The Zoids Scramble Volume 3 check list has been updated with a huge portion of the set!

    Kotobukiya is releasing quite a few kits over the next two months! Gun Sniper Leena Special, Great Sabre, Saber Tiger Schwarz Special (Rerelease edition), and Blade Liger AB Van Special are all being rereleased. They've been added to our future release table below.

    We're very happy to announce that on top of our normal manga rotations, which may be a bit slow for now, we're going to be adding in the Zoids Zi manga series! We hope to update this one chapter at a time over the next few months, with translations by Chuang Yi and some editing work of our own.

    Along with this update we're also launching our new manga reader! I cannot promise at this time that it'll be applied retroactively to all other mangas. We hope so, but that may be a very long process in the making, as we are not comfortable using jquery.

    The reader launches into a different layout to maximize space. The header has a button in the center to return to the main site. Clicking the full size page will move you to the next, as well as being able to navigate a few pages at a time by using the thumbnails in the header. Clicking the fast forward buttons will take you to the next, or previous chapter start.

    Right at the moment it is configured to handle pages of 900 and 1200 pixel widths, which is usually our standard for single pages or panorama shots.

    Going forward the Manga Reader will also cover the Zoids SS Book publication! We have the first chapter of this already posted, which you can view by going to the Zoids SS Manga Directory.

    You'll find another new page in the SS Directory for side by side comparisons of the book Vs. Magazine differences. We missed the first page in the original magazine scans and hope to fix this later. Most of the differences between the book and the magazine are the first 2 chapters. Changes in later parts of the manga are much more negligible.

    Zoids Generations has updated with the rest of Chapter 1 Part 6, and the beginning of Part 7. There's a change in perspective part way threw that is marked in the translations, sorry if it's a bit confusing!

    Kotobukiya has released the box art of the Blade Liger Leon Version rerelease, scheduled to be sent out this month! Mercy Rabbit has done a stunning job. You can view the whole image on Kotobukiya's website.

    Kotobukiya has also announced that the Command Wolf LC & AC Brad Version will be rereleased in December. This is a limited kit so be sure to pick it up while you can!

    The Zoids: Material Hunters youtube channel has uploaded more video, focused on boss combat which is in a more open battle field. The gameplay seems very simple, but we look forward to seeing more!

    Just a few small things today! First we'd like to say that we're continuing, in small steps the Zoids Generations art book! There's a little update on the first chapter page and we'll be updating half-pages here and there. We'll try to be sure that anything new is both placed below a small cut (like those in the news posts) and also have green font to differentiate them from the rest!

    Along with this update the Books section has been brought up to speed with the rest of the site, using images instead of long paragraphs. Information on the individual stories will be contained within their respective pages from now on.

    So forever ago we posted a page on Zoids Legacy but never moved from that point! We've now linked a Zoids page that is still a work in progress. It has (most) of the basic icons and at this point the Ligers section has linked images that'll take you to individual Zoid pages.

    These page will have all of the color variations of the Zoid, and eventually, all of the extra icons too! Feel free to use these icons anywhere on the web, we only ask that you not direct link large numbers of them to help preserve our bandwidth. Thank you!

    The Zoids: Material Hunters website has updated with reports from the Tokyo Hobby Show! These provided images of the large Shield Liger, some gameplay images, etc. At the event a pamphlette was handed out by the young ladies you see standing around the liger. It was a single 3-part fold out that contained images of brand new Zoids!

    Video can be viewed on the G-Cluster Facebook page. The game style seems very reminiscent of those old 2D fighter plane games where you had to avoid the oncoming missiles. The event coverage is split into two pages, Part One and Part Two. The event also gave out some small metal pins of the shown Zoids. A small promo is shown below from the G-Cluster Youtube channel!

    Its been an exciting few days for Zoids! Lots of official updates. No new kits just yet, but still.

    Its been a while since we last posted some reviews, so let's start with that. I've recently acquired the Revoltech Blade Liger Mirage, as well as a replacement for my blue Blade Liger which had formerly been missing parts when I got it. A review for the blue blade liger has been added to the Action Figures section, and I hope to get the Mirage review up soon!

    A review has also been added for the Zoids Exhibition exclusive Clear Buster Eagle, which you can find in the model kits section. Since holotechs are fragile, just wanted to clear up that this one wasn't brittle!

    I've expanded on the Zoids SS book page (found under the Zoids SS Manga Directory) to include some more details about what the book contains. I was surprised to discover a number of visual changes outlined in the page expansion, so I've ordered another book. Since it is quite thick I can't properly scan it but with a book I can chop up I'll be able to archive and upload all of the new visually modified pages!

    In the last update we mentioned Zoids: Material Hunters, a new upcoming game scheduled to launch in 2015! They have added a brand new site for the game which includes details on the event and also a new screenshot of the game play. You can find the site here and in our links section! We've also updated the TT Banners article with the new banner.



    The new Zoids Material Hunters website mentions the event at the Tokyo Game Show where they're planning to reveal a massive 180cm (5'8") concept Shield Liger at their booth! No, this isn't a for sale product but it has been a long time since we've seen large scale Zoids at conventions, so I can't wait for the reveal!

    With the addition of the Zoids: Material Hunters website we were very surprised to find that the Zoids Official TT website is moving again! Not only have they replaced the Zoids: Bonds of Steel web page link with the Zoids: Material Hunters one but they've also posted a series of news!

    While none of it relates to brand new kits Koto have continued to release recolors over the past few months and announced the upcoming Blade Liger Leon Version, but the official website has not reflected any news of any kind during the last 6 months. This makes it a very good sign that they're starting to update again and I am greatly looking forward to seing the changes.

    In the mean time I'll list the news below.


    * Zoids SS Book announced. This was released recently, so is already available. The page that's linked on their website lists an Amazon purchase link but foreign buyers can also find it easily on CD Japan.


    * Zoids SS has begun to be posted on Comic Walker. The pages being posted are the book version. It already has several chapters and is scheduled to update again in a few weeks, so presumably on a monthly basis.


    * Zoids Hobby Japan Solid Work Collections advertised. This book will include images from Hobby Japan of their model kit customs and diaromas over the last few years.

    Koto has announced the Liger Zero Jager and Berserk Furher HMM kits to be rereleased in November! Pre-order links added to the upcoming release table.

    Still alive! Still got a pulse. We've updated the Chaotic Century Manga section with Chapter 24, the second half of Volume 12. This chapter features the naked Liger Zero in action on the battle field! And some rather underhanded tricks on part of Hannah to ensure the victory of her Death Stinger.

    We'll be working to resolve Chaotic Century soon, hopefully with more conviction than last time. We know this is one of the main things people wait for in updates, and apologize that it has taken so long.