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!

 The Shield-D-Prime box art has been revealed! Hobby Watch also posted an interview with the staff who worked on the kit, giving some insights into its development as well as some interesting concept art, showing the Blade Liger that was considered before they landed on the Shield Liger.

- Developer Interview

 A second collaboration with Seiko has been announced, this time producing a quality watch featuring the Geno Saurer! I feel like the design comes across cleaner and more readable. Each watch is engraved with the imperial emblem of Guylos and a serial number (1 of 300). The watch is scheduled to release January 1st for 66,000 yen.

 T-Spark has been hyping up the release of their first Metamor Verse figure, Ao Kiriyama and the Blade Liger Buddy Armor! This figure is scheduled to release in January 2026 for 14,850 yen, and already has an official web page. The price was a bit of a shock to many fans, even those who collect other similar figures from Kotobukiya. Nevertheless, it looks like the figure is good quality, and the accompanying Blade Liger is adorable! (Many of us Zoids fans would love to buy just the Liger separate, haha). T-Spark Official posted pictures of the different ways the armor can be worn and some extra photos. People who order from Kotobukiya or Takara Tomy Mall will also receive an option part to give Ao pink hair.

 Its been such a fun ride following this traveling Popup Tour! The Hokkaido venue featured an Emperor's Holiday episode themed set, along with the Dibison. There's also now a Fukui Loft exhibit running, which is great timing with the Fukui Dinosaur Museum collaboration. Fukui features the Death Stinger and a large dinner scene of Prozen, Hiltz, Raven, Rease, and the Organoids and Zoids. Some goods from previous venues will also be resold at this event. A fun meal and archeology theme art was also revealed, further celebrating the Dinosaur Museum timing! Last but not least, the official X account posted pictures of the venue. The tour is planned to finally come to a close in Okinawa in late August.

 Hobby Japan web has posted some more Zoids articles for public viewing! First off is the RMZ Molga from the August 2025 issue. Second up is the RMZ Helcat from the same issue, with a delightfully spooky looking diorama image. Both of these kits are great, and I'd highly recommend them.

 Takara Tomy Arts is working on a new set of gacha toys, featuring boxes attached to keychains with the box art of various Zoids products throughout the years! These are scheduled for October 2025, though we don't currently have much information on them.

 Zoids Battle Story Volume 1 has received an update for the next 5 sections of the book! Story wise, it's time to see the damage done when the first large high-speed Zoid, the Sabretiger, is released on the battlefield. No sooner than this Zoid wreaks havoc does one of the Republic's strongest weapons fall into enemy hands. On the auxiliary book content front, check out how the small-scale Zoids of old fair against one another, and while you're at it, review some early concepts of other OJR Zoids and a nice map of the Central Continent!

 Official Fan Book 5 has officially been started! The first seven parts of the book are up, which includes all of the introductory stuff such as map, prologue, etc. as well as the content ported over from the first Fan Book EX, the Gojulasgiga story.

 This book is going to be a slow-burn on progress. There are a ton of changes from the Fan Book EX version that we've all come to know, so I want to take the time to properly compare and analyze the two. It was also kind of a surprise drop when I was in the middle of BS1. For those who don't know, this book comes from the new Zoids Core Box, so I highly recommend tracking one down, not just for the awesome book content but also for the lovely Blurple Liger Zero it comes with!

 A page has been added for the Liger Zero Secret Book, a special booklet included as a bonus for the July 2001 issue of CoroCoro! So what is it? It's a booklet detailing the latest information of the time, including an early snippet of the OFB3 Chapter "At The End of the Western Continent War...". It includes profiles of upcoming-at-the-time Zoids, a few pieces of concept art, and most interestingly, a couple pages talking specifically about the Liger Zero's wild form!

 The Zoids Art Statue page (found under Action Figures) has received a facelift, updated to the more modern layout style and also reorganized. Now, instead of each Zoid having its own page, the Zoids are compiled into full volume pages. So all of Volume 1, for example, will be on one page. Some reviews have been updated with new, clear photos (Death Saurer, Death Stinger, Wild Liger in Volume 1) (Wild Kong in Volume 2) (Barigator, Dibison, Shield Liger in Volume 3) and there are also new Art Statue reviews for Death Saurer (Grayscale), Bloody Death Saurer in Volume 1 and Saber Tiger in Volume 3.

 After many years I've finally added the last chapter of the Zoids FOR manga. Please be advised that this chapter relies on automatic translation, so may have mistakes. However, after years of letting it sit, I decided it was finally time to just get it done. I'm hoping to continue updating some of our old manga projects soon-ish, including Galaxy Quest Planet Zi, Zoids SS, etc. The FOR manga specifically ended rather abruptly, but it was so much fun to have while it lasted, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart. Both for the memories of the game, and for the fact that I absolutely loved them trying to make a comic with a more 'grown up' art aesthetic.

 So, updating things had to take a break periodically due to arm strain issues, but it's still an ongoing process. I'm tidying up old pages as I go, so here are some updates related to that.

 The Zoids CC anime pages have gotten some updates and fixes. Scenes cut from the dub have mostly~ been fixed (the videos weren't loading before.) Each episode page now has navigation at the top so you can more easily click through episodes if you're looking for a specific scene (some layout stuff needs updated, I've left it on old gray headers so I can tell which episodes need attention.) The Zoids page for CC/GF also had a lot of pages not linked, such as Whale King and Redler. These have now been linked. I plan to redo all these pages eventually, but until then.

 Over in books, Zoids Original Story has been updated to better match modern page formatting. Broken images and videos were fixed. The stories that didn't currently use Falcarius' translations have been updated to use those instead. Story pages were merged together so that, for example, the Mirage Fox stories are all on one page, since these were 'parts' of the same story anyway. This means less clicking around to read everything.

 I'm still working my way through updating model kit and action figure pages, so please forgive any image issues or wonkiness in the meantime.