Kit Review

Straight build

Panzer Unit parts layout.

Together with the Liger Zero body.

Panzer armor pieces for the head.

The head antenna and manes on all sides are articulated.

Panzer armor pieces for the body.

Remove the existing tail and attach the Panzer Unit tail.

Open the cover on the Panzer Unit tail to reveal the missiles.

The gatlings on either side of the tail can rotate.

Remove the two parts on top of the body's tail section, then...

Attach the Panzer Unit parts. The missile gimmick can be opened here as well.

Remove the weapons on the lower chest and swap them out for the larger Panzer Unit parts.

The Panzer Unit that plugs into the sides can open outward.

Then attach the green Panzer Unit armor pieces to the front and top of the chest.

The Hybrid Cannon for the Panzer Unit mounts on the back.

The cannon can be folded and extended at various angles.

Various open gimmicks on the central section.

The Hybrid Cannon can be extended via a slide mechanism.

Panzer Unit parts for the front legs.

Before and after adding the armor.

The impressive array of missile-opening gimmicks on the chunky shoulder armor.

A total of 10 missile gimmicks are exposed per unit.

The front shin armor also opens up to reveal a missile gimmick.

Panzer Unit parts for the rear legs.

Before and after adding the armor.

Various missile gimmicks opening on the shoulder armor.

A total of 12 missile gimmicks open up.

A support strut for firing the Hybrid Cannon deploys from the rear leg area.

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Panzer Unit - Panzer Unit installation complete! Check out the Liger Zero Panzer review for the finished

Panzer Unit installation complete!
Check out the Liger Zero Panzer review for the finished look. ^^

The third entry in the ongoing Liger Zero armor variation lineup is the Liger Zero Panzer Unit. Just like the previous releases, the Panzer Unit is available separately, and a combo pack — the Liger Zero Panzer — was also released at the same time. This kit contains only the Panzer Unit, so you'll need the Liger Zero kit sold separately.

First off, the overall color scheme has a military feel with an olive drab tone, and the two-tone molded colors came out quite clean and sharp. The biggest highlight of the Panzer Unit is definitely the impressive missile hatch-opening gimmicks all over the body — a whopping 20 missile hatches open in total. On top of that, the red parts for the missile heads inside are handled almost entirely through color separation, so even a straight build looks incredibly striking.

The overall edge molding is fairly sharp and the detail level is solid, making this a fun kit to build with excellent part fitment throughout. That said, there's a bit of an issue with the slide-out missile gimmick on the sides of both shoulder armors — the fit is a little awkward. Once you push them in, they don't want to come back out easily, and if you do manage to pull them out, they tend to pop all the way off. In short, they're stiff, and it would've been nicer if the mechanism had been designed to move a bit more smoothly.

All that aside, this is a highly distinctive weapons unit kit that really maximizes the playability of the Liger Zero — a great addition to the lineup. :-)

Zoid HMM Liger Zero Panzer Unit | 2012. 7 | ¥3,200

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.