Post by Deadborder on Nov 14, 2005 6:44:53 GMT -5
After many long years of searching, many failed chases on E-bay and many, many hours of wishful thinking, I finally got my ands on this little baby – an Evil Pegasus, one of the “most wanted” of my “most wanted” list. And I got him Mint in (chewed) Box no less! So was he worth the time, effort and moneys? Let us see…
- Mint in chewed boxgoOd pOiNtY HoRSe:
Evil Peg’s original mould, Ouridous, is one of the last Zoids of the OJR. It comes form an interesting era when Tomy were trying a lot of random things with new and alternative designs. So as Zoids go, the Evil Peg is pretty “out there.” So lets see how this stacks up….
- Not an Evil Peg... yetThe first thing you’ll notice is that Evil Peg has DEAD SEXY colours. I make no apologies for the caps; this is one gorgeous looking pointy horse. The Zoid is moulded in shiny black, dull grey, medium red and, of course, chrome gold. Once he’s built, you’ll see that there’s a noice distribution of colours around its body. It has a kind of “layered” approach; the grey is for the base structure while the black goes over that and the gold provides a form of trim. The red gets layered under bits of the body, sticking through panels for extra detail, as well as providing the bulk of the wings.
But enough gawking at the colours; let’s build this sucker.
…three hours later, I can say that Evil Peg is like no other Zoid I’ve ever, eeeeeever built. Things get off to a good start when you assemble a mess of gears and then stick that on top of the motor. Trust me, its more fun then you’ll ever have. Its use will come to light later, but for now it seems rather mystifying. There’s very little that’s “stock” about this Zoid. The two outrigger cannons are mounted on a complex boom arm system vaguely reminiscent of CP-13, while the wings somehow slot onto the body. Both the wings and the outriggers are connected to a large lunnp on the top of the motor, whose use I will explain later.
- Two switches?Oh, he uses thirty-one caps. Beat that. One of them is, rather enigmatically, mounted inside the body, under the base of the tail. Why? I have no idea.
The legs are a mixed bag: the forelegs are built using a three-sectional system that seems to be derived from the standard Pointy Cat design that started way back when with Sabre Tiger. The back legs, however, are a single solid piece with only a moving hoof. Very strange. Despite the fact that it’s such a radical departure from Ouridous’ colour scheme – shiny white to evil black, the colours work very well with the design.
Much of the Zoid uses a “colour layer” approach; you build one part in one colour, then build another part in another colour over it. The colours complement each other very nicely and go together well. The Zoid has a lot of detail without being too cluttered or busy. The details on the head, mane and tail are very nice; they give the Zoids a sort of hybrid technological/fantastical design ethnic that is similar too, but at the same time completely unlike, that found on Gilvader.
One thing about Evil Peg that is striking is how large it is. It’s a lot bigger then you’d expect, especially given that it’s only got a standard, single AA battery motor. For comparison. Its about as long as an Energy Liger, a lot taller and a bit narrower. That’s one helluva horse.
Evil Peg is a very attractive and chrasamatic Zoid, one that looks rather dramatic and powerful. But enough talking about how it looks; let’s see how it moves. My biggest worry was that EP would have a rather slow or gimpy walk, given how big it is and how much the motor needs to chug around. I didn’t need to worry about that at all. Once activated, the Peg walks forwards at a considerable speed, about the same as a (much smaller) modern Shield Liger or Sabre Tiger, while proceeding in a rather straight line. He as a great “stomping” motion as he strides forwards, his hooves clopping on the ground. The solid back legs don’t actually look that bad.
But that’s not all! There’s a second power switch on the back. When engaged, it activates the large lunnp built earlier for Evil Peg’s secondary motion. This causes the wings to flap, the booms to extend and retract, and the entire head and neck to raise and lower. Oh, and the grade-up port thingy spins. All this and it still walks with no noticeable reduction in speed! In addition, the gun pods can be manually raised and lowered, the mouth opened and closed, the tail raised and lowered and the cockpit opened. Spliff!
So all up, he’s one dang tootin’ good pointy horse.
bAd BaD pOinTY hOrSe:
There’s not much to say against him here, actually. The Black Caps blend in a lot to the body, but that’s a minor quibble; they’re merely a holdover from the original Ouridous, and even then it’s no real issue.
The only real “disappointment” is that he comes with the stickers. The Evil Pegasus comes with the same stickers as Ouridous, themselves a bunch of random generic OJR stickers (Including, oddly enough, Iron Kong’s EPZ-02 type numbers). The problem is that the box photo includes a completely different set of stickers, including a funky logo that I don’t recongise. Any info would be appreciated.
- The Enigmatic logo in question!mY LiFe iS paAin!
There’s no real “ugly” here beyond the price. If you want an Evil Peg, expect to pay though the nose. Mostly complete pegs will go for about $80 or so, and expect $150+ for an in box one. Not bad, when you consider that a few years ago there were leftover Pegs cluttering shelves at $10 a pop.
In conclusion: I can’t help but recommend this pointed horse enough.
- I eat babiesAnd now for some comparisons...
And, aginst his mortal enemy, Gildragon... (Since Ouridous is the arch enemy of Gilvader, it makes sense that the black verison of it must be the motal enemy of the white version of Gilvy...)
Rick R.
