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Post by Comrade Vargen666 on Nov 29, 2009 10:43:57 GMT -5
Name: Arjen (not putting last name out in public) Nicknames: Vargen666 for more than 12 years now. Age: 29 Country: Netherlands Favourite Zoid: Seismosaurus! Any other comments: First of all, I think I've wounded up on this forum through Phenotype's forum. Or was it the other way around...? I've got this forum bookmarked for a while but only now decided to register. I've gotten into Zoids only a few months ago. When I was digging through my old stuff from my childhood I discovered Zoidzilla and Krark in a box. All dusty and falling apart, but complete nonetheless. This spawned my interest for these models again after many years. What started as a quest to refurnish those two old Zoids has turned out in what looks like a new hobby for me. My background before this is building modelkits (mostly scifi) and I hope I can bring this succesfully to Zoids as well. By this I mean, I plan on (note the word plan, heh!) painting my newly acquired Zoids to make them look more realistic. I already painted up a Hel Digunner, which I will post in the gallery after this! So, another hobby, another forum (or two) to spend time on, and more shelves on the walls...  |
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Post by Blaze on Nov 29, 2009 11:22:42 GMT -5
That's pretty awesome that you got back into zoids from some childhood memories. If you're a modelkit builder, you'd probably enjoy the Kotobukiya HMM zoid lines. Tons of pieces and intricate detail.
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Post by Comrade Vargen666 on Nov 29, 2009 11:39:04 GMT -5
I've got a HMM Saber Tiger waiting to be built.  But to be honest, what I like about Zoids is not offered by the HMM versions: Motorized action. As a kid I loved them (I had more than those two but I thrashed them in my teens) because the cool way they move. Now I like them even more than back then for the same reason, but from a "grown-up" perspective: The mechanism that makes it move. Even a Zoid that looks boring when standing still can be cool when it is moving. Some Zoids are really convincing and thought out like that. |
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Post by Comrade itman496 on Nov 29, 2009 12:04:09 GMT -5
Glad to see another zoider ^^ And I like how they move as well, just not on carpet XD
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Post by Blaze on Nov 29, 2009 13:10:05 GMT -5
Oooo HMM Saber Tiger! I have to say that has been my favorite HMM so far. Mostly cuz I love the layering of the parts. You'll get along with Tilly quite well for liking the motorized action over poseability :3
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Post by Daft Punksworth on Nov 29, 2009 13:44:56 GMT -5
Hi and welcome! It's so cool that you returned to the fandom after so long. Once a zoider, always a zoider. XD
Yes, you will need more shelves! there are never too many shelves for zoids! XD
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Post by GhostLiger on Nov 29, 2009 15:10:37 GMT -5
Vargen!! Hi there!
I do believe I had a conversation with you just the other day about brittle Seismo plastic!
Welcome to TZ!
[Edit] Blasted Typos...
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Post by La Volpe on Nov 29, 2009 15:22:08 GMT -5
Hallo! I'm the mod around here! ;D
Nice to meet another Dutch Zoider ^^ (I'm born Dutch but came back to Aus at 6mths, so I never really got to grow up over there ;-; Came from Utretcht. But I still call myself Dutch anyway XDD).
HMM's are awesome, if only I could own one *pokes her mum* And it's nice to see you back into the hobby! ;D
I hope you will have a great time here! We're small at the moment, but that's the best part :B
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Post by Blaze on Nov 29, 2009 15:57:42 GMT -5
I hope you will have a great time here! We're small at the moment, but that's the best part :B Agreed ;D You get to know everyone well and it allows us to get into some awesome off topic conversations! |
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Post by GhostLiger on Nov 29, 2009 16:23:02 GMT -5
I hope you will have a great time here! We're small at the moment, but that's the best part :B Agreed ;D You get to know everyone well and it allows us to get into some awesome off topic conversations! Oh hell do we get off topic! XD |
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Post by Comrade Vargen666 on Nov 29, 2009 17:16:18 GMT -5
Thanks all! It's cool to see so many dedicated to Zoids. I never though this would be so big!
@ Ghosty >>> You are Shadowliger from Pheno I presume? Yeah, the poor Seismo. Fortunately it seems he's going to be OK now due to the help from the Dutch Zoids-ambassador in Australia!
@ Deathy >>> Hah, where the tides take us! The Dutch end up all over the place, huh? I was born and raised in a town near Utrecht, and I actually went to school in Utrecht... It's a great and relatively friendly city. Now I live in the north of Holland, Friesland. People here don't even speak dutch to eachother even though it's part of the Netherlands. ;D
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Post by Blaze on Nov 29, 2009 19:23:57 GMT -5
Thanks all! It's cool to see so many dedicated to Zoids. I never though this would be so big! Oh yeah! There's a good bit of Zoidiers all around the world it seems. I guessing because they're so unique compared to other mechs. I can't think of any that's able to move the way they do and their build is much different then the usual gundam/armored core models  Fortunately it seems he's going to be OK now due to the help from the Dutch Zoids-ambassador in Australia! LOL! I like that title for Deathy XD |
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Post by Comrade Tilly on Nov 29, 2009 19:36:15 GMT -5
Hello there again!
I get what you mean about the motorized ones, I'm much the same way. I've got a HMM Bladey waiting around for paint, but the motorized kits just keep me coming back in ways detailed but only posable ones can't.
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Post by GhostLiger on Nov 29, 2009 20:49:04 GMT -5
@ Ghosty >>> You are Shadowliger from Pheno I presume? Yeah, the poor Seismo. Fortunately it seems he's going to be OK now due to the help from the Dutch Zoids-ambassador in Australia! I am indeed That's good to hear! I almost ended up with the Seismo parts from her myself, but decided against it because I had no real use for it. Glad it'll end up with someone who can. And Lol! You wanna be careful giving people nicknames around here... they tend to stick XD |
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Post by La Volpe on Nov 30, 2009 6:40:56 GMT -5
I hope you will have a great time here! We're small at the moment, but that's the best part :B Agreed ;D You get to know everyone well and it allows us to get into some awesome off topic conversations! Indeed ;D @vargen: (nearly typed Varjen XD) Wow awesome, I really should try to save enough money (if I can! XD) to make a trip to Nederlands XD, go to Utrecht and all. (I always say Nederland instead of Netherlands, lol). That's interesting about Friesland o.o Looks like I won't need too much Dutch then :B Like the nickname XD This morning, Ghostie and I was discussing our Zoids' nationalities XD My Gustav and Heldi are Europeans, lol. |
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