Purists, put down the pitchfork for a second: Mantis.King’s RoRos are brickblend little rollers, and the mixed-system weirdness is exactly what makes them fun. These compact Mobile Frame Zero machines take LEGO and Zuru Max parts and mash them into a squad of chunky sci-fi pucks that look ready to bounce across a tabletop, claim an objective, and be deeply annoying about it.
The build language is wonderfully clear at microscale. Big black tires do most of the heavy visual lifting, giving each RoRo a low, armored stance without needing a lot of height. The bright lime panels and orange bits keep the silhouettes readable from across the table, which matters in a wargame build; you want style, but you also want to know which tiny troublemaker just rolled behind your cover. I especially like the use of grille and ladder-like textures on top, because they sell machinery without cluttering up the footprint.
What I appreciate most is that this feels like an expansion, not just a recolor or a pile of extra wheels. The old Zuru Max Raptor Force review already proved there were useful frame parts hiding in that set, and RoRos takes that practical parts-bin energy and turns it into something with personality. They are squat, toyetic, a little goofy, and completely plausible as battlefield utility bots. In other words: exactly the kind of microscale nonsense that makes me want to dump a tray of parts on the table and start making questionable tactical decisions.
Build by Mantis.King on Flickr.
