Post by GhostLiger on Nov 13, 2011 13:17:24 GMT -5
Manufacturer: Tomy
Line: Original Japanese Release
Origin of Release: Japan
Year of Release: 1989
Crew Number: 1
Power source: 1x A battery
Features:
Motorized:
- Forward walking motion
- Opening and closing mouth
- Rotating guns
Manual:
- Opening cockpit in the head.
Review:
This is a Zoid I never thought I'd ever get to own, let alone acquire MIB, but I got lucky and managed to get a good enough paycheck one month to afford it. In a twisted stroke of bad luck however mine had a duplicate of the wrong gear (two "C" gears instead of two "A" gears), leaving me with the problem of how to attach one of the many sets of guns. Hopefully I should be able to get hold of a replacement, but for the time being I managed to bodge it using the extra C gear to give it something to plug into and some blu tack to hold it steady. True it won't rotate, but for display and photographic purposes it's perfect!
First off the colour. I will be honest. If it wasn't for the chrome guns I probably wouldn't think much of this colour scheme. But I'm a stickler for chrome parts and nothing says "I'm awesome" like 21 bling plated barrels. The design itself is solid though and never been overused (In fact it could stand to be used a bit more IMO), but it has been known to be mistakenly counted as from the Grade Up series due to his colour and inclusion of "Power Emblems" (The three bars that plug into a grid on his back). However Gunbluster possesses no Grade Up ports for equipping GU units, and already comes with enough Power Emblems to fill all the slots on his grid.
His build is fairly simple. The only real problem I encountered was putting the body halves together whilst keeping the motor, switch and mouth in place, but this isn't going to make you throw a hissy unless you're really really short of patience.
There's not too many parts since the range of motion doesn't require a complex design so it's nice and quick for those who don't have much time or are not keen on the building process, but sadly, due to this it means he doesn't have a lot of features. Everything bar the opening canopy requires a battery to use, and the lack of hard points makes it tough to customise without making it a permanent so if you don't like to keep batteries in your Zoids, Gunbluster is purely a display piece.
Conclusion:
While I'd love to be able to recommend OJR Gunbluster to anyone, sadly his price and rarity make him more for the hard core collectors. His design would definitely appeal to fans of dinosaurs or overgunned Zoids, but if it's the design you're after and not bothered about the colour you would be better getting the more common and cheaper NJR or NAR versions.
All the same I'd say if you can get this guy, get him over the later versions. He displays much more beautifully than the NJR/NAR and has the added bonus of retaining the original two pipes from his back (The later versions included a mould change that removed these)
Line: Original Japanese Release
Origin of Release: Japan
Year of Release: 1989
Crew Number: 1
Power source: 1x A battery
Features:
Motorized:
- Forward walking motion
- Opening and closing mouth
- Rotating guns
Manual:
- Opening cockpit in the head.
Review:
This is a Zoid I never thought I'd ever get to own, let alone acquire MIB, but I got lucky and managed to get a good enough paycheck one month to afford it. In a twisted stroke of bad luck however mine had a duplicate of the wrong gear (two "C" gears instead of two "A" gears), leaving me with the problem of how to attach one of the many sets of guns. Hopefully I should be able to get hold of a replacement, but for the time being I managed to bodge it using the extra C gear to give it something to plug into and some blu tack to hold it steady. True it won't rotate, but for display and photographic purposes it's perfect!
First off the colour. I will be honest. If it wasn't for the chrome guns I probably wouldn't think much of this colour scheme. But I'm a stickler for chrome parts and nothing says "I'm awesome" like 21 bling plated barrels. The design itself is solid though and never been overused (In fact it could stand to be used a bit more IMO), but it has been known to be mistakenly counted as from the Grade Up series due to his colour and inclusion of "Power Emblems" (The three bars that plug into a grid on his back). However Gunbluster possesses no Grade Up ports for equipping GU units, and already comes with enough Power Emblems to fill all the slots on his grid.
His build is fairly simple. The only real problem I encountered was putting the body halves together whilst keeping the motor, switch and mouth in place, but this isn't going to make you throw a hissy unless you're really really short of patience.
There's not too many parts since the range of motion doesn't require a complex design so it's nice and quick for those who don't have much time or are not keen on the building process, but sadly, due to this it means he doesn't have a lot of features. Everything bar the opening canopy requires a battery to use, and the lack of hard points makes it tough to customise without making it a permanent so if you don't like to keep batteries in your Zoids, Gunbluster is purely a display piece.
Conclusion:
While I'd love to be able to recommend OJR Gunbluster to anyone, sadly his price and rarity make him more for the hard core collectors. His design would definitely appeal to fans of dinosaurs or overgunned Zoids, but if it's the design you're after and not bothered about the colour you would be better getting the more common and cheaper NJR or NAR versions.
All the same I'd say if you can get this guy, get him over the later versions. He displays much more beautifully than the NJR/NAR and has the added bonus of retaining the original two pipes from his back (The later versions included a mould change that removed these)
XD
