Status: SOLD, 03/2011
Last Modified: 2011-03-30
First Posted: 2008-06-17
aka RMZ-07 Hidocker in the OJR. This one shares several parts with other “whiteheads”.
My first big OER release! Sometimes listed on ebay as “Great Gordon” (which makes me think they’re selling a Canadian superhero). I liked the new Gordos just fine, until I saw this one. Nothing beats black with OER grey.
aka RMZ-06 Gorgodos in the OJR. This one shares several parts with other “whiteheads”.
In the OER, if a zoid didn’t have “-zoid” in its name, it started with a Z, just so you got the point. Such as: “Zear” (rhyming with “bear”, I assume), Zolkon (Reddra), and Zillon. Anyway, look at that silver and red. This is why people love the OER so much.
This wasn’t an official Hasbro release in the US (though a few people have ultra-rare prototypes), but did make its way to the New Pacific Release. I ordered mine from the Philippines. I stole one of the gunner seats for my Helcat custom, but it’s otherwise complete. The tail mechanism is quite clever, with a string/pulley system. I have no idea how to take good pics of this one. For not having much bulk, it still manages to be the longest zoid ever at well over 30″. This is probably a job for joiner stylee (see #16)!
As if the crystal Molga weren’t enough, they made one of Red Horn too. There was also a crystal Death Saurer, but that one required too much shelf space, and way too much money.
This one came out in 2003. The preview pics for it were a lot shinier than the actual product, which partly inspired my Giga custom. Limited Buster Cannons (Blox CP-G) SOLD SEPARATELY!
This is my first paint/bash custom, and I call it Scout Tiger. I didn’t like the color or lack of decent gun that Guntiger had, so I got to work. I’m going to say that it has battle damage, because the damn metalizers kept coming off on the edges (probably overzealous buffing).
I went the longest time not liking Geno Saurers, but then I finally came to my senses. I got this one about a year after it came out, when they miraculously became affordable to the masses (Thanks, Toy-Wave!). These guys aren’t really white, but more of an off-white “bone” color that my camera—awesome as it is—can’t seem to capture. This was part of the limited set for the 2005 Dinosaur Expo at the Tokyo Science Museum.
Here, I have “corrected” the odd wide stance that the front legs had (pic). I did this with much hacking and slashing. As a result, it is permanently in dragon mode, but I didn’t like deathraser/parablade in these colors anyway. Also, I replaced the blox pieces in the neck with some better matching ones from the limited translucent blox set.
Thousands of years ago, a prophecy foretold of a “holotech” Liger Zero. Some even claimed to have seen them in stores, or even to have purchased one, but in the absence of photographic evidence, such people were branded as liars and heretics. Then, in late 2007, Liger Red Hiou was revealed—a holotech liger, but the armor was clear PINK! I think this could be the best Liger Zero ever.
This was part of a set of limiteds sold at Wonderfest ’08. The other was Molga, which I desire greatly straight-up HAVE. These sold out in seconds, and hit obscene prices on Yahoo Japan (made even more obscene with the Dollar being down the crapper). BUT, Toy-Wave had the Gator on sale a few weeks ago, so patience and despair won out, for once! Since Gator’s legs and inner frame are on the same sprue, they included an extra of that sprue for the dark legs/green frame combo.
Hooray for amphibious combat and translucent blue! Hooray also for the cool stickers (last two pics), which I should apply someday. Neptune was reissued in 2004, as a limited by Toy’s Dream Project.
Another bonus from brother WIKD, thanks! Lighting was against me with these pics. The background is all weird, but the Gator’s colors are pretty spot on. Which is frightening. The upper parts do have a nice metallic sheen to them, though. I’m going to try a swap with my other ’gators, because I think either of this one’s colors would work with a more neutral one to contrast.
Here are a few pieces from the Baratz series. I don’t have any of the others, because they were expensive as crap to get. There were 13 Baratz in all: six designs, each with two colors, and then the obligatory “chase” figure.
Back when Zoidfans was THE place to shoot the breeze, a bunch of us got together and made a custom order to Leoshop. There was a run of the black chrome shown here, and also a blue chrome one, which I passed on. Black chrome is hard to photograph, so it’s taken a while to get good pics (4 years!?). The last three were done in my apartment with a long exposure, to show the weird purpleness that “black” chrome really is.
1-7: This is the combo I didn’t think of, but ended up being the best one.
8-14: This didn’t turn out as nice as I expected (and is a pain to photograph), but it does look good in the dark! (#14 is all glow power, no blacklight.)
This was the first limited model from the Genesis line. It glows in the dark, and kind of always has a semi glow to it in light. It also comes with a small pvc figure of Char Aznable Zairin, the Megaraptor’s pilot and sometime bad-guy of the series.
To get this guy, you had to buy each of the three Genesis DVD box sets (which each came with a clear hero liger, and cost around $300), then send the proofs of purchase off. Or wait until they hit Yahoo Japan (much cheaper!). The best part of this one (for me) is the clear pilot. I’ve wanted one of those forever! I also got some fun night/blacklight shots.
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.
This one originally came with gold underbits, but I did not want that, so I grabbed a Command Woof AC for the black parts. Much nicer.
This was a Fuzors limited that was sold at a convention in early 2005. Those nasty red pieces will make your eyes bleed, so get a spare NJR for swaps. The last pic is a really ugly flash shot, but it shows the shiny plastics that many Fuzors kits had.
CP-22: Dual Sniper Unit / CP-23: AZ-5 Missile Unit
I somehow lucked out and got the two CPs right before they disappeared. The secret was getting them the DAY they were released. I usually just have CP-22 applied, because both is overkill. I do want to paint the missiles in CP-23, though…
I got this when it came out, way back in 1994! Identical to the OJR Heldigunner, except that DL doesn’t glow in the dark. I got an NJR Heldi in 1999, and within half a year of display, the rubber hoses were broken in many places. I saw on a Japanese site where someone had replaced them with coilsprings, and thus was inspired… to wait damn near four years before trying it myself. I replaced the Demon Lizard’s hoses (which are still fine after 159 years, thank you), because this variant looks cooler than the NJR.
Another ebay catch. I like the color scheme on this. I think the pilot lady suffered a bit when shipped from Singapore, but otherwise this is a sweet find.
OMG the pilot doesn’t ride in the head!? I thought I lost the chest gun pictured on the box, but apparently it was never included. Phew! I seem to see the “newtype” variant on auctions more often than the “regulartype”, which has silver armor and dull red underbits—like the NJR, but then the gun and cockpit are black.
Sometimes has serial number EMZ-01. The last pic shows the evolution of “raptor-type” zoids!
Sometimes has serial number EMZ-04. Known as Zaton in the OER, which is really confusing, since Zatton is a different OJR kit (EMZ-05, which I don’t have). Yargh, people.
I need to swap the gold pilots out for some proper silver ones. I got this second hand, so, you know…
For some reason, my Pegasus sheds armor like a bio zoid. This color scheme is much better than the OJR Orudios, unless you’re really PROUD TO BE AN AMURRIKAAAAAAANNNNN… (ahem) Anyway, I was mad that I had to pay $30 for one of these back in 1999, until a couple years ago, when I saw what they’re going for now.
I have too many Molgas. I got bored with taking so many pics of these, so I drilled some wider holes in these missiles from CP-26. Nice, eh?
I have one of these MIB, if anyone’s interested. Fun fact: this almost always shows up on ebay listings as “Grachiosaur”. Hasbro font fail!
I was going to show you how not cool the original Dekalt Dragon looked, but I used some of Parablade’s parts for a custom. Deathraser looks good on his own, though. Plus he can do the “Double Deuce”!
When this one came out, it was good news for everyone who had missed out on CPs 22 and 23. I originally only got it for its swapping potential, but recently a lack of new kits drove me to revert this one to its stock configuration. If you like colors, this one has them. All of them! I took these pics with the flash on, which really shows how insane the colors are.
Of interest: the “fart cannon” pieces have a slight mold change from the NJR version. The mount’s hardpoints were changed to be the standard blox hardpoint size, to aid in “fuzing” possibilities.
Identical to the NJR version (RZ-070), with the addition of two new guns. The fuzors version also comes with an incredibly rubbery (yukk) anime pilot figure. Alteka from kitty-bot sent me some extra “new” guns, so I could double up the firepower! Also, I took off the “opposable thumbs” and bulky forearm armor, because I think it looks much better that way.
The armor can separate to form blox support units, and leave poor Gary naked, save for one piece of tail armor and a sheepish grin. From left to right: Hien (swallow type, with guns from Gravity Saurer), Gekkou (horseshoe crab type), and Raiden (warthog type, made from the Shin-added guns).
Before the Bio Zoids, I would have been annoyed at something that didn’t have a motor and didn’t even look like a zoid, but this was too cool to pass up. #7 was done with a laser pointer. #8-9 are of the handy display stand. Last six (added June 2006): I messed around with some new poses, finally taking advantage of Bio zoids’ flexibility. This one is based on a pose my “special lady” made, which worked out well since this guy’s legs are totally loose now. For a while he sat atop my monitor at work.
Bio Kentro’s another one that looks a lot better in person. The metallic green is really nice. Unfortunately, mine came with two right rear legs, so all pics are taken from his “good side”.
This was one of the uber-baddies of the anime. For having the same understructure as Bio Kentro, Tricera is a lot bulkier. The armor is so thick that it’s hard to get good leg movement. It’s not apparent from my crappy pics, but the armor actually has a brownish tint to it. Chocolate Hell Armor™, people!
Finally got me mitts on one of these guys. My only beef is the lack of clear eye pieces. They went the lazy route and just painted them.
This was Char Aznable’s Zairin’s mid-season upgrade. It has the same frame as Bio Megs, but the armor is a lot thicker, so it looks beefier and three times more intimidating. All the “crystal shards” don’t hurt either. I can almost never get this guy posed without the assistance of the display stand.
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. And the clear red is beautiful.
I got a good deal on a used one. The Genesis ligers are just as enjoyable used, since they already come mostly pre-built!
Decalto Dragon, the Genesis recolor/repackage of Deathraser/Parablade. I didn’t like the orginal’s colors that much, but these new ones really work, since they seemed to have the dragon mode in mind when they picked them. (As such, the separate kits don’t look so hot, but that’s ok.)
The reissue no one thought would happen. The stickers were a lot higher quality than usual—very thin and nicely trimmed. That didn’t stop me from messing up the cockpit one TWICE, though. Check out my cat Dora hanging out on Gildy’s shelf.
Last 4 pics: While most people prefer the original Gilvader’s colors and horns, I really like the white/blue. Just in case anyone hasn’t seen Gildy with the old horns, here ya go.
285 pieces, how!? I decided to detail this one as I built it, but after all that work (15 hours building and panel lining), I have no energy left for the application of stickers. I’ll wait a while for that. Best thing about this kit is the choice of canopy colors: orange for the newschool fans, and smoke for the oldsters. Take your time deciding, because prying apart these pieces is nearly impossible without casualties. Worst thing about this kit is the minimal jaw movement. I modified mine based on this guy’s work, and got a bit more movement (enough to make me happy, at least).
One year later, and I’m finally finished. All the time I was putting off doing stickers, I was also bothered by the ham-fisted panel lining job this poor guy got. My previous gold and silver markers were a piece of crap, so I redid the teeth and hydraulics too. Either this project was cursed, or HMM kits really don’t stand up do disassembly, because I broke three pieces AND lost one. I replaced the lost one (a cap-like piece that holds the shoulder armor on) with a leftover Armored Core weapon. Just what the crap it’s supposed to be, I don’t know.
I’m done! While not having as many pieces as Shieldy or Command Woof, it was still quite the complex and satisfying build.
King of Flexible Mobile/metal action/ka-dou-ou was a (tragically) short-lived 1/100 scale offshoot with die cast metal parts and super articulation.
Flexible hybrid cannons! I love my little mini tank-liger. I really need to get some pics of the regular KoFM liger, don’t I…
Too bad this line died so quickly and so hard, because this guy is actually pretty cool. It would have been nice to see other zoids done in this style, or even a Storm Unit for the Führer here, but oh well. It does have the one shortcoming of super-articulated figures: the more points of articulation, the harder to get a stable pose. I almost sold this, until I came back to my senses. WHEW! The last two pics show why I will never part with this wee beasty.
The Leostriker says: “Just what the heck am I supposed to be???” I didn’t build mine in either of the “standard” configurations, because those were both hideous. This one’s at least presentable. Also: worst limited edition box art ever, except for the plain white boxes that the crystals came in!
I replaced the unsightly red parts with clear ones from the Blox Customize Parts packs that came out a while back.
I imagine the name was supposed to be Raptojäger, which would make a lot more sense. The main problem with Neoblox is that they have no substance to their bodies. RJ here needs to eat a sandwich or two!
If you use the body pieces and chest plate from an LB Gojulas, you can actually make a Raptojaguar that has some substance to it. Not much, but “lean and mean” is a lot better than “EMACIATED”, yes?
I’m not sure why they didn’t make the body armor chrome too, but oh well. I love the orange wings on this one. Though the box shows black under-parts, and my model has them, the standard issue was grey. I gave away my gray parts, thinking I had spares, so for these pics I raided the under-bits off an NJR Redler. (Some Redwings did have black parts, but those were factory escapees and never officially released.)
The first mantis type. It has an interesting walking mechanism: the legs are mainly decoration, and the real work is done by some stubs directly under the body. In bad news, the front section droops with age, doh!
I only have two of these, but they are definitely sweet.
I must say, this guy looks a hundred times better with stickers applied! But not good enough to keep it from being sold when I got the HMM version.
Godos is sort of an all purpose trooper (The OER version was even called “Trooperzoid”), with lots of extra parts.
I really waited too long to get one of these, especially given how much I like bugs. I want to paint it gloss black and do a zoids version of the album art from Massive Attack’s Mezzanine.
How many Command Woofs do you need, anyway? Yes, but this one has a blue metal-flake finish, and comes with CP-04. Plus I have an affinity for the number 42.
People seem to either love or hate this woof, but it has a special place in my heart, since it was the first zoid I got after a zoidless year of abject brokeness. For silliness, see the Hasbro box: no umlaut, and “fart cannons” facing forward! Semi-silliness: why does a giant mechanical wolf need giant “night vision” goggles? Night jiggling? I guess because of the cardinal rule of anime/mecha: it looks cool!
I got this when it came out, way back in 1994! Known as Arosaurer (like Allosaurus, I guess) in almost every other release.
Somehow in all these years I never managed to get a loose copy of this one until very recently (I had that RS one, minus a head, but I didn’t know that was something different).
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.
So far, this one’s staying MIB until I can make more shelf room. I did take out the bonus “present” for this set, though. It’s the other sprue from Remodel Set No. 1!
This funny looking lion type used to be rarer than rocking horse poops until now. These Graphics kits have been pretty limited, though, so it could return to such rarity soon. The “present” for Vol. 10 is the two sprues from Figure Set No. 2 (Empire Soldiers). Empire soldiers are giants among men.
As you can see by the sprue scabs, I was excited and in a hurry to build this one. UGH…
It’s not just an inter-net browser, it’s a (sweet) recolor of RZ-046, Shadow Fox (NJR). For this series, it has changed factions, which means evil green eyes! Pics #7 and #8 show the “hidden” windup key and where it goes, and #11 shows the weapons mount, which is adaptable enough to accept almost any other zoid’s guns. Whoever owned this before me had some interesting theories on panel lining, but thankfully they left the stickering to me.
I swapped out the white caps for black ones, and also painted the feet black, to give it more contrast. The figure is prepainted and came from a gashapon set I got off Yahoo Japan.
I discovered that ZP-A (Power-up Parts for the Genesis hero zoids) looked really good on ol’ Boney here. The sword is the “Bio Crusher” for Sword Wolf, and the thingies are the “Wind Dancers” for Rainbow Jerk.
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