Last Modified: 2011-11-04
First Posted: 2008-06-04
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Dear Black Rhimos: thank you for being so hard to photograph. Dear Hasbro: thank you for making this NJR limited more widely available. Pic #7 shows the gears what make the horn spin.
For the NAR, Hasbro released Metalrhimos, which was only available in Japan as a limited edition. They assigned an arbitrary number, so as not to interfere with future NJR kits’ numbers. The Japanese version was a lot shinier, as opposed to pearly, but you can’t have everything. When the head is angled down (pic #4), a gear causes the horn to spin!
1-4: OER “Red Mutant” stylee!
5-8: Now that’s a BLACK rhimos! The weird burnt metal color of the guns really stands out now.
9-12: Hebby R, with a black undercarriage.
13-16: Black R, with metallic underbits and orange cockpits. This one’s my favorite of the bunch.
I’ve been neglecting the missile box part of this unit, because I find the gun more flexible on its own—it can go almost anywhere! The whole unit is made for Elephander or Blade Liger, though it definitely looks better on the former.
One of the many Engrish victims of the Genesis line. It’s a good bet they meant “heavy”. I like the colors here. I don’t know if you can tell by these pics (bad lighting day), but there are two shades of gray-blue armor, plus orange canopy glass!