Post by freaky on Jan 7, 2008 13:55:27 GMT 8
HMM Blade Liger Review
The Box
The size of the box is almost double of the HMM01.
It is seperate by two compartments, the other
part is for the large sprues and the other in for
the small.
The box art is good as always
Sprues
Here are the sprues that is used for the head part
Well, i will not include all the sprues but in short
The Head
Assembly Review
The first part of the head assemble is similar to the HMM01.
You need some effort to assemble the skull part and the rest
is an easy snap on. The only problem i encounter is the last
fin which is the smallest that needs to be glue or it will
fall apart. The trickiest part is the upper fin since the
manual was not very helpful.The thing is the thingypit is the
two seater but will requireyou to remove the canopy just to
put the 2nd pilot. Overall kit part rate is Best, a nice recreation
of the orig BL head.
Here is the step by step for the Head Part
Skull + jaw
Skull + Jaw + Upper Teeth
Side Fins
Head Armor
17 20
Canopy
21 22
Complete Head
The Body
The body is mostly parts from the HMM01 Shield liger. If you have built out
already this will be an easy build. But for those have not, the tricky part here
is assembling the body parts where the legs will connect since it requires
coordination and brute force; And the part where the blades will connect
since their is a possibility you could break a part when assembling it.
Overall kit part is Good
Care pull when assebling this part, the parts the mimics the hydraulics will break if
you are not carefull
The Leg
Again 80% of the legs are from the HMM01 with the
exception of the paw and shoulder armor. Still the problem from the
HMM01 in the armor plate in the paws in still there, just remedy it
with some glue.But the paws is nice overall.
The armor fins for the front legs are much worse
than of the HMM01, i have it rebuild several times but it seems its
loose and seems its not fit unlike the rear legs fin. The whole shoulder
armor tends to move out of place when posing the Liger, so just
put glue to it so it wont move. Anyway, the overall for the legs is good.
A hard/long build time but not that hard/long if you have build a HMM01
before. Overall kit part rate is Not So Good. They should have atleast
fix some flaws from the orig HMM01 but well they just reuse the same
sprues so why hope.hehe
The Tail and Booster
The tail is also the same with HMM01, the only difference is the end part (obviously)
Need some painting to mimic the original BL. Nothing extavagant.
The booster is somewhat disappointing, they remove the gimmick of the original
BL that if you open the panel the booster will follow to pop-out. In HMM03 you
must manually position the panel and the booster and again the joint part
where you connect the booster the the body is loose. Overall kit part rate is
Nice
Weapons
The blade weapon is a nice recreation of the orig BL so no/less
flaws in this part. You could paint it also if you want to mimic
the box art. The body cannon has one flaw, that is the two
pipelike that connects from the body, it is two fragile that
can be break if pose not correctly. Overall kit part review is
Great.
Model Review
Compare to the head of HMM01 this is bigger, a brighter blue
and is much similar to the Box art and manual with very minimal
painting require. The design is much sleeker that its counter part.
Overall, a detail replica of the original with all the gimmicks included.
Coming Soon
Difference from HMM03 and HMM01 and Orig BL
Thanks for reading!
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The Box
The size of the box is almost double of the HMM01.
It is seperate by two compartments, the other
part is for the large sprues and the other in for
the small.
The box art is good as always
Sprues
Here are the sprues that is used for the head part
Well, i will not include all the sprues but in short
The Head
Assembly Review
The first part of the head assemble is similar to the HMM01.
You need some effort to assemble the skull part and the rest
is an easy snap on. The only problem i encounter is the last
fin which is the smallest that needs to be glue or it will
fall apart. The trickiest part is the upper fin since the
manual was not very helpful.The thing is the thingypit is the
two seater but will requireyou to remove the canopy just to
put the 2nd pilot. Overall kit part rate is Best, a nice recreation
of the orig BL head.
Here is the step by step for the Head Part
Skull + jaw
Skull + Jaw + Upper Teeth
Side Fins
Head Armor
17 20
Canopy
21 22
Complete Head
The Body
The body is mostly parts from the HMM01 Shield liger. If you have built out
already this will be an easy build. But for those have not, the tricky part here
is assembling the body parts where the legs will connect since it requires
coordination and brute force; And the part where the blades will connect
since their is a possibility you could break a part when assembling it.
Overall kit part is Good
Care pull when assebling this part, the parts the mimics the hydraulics will break if
you are not carefull
The Leg
Again 80% of the legs are from the HMM01 with the
exception of the paw and shoulder armor. Still the problem from the
HMM01 in the armor plate in the paws in still there, just remedy it
with some glue.But the paws is nice overall.
The armor fins for the front legs are much worse
than of the HMM01, i have it rebuild several times but it seems its
loose and seems its not fit unlike the rear legs fin. The whole shoulder
armor tends to move out of place when posing the Liger, so just
put glue to it so it wont move. Anyway, the overall for the legs is good.
A hard/long build time but not that hard/long if you have build a HMM01
before. Overall kit part rate is Not So Good. They should have atleast
fix some flaws from the orig HMM01 but well they just reuse the same
sprues so why hope.hehe
The Tail and Booster
The tail is also the same with HMM01, the only difference is the end part (obviously)
Need some painting to mimic the original BL. Nothing extavagant.
The booster is somewhat disappointing, they remove the gimmick of the original
BL that if you open the panel the booster will follow to pop-out. In HMM03 you
must manually position the panel and the booster and again the joint part
where you connect the booster the the body is loose. Overall kit part rate is
Nice
Weapons
The blade weapon is a nice recreation of the orig BL so no/less
flaws in this part. You could paint it also if you want to mimic
the box art. The body cannon has one flaw, that is the two
pipelike that connects from the body, it is two fragile that
can be break if pose not correctly. Overall kit part review is
Great.
Model Review
Compare to the head of HMM01 this is bigger, a brighter blue
and is much similar to the Box art and manual with very minimal
painting require. The design is much sleeker that its counter part.
Overall, a detail replica of the original with all the gimmicks included.
Coming Soon
Difference from HMM03 and HMM01 and Orig BL
Thanks for reading!
Action Post
Group Post