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Post by Darth Escargot on Jul 21, 2019 9:07:39 GMT -5
Plastic bags: I'm not disagreeing, but my guess is they do this to make the kits easier to navigate for the younger kids. I guess since there are no sprues you still end up throwing away less plastic than with the older kits, but it's still totally excessive.
Spure marks: welp, I was worried about this before the kits even came out. Obviously no factory-cut parts are going to look as good as what you can do with a sharp knife and some sanding sticks. I'm guessing the kids these are intended for mostly don't mind, but they could at least place the injection gates in locations where they're not in plain sight or, you know, realize that undergating exists.
Haven't noticed that about the instruction manuals, and I pretty much just filed the Awakened Liger away as an oddity that won't be repeated, but it's weird.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Jul 21, 2019 10:22:00 GMT -5
True about the plastic bags, although of course the frames are now left at the factory so it's that and the bags (it's just that we don't see the frames)
Yeah those marks indeed.. I mean that they are there is one thing and most people apparently don't mind (same as most pictures have the gaps between the parts whereas if you press them correctly they do fit together). But it would indeed be nice to have them in a different less visible spot..
Also what I never understood is why Fang has the rounded edges on his face armor (as opposed to the anime version where the whole face is clean) because it leaves a line through the middle where the parts meet. Or why Hunter has yellow eyes while he should have had green eyes..
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 3, 2019 9:32:01 GMT -5
36 different kits as of yesterday. Well that is when I find the time to upload my Beast Liger and Cannon Bull pics.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 3, 2019 14:50:35 GMT -5
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 3, 2019 14:52:28 GMT -5
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 3, 2019 15:04:25 GMT -5
Look Liger doesn't look like a bucktoothed rabbit anymore ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) I quite like the upgrade (even though I kind of got fed up with building the same Liger base body for the 8th or 9th time if you count part of Fang as well) But at least he looks cool, the Evo Blast is debatable but looks better folded in than extended. Cannon Bull looks nice too, but I do have to say that it takes a bit getting used to the "new eyes". I was just getting used to the Wild line having eyes and not canopies like ye olden days so it takes some transitional getting used to time. (As I've posted somewhere else someone made a photoshop pic with multiple options for Cannon Bull eyes and I did actually like the "Wild eyes" option to be honest. Other than that, nice kits. Oh yeah and Cannon Bull is the first to have those new "Machine" caps. And I also noticed that all the evil ones have Machine Blast and the good ones have Evo/Wild Blast so I guess that will be the thing Next should be Gil Bone, Kuwaga white and Fang Saber when they arrive.
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Post by Snowflake on Aug 17, 2019 13:11:14 GMT -5
They're definitely more toyish than they used to be, and I miss multiple joints along a limb, but the newer Wild zoids are growing on me
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 20, 2019 9:40:45 GMT -5
Yes definitely, also with all the interviews I'm reading it looks like the line and Zoids in general are doing well and end of the day that is a really good sign. HMM is back, crossover with ZW HMM kits and more hush hush for now news along the way (judging from some cryptic hints of two of the makers). Review wise, coming weekend I will probably have some more time to cover the next batch, which should put the counter on 44 kits. More on that later this week ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 26, 2019 14:51:28 GMT -5
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 26, 2019 14:57:19 GMT -5
As with the previous Rare White Kabtor, the body is much lighter than the normal release. Both Kabtor and Kuwaga have black parts, whereas the White versions both have dark grey. ![](https://i.imgur.com/JAWyS1s.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/WGH5I4z.jpg) They look nice together, which other Zoid could benefit from a white version? (It probably will have to be one of the smaller ones, so Spideath could be nice, but if they do another it will probably be Raptor... One noticeable difference between Kuwaga and Kabtor, Kabtor had his own booklet, with all the parts in that booklet replaced with the actual white parts. This time around for Kuwaga, it was just the exact same booklet as the normal blue Kuwaga.. And that's a shame, because it made it special that they actually had specific booklets and boxes.. Box is the same as Kabtor and Guren Liger though, black and white.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 26, 2019 15:01:53 GMT -5
Next up is Hunter Wolf White (I had another Hunter Command which I really wanted to use to make an all white one.) I did manage to make on, but don't ask how long it took. I tried rubbing alcohol, but it mainly came down to a lot of elbow grease... And I do mean a lot. But the end result is really nice. (don't want to think about when I will have to do the same for my all blue Liger I showed a few posts back, still need to take off that orange..) Anyhow, I am still trying to decide which caps I will use. I am leaning towards the blue ones, as all Ligers are white with red caps. ![](https://i.imgur.com/LvElmPj.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/yJbWBp6.jpg) End of the day it was worth the effort though.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 26, 2019 15:05:20 GMT -5
I bought this one from someone who said it was painted by an amateur. But I actually like it, it has some flaws here and there, but it was really cheap. This one is different from the Coro limited version (which is more dark red and shiny like GilRaptor). But this was a nice addition for a few bucks. All in all a nice one, as I still like black and red and I think the silver caps go really well with this. ![](https://i.imgur.com/cM0tehf.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/wPuoS8p.jpg) ![](https://i.imgur.com/QNOsTlg.jpg)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 26, 2019 15:08:40 GMT -5
Ever saw a GilRaptor from the front? Well this is what he looks like, kind of derpy.. I made some more GilRaptor color swap Zoids, and had to butcher my previously made Purple/Silver/Red one (as I ran out of Silver parts and did not want to use the fugly yellow parts.) I ended up having to use the yellow as well, and will probably swap those back to silver when I get some more GilRaptors to strip parts from. But in the meantime, this is what they look like (all 9) ![](https://i.imgur.com/4I2duk5.jpg)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 26, 2019 15:12:51 GMT -5
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Post by Darth Escargot on Aug 26, 2019 16:39:19 GMT -5
First off is Kuwaga "Rare" White with his insanely large weapons. I do have to say that I like the weapons, just not on Kuwaga.. They are way too big for such a smal Zoid and like a lot of wind-ups, they have trouble walking as is, so with these weapons mounted... Well even more difficult. So they will likely be used on another Zoid that would benefit from such weaponry. ![](https://i.imgur.com/dWEf2ge.jpg) What the... Okay, I'm gonna give this a pass just because it's so ridiculous I can't believe someone at TT signed off on it...
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