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The Almighty Ghost Shield Tiger
Shown above is my Holy Grail, the Ghost Shield Tiger.
Now this guy is very rare. There's not much really known about him, or his translucent friends. There are theories: UK Contest prize? Zoids2 test shot? I don't know.
But this page isn't to discuss where it came from. If you want to read that I suggest visiting The Ghost Theory page at Lionel's Ultrasaurus Red website.
This page is where I log my milestones on my goal to owning one.
So far, the closest I've been to owning one was being the second highest bidder on eBay many moons ago. Now the chances of me ever getting an official Ghost Shield Tiger are slim to none, but there is a more likely alternative.
I've since discovered that some Zoids2 Claws have the ghost plastic under their chrome, so my new goal is attain one of those and strip the chrome.
Now this guy is very rare. There's not much really known about him, or his translucent friends. There are theories: UK Contest prize? Zoids2 test shot? I don't know.
But this page isn't to discuss where it came from. If you want to read that I suggest visiting The Ghost Theory page at Lionel's Ultrasaurus Red website.
This page is where I log my milestones on my goal to owning one.
So far, the closest I've been to owning one was being the second highest bidder on eBay many moons ago. Now the chances of me ever getting an official Ghost Shield Tiger are slim to none, but there is a more likely alternative.
I've since discovered that some Zoids2 Claws have the ghost plastic under their chrome, so my new goal is attain one of those and strip the chrome.
27th April 2010
Ghostie's interest in acquiring the Claw was renewed when she spied a Z2 lot on eBay, inclusive of a Claw.
After agreeing with Wiki to split the lot, they make a bid in the last few seconds, but sadly get sniped by £2
29th April 2010
Ghostie receives a second chance offer on the lot. Apparently the highest bidder fell through.
5th May 2010
The lot arrives. Sadly there is no ghost plastic under the chrome. Ghostie will probably strip it anyway for practice.
12th May 2010
Ghostie saves a search for "Zoids Claw" on eBay
19th May 2010
Ghostie posts a wanted ad for a Claw at Zoids Poison.
20th May 2010
Ghostie receives an offer of a MIB Claw from Zoids Poison. Sadly Ghostie doesn't have what the Zoider wants in return.
23rd May 2010
An MIB Claw shows up on eBay with a BIN price of £35. The seller has zero feedback. Ghostie watches it but decides not to risk it
24th May 2010
A built Claw shows up on eBay. Ghostie places it in her watch.
26th May 2010
Ghostie receives another offer from Zoids Poison, this time of just the head and back armour with Ghost underneath (Not the leg armour, missile arms or any non Chromed bits). The Zoider wants £45 for just those 6 parts. Ghostie declines.
30th May 2010
Ghostie tries stripping the chrome off a spare Spinefin tailpiece she acquired from the box of a spares or repair Z2 Demon Lizard, with some toilet cleaner.
It's not going too badly, but is very hard work.
1st June 2010
Ghostie puts the parts from the lot Claw into the tub for stripping. The chrome seems to be coming off easier this time. Either the gold chrome isn't as hard to get through, or putting a lid on the tub makes a big difference
2nd June 2010
Ghostie acquires another Claw off eBay. No idea if it has ghost under it yet.
Additionally the parts left in the toilet cleaner are doing well all by themselves. It's slow, and some scrubbing needed to get the remaining yellow off, but it's getting there.
6th June 2010
Ghostie takes the stripped parts out of the toilet cleaner. Some scrubbing is still going to be needed to get all the yellow completely off, but it's not looking too bad so far.
8th June 2010
The Claw arrives. No Ghost.
9th June 2010
Ghostie's new bottle of toilet cleaner arrives. She puts the new Claw into it. Four hours later most of the Chrome has come off revealing gold underneath. The two pieces of shoulder armour however are being more stubborn. Looks like there's black under them. Ghostie wonders if the colour of the plastic has an effect on how easy the chrome is to remove.
11th June 2010
The gold Claw is almost finished. He's just awaiting his black shoulder armour
20th June 2010
Ghostie watches another Claw on eBay
30th June 2010
Ghostie wins the Claw by the skin of her teeth.
13 July 2010
The Claw arrives. Looks like grey underneath, but Ghostie isn't 100% sure. The Claw is still on its sprues, so Ghostie has clipped a piece off and dumped it in the stripper for now.
14th July 2010
Seems the Claw has pale gold under it. The search continues.
Ghostie's not going to strip this one.
Ghostie's not going to strip this one.
16th July 2010
Ghostie's friend Deathy offers a trade of her Claw with Ghost under it, for the MIB one, however hers does have the problem of having a glued head.
27th July 2010
Ghostie finds a Claw on eBay, but decides initially not to get it, seeing as the seller is know for Ghost Customs, so is unlikely to have ghost plastic under it. However, later that day Ghostie receives an offer of a trade for that Claw, with a Claw that has milky plastic under it, likely a Ghost. Ghostie watches the Claw on eBay.
29th July 2010
Ghostie wins the Claw.
4th August 2010
The Claw arrives. Ironically there is Ghost plastic under the head and back armour... Given who the seller was, Ghostie suspects this is the same Claw who's armour she was offered for £45 back on the 26th May. She got the whole thing for just £16.55 plus £4.50 postage. Ghostie is glad she declined it the first time around.
Ghostie and Deathy agree to trade the missing ghost parts for the non ghost parts.
Ghostie and Deathy agree to trade the missing ghost parts for the non ghost parts.
13th August 2010
Ghostie's new bottle of cleaner arrives. She dunks the parts in it for a while
19th August 2010
Ghostie takes the parts out of the cleaner
Not noticeable in the pic, but there is still a lot of yellow on there. Ghostie shall be working of getting rid of that
25th August 2010
Ghostie orders a Blade Liger BE for the Ghost Shield Tiger's body. (To be a Christmas present)
While Ghostie knows the original Ghost Shield Tiger uses a standard Shield Liger body colour, she's had her heart set on a black body.
27th January 2011
After a long hiatus Ghostie gets back to work, putting the stripped parts onto the Blade Liger BE body.
There's still some work needed on removing the yellow, but it's pleasant to look at in real life.
There's also still a few Shield Liger parts missing that aren't provided in the Blade Liger kit. Aside from the missile arms and leg armour that is coming from Deathy, Ghostie now needs to find A1, A2 (x2), A11 and A14 from a red Saber Tiger
8th March 2011
Ghostie receives the parts from Deathy and puts them in some bleach this time.
9th March 2011
Sadly it seems the Claw parts were gold underneath. The search continues. However this has proven that Bleach brings up the parts nicer than the toilet cleaner did.
12th May 2011
Ghostie finds another Claw on eBay and puts it in her watch
15th May 2011
Ghostie wins the Claw with no competition.
20th May 2011
Sadly Claw turns out not to be Ghost. Ghostie's not going to strip this one, but she does have plans for it.
29th June 2011
While sorting out her parts collection Ghostie finds parts A1, A2 (x2), A11 and A14 from a spare red Zaber Fang she never finished customising. These have been hoiked for the Shield Tiger. All that's needed now is the leg armour and missile arms
4th December 2011
After a hiatus, Ghostie goes for another Claw on eBay and wins it with only one other bidder
6th December 2011
The Claw arrives, albeit with a snapped tail. Shan't be using the tail however so it's not a big problem. The plastic looks promising. Ghostie puts it in some bleach.
Alas, gold. Oh well should make an nice custom anyway.
Alas, gold. Oh well should make an nice custom anyway.
10th May 2012
Ghostie orders a Claw from Italy
18th May 2012
Once again, no luck.
13th September 2012
Ghostie snags a Claw for £2.99
16th September 2012
Ghostie snags another Claw cheap from eBay. The last one hasn't come through yet, but Ghostie doesn't want to risk losing a potential ghost if the last one turns out not to be.
18th September 2012
The first Claw arrives and looks promising. Ghostie puts it in some bleach.
21st September 2012
This project is not yet over however. Stay tuned for when Ghostie finally gets the yellow off. Actually, go make a brew, this could take a while.
25th September 2012
So while the first of those two Claws already had the colour Ghostie needed, she was planning to trade or sell the second one off... that is until it arrived and she saw something suspicious about the plastic colour showing through the flash scars and in the peg holes where the chrome couldn't reach. Curious she decided to strip the chrome and found this awesomeness
Looks like the Pink Menace group have found a new mascot.