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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Zoids Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Kotobukiya
Spiky Rival Conquered by Strategic Nap
Pete refuses to honour the Berserk Führer with a direct confrontation, instead claiming the mantelpiece by simply lying in front of it, rendering the plastic beast an irrelevant footnote to his nap.

My human, whom I permit to cohabitate with me, has brought another box into my domain. He calls this one a "Kotobukiya Zoids model," which in feline translates to "a thousand tiny, sharp plastic bits that will occupy the Staff for weeks." It appears to be the makings of a large, skeletal lizard, a creature of gratuitous spikes and an aggressive posture. Fro…

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Image of ZOIDS EZ-049 Verser Furer, Re-Package Version, Total Length: Approx. 13.0 inches (330 mm), 1/72 Scale Plastic Model
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Won the war without lifting a claw.
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