ZOIDS DeathPion.

I saw the "new" Deathpion at the shop, looks like the old Tomy one with a few additional pieces and a plastic figure.

Looks like you get the choice of a hatch covers one fully closed and one partially covering.

hi, i was a zoids collector since i was in elementary..and i remembered that i bought a death-pion about 9 years ago..and i still have it now. if you have questions about it, maybe i can answer them because i still have my death-pion with me after so many years.

What's even better is that here in the states 80% of the 1/72 modelkits can be found at Kay Be toys ranging in price from $1.99 to $9.99! In fact i even bought a Death Stinger for $9.99 there! In the anime the DS is os one of the most powerful zoids on the planet due to it's Charged Particle Beam gun and is probably second only to another zoid called the Death Saurer [which to my knowledge is still not available in the U.S.]. The 1/20 scale zoids aren't available in the U.S. unless you order it on-line.

Thanks, MGM!
I've never seen the shows, but I do see them in the TV guides and SF mags all the time, so I'd guess Zoids are going strong here.

Hey, J-Hulk, I'm from the U.S. so I'm not sure if those 1/20 scale zoids ever had an anime or TV show. In fact the 1/72 scale zoids [which I love to build and customize] never had a show up until this past year even though the zoids product itself has been aound in one form or another since around 1981 [not quite sure on the year]. So far there have been 4 zoids series based on the current run of zoids: Chaotic Century, Guardian Force, New century Zero, and Fuzors. All of these series didn't appera in the until about a year ago [so i must assume they were in Japan a year before that]. Anyway this is all i know hope it helps!

They all appear to be quite nice kits. The design of the Deathpion in particular is quite interesting.
Thanks for the info, MMF!

BOTH my Death Pion and Road Skipper came with a set of blue and orange tinted clear parts as well as 2 sets of Decals (one orange/high visibility & one grey/ghost markings).
One of them in addition had also 2 sets of rubber caps in 2 colours.

Prices are the same (gotta love conrolled pricing in Japan).

Either way with a bit of work and spare parts they can be made into some very nice variants.

Wave/BE-J had a nice modified Golem that used a lot of the Maschienen Krieger parts (Hatch from a Melusine, Gun from the Oscar Kit, etc.)

Hi, folks!
I don't know a whole lot about Zoids, but I just happened to read an article about them and this Deathpion thing in Hobby Japan the other day, and my interest was peaked. Then I saw this thread!

First question: in the articles I've read, Deathpion and Road Skipper appear to be from something called Soukou Doubutsu Senki Panzer Tier (Armored Animal War Chronicles Panzer Tier), not Zoids. Are they separate shows? Perhaps they are two shows combined into one for the Western market, a la Power Rangers, Macross, and others. Who knows?

This Hobby Japan article indicates that both the Deathpion (5,000 yen) and Road Skipper (2,500 yen) are 1/20 scale, and areTomy (and Kow Yokoyama) copywrited products distrubuted by Wave.

In addition to the differences MMF mentioned, evidently this Panzer Tier version of the Deathpion also includes special decals and differently colored clear parts. How much more expensive is it than the "normal" version?

Anyway, this is cool-looking stuff. I'm gonna have to check it out!

The Death Stinger is 1/72 scale. A site called Channel Zi has pics of nearly ALL old and new zoids. including the first ones. Check it out. It will take you back down memory lane!

Sorry, can't help you there as I don't have the Death Stinger nor have I
seen a finished one up close.

I just finished assembly of my"Death Stinger" a few days ago and was curious if this kit and the Deathpion used the same chassis underneath and if the only diff is the armor and [of course] the figure size?