Kit Review

Straight build

The Schneider Units laid out on the floor.

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Schneider Unit - This kit contains only the Schneider Unit, and you'll need to remove some of the existin

This kit contains only the Schneider Unit,
and you'll need to remove some of the existing Liger Zero's outer armor and attach the new pieces to complete it.

3 armor units attach to the front legs, and 4 to the rear legs.

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Schneider Unit - For the armor that attaches to the sides of the feet, you'll need to remove one of the e

For the armor that attaches to the sides of the feet, you'll need to remove one of the existing fixed parts before clipping it on.

The duct on the shoulder is articulated.

The Schneider Units that attach to the body.

Two small structures are fitted onto the back section...

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Schneider Unit - The white band piece at the front among them has to be assembled together with the exist

The white band piece at the front among them has to be assembled together with the existing Liger Zero parts.
In other words, to fit it onto the existing Liger Zero, you'll need to disassemble the parts above the neck and reassemble them,
so if you glued your Liger Zero together during assembly, this could be a bit of a headache..

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Schneider Unit - The 2 ducts that sit on top of the shoulders. The cover on the underside of each duct is

The 2 ducts that sit on top of the shoulders.
The cover on the underside of each duct is articulated.

Remove the existing tail weapon and attach the Schneider Unit tail.

The wing sections on the sides of the tail are articulated.

The blade sections that attach to the flanks fold in two stages.

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Schneider Unit - When you fold the blade, the structure below it is linked and automatically moves in and

When you fold the blade, the structure below it is linked and automatically moves in and out accordingly.

Shown with the units mounted on both flanks.

Next up is the Schneider armor that gets added to the head.

The 5 ducts on the head can be extended in length via a sliding mechanism.

The 4 blades on the head move freely.

After fitting one duct structure onto the lower part of the neck...

attach the large articulated blade on top of the head.

As shown above, you'll need to split the head in half and attach each side separately.

Schneider Unit installation on the Liger Zero complete!

This kit is the Schneider Unit released as additional armor for the existing Liger Zero. It contains only the replacement armor with no base body included, so you'll need the existing Liger Zero kit to put it together properly. And alongside this separately sold Schneider Unit kit, a combined Liger Zero Schneider kit bundling both the Liger Zero and the Schneider Unit was released at the same time.

It's billed as a replacement armor kit, but looking at the runners and parts, it boasts a surprisingly generous build volume — easily on par with a full standalone kit. That's a testament to just how much new armor has been implemented, covering everything from the head and body to the legs and tail. There are quite a few points where you can easily make mistakes or get confused if you don't follow the manual carefully. Since you're building just the armor without the base body, it's easy to mix up left and right, or front legs and rear legs — so don't let your guard down when assembling the Schneider Unit on its own.

Once you've gotten through the build itself, attaching the armor onto the Liger Zero base body requires removing some of the existing Liger Zero's white armor pieces first. The attachment itself isn't difficult, but there are so many parts to fit on from head to toe that it does take quite a bit of hands-on time. Overall, the fit is solid — the connection between the base body and the armor feels stable enough without needing any glue.

Anyway, the concept of this kit is to let you swap out just the armor on your existing Liger Zero — but the process of swapping the armor is both tedious and complicated, so honestly it's probably better to just build the Liger Zero and the Liger Zero Schneider as separate kits. In that sense, whether releasing just the armor like this is a genuine service to fans or just a business move is a bit... ambiguous.

For a full review of the combined Liger Zero + Schneider Unit kit, please refer to the Liger Zero Schneider combined kit review. :-)

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Schneider Unit | 2011. 6 | ¥2,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.