FZ-015 Energy Liger (Fuzors Series)

[stormhawk]

Hi all, thought I'd post up a review of this fella since I was so impressed with its abilities and its nice colour combo.

Here's the FEL in all his glory.


He's definitely the king of my collection right now, more so than Gildragon..(sorry Gildy fans don't bash me )



With wings deployed and guns to the fore, the head-first view is of a menacing flying lion with a major attitude. I wonder how he would look like with Raykong's arms attached.. maybe I should just get one to see how the fit looks.



Shot of the air distributor box, or in other terms an air-powered "gearbox". The two empty slots are where the longer air hoses should be attached to deploy the wings. The Push Button is meant to retract the wings because once the air power goes in, the wings just stay forward without coming back. More or less the button is just meant to purge the air in the spring-arms that pushes the wings forward.



Here's a view of the mode selection box. When the selector knob is moved to the left in W's direction, either the wings are deployed or the weapons will move.

When the knob is moved to the right in A's direction, the EL will walk and his weapons/wings will be moving as well.

Unless the knob is moved left or right, it remains in the centre and stays neutral. This will be the default selector for the EL to just walk with no air-powered functions. For a liger-type this big, it definitely has a powerful motor. The FEL can walk pretty quickly on its own!

Overall I'd rate this Fuzors version a 9/10 for extra functions, cool colours, extra weapons and of course, a menacing appearance. It does come with extra joints or connector pieces meant for fusion with Blox-type Zoids. It does not come with custom faction or team stickers and that's a pity.

My only complaint is that Tomy should have allowed both the wings and the weapons to be operable at the same time. Unfortunately you'll have to choose either function and I decided it would be cooler to have the weapons moving so I detached the hoses from the box and plugged them straight into the weapons' air-port.

I hope the review was of use.

P.S. Does anyone know the name of the pilot for this Fuzors EL? and probably.. his team/faction as well? Thanks.

[stormhawk]

Oops..

I made an error on the mode switch bit. In neutral position (middle position), the EL walks with his air-powered stuff moving. When the knob is moved right, then the EL walks only, without any air-powered functions. The edited pic below shows the corrections.

[Tyrann]

It's odd. Where are the additional pieces that allow other Zoids to fuse to it's back? That looks like a standard Energy Liger actually.

[stormhawk]

I didn't fix those pieces up. If you like I can take a shot of them. Actually very few pieces. Just several smallish bits.

[Ancient Zoidian Vega]

good review it makes me want to get that zoid even more now, he looks realy interesting with all his switches and so on

[stormhawk]

Definitely get one Vega if you can find one. Worth every dollar you paid. I got mine with a big discount and along with it came an Infinity Leo. So I'd say mine was an excellent deal. ;D

[Deadborder]

The Fuzors EL is the best EL yet, IMHO. Its got the cool Hasbro colour shceme AND the extra fuzory bits that aren't on any other EL. The only reaosn I;d think to get a differnt EL is the fact that you could get ten or so Hasbro ones for the same price...

ahem.

Oh, and the EL's pilot in Fuzors is Dr Perice.

Rick R.

[Kamadoma]

As much as I want to spend on one, I already have the Hasbro version. he's really a cool zoid. Packed lots of features, and he's wide too! Only complaint here is the long horn. Quite hard to fit in a little space, good thing I got a shelf only for zoids.

[novabeam]

COuld someone list the differences between the hasbro, the "normal" and fuzor EL's? I know the normal Japan one is red n black but its the other parts I am wondering aobut...

[boff123]

yeah i like this zoid too. i have the hasbro which was dirt cheap at tru for 6.50. love the rotating guns and the shiny black armor.

[irvinsbuddy]

The E-liger is one of my favorite zoids as well.

I have both the hasbro and Japanese release, both are well worth the money.

[Tilly]

The Hasbro is the cheapest. No stand, no connectorbits...but cheap. Cheap is good.

The red one has a stand and bits to connect to storms, but not Jet Falcon. It's also got a cool color fanbookmanual thing instead of regular instructions. And it's freakin' shiny metal-flake Zenebas-y red, which beats the pants off the black one more and more the more I look at it :p. As a note, the other red isn't shiny, but it does two-tone like Sturm Tyrann, only better, 'cause the main red is SHINY and not so bright.

The Fuzors one has the Jet Falcon connectorbits...dunno about the Storms, I think those too. Aside from that and the box, might as well get a Hasbro one.

[irvinsbuddy]

So are there three E-ligers? Hasbor, japanese, and fuzors release? Or just the two.

[Tilly]

I'd say two real variants and three releases, since from what I hear the Fuzors is the same as Hasbro's in color.

Unless you count the connectybits. The ELs themselves are how I classify stuff.

[irvinsbuddy]

Thats good to know. I was never really worried about getting the fuzor release. Ive never been a big fan of blox zoids, so its not a priority zoid for me.

I mean no offense towards any blox fans on here.