bill
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Post by bill on Dec 2, 2023 18:19:58 GMT -5
Evening fellow zoiders,
I've had this on my mind now and then for decades. I know by now some of you have come across these. After all they are made by Tomy too. They are called Tomy Space Pets. They are air powered contraptions. A high hopping hoomdorm is one of the many. I think there are 4 models overall. Plus they also made a few vechiles that use the same power systems. Anyway. For decades I've wanted to utilize one of these systems and their compression tanks to create an air powered mash up zoid spider. Does anyone know if anyone has already done this or has thought of it before. The stoomdorm tank model is the one I have in mind for this. I like the shape of it's tank the most. The others have a simple globe tank. Whereas that model is more elongated and more suited for a spider abdomen. Anyway I'm getting old and have had these ideas and thoughts in my head for so very long. It's about time I start moving towards them before it's too late. I've started on projects I've had in mind and am making headway. My work with Tu and my plenplax bird projects are just a few. I am just putting this out there to see what others think. I got distracted early this morning and didn't place a bid on a pair of em. But others can be had easily so no biggy.
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Post by Snowflake on Dec 3, 2023 15:59:55 GMT -5
Alls I can say is that pneumatic spider zoids make way too much sense, given that that is how arthropods work (well, hydraulic, but same principle). But it would involve elastics/springs (Which wear out) and an air compressor with a seal (and those wear out too) so... there might be a reason nobody has ever heard of these Space Pets.
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Zoidstar
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Monster machines that stalk the Earth!
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Post by Zoidstar on Dec 3, 2023 18:10:35 GMT -5
Did a brief search, and I have to say, in all my years of trawling through auction sites looking for Zoids and discovering similar products such as Starriors and R.A.T.S. I'm very surprised I've never come across these before. Very interesting!
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Post by Maethius on Dec 4, 2023 16:53:04 GMT -5
I remember those! Never got one, but always thought they looked kinda fun.
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Post by pl212 on Dec 7, 2023 0:36:46 GMT -5
What's interesting is how much the design of the boxes seems like Original-era Zoids packaging... including the oddball poems...
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Post by Snowflake on Dec 8, 2023 15:49:09 GMT -5
Poems, you say?
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bill
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Post by bill on Dec 8, 2023 16:56:34 GMT -5
Example: the stretch-legged stoomdorm box poem 'he stretches on the ground. He's the strangest creature around.' Each creature had a hokey poem such as this. I cobbed a screen shot from ebay if one is inclined to see more of what he's talking about.
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Post by Maethius on Dec 11, 2023 12:07:43 GMT -5
“This Zoid has 2 huge ears and is sturdy and strong. He fills the land with fear as he walks along.”
^_^
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Post by Snowflake on Dec 11, 2023 19:05:27 GMT -5
That is wonderful and how have I never seen this before
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Post by Maethius on Dec 13, 2023 14:10:57 GMT -5
That was the depth of the "lore" back in the day. ^_^ Maybe the Pets were an intended evolution of Zoids?
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