The anime variants just keep rolling, with the Storm Sworder Ala Barone the next up to get an anime recolor kit. This kit features slightly toned down reds and will include clear orange pieces that simulate the charged up energy state of the blades, only with more fluorescent orange this time. It'll include unpainted figures for Rosso and Viola (sitting and standing.) This kit is scheduled to release in August for 12,980 Yen. You can view more details in the LABO article.

 Kotobukiya has announced the rerelease of some of their D-Style kits as new [Clear Parts Append] versions, which has excited quite a few fans! The Shield Liger and Command Wolf Irvine are already up for pre-order, and they've already confirmed the Gustav to be rereleased as well. Each kit will comed with clear colorless parts in addition to the clear colored parts, such as canopies. This allows you to paint them in your favorite colors. A recent blog article shows this off with a custom red-painted Imperial Shield Liger. The photos recreated some of the Battle Story images!

 A second Hunter Wolf collab kit was announced, closely mirroring the first Hunter Wolf MPD. This rerelease will feature a new head design with slicked back ears and modified face armor, and will sport silver accents instead of gold as well as bright blue eyes. This is a shout out release for the collaboration comic Code Name B.U.D.D.Y., which features two Hunter Wolves, Ares and Bess, who work closely with the MPD.

 A good while back the box arts were posted for the Unit 01 and Unit 02 kits from the Evangelion crossover, depicting backdrops that find a nice middle ground between featuring the Zoids and the collaboration mechs.

 Trinity Liger got a surprising color variant announced, the Captured Color! This features a dark, almost black purple-toned armor with translucent purple and gold parts and white accents. The color scheme is based on the old Zoids 2 PS2 game, where captured Zoids would feature unique color schemes. This kit is scheduled to release in September for 6,600 Yen. Volks had some additional photos.

 A while back the RMZ Zabat was revealed in full. Its official page covers all the various details and concepts. The posability looks amazing and the Zoid still has many of its classic gimmicks, such as the detachable bomb in the belly. It also comes with the option parts for the man and unmanned cockpit designs. It's scheduled to release in September for 4,620 Yen.

 The Zabat will be split into two releases, the standard and the Full Option Set. The Full Option Set will include numerous added parts including the AZ 3-Shot Air-To-Air Missiles, a Radome, and hangar parts for displaying the Zoid in a hanging upside down position. You can see photos at the bottom of its official page. It's set to release in October for 6,600 Yen.

 A while back the official page was launched for the Hell Cat & Molga Set, which features classic Zenebas color schemes. The official page contains plenty of photos, and the set includes the stand and other option parts. This set is scheduled to release in September for 4,620 Yen.

 The second Metamor Verse figures were also on display, featuring Fine in the standard clothes with the fully-assembled Sieg beside her. They also had the armored version on display. Hobby Japan has some additional photos.

 The Aoi and Blade Liger figure released as part of the Metamor Verse line will be getting a rerelease in the scheme of the Red Blade Liger! Some additional photos were posted by Dengeki Hobby and there are photos of it mixed with other (sold separately) Frame Arms Girl parts. This figure is scheduled to release in September for 14,850 Yen.

 Speaking of Metamor Verse, they've been posting a series of cute photos! Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link.

 The second issue of Mech R, a new magazine launched by Hobby Japan has a ton of pages featuring Zoids! A lot of nice looks at recent painted kits used in dioramas and such.

 Hobby Japan Web has posted a couple more of their magazine articles to their website, including the RMZ Saber Tiger Schwarz and the RMZ Trinity Liger.

 VR Chat recently got a couple of Zoids models, including the Geno Breaker (priced at 8,800 Yen) and Blade Liger. VR Hobby Fes showed off some animations.

 A T-Spark specific event, T-Spark Zone Core was held back in February. It featured a variety of Zoid displays including some RMZ prototypes, Metamor Verse, etc. Hobby Watch posted a photo review of the event.

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 Both HMM art books recently received digital releases, which feature beautiful clean artwork from the HMM series and more! You can find these on most stores that sell Japanese E-Books such as Amazon JP, Book-Walker, etc. Be sure to understand how the books are viewed so you know what you're getting into!

 When Kirin Beer company was posting about one of its products, the Lager Zero, quite a few fans took great amusement in the spelling which was only a single character off from Liger Zero. After some social media back-and-forth, it seems Kirin Beer may actually be collaborating with TT to create an official collab product! While being sold by a beer company, Lager Zero is named for it having 0% alcohol.

 Now this one's really out left field. Takara Tomy is collaborating with Fairy Tail Parfum, who often does anime-based collabs to make a series of Zoids themed perfumes. There's a special scent made for several of the anime characters, including Bang, Fine, Irvine, Moonbay, Raven, Schwarz, Prozen, Sieg, and Shadow. They'll be selling for 5,500 yen each. Shipping items like this can be a bit of a challenge due to shipping laws, so you may want to keep an eye on Ebay or similar sites for them. If you try to use a larger import service there's a solid chance that even if the purchase goes through, they won't be able to actually ship the product to you.

 A Japanese manga called JK Modeler's Guide, featuring a high school girl building plastic model kits apparently got a Zoids Cameo featuring the Zoids Wild Gilraptor.

 While the Zoids Chaotic Century Pop Up Tour concluded its in-store run a while back, they decided to also do a run of products in the online store Loft. This sale has unfortunately already ended, but there were a lot of products to look at, many using the illustrations seen throughout the event printed on products such as acrylic standees. They also released a bunch of cute illustration sketches that'd been considered for the main event, but didn't quite make the cut, and these are definitely worth checking out if you appreciated the cute, wholesome art from before.

Illustration Sketches: Bang and Fine enjoying some sushi, The group chatting it up with the white Gordos, Marcus wearing a shirt featuring an Osaka's Hanshin Tigers baseball team reference, Moonbay and her Gustav enjoying the blossoms, Irvine sharing food with his Command Wolf, The group enjoying Taiwanese food, Watermelon splitting contest, Thoma offering icecream to his Dibison, Organoid souvenir shopping, Rease and her Zoids enjoying the autumn leaves, Zoid bath time, Hermann and Louise getting lunch, Rease and Nicholo childhood drawings, Bang and his Zoids enjoying the blossoms, Rudolph enjoying some rice crackers with Rosso's Iron Kong, The group enjoying some snacks, Raven and his Zoids enjoying the blossoms, Maria and Fine, Rosso, Viola, and Rudolph at the zoo, Child!Raven and his parents, Irvine and his sister.

 Speaking of updates with a lot of links, Medarot has done a few more Zoids collabs over the past few months, introducing a lot more Zoid mechs into the game as well as character costumes. Preview video, Promo image, Schneider, Panzer, Genesis preview video, Murasame Liger, Preview images, Liger Zero Phoenix, Buster Furher, Fuzors character outfits, Fuzors preview video, Schneider concept art, Panzer concept art, Genesis preview video, Buster Furher concept art, Liger Zero Phoenix concept art, Murasame Liger concept art, NC0 character outfits, Bio Megaraptor, Bio Megaraptor concept art, Genesis character outfits, Liger Zero Jager.