Post by revlihs on Nov 1, 2007 16:14:50 GMT -5
Introducing my newest addition to the family, FZ-019 Gravity Wolf! 
The box!
I hope you'll excuse the quality of the following images. My HP camera is at least 4 or 5 years old (it can't even zoom before you take a picture!).
Gravity Wolf is a medium-sized Zoid, about the size of a standard Command Wolf, and is a relatively easy build. I don't think I spent more than an hour on it, but it all depends on how fast you prefer to work. What really persuaded me to buy this one however was that it could take on the shape of a motorcycle! How cool is that?
Now I'm not sure if this was a mistake on my part, but the legs definitely don't go up as high as they do on the box cover. D:
While building this one I ran into a few issues when it came to snapping things together. Many of the holes felt too small for their respective parts and required quite a bit of force to get them together. This also meant that once you got them on, taking the pieces apart without breaking them would have been a bit of a challenge. The clear piece of the head also seemed to be a bit too small, because at the beginning I had completely snapped it into the left head piece and found that the right head piece could just barely reach it when put on. After a while I was able to create an even gap on both sides of it, but it's still a bummer to have any gaps on it at all.
Much to my disappointment this Zoid isn't your standard wind-up or battery powered model. Instead you flip the switch at the top of it to "On" ("Off" allow you to roll the Zoid freely without having to hear the gears clicking) and then use a rip cord to get it started. In my opinion this can be a little difficult to do and it doesn't really carry the Zoid as far.
The only weapon on this Zoid is a large missile, which you can launch by pulling back on the switch on top of it (a lot of fun to attack your other Zoids with!
). You can also fuse it together with Scissorstorm to form Scissor Wolf, but I'm afraid I don't have a Scissorstorm to show you this.
The pilot!
Overall I'd give this Zoid a 9/10. It was a fun build, has a great color scheme, and has a lot of interesting features going for it, but I guess I was expecting a little too much from it. Especially when it came to rolling it along as a bike. Because the legs are still pretty low to the ground there always seems to be at least one limb dragging along as you roll it. They make for great kickstands, but not when you don't want them to be.
It also came with a neat little collectible card.
The box!
I hope you'll excuse the quality of the following images. My HP camera is at least 4 or 5 years old (it can't even zoom before you take a picture!).
Gravity Wolf is a medium-sized Zoid, about the size of a standard Command Wolf, and is a relatively easy build. I don't think I spent more than an hour on it, but it all depends on how fast you prefer to work. What really persuaded me to buy this one however was that it could take on the shape of a motorcycle! How cool is that?
Now I'm not sure if this was a mistake on my part, but the legs definitely don't go up as high as they do on the box cover. D:
While building this one I ran into a few issues when it came to snapping things together. Many of the holes felt too small for their respective parts and required quite a bit of force to get them together. This also meant that once you got them on, taking the pieces apart without breaking them would have been a bit of a challenge.
The clear piece of the head also seemed to be a bit too small, because at the beginning I had completely snapped it into the left head piece and found that the right head piece could just barely reach it when put on. After a while I was able to create an even gap on both sides of it, but it's still a bummer to have any gaps on it at all.Much to my disappointment this Zoid isn't your standard wind-up or battery powered model. Instead you flip the switch at the top of it to "On" ("Off" allow you to roll the Zoid freely without having to hear the gears clicking) and then use a rip cord to get it started. In my opinion this can be a little difficult to do and it doesn't really carry the Zoid as far.
The only weapon on this Zoid is a large missile, which you can launch by pulling back on the switch on top of it (a lot of fun to attack your other Zoids with!
). You can also fuse it together with Scissorstorm to form Scissor Wolf, but I'm afraid I don't have a Scissorstorm to show you this.The pilot!
Overall I'd give this Zoid a 9/10. It was a fun build, has a great color scheme, and has a lot of interesting features going for it, but I guess I was expecting a little too much from it. Especially when it came to rolling it along as a bike. Because the legs are still pretty low to the ground there always seems to be at least one limb dragging along as you roll it. They make for great kickstands, but not when you don't want them to be.
It also came with a neat little collectible card.
