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Post by cougan on Aug 9, 2018 1:19:56 GMT -5
Many thanks again for the reviews! Especially the comparison with the ultra for size is a good addition. As it is smaller i am not that afraid i won’t like mine when it arrive as Ultrasaurus is bigger than most zoids.
Cougan
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Post by Darth Escargot on Aug 9, 2018 13:24:54 GMT -5
Welp, as I expected, I hate the wild blast add-on parts on Grachiosaurus because of their exposed hollow insides. I really don't know what they were thinking with that. Nice to see that you can just leave those off and have the Zoid still look good, I might have to do that at least for the one I'm going to paint.
Also, a resounding "bleh" from me on the jointless neck. I knew it was going to happen, but it just seems like such a step down from Ultrasaurus by comparison. Oh well.
Anyway, I should be getting mine next week. Can't wait!
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Aug 9, 2018 14:36:31 GMT -5
Snowflake , yeah I know.. I always thought it'd look weird and now I have it, I still don't like the Wild Blast (as I expected), but the Zoid itself is cool though. The colors are indeed maybe a bit of the same (Kuwaga and Gabri are the same color, as are Scorpear and Gil), but Gannon, Kabtor and Grachio are all different types of "green", so luckily they aren't all exactly the same, but I get your point. Fang indeed brings some more diversity and Stego (and Anky will be brown, Pachy dark blue, which I would have preferred in dark green though, Hunter Wolf, Catalga etc), so I reckon they will have some others colors too luckily. cougan Thanks for the kind words! Yeah it's still a really nice looking Zoid, but as awesome as Ultrasaurus, no indeed not, but then again I did not expect Grachio to be better than Ultra Darth Escargot Yeah it is what it is, I really like Grachio, but just not nearly as much as Ultra (he could not compete anyway Hope you get yours in soon, have fun building!
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Sept 23, 2018 10:16:38 GMT -5
As I'm waiting for my Tricera, Knuckle and Raptor to arrive (and the Gasha and keychain stuff) in between I received the Ensky puzzle (108 pieces, so did not take long at all, but I like the picture, so decided to post some pics)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 4, 2018 13:43:53 GMT -5
These came in this week (so that was real fast again) and I will try to review them this weekend (when I do find the time to build them and take pics, not that building them would take up much time, but I do still want to enjoy the build instead of doing them quickly after work..)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 13:31:24 GMT -5
First I had to play catch-up with the Corocoro magazines (as there were some Zoids Wild posters, booklets etc included and of course that cool Death Rex cardboard thingy)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 13:50:07 GMT -5
Mini review in between: Gashapon / Candy toys full sets
Some pics are darker than intended (as will the other review pics) but I didn't feel like editing all the photos so maybe if you up your screen brightness, you could see some pics a bit better)
First up are the Wild Blast Collection figs (and yes you can also display them with their Wild Blast, as there are extra parts to do so, but I didn't take pics with those options)
They are nice for what they are, some have some "paint leaks" but nothing really bad, it could have been done better but they weren't that expensive and nice enough to get (to go with my other small Zoids Wild figs) I did find they are nicer than the ones on the diorama bases, slightly bigger and a bit better detail wise. I did buy two full sets, so I could always display the other set with the Wild Blast features)
Then we have the keychain set (and I took out the keychains, as they look better without them) Nice little figs (some are a bit more SD then others, for instance Liger and Gil have bigger heads than the other 3) Scorpear is more orangy than red (not that visible in the photos though) and sadly Gabri has some paint outside his eyes. But nice little Zoids and again different than the other 2 sets. Also bought two sets of these (so I might use one set as actual keychains or hang them somewhere, don't know yet)
And finally all the little Zoids together
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:01:17 GMT -5
Review 9: (C)Raptor
Yeah I'm being a bit harsh on the little fellow, but he is not that great.
Firstly because I can't seem to find myself calling this a raptor, supposedly he resembles one, but the really big nose threw me off (my initial thoughts were that he looks a bit like Dino from the Flintstones) and secondly that really awkward stinger thing on his back... (more on that later)
He took about 9 minutes to build (add another 23 minutes for checking all parts for sprue marks, luckily not too bad on that front.) He has dark red caps (again like always so far, two extra are included)
But first the parts, nothing special, just like previous reviews.
Nothing special without his armor, like most of you knew, his arms are not seperate parts, but molded to another part and so do not move at all. Weirdly enough his outer toes are parts that you have to insert in the feet.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:10:13 GMT -5
Now with his armor on (and here's where it's really visible that he, like most Zoids Wild kits, is really underdressed. So much that he just looks more naked with his armor on than with his armor off. Don't get me wrong his side view does look kind of nice, it's just that he could have had just two more pieces of armor and that would have made him look much better... I would rather have had armor on his legs, tail or side than that weird spike thing on his back. I know they tried to give him a Wild Blast action thing, but it just doesn't make sense.. (besides, the rider on his back will get skewered by that thing if he so much tries to get up or moves for that matter.. Right in the back of the head..)
And so his "Wild Blast move" (AAAAWWWKKWWWARRDDD) but anyhow
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:20:33 GMT -5
Nothing much to show otherwise..
I actually do like him more than I expected, he is kind of cute in real life (as opposed to some pics for I was kind of skeptical beforehand, he is okay once you have him in hand.And it's nice that his jaw opens when you do the Blast
HOWEVER, he would just benefit so much from just two or three extra parts of armor..
It's not that I don't like him at all, just that he could have been so much more.. Although I might get a few more, just to play around with a pack of raptors to attack the other Zoids or something (or one to get mauled by Death Rex)
Finally his walking action is okay, but like a lot of wind-up Zoids, nothing special and he actually veers to the right a bit. But well it is what it is, and he does look nice later on in the group shots, sort of GilRaptor mini with even less armor on. Contradiction? Yes it is.. Anyway... moving on to the more interesting ones; Knuckle Kong and Triceradogos.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:36:38 GMT -5
Review Part 10: Knuckle Kong
Well this was kind of a surprise. Beforehand I was really skeptical about this one.. Weird feet, again underdressed, I didn't know what to think about the arms etc etc. Let's start with the most obvious, he's definitely not Iron Kong, that's for sure.
He took about 27 minutes to build (and another added 53 minutes for checking all parts for sprue marks) I took my time, as always with my Zoids kits, one because I don't want to rush anything. Two: you really have to check the parts for marks.. Some were really bad (especially the ones on his arms and you can't really make them much better.. Others were kind of okay, or out of sight. As with all Zoids Wild kits, I could have done the build much faster if I just took the parts out of the bags and would just build him, but for me that's not an option without checking all parts first.
As you might know from my previous reviews for all other ZW kits, I am not that fond of sprue marks, which you don't have much influence on, because they cut them at the factory..
He has light blue caps (and yes 2 extra) as opposed to the much darker looking caps they had initially shown in the product pics, which I thought was a shame, as the dark ones looked really nice. (So here's hoping the Death REx caps are actually as purple as they have shown up until now, as it really suits him) First some pics, and of course the rest later.
And of course bone mode:
(sidenote, the caps look much more purple than blue in these shots, but that's because of the camera flash, in daylight they are much more light blue, you will see that later on in pics without flash)
Not much to say yet, other than that the design was kind of fun (what with the arms turned, the chest pounding move etc)
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:41:44 GMT -5
And so his armor is on, so here we go. Not the best of photos because of the black and lighting and such. I know I could take much better pics, higher resolution and better lighting if I took much more time.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:50:15 GMT -5
But sometimes bad lighting etc makes okay-ish pics (I like the dark with the glowing red eyes n some of the shots)
And so we also come to his Death Blast, the chest pounding move. Although he is not pounding his chest all the way (some allready said he looks like he's shaking maracas) but it is fun to finally have a gorilla with this move as opposed to the Iron Kong, Hammerrock, Gorem.
Because although I find most Wild/Death Blast gimmicks really unnecessary, awkward or just a bit lame, this is one is actually nice, as you can either let him walk or pound his chest. And that is a welcome new addition to my Zoids.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:56:07 GMT -5
Some more shots, and in some he does look menacing for such a small ape (because yes he is indeed really small, but I reckon they did that so the animals or dinos fit each other a bit more size wise.
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Post by ultimateultrasaurus on Oct 8, 2018 14:57:10 GMT -5
Tomorrow maybe I will post the verdict on Kong, post the Tricera review and finally some group shots with all Zoids Wild kits so far.
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