Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Head

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Body parts (1/3)

Body parts

Front legs, rear legs

Attack Booster

Zoid Core
The Zoid Core is shaped like a coiled-up Zeke..

A standing Zeke figure is also included, pre-painted.

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Zeke in small dinosaur form (1/3)

Zeke in small dinosaur form

Open the cockpit hatch and you'll find pre-painted pilot figures inside.

The paint quality on the Fiene and Vang figures is... pretty rough. -.-

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - It seems like they threw these in because just swapping the molded colors on the existing

It seems like they threw these in because just swapping the molded colors on the existing Blade Liger AB limited edition would've been a bit embarrassing..
But hey, better than nothing.

Leftover parts

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Growling~ pose (1/6)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Growling~ pose (2/6)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Growling~ pose (3/6)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Growling~ pose (4/6)

Growling~ pose

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action (1/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action (2/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action (3/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action (4/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action (5/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action (6/8)

AZ High-Density Beam Cannon deploy action

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Blade deployed pose (1/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Blade deployed pose (2/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Blade deployed pose (3/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Blade deployed pose (4/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Blade deployed pose (5/8)

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Blade deployed pose (6/8)

Blade deployed pose

Together with the normal Blade Liger.

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - The molded color is a similar blue, but the AB Vang Ver. has a richer, deeper tone that l

The molded color is a similar blue, but the AB Vang Ver. has a richer, deeper tone that looks much better.

The frame color has gotten darker, and the mustard color has changed to yellow.

Another difference is that the pilot figures come pre-painted.

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. - Together with the Blade Liger AB limited edition. This is the kit that took the red limit

Together with the Blade Liger AB limited edition.
This is the kit that took the red limited edition and released it as a standard release in blue.

Three Blade Ligers.

As a variation of the Blade Liger, the blue Blade Liger AB Vang Ver. has been released. Before this, there was the Blade Liger AB limited edition — which had red molded colors and came with the Attack Booster — but it seems they didn't want to let the Attack Booster go to waste, so this time they tweaked the molded colors slightly and released it as an official standard release.

The molded color is the same blue as the normal version, but the tone is richer and deeper, giving it a much better overall feel. The mustard-colored claws and blades have also been changed to a deep yellow, and the gray frame color has been changed to nearly black. Thanks to all this, the overall molded color scheme is much cleaner — it almost has the feel of a Bandai Gunpla kit.

Perhaps feeling a bit guilty about re-releasing a limited edition as a standard release with just a color variant, they unusually included two pre-painted pilot figures along with a pre-painted Zeke in both Core and Zoid form as a bonus — and yet they priced it the same as the limited edition. In other words, those extras are essentially thrown in for free.

Since it's essentially just a color variant kit, there isn't much to explain separately, but the significantly improved molded color quality and the inclusion of pre-painted figures do give it quite a bit of appeal. Being able to get the Attack Booster configuration in a standard release is also a notable plus.
That said, the paint quality on the included figures isn't great, so don't get your hopes up. ^^;

* When this kit was released in 2009, it was marked as a limited edition on the box art due to licensing restrictions at the time, but since it carries the unique number HMM No. 16, it has been classified as a standard release. In 2020, a non-Vang version of the HMM Blade Liger AB was re-released under HMM No. 16. Please note that the standard version differs from the Vang Ver. in molded colors and pilot figure lineup.

Zoid HMM Blade Liger AB Bang Ver. | 2009. 12 | ¥6,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.