The Cannon Tortoise MPV released, and we got to see some brand new box art for the kit! Funny enough, it even features a little Shotodile walking beside the tort. It's always nice seeing diverse box art animations like this.

 Code Name B.U.D.D.Y., the special Zoids x Patlabor collaboration comic has begun its launch! Hero Comics has even provided the first two chapters FREE for fans to read, so go ahead and take a look. The series is currently up to Chapter 3, releasing on a monthly-ish schedule.

 YamadaxTakahiro, the original designer of the Trinity Liger, recently posted some awesome concept arts for the Zoid in celebration for the RMZ Trinity Liger release! It even includes some Geno Hydra content, so highly recommend checking it out.

 Takara Tomy held an exhibit at the Shanghai Wonder Festival 2025 event, with their booth featuring a giant RMZ Blade Liger! Its been a bit since we've seen some of these giant Zoids, so it's nice to see them make a return. The venue sold some T-shirts featuring RMZ box art graphics or the T-Spark logo, and also had a sale of more RMZ Blade Liger Mirages.

 Takara Tomy exhibited quite a few products at the Tokyo Toy Show, which Dengeki Hobby posted coverage of. There are photos of the new Synergenex museum collabs of Gabrigator and Dimepulsar, the new Hunter Wolf MPD, etc.

 Two new Synergenex kits have been announced as part of the Great Extinction Exhibition, scheduled to be held at the National Museum of Nature and Science. The venue will open on November 1st and run until February 23rd, 2026. The new kits are Redonda Gabrigator Rare Bone Ver. 2025 and Dimepulsar Rare Bone Ver. 2025. It seems 'Rare Bone' has become a label applying to these museum kits in general, with these two kits featuring particularly unique color schemes. The exhibit, which is focusing on the five mass extinction events throughout prehistory, will include displays for Dimetrodon and Redondasaurus replicas, among others, thus the choice in Wild kits.

 Some particularly cute little Zoids Shoulder Zun Figs have started appearing on various sites for pre-order. There hasn't been much in the way of official announcements, but these Shoulder Zun Figs are a popular gacha series featuring characters of various franchises in sleepy positions, leaning on one shoulder. The set will include Gojulas, Shield Liger, Death Saurer, and Iron Kong, with a full set expected to cost 1,600 yen and planned for a January 2026 release.

 We've got some better images of the Zoids Package Collection. These are small figures featuring OJR Zoids boxes, but miniaturized! They also come with an old school Zoids logo tag. Hobby Watch has more photos of this collection. The Death Saurer is 1/9 scale and the others are 1/7 scale, expected to be 300 yen each.

 This guy was announced at an event a while back, but we finally have an official announcement for the AZ-02EX2 Liger Zero Empire Spec. and man does it look gorgeous in these colors! This kit is a T-Spark / TTMall exclusive with pre-orders expected to open in September. Now, in the past, some TT Mall exclusives have appeared on the Kotobukiya US store, but I can't help but notice that this post distinctly mentions it being a domestic release, so we'll have to wait and see.

 We now have an official web page for the AZ-12 Geno Breaker, which as usual contains some lovely concept art of the kit, as well as insights into the 3D model! There's tons of additional photos to view. The kit is scheduled to release in March 2026 for 19,800 yen (tax included). Those who order through the Takara Tomy Mall before August 31st will receive five limited postcards. There's a couple of awesome videos for you to check out as well!

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 On the list of new products we also have an official page for the Shield Liger Bang Special! The page includes some (frankly adorable) concept art and a ton of pictures. This kit is expected to release in March 2026 for 6,600 yen (tax included).

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 At the end of the Shield Liger video, we got two new announcements, with the first being the RMZ Saber Tiger Raven Special! The first Saber to release is planned to be the Schwarz, so this will be our first 'standard' equipment Saber Tiger.

 The even more surprising second reveal was the RMZ Zabat! Zabat has gotten woefully few kits over the years, and its always been a Zoid with some interesting quirks and gimmicks. Seeing how TT will tackle a redesign of this Zoid should be interesting!

 We've got an official page for the second Hunter Wolf MPD which more or less rehashes the lore of the first, but includes lots of gorgeous photos of this Zoid. Looks like it'll have blue eyes! The original unit had yellow-green eyes.

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 The Okinawa illustrations for the Popup Tour have been revealed, featuring an adorable Shield Liger + Blade Liger illustration and more character art. (Organoids in hats!) A second scene features a nice ocean hangout. The tour is starting to wrap up, but it was such a fun event to follow.

 We're getting yet another themed Zoids crate, this time based on the Zenebas Empire! For those who've missed the others, these are quite literally plastic crates. They have no contents, but are instead storage containers intended for storing your Zoids or other goods, and when not needed can be folded flat for easier storage. The crate is scheduled to release in October for 7,150 yen.

 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!

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 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.