Back in April, LABO posted a blog entry on the HMM Rev Raptor! This shows off a painted sample of the upcoming model kit, which is scheduled to release in September for 4,800 Yen. It's the first completely new small-scale Zoid since the Pteras Bomber, as Godos and Iguan both reuse parts.

 A LABO Article was posted earlier this month to discuss the newly released HMM Shadow Fox Marking Plus! This kit, which features a color-faded version of the original Fox box art, now comes with a ton of new decals. The decals are also in colors that will work well with the HMM Fire Fox.

- Blade Liger AB Reissue!

 This article also announced the reissue of the Blade Liger AB Version, which released in February 2020! This kit will be re-released in October of this year, so if you missed it the first time, grab one now!

 Just a few days ago we received news on the HMM Raven Raptor! During the earlier announcements, many people thought this might turn out to be a Koto Exclusive, both because if being announced at the same time, and because of earlier trends. However, it seems it'll be a normal release, which is fantastic! The kit is scheduled to release in November 2021 for 6,300 Yen, and will include a Pile Bunker. Both Rev Raptor and Raven Raptor will feature new box art by Mercy Rabbit. As an exciting development, the blog also mentions their plans to post an introduction for the Liger Zero X next month!

- HMM Pile Bunker Unit!

 The Pile Bunker is also scheduled to release in November for 1,500 yen, alongside the release of the HMM Raven Raptor. These weapons attach to two attachment arms on the lower back. You can attach two at once, or use the other slot for radar parts, etc. The weapon is also compatible with Iguan and Godos, who are able to actually hold the huge weapon, holding on to the bars along the top. It includes original decals as well! At this time, Koto has said they have no intention to release the earlier-made Customize Parts as separate CP sets. So the Molga's Cannory Unit, Command Wolf's Attack Unit, and so on.

 Zoids Wild EX-ZERO, the official side-story published in Hobby Japan Magazine during 2020, has announced a brand new book! This book will include the entire story as it was posted earlier, as well as some additional content, apparently, including a new story written exclusively for the book. For now we've removed our EX-ZERO section out of respect for this upcoming sale. At the time that it was posted, I honestly hadn't expected a book! It's scheduled to be released in late July for 3,300 Yen, and is currently available on sites like HLJ and Amazon JP! HJM's twitter posted some clean images of the first Chapter, while Revolver posted teasers of the new story, Senki EX, which is still running on HJM.

 Synopsis: Republican unit Blood Blood Corps is a unique task force with the intent purpose of capturing and testing upcoming Imperial technology. The group is led by Shishio Ryuu and his Armd Liger, a specialized liger with auxiliary arms used to snatch weapons off of its opponents from the Empire. As the story evolves, they discover the earliest Laser weapons, considered to be a gateway weapon to Zi's most devastating power, the Charged Particle Cannon. The Blue Bloods make it a top priority to capture this laser equipment, to prevent the Republic from losing irreparable distance in the arms race. With each new battle, Shishio's Armd Liger gains more and more equipment from its defeated opponents. Every chapter features a newly remodeled and evolved Armd Liger. Necessary changes for our team to keep up their fight with Lieutenant Cutter, a strange young man from the Empire who has an unusual effect on the Zoids that he pilots.

 Timeline: Zoids Wild EX-ZERO is unique in that it's carefully crafted to fit within the world of Zoids Wild ZERO, the anime. The story begins before the anime series and makes numerous references to the show. This includes a new Regeneration Cube side-story, a chapter exploring the recovery of additional Genospino parts, and ultimately even meeting characters from the Zoids Wild ZERO anime. If you liked the anime, and understand Japanese, you'll enjoy this story. If you don't understand Japanese, it still has lots of nice diorama style images (as seen in this post), customizing examples, and hopefully more!

 EX-ZERO isn't the only book! We'll also be getting a compilation book of the Zoids Wild 2+ manga soon! The book will be released late July for 670 Yen, and is available on AmazonJP. The manga has been serialized in CoroCoro Comic over the past year, and as of the August issue, the manga will end. It features tons of high-detail Zoids art and I highly recommend picking it up! Check out some sample images here and here.

 Synopsis: Zoids Wild 2+ picks up shortly after the end of Zoids Wild 2, following Tetsuro, pilot of the Xenorex, and his young partner, Arkya. They're members of ZIB, a secret organization that tracks and fights crimes involving Zoids. The world has gotten more complicated after the planet's magnetic field began to increase, so they have their work cut out from them. Especially when it comes to the new enemy of their story, the Burning Liger, a mysterious Zoid with a mind of its own that seeks to eliminate the ZCF.

 GraffArt has posted a slew of Zoids Wild Zero related goods! With plenty of character and Zoid art alike, there are tons of items to browse.

 You can now read Chapter 1 of Zoids Official Fan Book 3 in the books section! This has been a highly anticipated chapter following Ray Gregg and his Shield Liger DCS-J, and was featured in a couple of the more recent HMM box arts. So give it a read if you want to see the origin of the HMM box art!

 I've added a review for Pincers from Hasbro's "Built Them To Battle!" Zoids model kit series. I hope to review every Zoid released in this series, and while I don't have the JP version of this kit, I'll be covering the differences of any kits that I have the JP counterparts of. In the mean time this review introduces some of the standard changes between the US and JP editions, as well as box images and instructions.

 Since Zoids Wild is a new stage for Zoids model kits, both in the US and in Japan, I've separated the Hasbro release to its own model kits section. There are so many differences in these kits that I felt that they deserved its own space. This section includes a list of the Zoids, an overview of the differences, and will include all of the reviews we'll be making going forward! I'd really like to cover every kit in this line, if possible.

 Episodes 11 ~ 14 have been added to to the Zoids Fuzors section! This includes screencaps, episode summaries, character and Zoid lists, notable facts, and videos showing the difference between the US / DVD release of the show the Japanese / blu-ray release. We're starting to get to the overarching story of this series!

 Along with four added episode details, Volumes 1 ~ 4 of the Japanese DVD concept art has been added to the Fuzors-specific concept art page! I'll probably make a dedicated page for these eventually. Huge thanks to Falcarius for providing the images! We see a lot of the early series characters, and even a couple things from the upcoming videos. As usual, new concepts are marked by a green border.

 The Iron Bible has joined the HLJ Affiliation program! I wanted to be up front about this since it does award us a small (3%) commission, but for a long time I've been struggling to find sites that reliably stocked the new Wild kits. Though they sell out fast in all stores, HLJ seems to be the most reliable in terms of getting them quickly, aside from maybe Amazon JP. In all prices we checked today, they were cheaper than the links we already had anyway.

 So how does this change things? It doesn't, really, it's just a nice bonus. We already link to HLJ in the pre-order table, and their currently endless storage is a huge benefit while shipping is struggling on a global level. This infinite storage is common with proxy services, but not so much with stores. The only difference will be a few more items linking to HLJ, but we'll always provide the best options for our visitors. If HLJ's prices are not competitive, we won't link those kits. Plain and simple. We also have other stores over on the names page as needed! In the mean time, I'm happy to affiliate with this store.

 I've added a page to the Assorted category for Zoids Sticker Gum! These little square stickers were sold in candy packets in Japan, and you might've seen them floating around on auction sites. We're only missing a couple, and the page includes translations and images.

 Zoids Wild Senki Episode 6 is live! This episode featured some amazing and absolutely brutal combat, so I highly recommend giving it a watch. The way that Xenorex fights is awesome, and the manner that the Burning Ligers express themselves is also neat. The official website has been updating occasionally, featuring Zoid images and cast listings, etc.

- Episode

 A review video has been posted for the ZW57 Xeno Evolution Arms "Buster Unit" and the ZW58 Xenorex Buster XA! These kits are scheduled to release on March 27th for 1,000 yen and 3,500 yen respectively, but unfortunately stock has been very low. I don't think any of the standard stores still have them available, so you may need to do some shopping around, or order through the TakaraTomy Mall.

- Introduction Video

 The official twitter account has posted new photos of the Burning Liger "Legend Blue" and Xenorex "Death Red"! These kits really do look nice in the opposing colors. They're part of the recent Japan-only campaign, raffled in exchange for shipped in barcodes from applicable Zoids-related purchases.

 Kotobukiya has announced a rerelease of their HMM Sturm Tyrann kit for July, sold at 12,000 yen! This kit has been highly anticipated in spite of only being rereleased a short time ago.

 Zoids Battle Card Hunter has announced that it'll be running an "All Star Battle" campaign. This campaign begins on April 1st, and will rerelease over 50 Wild Rare cards from the earlier sets! Unfortunately, this will be the final update for Zoids Wild Battle Card Hunter. The game is set to be discontinued starting in May. This is a shame, as the game had many cool variations, attack styles, and has even been running its own story. Its been an amazing ride, and the game ran for quite a long time. A huge shoutout to the creative individuals who worked on it!

 We've officially begun work on Zoids Official Fan Book 3! With a tiny update to start with. Everything before the first chapter, which includes some rather cool images from the poster double-page spreads, the prologue, etc.

 As the Fan Books move forward, I'll be adding details from the earlier books to the index and info areas of the site! This time we've got the Brachios, Hel Digunner, Molga, Red Horn, and Redler. These profiles all include equipment information, battle story info, stats, etc.

 The Character Index is also finally getting some updates! Characte profiles have been added for Arthur Borgmann, Brick Spantz, L.G. Halford, Payle Geordot, Stefan Skorzeny, and Tommy Paris. Their profiles include battle story information up to Official Fan Book 2, the Zoids they've piloted, and images of the pilots where available. Not all of them actually got official artwork.