Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various angles (1/6)

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various angles (2/6)

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various angles (3/6)

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Underside

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - The cockpit hatch opening and various gimmicks are the same as the Zenebas spec. (

The cockpit hatch opening and various gimmicks are the same as the Zenebas spec.

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - The additional weapons, at least, have been swapped out for newly sculpted parts.

The additional weapons, at least, have been swapped out for newly sculpted parts.
You get two missiles and one small-caliber anti-Zoid laser machine gun.

The laser machine gun mounts underneath the head.

Leftover parts

The articulation characteristics are also the same as before.

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Posed with weapons equipped (1/3)

Posed with weapons equipped

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various poses (1/5)

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various poses (2/5)

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. - Various poses (3/5)

Various poses

Together with the Zoids HMM Redler Zenebas Empire Ver.

This kit is the Redler Guyros Empire Ver., released as the 55th entry in Kotobukiya's Zoids HMM series. Basically, Redler Zenebas Empire Ver.it's a color variant kit, with only the additional weapons swapped out for new sculpts.

So all the characteristics of the main body are identical to the Zenebas spec, and overall it shows the same flexible yet well-locking joint characteristics. It's a relief that poses hold up well no matter what you put it in. The new weapons include two missiles and one small-caliber anti-Zoid laser machine gun — the missiles mount on both wings, and the laser machine gun attaches underneath the head.

By the way, the English name for the Redler Guyros Empire Ver. is "Redler," while the Zenebas Empire Ver. is listed as "Reddra." Back in the day, the Redler was Romanized from its Japanese pronunciation (Reddora) as "Reddra," before eventually being corrected to the proper English name "Redler." So the fact that two different English names exist for the same unit isn't a typo on Kotobukiya's part — it's very much an intentional naming homage.

Anyway, it's a color variant kit with only a few weapons swapped out, but the base quality is so clean that building it a second time never felt like a chore. If you're a Zoids fan, this is definitely a kit you can have a lot of fun with. :-)

Zoid HMM EHI-7 Redler Guyros Empire Ver. | 2023. 2 | ¥5,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.