battle z-knights and customs from times gone by

[jimmyhackers]

i recently purchased a z-knight on ebay that came with a small 8 page booklet from japan.

interestingly it would seem the creators themselves encouraged customization of the z-knights. and maybe there was even a battle style tournament.

here are two scans of the relevant pages. take note of the possibly "working bbgun" attached to the head of one of the knights.




all in all . had an idea of making my z-knight remote controlled with "real damage" weaponry so i could have semi realistic battles with them. its nice to know that's also what the original creators had in mind also.

[jimmyhackers]

here are some better closeups of the customized z-knights.....anyone recognise what gilgas cannon is made from?

[Maethius]

That is the first time I've seen anything like this before. It makes sense, since the Z-Knights were basically "Zoid People" but it's cool to see there was some official attempt at customs. Would have been great to see a line of CPs come out for them that could have been used with Zoids, too.

[jimmyhackers]

forgive my ignorance but whats a CP?

*ah custom parts?*

silly question but has no one done any RC conversions of zoids yet? i cant imagine im the only one whos tried......

[Maethius]

I haven't seen any RC Zoids, though the Deathstinger, Berserk Fuhrer, and the Lightning Saix are all designed to use the wired remote controller. Oh, and the old Cyberdrive Zoids, Cyclops and Diablo Tiger.

[DarthPardus]

Mar 18, 2018 14:20:48 GMT -5 jimmyhackers said:

forgive my ignorance but whats a CP?

*ah custom parts?*

silly question but has no one done any RC conversions of zoids yet? i cant imagine im the only one whos tried......

Zoids were actually looking into the possibility of retail RC units. Lionel still has the pic of the prototype Kong:
photobucket.com/gallery/user/Ultrasaurus-Red/media/cGF0aDovSUtSQy5qcGc=/?ref=

[jimmyhackers]

haha love th rc kong......

i got a junk regular kong (blood kong i think) one a while back. Gave it to my mate with a bag of servos......he came up with something very heath robinson but pretty functional...ill try and get a pic of it so you guys can see.