that controls the “swimming” movement out of mine, so I could do a “circling around for the kill” pose. This is about as articulated as the poor guy can get.

This guy broke, but I have a spare MIB one.

Unnamed frog type

RCM — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:05:17 +0000

It really swims, though I’ve never had the courage to test it myself. The tanks have a piece of styrofoam in them to make them float (see pic #4). Known as RMZ-05 Aquadon (OJR), or Aquazoid (OER), or “frog looking thing” here.