The next couple chapters of the Zoids Battle Story have been added! With just three chapters left to go in this book, this section focuses on the Republic's massive Ultrasaurus, and the Empire's determination to overthrow the giant mech.

 Hey, who here remembers the Geno Maxi? That's right, get a small taste of extra Eisen Dragoon lore and learn about some of your favorite early 2000s concept rexes in the most recent Smack Zoids update! For this section I opted to include some of the model stuff because it provided a couple details I found interesting. I'm not sure yet if this'll be included for other updates or not, as it's usually just customization notes like this one.

 The first volume of the OJR Zoids Graphics (under Books) has been added! With this volume, I've elected to switch from the reader format to an in-page format like our other books. Originally I'd started with translated images. As novel as this idea is, the Graphics are going to continue to add in story content and materials that I'd like to be able to reference directly without having to include the entire page (such as location images, character images, etc.)

 We already provide the pamphlets in both English and Japanese as a courtesy because of how rare-expensive it is to collect them all, but having to provide it in three different formats is a bit much, especially when one of those formats dramatically increases the work time required to make an update happen. That aside, this volume delves into the beginnings of Zoids Lore, with lots of interesting art, so take a look!

 Two new pages have been added to the Hobby Japan article, one for 1988 and one for 1990. These pages contain some of the Hobby Japan EX volumes that delve into some interesting customs from back in the day, including original artwork!

 The Zoids Index has received a pretty big drop of new profiles, offering a lot of information from Zoids Generations! First and foremost, the index entries for Liger Blue "Souga" and Liger Red "Hiou" have been updated with their full story content now fleshed out. New Index entries have been added for the Hound Soldier KS, Rez Wolf, Rez Tiger, Hebby Rhimos, Bio Raptor, Bio Megaraptor, Bio Tricera, and Iron Kong MKS. These all contain story spoilers, obviously, so be aware if reading!

 The Bio Zoids included at this time were included because I consider Generations to be a fairly large media source, and currently do not have any of their Zoids Genesis content (since I haven't begun to cover Genesis yet.) Generations media mentions have also been added to the Brastle Tiger and Wardick entries.

 The Character Index is following along with the Zoids Generations update! Profiles have been added for Jin, Ken, Masakuni, Midori, and Raetelme. These profiles contain heavy spoilers for Zoids Generations, of course.

 A page has been added for Volume 6 (Japanese version) of the Chaotic Century anime. The DVD info is typically found under the 'Series Information' link. This volume contains 71 unique concept arts for the episodes featured on the disc!

 The Zoids Wild model kit section has been updated to include the last of the standard release model kits, covering Senki. Pages have also been added for almost all limited editions, giving basic details of how they were distributed, what events they related to, etc. There's still a few limiteds I need to dig up.

 As I mentioned a while ago, I've been going around updating some directories and pages to better work with back-end changes to the site. This resulted in a lot of broken content over the past couple of months. I wanna say that work is now more-or-less complete, unless I've missed something. So, if you notice anything broken around the site, please reach out and let me know! Some changes that've come from this:

•  Miniatures have been merged into the Action (now Other) Figures page.


•  Some figure and mini pages have been merged into a single page, if the products only had a few images.


•  Some old pages with inaccurate names have had the proper names for the product added.


•  A lot of broken images and links have been fixed. In particular concept art/products in the Index.


•  Pilot Index updated to use Zoid Index-style layout. Some profiles left unupdated if soon to be replaced.


•  Most pages should now use the standard layout instead of the old gray bar layout.


•  Some anime pages left unupdated, to help me keep track of what pages need attention.


•  Most embedded videos fixed across the site. Media page will be fixed later in another update.

 Takara Tomy has, without delay, announced the reveal of the Advanced Zi Geno Breaker, following right on the heels of the Geno Saurer's release! This teaser image references an old announcement in CoroCoro for the Tomy Geno Breaker, which is a fun detail.

 Though this is a Saurer with an extra weapons unit, TT has really gone out of their way to make this AZ Breaker something special. For starters, keen eyes may notice that it's modeled after Raven's Geno Breaker from the anime, complete with the white face covering and blue LED eyes. For those who aren't anime-focused, it comes with swappable parts to turn the face cover red and the black Free Round Shield segment to red. Like the old Tomy Breaker, it includes all the pieces you need to make a red AZ Geno Saurer.

 The Charged Particle Converter in the backpack spins. The Charged Particle Cannon and core glow red like the Geno Saurer. The arms connecting the Free Round Shield also have a unique piece that, when the shields are stationary at the sides, will actually make the X-Breakers move! It can be disconnected to allow free articulation of the arms for action poses. This is such a cool feature I didn't know I needed, but I'm excited about it. Hybridized articulation-motorization features like this are a dream. The Zoid is currently in the shooting process for its upcoming commercial, and pre-orders are expected to open August 6th!

- Preview Video

 Zoids Official has posted a teaser for the upcoming RMZ-013 Shield Liger Bang Ver.! We were all surprised that Shield Liger wasn't at the front of production for the RMZ line, but the wait has been well worth it, with lots of features that stand out for this particular Shieldy. First, as the teaser implies, we finally have a Shield Liger that's going to come with an Energy Shield! Though companies have toyed with this notion before, reality often didn't meet expectations, with Kotobukiya, for example, lamenting that in reality a red-pink Energy Shield just looks like a bowl of fruit punch. This style, I think, goes a long way to meeting the expectations, with sweeping action lines instead of trying to make the shape entirely anime accurate. I only wish the included stand for it was clear!

 It also comes with the expected Shield Liger weaponry, but another neat fact is that the Missile Arms use a standard 3mm peg! This is a first for the Shieldy, and means that you can attach a variety of Zoid, MSG, etc. parts to the arms for easy customization. The tail uses the anime-specific tip but also comes with an optional beam gun that has a nice, compact look to it. The face and leg armor follows the trend of opening vents as well. Pre-orders are expected to open in August.

 The T-Spark label had an exhibit at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2025 event, where they displayed lots of items, but also sold an event-exclusive Blade Liger Mirage! Though this kit sold for 299 HKD (roughly $38 USD), it was so limited that the second-hand market prices are already quite high. A number of them were raffled off through the Takara Tomy Mall, but this was done through random drawing, rather than direct sale. Rather unfortunate for the rest of us that may want one, but hopefully it'll see more releases going forward. The box seems to vaguely reference the stylings of the old Blade Liger Mirage Kanon Spec. from the old days!

 We also got teasers for the Hell Cat Tirol from Guardian Force! This charming little fellow is capable of pulling off a lot of the anime poses. Like the normal Hell Cat it comes with a stand. Only, Tirol will also come with a standee featuring Nicholo, the boy who lived with him in the ruins! This standee features art from a returning anime character designer, Tadashi Sakazaki!The kit is scheduled to release in February 2026 for 4,400 Yen, and is a Takara Tomy Mall / T-Spark Zone exclusive. Though it's pictured unarmed, it still includes all the Helcat weapons and option parts.

 The Geno Saurer Raven has received its official webpage, showing off concept art and a ton of its features. The kit is scheduled to release in February 2026 for 7,700 Yen. In this version of the kit, the gun barrel effects are gold and the particle effect is purple. The armor matches the anime colors, and the kit comes with a wire for the arm to recreate the famous launching wire arm from the show. As expected, it also comes with a Raven and Shadow figure.

 T-Spark has announced a new Patlabor x Zoids collab kit, a rehash of the previous Hunter Wolf Metropolitan Police Department Version, this time as Unit 2! This kit seems redesigned to better match the manga style, with modified facial armor, sloping back ears, new decals, and a more defined nose. The gold from the previous kit has been changed to silver. Pre-orders are opening in August.

 So I'm sure like me, many of you have been wondering about the manga that was announced a while ago as part of the Patlabor x Zoids crossover. Well, turns out it's beginning in August, as a part of the Hero's Bunko publication! I'm unclear at the moment on if this is going to be a serialized comic or if it's releasing as a book (it seems like most of Hero's Bunko is books?) but we'll find out more later, I'm sure.

 We've gotten new information on the Evangelion collaboration kits (promo image) from Synergenex, starting with Test Type-01, scheduled to be released in February 2026 for 6,600 yen! Both units come with an Entry Plug to replace the pilot. The unit comes with a purple cockpit hatch to match Eva Unit 1 as well as a black one to better match the Xeno Rex's styling. It has custom designed armor and weapons matching the unit as well!

Within the vast geofront beneath Tokyo-3, a spherical metallic lifeform mysteriously glowed and pulsated. It was discovered along with other metallic skeletons deep in the Antarctic strata, and was placed under the care of the special agency NERV. NERV designated this metallic lifeform as a "Core", analyzed it, and due to its semi-permanent energy generation, planned to repurpose it into a weapon to destroy the Angels. During further research, it was also discovered that the Core's unique pulse pattern resonated only with specific individuals of Evangelion, decisive general-purpose humanoid weapons. This was seen as an effective means of countering the Angels. NERV appropriated replacement parts from the resonating Evas, restoring the metallic lifeform to its original form, dubbing it the Xeno Rex, a decisive general-purpose beast-type weapon. * Machine translation

 The red Test Type-02 is releasing at the same time for the same cost. It features the Pencil Roc, a 6-shot gun inspired from the referenced Eva, as well as other weapons inspired by Evangelion, like the Pallet Rifle and Progressive Knife, which unfolds from the shoulder towers. Like Type-01, it comes with two cockpit covers, a red one to match the Eva, and a translucent orange one to match the Xeno Rex.

- Preview Video

 The HMM Salamander has finally opened for pre-orders! This kit is scheduled to release in December for 29,700 yen. This kit has an insane amount of articulation, able to mimic bird-of-prey poses. It has separate missiles on the back and includes attachment parts to allow you to equip the Gojulas Cannons. These will be releasing in December for 5,940 yen. If you pre-order the Salamander through Kotobukiya Direct you'll also receive gold pilots (7) and decals based on the OJR Salamander. If you want to see more of the articulation, check out the special live stream below.

- Special Livestream

 Two new HMM articles are up, one featuring the decals from the Molga Full Option Set (which looks excellent in those colors!) and one for the Command Wolf AC & LC Marking Plus Ver.. The Command Wolf even includes decals in blue to match the old Tomy box art!