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Sometime in 2005, someone posted these images taken from from a Japanese Fan Mag to ZoidsFans. I think the magazine was running some kind of contest for Blox kit combinations. I liked the Minotaur in particular, especially since it reminded me of the Balrog from Lord of the Rings.
Parts
Parts
The Minotaur is made from BZ-006 Shellkarn and BZ-018 Dispellow. Since there were no directions I had to deduce the construction from the images above.
Limbs
Limbs
To me, the hardest part of this project was figuring out how the arms and legs were constructed. It took a fair amount of time and some trial and error but eventually I was able to come up with what I felt was the correct configuration. The picture at the right shows (clockwise starting at upper left):
outside left arm
inside right arm
outside right leg
inside left leg.
I found the construction very ingenious, in some ways better than the Tomy combinations.
Core
Core
Once the limbs were done, it was time to work on the body core. The picture at the left shows what I came up with. I may have added one extra blox, but since over a year has gone by since construction and this writing, I can't say for certain.
Final
Final
I was very satisfied with the result. Although very unstable due to the top-heavy configuration, the Minotaur has great proportions and lots of weapons. Also very few parts left over from the two kits. Nice!
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