There are going to be a couple of Spiderman versions of this on the way (one black, one with regular red and blue colours), complete with Spiderman as the pilot figure.
Yeah, a lot of people thought the Spider-Man/Zoids crossover was going to have something to do with the old Marvel UK comics, and honestly, that was my first thought as well, but doing Spideath in Spider-Man colors is kinda the obvious answer we should have all seen coming.
This thing's so good it makes me want to grab a 1/35 patlabor.. almost. I don't like the greenish gold of the eyes so I painted em red, but I realize the visor blocks that anyway.. I like that visor, I just wanna see the eyes, dangit.
I guess it would've been neat if the visor could be pivoted up... and by the way, I actually have one of Bandai's 1/35 Ingram kits, and I thought about putting it together just for this review, haha.
Yeah, that one does look really great, but I'm just not interested in things I don't get to build, and apparently it's an action figure with swappable armor. I'd rather do another HMM BF, honestly.
Hunter wolf probably has the most variants in zoids wild (excluding the ligers) and they all looked dope. Always have a soft spot for zoids dogs. Not a fan of the visor but the gold, red, black and white is just perfect. Chefs kiss perfect! Cant wait for the up coming monster hunter x zoids crossover. I pre ordered the sonic bird I don't know how many months ago. First time pre ordering something. You really have to forget you ordered it in order to cope with the waiting.
I'l tell you this about the Monster Hunter Zoids, if I could only get one of the two, it would definitely be the Sonic Bird, so good choice there. As for variants, I think actually the Xeno Rex has the most with 4, unless we're counting the Gatling Fox as a Hunter Wolf variant. I'm also not counting the Corocoro variants because I can't for the life of me find a list of them.
@@spacehamsterZH yep im also getting tired of the ligers at this point. The only thing im afraid with the sonic bird is the tail. Looks so imbalanced. I hope it walks just fine. And yeah, i did counted the foxes as a variant because of the same skeleton and same k9 typing. Both gatling fox and the hololive fubuki version. Thats why i said it has the most number of variants. But i guess if you remove the foxes xenorex takes that title.
@@TheMopomi Oh, the Sonic Bird Laeus walks fine, funnily enough, despite lugging around all that extra weight on the tail and the wings. Maybe the simpler walking mechanism actually works in its favor and makes it more stable.
I've just "finished" mine bud, I've only had it a year!😂,still haven't put the stickers on,panel lined it or put any "weathering" on it but hey,let's not rush the process.One thing i will say is it looks a lot better in red than that lousy pink,and obviously the "metal" parts always look better painted as we've said before.
I may do mine soon as well. I'm working on a Shield Liger for the TwoToys upgrade kit I reviewed last week, and I'm thinking I might paint the Redler or the Rev Raptor at the same time since they're relatively small, I've already built them, and I've got the airbrush out anyway.
@@spacehamsterZH it will be great to see those or any other content for that matter 👍,the Redler is a great HMM kit,I've started on my HMM Godos now but got virtually nowhere due to the usual not having the correct paint colours yet!😂
Depends what you mean by each series because tbqh I'm more into the models than the various anime, but here goes... Favorite overall, all-time: Madthunder Favorite OER: Zoidzilla because that's the correct answer, though Gore is a close 2nd Favorite NJR (i.e. CC/GF/NCZ): This one's a little harder. Favorite Zoid that appeared in that show is probably Deathsaurer, but my favorite model to come out of that era is the Genosaurer. Genesis: Let's go with Gildragon so I can get a shoutout to Gilvader in this list Zoids Wild: Stegosage Zoids Wild Zero: Zero Grizis
i love your vids. i binge watched all of your videos because im really interested in zoids, but i never built one before . Where i live its really hard to get zoids. Much love from the Netherlands
Great video yet again my friend and you wasn't kidding when you said obscure!,it's amazing that this company is making these and resin is a different modelling experience altogether,as you say,not for the inexperienced or children.
@@spacehamsterZH tell me about it brother, it took me years to put the 'HMM Darkhorn' together and I'm 3/4 of the way through my 'HMM Redler', after months of bitting and bobbing, it's the painting that eats time as I'm sure you're well aware!
@@grahamsmith2022 oh yeah, I'm pretty fast at the building for the most part (depending on the kit, obviously), but painting always has and always will take me forever. I haven't gotten any faster at it either, if anything my standards are higher now, so it takes more time.
@@spacehamsterZH a good job takes time, a rushed job looks like a rushed job and I've seen the high standard of your painting. I'm sure you've just got the HMM version of our favourite name Zoid "Guysack", got mine the other day, I'll save you my never ending gripes about the colour, but I think I'll be using the 'Scorpozoid' dark blue colours. 😂
I think I know what happened with the head. They elongated the torso to be more realistic, and to make room for blades (or in the case of the original use of the body, the flip-out missile pods, or planning for the fins on liger zero) and limb fins all clashing with each other, and that involved moving the shoulders further forward, and that put them in the way of the mane pieces. So they shrank the mane pieces down, but then the head looked wrong. so they shrank the whole head. What they SHOULD have done is.. make the torso longer? fine. Now make the NECK longer to match.
Also, if that's the reason, it didn't work because the Shield Liger, which is what the whole basic platform was originally designed for... kept getting its mane caught on the legs.
As I was watching the build… I was actually quite pleasantly surprised at how it seemed to gain mass as it went together. This was, like pretty much all of the wild line, not particularly one that I would actually spend any money on. And while you kind of built it up a bit and I’m watching your videos kind of in reverse, I saw your point! While it made never dethrone the Gorgon/Gordos, and while it looks like a completely different species of stegosaur. I think I have to agree with you that it has quite a bit of merit. The motion is very smooth as you often comment on, and the wild mode seems to be well, pretty kick ass . While I could get used to the fact that it’s not the same species of stegosaur as the Gordos, I don’t know… It’s just not visually stimulating. Throughout your “wild” videos, you speak about the “armor pieces“ On this model, it just seems more like a soldier going into battle with little more than a helmet and a cup. And maybe some shoulder pads. There’s just not a lot of substance there. But I can say that I think very much differently about this model now. It may not go to the front burner, especially with all of the new stuff coming out, but it would be a nice addition to have in my lineup of stegosaurs. If only they would make a proper Bio - Kendro! Thanks for the video, it was great Mike.
The point could be made that the Gordos had even less armor, though. Anyway, looking at this thing again now, I think it's still my favorite out of the early ZW models. If I ever get around to painting the second one that I think I bought back then, though, I'm going to have to do something about that goofy looking face, though.
I’m just watching some of your older Zoids videos. I have not built this one, but I did build the gabrigator. The two seemed pretty much identical, as I’ve also read in the comments for this video. I think the one thing that stands out to me about these two models is just the minuscule scale of the feet and legs. They just don’t seem very imposing. You may not like dimetrodon, but it’s one of my old favorites. I don’t know. Call me wacky, but I really like the underdog Zoids a lot more than I like the mainstream stuff. I bought my first Metreon in Philippines, it was one of the chrome versions. I ended up putting super cannons on it, and well, as a paleontologist I’ve always liked the dimetrodon. I don’t presently have a gator, but I would like to get one. as for the mainstream stuff, I would probably choose thepachilocetus over the raptor, for instance. As for truncating the video, I think it was a good idea if you believe that it’s a similar build to one you’ve already done. In wild blast mode this model reminds me more of a flying Zoid? Or maybe one of those ancient aquatic AnthroPods? Anywhere quite enjoy your builds and your videos are very well done. I’ll continue to peruse them and give thumbs up. While I would love to fund your continued success, ha ha ha, us retired, military guys work on a fixed income. But if there’s one platform I would give to, it would likely be yours. I’ve also seen that you’re a member of a few of the same Facebook pages I am, as well as the phenotype forums. While I started collecting Zoids in the 80s, I didn’t realize there was such a following until the millennia! Pleasantly surprised.
Jeez, these old videos are rough to go back to, haha. Anyway, I see what you mean about the short legs on Dimepulsar and Gabrigator, but I think the Gabrigator in particular really benefits from having its torso low on the ground because that's just the way an alligator should look like in motion.
Yeah i would leave those parts off too. Maybe find a way to flip them around and integrate gun barrels into them, so he's carrying some armored cannons.. that'd look a lot better. There's a lot of these Wild kits that I think would look great with slight modification, like the Triceras if I just gave them NECKS, but... I'd have to get one for pretty cheap before that was worth messing with.
Honestly, I think with the Triceradogos it's just a problem of the overall proportions. Giving it a neck would probably be an improvement, but at the end of the day, the head's just too big.
@@spacehamsterZH or maybe it's... too flat front to back? Maybe if one built the head out forward and.. slightly higher.. hmm.. i have to think about this. I have a lot more ambition than skill when it comes to heavy customizing.
The sooner you start, the better, they're not going to be getting any cheaper... I also honestly don't think we're ever going to see reissues of any of the classic motorized stuff anymore. The technology's just obsolete, and a lot of the molds (ok, not the Geno Breaker because that's not a design from the 80s) were already warped the last few times they reissued them.
I remember this being sold at our local mall and I'd drag my mom all the way to the 4th floor just to watch them in the glass display. I also remember the Berserk Fuhrer being sold for around $30.
That's very difficult to say because the exact shade of purple you end up with depends on so many things. My advice would be, get a jar of Tamiya purple and one of their blue (just the plain matt versions of those colors), about a dozen plastic spoons, prime those spoons grey and then experiment with different mixing ratios until you have a purple that looks like what you want. Assuming you're using an airbrush, that is.
Okay, so it IS a proper model kit. I was worried it was a pre-built frame with just the armor snapping on like a Genesis kit for some reason. In that case: I’ll take a blade liger and a Deathsaurer please.
@@spacehamsterZHI decided to pull the trigger on this one. They are releasing the red Blade Liger too, but I think this is more iconic. I’m also going to get the Deathsaurer when I get the chance, but I need to recover some money first and pay bills.
Thanks for the breakdown and congrats on the photo acceptance! Likewise, hopefully it ain’t a decade thing for the large releases. Hopefully they start releasing some aquatic zoids, since we got land and air now!
Are you thinking HMM Wardick/Warshark? There just aren't that many good aquatic Zoids otherwise. I think my favorite might be Dark Nessios, but that one's way too obscure for an HMM release.
Holy late comment ! I was watching this at some point in the past and continued it. Brastle is maybe my favorite cat. SO done with ligers. Anyway the technical term for the "fingernail rub on the stressed part" is called burnishing. They have tools just for this on steel etc. made of brass usually. Thanks for showing my cat some love.
Your comment made me go back and watch parts of the video, and I just can't believe I made this when I had what sounds like half a gallon of snot a minute coming out of my nose. Now that you mention it, I remember discussing burnishing on the ZoidFans Yahoogroup a million years before Facebook, and people telling me that you're supposed to use a burnishing tool and not believing me that your fingernails works as well, haha. Anyway, I think my favorite feline Zoid will always be the Saber Tiger and its variants simply because of its OER counterpart, but the Brastle Tiger is definitely on the short list for me as well of Kittyzoids that don't make me roll my eyes.
Well, they're a bit on the expensive side, but honestly, for what you're getting and given that there aren't too many of them anyway... I'd certainly recommend it.
Honestly, once I had it all put together I didn't think it was such a big deal anymore, but it would probably still be an improvement if you painted those pieces - plus they're all in spots where you don't particularly have to worry about paint scraping off, so might as well.
those are not japanese written in sword. if you see the anime decalto and gil dragon have thesame markings so as the rare limited edition genesis redler
Yeah, not the long inscription along the blade, there's a sticker with two characters that are also on the blade that look... sort of like Kanji, but also weird, those are the ones I meant.
@@spacehamsterZH Yeah, I don't quite get how the... fonts or whatever work, but the kanji on the blade is 村雨, meaning 'Murasame' (or 'Autumn Rain,' if you want to translate it all the way). I recall it changing in the anime for the evolt stuff (presumably to hayate and mugen, respectively)
@@Watterson1029 Yeah, I get that, it just doesn't look like any Japanese font I've ever seen. In my experience they tend to either go blocky or really lean into the brushstroke shapes. The thin lines strike me as pretty unusual. I mean, I'm stretching my 300-day streak on Duolingo about as far as it'll go here and I fully realize I may be completely talking out of my butt, but I really don't recall ever seeing anything similar.
@@spacehamsterZH Sort of agree, the 31 flavors of Liger 0 is a huge put off for me at least, They're like Ford Mustangs...EVERYONE has one "oh, you got a Mustang? Wow cool (eyes rolling) what color". Made worse how EVERYONE seems to think it's the only Zoid.
@Watterson1029 yeah, same here. Having grown up with the OER, Zoids will always be primarily robot dinosaurs to me, and I'm still not entirely over the fact that the NJR turned it into a cat franchise. ...you know, 25 years later 😂
I was all 'Ligered' out after the Blade Liger and Liger Zero so i didn't bother with this one but great video and I'm thinking you might now have made me regret not buying it!!👍
@@spacehamsterZHout of interest the 40th Anniversary Deathsaurer is now available for pre-order on HLJ's website. Have you heard of these 'Realize' Zoid models?, they look like Kotobukiya zoids but are made from resin, apparently there's a 'molga' and a 'hellcat' in the pipeline, they look cool, no idea where they're available from. 👍
@@grahamsmith2022 the Realize line looks like it's going to be a pretty standard release, so I expect we'll be able to get them from HLJ. I think they look really good, but I'm also not sure we need a line from TT themselves to compete with Kotobukiya at a smaller scale, it's a bit weird.
@@spacehamsterZH thanks for that bud, I knew you'd probably have heard of them, I've never heard of them, they look like the Tomy kits in design/proportions but with added detail, it's great after 40 years that Zoids are still alive and kicking. 👍
I was really happy with this one when I got it. Chaotic Century is my favourite Zoids anime (I mean, *of course* it is) but Genesis is the one I feel like I can recommend to people who aren't necessarily fans of Zoids. I mean, if there was a reasonable way to watch it, anyway. The full-colour center page with all the lore deets in the center of the manual also has a section that goes into some of the design considerations for the AZ version, and one thing that was called out there was the colour choice. The armour on the original is that standard blue colour, while the lighting in Genesis practically makes it look green. For the AZ kit they wanted to split the difference, and I guess someone along the process decided they were going all out with it so we got that gorgeous metallic plastic instead of, like, dull teal as it very well could have ended up. Funny enough I only knew the front-leg pile bunkers were a thing (are they _ever_ used or acknowledged in the anime?) because this one Japanese online secondhand retailer I used to check a few times a week had a bunch of silver chrome customize parts of them for the original model.
Oh, looks like I need to point Google translate at those pages in the manual then. I love these kinds of detailed explanations of design choices. Couldn't tell you if the pile bunkers were ever used in the anime either, but I also didn't get very far in it because there were no fansubs at the time. Which reminds me that I need to try and find just that sometime. It always did seem pretty cool and maybe a bit less squarely directed at kids than CC was.
@@spacehamsterZH There's a couple episodes early on that serve as a.. likely quitting point, but if you can push past those it's probably the most 'mature' feeling Zoids anime, in particular with a depiction of fascism in practice that's spot-on in a way you don't typically see in animated media. A small part of me is sad it didn't get an English localization, just to see how poorly they would fumble _all of it_
@@unworthyBeatrix If you don't mind my chiming in, I think the Hayate Liger also has the Pile Bunkers on its legs and I remember them being used in the fight where Bio Volcano is introduced. He uses them to make a very sudden direction change into a stop. The momentum carries him in a spin but it ends very quickly. I suppose it's the next step in the evolution of Liger-type Zoids, allowing their mobility to be sharper and more responsive than even the Liger Zero's. In the game Zoids: Full Metal Crash, Murasame Liger uses them in the end of his standard attack combo where he forces his paw forward like a palm strike and fires off the Bunkers to add an extra oomf to the attack that give the opponent a pretty heavy knockback. The anime didn't reflect this but I suppose it has combat uses on top of mobility enhancement.
Yep. There's so many possibilities at this point that I couldn't keep them all straight in my head, which is why they're not all in the video, honestly.
Love your reviews, hope you continue the RoboShop one day :) Doesn't seem like you do Gundam/MS anymore but you've definitely got me interested in other pla kits now!
Thanks - honestly, I'm not here to engagement farm and mostly just post what I'm interested in, but the Gunpla reviews consistently get very low views and few comments while being quite time consuming to film, and that's at least part of the reason why I don't do them much anymore. At this point I've actually got three RGs backlogged that I should be building, but more likely you'll see a video about a painted MG Freedom 2.0... at some point. It's been half finished for a while.
Like I said...big Cajones for weathering it, but hearing how you speak of the kit I get it I suppose. Interesting how you spoke of the "Samura" look. As I pointed out comparing your build with Elizabeths. Hers' is Samurai, Yours' is more Ronin.Totally different vibe, and you did a good job on the finish. I really like this kit it'll be the only reason for me to purchase an HMM Liger 0.
Absolutely fabulous, what a terrific paint job,those Vallejo metallics look superb out of an airbrush.I think Tamiya acrylics are also great quality for their metallics but ive heard Vallejo paints work better in an airbrush and i love that light grey/blue colour.👍,as you say a kit can look perfect until its painted and then it highlights all the blemishes and mold lines!!
Vallejo Metal Color are the best acrylic metallics out there, bar none. They also work extremely well just brushed on, I use them on all my Warhammer models. If you want a better metallic look, you have to use lacquer paints. Tamiya's are good too, though, and I just love the titanium gold, that's been a staple of all my paintjobs forever.
@spacehamsterZH that's really good to know,one of these day's I might buy an airbrush but it's good to know they can be brushed on as well. These Kotobukiya kits are a bit too expensive and frankly too good for me to be learning airbrushing on.I used to love those lead miniatures from 'Citadel',very small and difficult to paint but I was quite happy with a few of them I painted.
Gusoku is looking so good. The colors you chose definitely give it a more militaristic feel for certain. Are you skipping the Phoenix because of Liger fatigue or because you're not a Fuzors fan? I'm expecting both lol It's not a huge deal you aren't covering it since I preordered one for myself anyway, but I do always look forward to your reviews so that could've been fun. I know the AZ Death Saurer is going to really have a lot of bang for its buck, so I'll be happy to wait for THAT instead.
Hahaha, yeah, it's pretty much both. I know a lot of people who were into Fuzors love the LZ Phoenix and the actual kit looks like IF you're one of those people, it's fantastic, but I just have so little interest in it that I didn't even want to buy it just for the review, especially given how expensive it is. I did preorder the Monster Hunter crossover models, though. Not sure why, but those are coming...
@@spacehamsterZH I respect that. I AM a Fuzors guy and your read is on the money. I missed all the other AZ preorders but I just couldn't let that one slide. I'm also a big Monster Hunter buff so you can expect to see some likes on those videos from me. I ordered those too, but I do still want to see your opinions on them.
@@davidperdue7541 they're going to be painfully uninformed opinions, though, I've never actually played Monster Hunter. I'll try to figure out what it is they're trying to recreate exactly so I'm not completely talking out of my you-know-what, though.
Thanks! I did preorder more than one Deathsaurer because I want to build one as-is and paint one, but that's probably not going to happen for a while after it comes out.
@@davidperdue7541 honestly, I've had a couple of ideas for Deathsaurer repaints for years, and I've got an MIB one, but at this point I don't know if I wouldn't rather keep that one unbuilt in case I ever need spare parts. One thing I've always wanted to do was a militaristic desert color scheme kind of like what I did with the Death Stinger a million years ago, possibly with a big shoulder-mounted cannon, and I'm thinking I might do that. Another one would be to recreate the OER color scheme that never went into production, but that would really have to be with the original kit.
The AZ Death Saurer actually looks like it borrows some engineering from the Grizis. The way the upper torso moves seems similar. Honestly, I'm trying not to get too hyped, but it already looks like a serious contender for best motorized Zoid of all time to me.
I'm sure you won't be surprised to know the 40th Anniversary 'Death Saurer' is not simply the OJR/NJR kit re-released,I'm pretty sure it's much smaller for one thing and the rubber caps have gone. I don't know where it will be possible to obtain one from as HLJ don't seem to be listing it for pre‐order.It does look cool but not as awesome as the original.
It's a TT Mall exclusive, HLJ doesn't carry those - you can preorder it from Amiami and Nin-Nin game. It's expensive, but it looks frickin' awesome. Obviously a completely new kit from the ground up because, as I've been saying for years at this point, I don't have a source for this, but I'd be very, very surprised if the old molds weren't basically busted at this point.
@spacehamsterZH ah,thanks for that information bud,it does look awesome but probably no more awesome than the original, as you say those molds have a limited life and new regulations to do with safety etc come into play,but it's safe to say that we're extremely unlikely to see any of the "original " Tomy Zoids re-released,even with updates and modifications. 👍
@@grahamsmith2022 yeah, I'm beyond excited for this one, but it does also have the problem that the original DS was basically perfection, so all the small ways in which it deviates from those proportions, I just look at and go, yeah... not really. Close enough, but not really.
@@spacehamsterZH exactly right bud, I couldn't agree more, I don't think they've deviated as much as Kotobukiya sometimes do but as you say, it's slightly different. Do you have experience of those two Japanese companies bud? , they look the real deal and appear to deliver globally. 👍
I bought this and the konig wolf kits at a con and love both together. I also used a tool to gently pop off the side armor, just used little nudges and it came right off without issue
Maybe I just got a kit where the pegs fit a bit more tightly, it does happen. Either way, I just put that in as a warning for people who "play" with these kits a lot, I really don't. They're model kits to me, I build and paint them and then they're pretty much display pieces.
I already have the Ogre. I might get this Gojulas anyway. Pre-ordered the Guysak and will be doing the same for the Salamander the instant I can. I mean I’ve already spent a couple thousand on these HMM kits so what’s another $250? What I’m wondering about is I’m going to pre-order the Tomy Death Saurer. I’ve already got $300 saved up and set aside just for that. I don’t think it’s going to be $300 but you never know.
No. Tomy's kits are generally more geared towards being toys-that-you-build, they don't really do undergating and keep everything as simple as possible.
Superb video, my friend, very useful modelling techniques that will come in handy when assembling models of all descriptions, resin has been a popular medium for increased detail for a while now but as you demonstrate, it can have flaws.I particularly like you mentioning the dust mask ,it's not immediately obvious but breathing disorders years down the line are definitely a thing to avoid.👍. . .
Honestly, I think plastic casting has long been caught up with what you can do with resin in terms of detail. One big advantage these days is that you can make bigger parts in one piece because the molds are made of silicone and can be bent, and of course it's far more low-tech, which is why this sort of garage stuff still always comes in resin. And yeah, you only have one set of lungs. Don't ruin them to make models.
@@spacehamsterZH yes, you're absolutely right, I remember 'Airfix' model aeroplane kits in the '70' s and some of the detailing was not brilliant, even though it was better than most other brands but now the plastic kits have really come on in leaps and bounds, I think the Kotobukiya Zoids are very well made kits, I've heard Ban-Dai kits are even better.
@@grahamsmith2022 Bandai is pretty much the gold standard. Their kits have essentially zero imperfections anymore, like literally no mold lines whatsoever, and parts fit is reliably always 100% perfect. They're so far ahead of the competition that they actually kind of ruin other brands for people because coming from Bandai stuff, everyone else's kits seem flawed. Even Kotobukiya's aren't nearly as good, just in terms of objective quality - the plastic is brittle, the parts fit often too tight. Weak and shallow detail is pretty much over, though. You just don't find that on modern plastic kits anymore.
@spacehamsterZH compared to some of the model plane,car,motorcycle kits I built with my Dad as a child in the '70's the Kotobukiya Zoid kits are like engineering masterpieces so I can only imagine how good the Ban-Dai kits are,it's a bit of a shame in some ways that it is crucial to paint the HMM Zoid kits as they are expensive and some are very large coupled with the paint will hinder the movements of the kit but they look pretty damn lousy unpainted. I'm sure you have the hilariously named HMM Guysack on order,I know I have although I think it will have to be painted OER colours to hide that nasty brown colour scheme!
I'm typically able to keep my kits reasonably poseable, but tbqh I think the best thing to do is to decide on a pose and then just paint it that way. The reality in the end is that the kits are just going to go in a cabinet where you never touch them again. That also saves a massive amount of time because you don't have to paint every little piece individually. But it is fun to have fully poseable painted kits as well, of course, so I'm always a bit torn. As for the HMM Guysack, I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with a blue version eventually - IIRC the OJR had those same colors, the brown is just what the NJR looks like and that's what sells best, so they always do those colors first. Don't forget the Redler was also released in two versions with one of them in the 80s colors (which also actually matched the OER Zolkon, incidentally.)
