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[
Liger Zero
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Elephander
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Shield Liger
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Berserk Fury ]
[Blade Liger
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Shadow Fox
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Pteramander
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Figure 1: Shadow Fox Box |
 On
my trip to
NYC I picked up 2 Zoids. The first one I put together
was the Shadow Fox. Both of the models were imports,
so the boxes are a bit different.
Figure 2: All in stride |
Fantasy
Situation
Looking
at the box, I can only imagine that it has similar comments
on it as the USA distributions. Behold the majestic
arctic fox running around in the woods. This is definitely
a fantasy shot, as I noticed that it was necessary to
remove certain joints linking the front legs to the
back ones in order to get the model in the same position.
Perhaps I should by more models so I can break each
one and put it in a different position. |
Figure 3:
Instructions, Front Cover |
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Do
what now?
So
I thought this model would be pretty straight forward.
However, when I started through the instructions..
it got rather confusing fast. I just had to trust
in my ability to identify non numbered parts by
shape. Note the three parts below only identified
through Japanese words.
Figure
4: Instructions, Inside |
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the end I just got good at staring at pieces and
trying to figure it all out as best I could before
I did anything permanent. Not sure how permanent
snap together parts can be. Some were just really
hard to pull apart when I mixed things up
Figure
5: 17 parts?? |
Isn't
that cute...
This
model was a little smaller than the others. This
mostly meant that I had to put together tons of
tiny parts into a slightly larger chunk. I took
a lot more pictures of the other models as I made
them. They built up rather quickly. This one,
I would spend a half hour or more putting lots
of tiny parts together. Not very satisfying. I
made sure to take lots of breaks and eat snacks.
I was rather partial to fun size candy (Halloween
being around the corner). I had been staying away
from the Reese's Sticks candy. What was I
thinking?!?!? Yum! |
Figure 6: Fan Book |
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What
are you talking about?
My
in ability to comprehend Japanese made the Zoids
Fan Book Volume 4, rather useless too. It had
nifty pictures that people had sent in of things
they had made by putting models together into
sort of hybrid versions of the models you can
buy. Some of them looked neat. Over all I was
just glad that there were people out there that
seemed to be way too into the concept of building
zoids. With any luck the people I am referring
to, are not aware of my website. It would give
them ample justification for saying the same about
me. I was mostly amused by the whole thing.
Figure 7: Choking hazard? |
Especially
this reoccurring icon. It looks like Pac-Man crying
because he is biting a square pellet. From this
I can only assume that the Japanese associate
all icons to some sort of Video game equivalent.
I will have to spend some time coming up with
good graphics for other safety warnings. |
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Figure 7: Options
Galore |
I'm going to blow up the earth...
On
the back of the box there are two odd things. One is
a set of pictures showing things from other models on
the Shadow Fox. I suppose that if you have lots of these
models you can find lots of neat things that stick on
the back of the them. Too bad I have no clue which moels
some of those refer to. Again my inability to comprehend
Japanese has foiled me again. Did I mention that Reese's
Sticks are totally yummy?
Speaking
of add-ons. I had a tough time not buying the armor
packs to make my Liger Zero into a its three other modes
Jager, Schneider and Panzer. They had all three up in
NYC. Each cost as much as a whole model. I couldn't
justify paying for the equvalent of new clothes for
my models. No matter how cool this picture makes the
Liger Zero Jager and Liger Zero Schneider look, I can't
give in... can't give in. Must eat more Reese's Sticks...
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Progress
Figure 8: Shadow Fox and two Liger Zeros
(In fantasy situation) |
I
really didn't keep track of how I built this one. I
did spread it out over about a week though. Just worked
on a little bit at a time. |
Figure 9: Ooh scary |
I
call the big one Bitey
If
there is anything consistant from zoid to zoid. They
all seem to have nice teeth. Even though this one didn't
have the motorized biting action. I still think he's
got a good grin on him. Too bad his ear kept falling
off. |
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Figure 12: Little
fox, big gun |
I
was pretty impressed with this model. It was a lot cheaper
than some of the others. I suppose that is because it
lacked the electronics of the others. All in all It
had lots of moving parts good movement, and nots of
shiny bits. I think you can't go wrong when you make
something shiny. Only thing I didn't like about it was
the color. In the show it was black, not dark blue.
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You
may have noticed that the headings for each section
were a little odd. Each one is a quote from a
cartoon. See if you can guess each one.. send
me and email with
your guesses for the cartoons associated with:
Do what now?
Isn't that cute...
What are
you talking about?
I'm going to blow up the earth...
I call the big one Bitey
Chaaaaarge it!
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