NBZ-01 + NBZ-02 + NBZ-03 = Bite Griffon

[Blitzwing]

Thanks to some cheaply acquired Hurricane Hawks...finally got all the ingredients to make the non boxed set Bite Griffon.

I had high expectations for this Zoid...since he does look a whole lot better than Ground Draco in pictures that Takara Tomy and other review sites like Life Zoids

Personally This doesn't look like a Griffin IMHO....more like a Manticore...







To pull this off you need

NBZ-01 - Brave Jaguar
NBZ-02 - Hard Bear
NBZ-03 - Hurricane Hawk

The finished product:



IMHO....this guy is a whole lot easier to figure out building compared to Ground Draco. That is if you do not have any of the boxed sets and is relying upon the diagrams from all three instruction sheets. The instruction sheets by the way does not tell you how to build it on a step by step basis, you have to figure it out since they just simply highlight the parts that is being used to make Bite Griffon. How I built this guy was I built the separate Zoids first then combined to form him after just like what I did to Ground Draco.











At first I thought that the Hard Bear Guns will get in the way of the wings, thus making it not able to rotate it to a 180 degree level but I was pleasantly surprised that it is possible.

I also switched the feet putting the Hurricane Hawk's feet at the front while Hard Bear's at the back.....


The wasted parts:

compared to ground draco...Bite Griffon had a lot more unusable parts once the Gattai is made..noticeably the Neo Blox themselves. Ground Draco by the way utilizes all the Neo Blox of all 3 of its component Zoids.




The good:

1. A more fluid looking Gattai Neo Blox Zoid
2. Articulation

The bad:

1. lots of unused parts


B)

[Colodie]

Nice review. But the boxed sets don't have special instructions on how to build the combinations. They have exactly what you see in the individual boxes, just in one bigger box.

[Phenotype]

I felt that the instructions for Bite Griffon were adequate. Of course they're assuming you've already built the 3 individually but there's nothing wrong with that, I had no problems.
-Pheno

[Xehn]

...never noticed that, before. But you're right.
We chould all call him Bite Manticore. It sounds cool.

[Blitzwing]

Thanks for the added info..... I've always felt the boxed sets have their own instruction sheets to form the combinez Zoid..just like martix d, chimera and etc..

[Snowflake]

It is a bit like a manticore, but I think it's more like a lion-griffin, which you do see once in a while.. having the eagle legs in the back and the head being lionstyle. It also seems to have feathers on its tail like a narnia-griffin.
(Manticores have human faces. that would be a creepy zoid if they made a proper manticore, though I've seen customs)

[sushicake]

blitztactics said:

...never noticed that, before. But you're right.
We chould all call him Bite Manticore. It sounds cool.

Or we can call it Bitewastealotofpartsenoughtobuildanewzoidwith...

[Xehn]

Why complain? Instead, grab a LB Murasame and build a Valkyrie Caesar with birdy parts.

[sushicake]

blitztactics said:

Why complain? Instead, grab a LB Murasame and build a Valkyrie Caesar with birdy parts.

Something about the name Valkyrie Ceasar doesn't sound right, kinda makes me wanna go get a Chicken ceaser salad....

[尹 眞悟]

Well if it helps any the original pronounciation of "Caesar" was actually "kaiser" rather than "seize-her".

[Xehn]

...Valkyrie Kaiser sounds even better! XD

[ZoidianKing]

is that the only angle that the wings fit on there? they look to straight.

[Königbreaker]

The Beast Impact Cannons look a little out of place.. But everything else looks nice.. I'll really have to build one.

[murasameshadow]

Yes it looks more like a manticore w/o a sharp tail, IMO the name is kinda weird, "BITE" griffon sounds like food. The wings are facing upwards, how could it fly?