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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
The Helcat is a "panther" type Zoid, which could variously refer to a melanistic leopard or jaguar, or to a cougar such as the Florida panther. As a loosely caricatured medium-sized feline, the Helcat has no obvious physical traits that could be used to define it specifically as any one of the former. Its name may be a reference to the WWII fighter plane, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat F6F Hellcat]. 
 
  
 
Designed for reconniasance and spying missions, the Helcat is the quintissential stealth-type Zoid, albiet not the best one around. Fast and light on its feet, it's equipped with a [[Stealth Shield]] that renders it invisible to the naked eye, though it can still be detected on radar or through thermal imaging. Due to its small size and light armour, the Helcat tends to avoid direct confrontations, hunting in groups and using its asssortment of back and chest mounted cannons to weapons to chip away at its victims from a safe distance.
 
Designed for reconniasance and spying missions, the Helcat is the quintissential stealth-type Zoid, albiet not the best one around. Fast and light on its feet, it's equipped with a [[Stealth Shield]] that renders it invisible to the naked eye, though it can still be detected on radar or through thermal imaging. Due to its small size and light armour, the Helcat tends to avoid direct confrontations, hunting in groups and using its asssortment of back and chest mounted cannons to weapons to chip away at its victims from a safe distance.

Latest revision as of 17:15, 8 August 2018

The Helcat is a panther-type Zoid.

Helcat
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Release Info
Helcat (1986, Japan, Tomy)

Hellcat (1986, UK, Tomy)
Helcat (2000, Japan, Tomy)
Atak Kat (2001, US/Canada, Hasbro)
Helcat Noir (2002, Japan, Tomy)

Model type: Windup


Overview

Designed for reconniasance and spying missions, the Helcat is the quintissential stealth-type Zoid, albiet not the best one around. Fast and light on its feet, it's equipped with a Stealth Shield that renders it invisible to the naked eye, though it can still be detected on radar or through thermal imaging. Due to its small size and light armour, the Helcat tends to avoid direct confrontations, hunting in groups and using its asssortment of back and chest mounted cannons to weapons to chip away at its victims from a safe distance.

Toy release info