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Check out my review for Whitz Tiger Imitate for more thoughts on the Wolf itself. I'll have a Savinga review...someday. Maybe.
The plain white Whitz was the last one I had left to get, with Cheese here and Swordy waiting patiently in pieces for my return to England. I didn't really need one, right? Yeah, right. Fate brought me and this guy together, or maybe it was Hidocker saying he didn't really dig his, and me saying I'd happily adopt it and why yes I had a bunch of stickers he needed.
I knew what to expect with a Whitz, but the colors took me slightly by surprise. I'd just gone "okay, it's a white and black and silver thingy" before, but it's not. The main color may be snow white, but it's over a bright graphitesilver and charcoal, with blue-grey for trim and purple for caps. The combination is a very nice one, only slightly marred by the oddly beigegreenish blades from Savinga when you're talking Tiger. Why were those not silver to start?
Since I already had the Cheese Wolf and I figured I should complete my set of legendary Tigers, I set to transforming this guy. Fuzing, even, though they don't call it that-they say unison, which doubtless became Zi-Unizon for Japanese Fuzors.
Whitz Tiger is a bit fiddly to fit together. For starters, you have to pop off most of the Wolf head. I can manage that and the armor half of the transformation with little effort. The wingboosterwhatsists are just annoying, though, and I don't like the exposed Blox look. So I don't put them on like the instructions say, but rather poke them along Whitz Tiger's sides. The back weapons I leave alone, though I think they look sleeker flipped back. This unfortuneately leaves the front leg armor on the tail, since the wingboosterwhatsits don't fit on the sides otherwise. I like the poofy tail look, at least, though I wish I could cover the front legs too. Future custom idea? Possibly for someone less lazy.
Savinga? If you don't use those two blox or are willing to squish things together a bit, you're still left with a naked squirrel. Some complain at such an incomplete fusion, but I think it's cool. Add in something pointy (Bladey blades left over from my parts-swapped BI), and I have the Nudist Sporkvinga, which is almost more fun than the original.
It's kind of like a naked mole rat, but squirrlier.
Once finished, I reflect it's hard to tell Whitz' head used to be squirrel bits, but the jaw really needs more teeth in it. A lot of people say this guy demands panel lines, but I'd say it's more like König Wolf-it works okay without them, they just make it look nicer. Gravity Saix is a better example of really needing them, but if panel lining is your thing, you'll have plenty to do with this guy.
(colored version as wallpaper)
Overall, the Whitz lot are an entertaining and very different sort of build, something all of the Three Tigers stars managed for me. If you want what I consider part of the best from the NJR, look no further. If I have one complaint, it's the shock cannon. Not only does it look nothing like a weapon, it's pointed right at Whitz's chin in a very suicidal explode-my-head-if-I-twitch fashion. Come on, guys, leave that to the Zenebas-y Zoids!
Written April 14th, 2006