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Post by empirewolf13 on Sept 23, 2019 21:50:15 GMT -5
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Sept 23, 2019 22:33:25 GMT -5
It's a Blade Liger AB in it's original colors. It comes out February 2020 for 7,800 yen. I have it on pre-order over at Hobby Search.
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Post by Hanyoutai on Sept 23, 2019 22:38:39 GMT -5
It won't be in the original HMM colors, but here's what we know~
Blade Liger AB will be filling the registration number gap of HMM-016. This space formerly only had the HMM-016 LIMITED (Blade Liger AB Bang Ver.)
It'll come with clear colorless parts in addition to the orange, so you can paint your own canopy colors, etc.
It'll come with new decals, including two red Leomaster decals.
This AB uses the same molds as the Mirage and other AB variants, so there are no new parts that you wouldn't get with those (ignoring color.)
The molding color will be based on the original Tomy Blade Liger, making it a slightly different shade from both blue Blade Ligers released so far. This includes new unique colors for the Attack Booster, Claws, Blades, etc.
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Sept 23, 2019 22:43:09 GMT -5
The original HMM Blade Liger was released way back in 2007 as the third kit in the line. Coincidentally, the original TOMY BL came out way back in 2000.
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Post by empirewolf13 on Sept 23, 2019 22:49:43 GMT -5
It won't be in the original HMM colors, but here's what we know~ Blade Liger AB will be filling the registration number gap of HMM-016. This space formerly only had the HMM-016 LIMITED (Blade Liger AB Bang Ver.) It'll come with clear colorless parts in addition to the orange, so you can paint your own canopy colors, etc. It'll come with new decals, including two red Leomaster decals. This AB uses the same molds as the Mirage and other AB variants, so there are no new parts that you wouldn't get with those (ignoring color.) The molding color will be based on the original Tomy Blade Liger, making it a slightly different shade from both blue Blade Ligers released so far. This includes new unique colors for the Attack Booster, Claws, Blades, etc. I’m digging the gold feet, curious if it’s going to have the red blade liger Greyish legs or the van version with the dark black legs |
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Sept 24, 2019 9:55:43 GMT -5
Geno Saurer Repackage Ver. will be next.
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Post by Leon35 on Sept 24, 2019 10:41:06 GMT -5
So I am very in love with the colors. The original Blade Liger is my favorite, and I always thought that the HMM Bang version was a bit off, with its cheese yellow feet and "anime accurate" blue.
I do not own a blue Blade Liger, and while I am dissapointed that the anime figures won't be included in this release, I am very inclined to get this model.
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Jan 14, 2020 7:44:08 GMT -5
Comes out February 18 according to amazon.co.jp.
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Feb 4, 2020 9:59:27 GMT -5
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Post by Charlie on Feb 4, 2020 12:14:10 GMT -5
New Box Art, stickers and clear parts (also for Shield Liger). I was going to pass on this but I may reconsider.
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Post by Leon35 on Feb 4, 2020 18:10:47 GMT -5
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Post by Hanyoutai on Feb 4, 2020 20:19:24 GMT -5
The art and promo poster are based on Arthur Borgman's Blade Liger, featured on the cover of Zoids Official Fan Book 2! The box art is also a direct reference to the battle against the Death Stinger in that book. |
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Feb 4, 2020 20:37:25 GMT -5
The art and promo poster are based on Arthur Borgman's Blade Liger, featured on the cover of Zoids Official Fan Book 2! The box art is also a direct reference to the battle against the Death Stinger in that book. Was the Death Stinger purple or blue? The Death Stinger is purple on the box. |
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Post by Hanyoutai on Feb 5, 2020 0:41:39 GMT -5
It was a default colored Death Stinger, but Kotobukiya adapted it to their own product. For HMM, the vibrantly blue colored Death Stinger is specifically Hiltz's Death Stinger. The "default" of the HMM universe is the muted color one, which would be the HMM-Appropriate match to the battlestory universe. Otherwise it'd look like Van piloting an off-colored Blade Liger against Hiltz's bright blue Stinger. Mercy squishes a ton of battle story references into the box art, so I thought it'd be fun to talk about some of the ones for the Blade Liger AB! (image posted at the bottom to serve as a visual reference.) - The poster is a reference to the cover of Official Fan Book 2
- There's a Geno Breaker on the hillside, referencing Arthur Borgman's fight against it before discovering the Stinger's lair.
- There's tons of dead Zoids underneath of the Stinger, a reference to the graveyard and ruins where it resides.
- Bonus: Those ruins are also featured in the default Stinger box art! Complete with glowing stinger eyes in the background.
- The change in color tone (compared to the original CPC shot) was to better emphasize an atmosphere like a valley of spirits, from the dead Zoids.
- The red and blue moon matches the Blade Liger's confrontation against the Geno Breaker, which was one of the concepts posted in LABO's article.
- The pose was chosen as a tribute to the very first HMM Blade Liger box art drawn by Koji Nakakita, with diagonally extended blades like the back of the Tomy box art.
- Although Koji originally painted the trim of the canopy white, Mercy chose to keep it clear, in reference to the Tomy kits.
- Last but not least, while the pilot is drawn in basic Republican clothes (and not very visible in the small photo), when you get your Blade Ligers you may notice that the pilot has a rather distinctive beard...
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Post by bladeligerzero94 on Feb 18, 2020 18:51:21 GMT -5
I hope we get an HMM Blade Liger Mirage Kanon Special from the Zoids Infinity game and an HMM Blade Liger Black Impact Ver. from the Zoids Fuzors anime.
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