A strange acquisition : chinese Zabre

[Lionel]

A Zoids I wasn't knowing, actually a version I wasn't knowing.



At first see, it is an OER box, but you can notice chinese writing on it.







The back and sides of the box. You can see there are different than the OER box, and this box doesn't have the same size.







The most strange thing : the Zoids is allready built ! Inside a styrofoam.





It is a real Zabre, not a bootleg. The instruction booklet, the stickers are the OER ones, and the Zabre has the real copyright written on it.





And a comparizon with an OER box, to see the different size.

I wasn't knowing this model at all. Maybe it was from HK, because the price tag is in $ and is written in chinese. If someone knows more...


Lionel

[Maethius]

Crazy! What a rare find, Lionel! Do you think there are more kits like this out there?

[Gojulas Omega]

OH WOW!!

Never see something like this before, it is a rare one. The Chinese text are Traditional Chinese(the one that mainly use in HK or Taiwan), so I guess this Zabre is from Hong Kong or Taiwan.
(I believe it's more likely from Taiwan, $450 HK Dollar is kind of too much for a bootleg Zoids, but I just guessing)

[Lionel]

Thanks. I don't know if there are more, it is the first I'm seeing. I don't think it is a bootleg, all is geniune inside the box : the booklet, the toy with copyright, the stickers.


Lionel

[Snowflake]

I'm imagining a sweatshop where a bunch of kids and old ladies fervently assemble zoids all day long so they can package them for that special "wants zoids but has no time to build it themselves" market.
I mean damn, I'd buy it. I love building zoids but I don't need to bother for models I already have several of and could probably build in my sleep, like liger zeros