17 Facts About Zoids

1.

The relaunched Japanese line, now entitled Zoids, was a success, running from 1983 until 1990.

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2.

The Zoids line had its own "Battle Story" that was told serially on the backs of the model boxes and in catalogues.

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3.

The Zoids were recolored from the OJR versions, and came with detailed, 3 inch tall action figures of the pilot and crew.

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4.

The Zoids were divided into Helic and Guylos factions, with the Zenebas Empire returning later.

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5.

Blox Zoids can be easily disassembled and combined with each other, as well as with regular Zoids.

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6.

The cancellation of the line left a number of new Zoids unreleased, including most of those not yet re-released by TOMY.

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7.

Any Blox Zoids that were released by Hasbro were sold as part of the line known as Z-Builders.

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8.

The line featured a number of Zoids that were previously only released in North America.

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9.

The new designs, namely the Bio-Zoids which had rubber armor, did not do so well, having been plagued by quality control issues and production errors.

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10.

In most cases, these Academy Zoids have nearly identical packaging to their Japanese predecessors save for the Korean language and a sticker bearing the Academy logo.

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11.

The first MSS Zoids, released in January 2013, were a Shield Liger and Hammer Rock.

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12.

The Zenebas Zoids were mostly red and silver and more armored, the Helic more skeletal and favoring blue and grey.

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13.

Zoids's son took over the reins, driving the Republic forces back to the Eastern Continent.

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14.

Zoids becomes a pilot of their Zoid, the Liger Zero, a temperamental Zoid that previously had been unpilotable.

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15.

Zoids is aided by his teammates, Leena Toros, Brad Hunter, Jamie Hemeros, as well as their leader, Dr Steve Toros.

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16.

Zoids: Fuzors follows the adventures of team Mach Storm and RD, a novice Liger Zero pilot.

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17.

Zoids's village is suddenly attacked by skeletal "Bio-Zoids" intent on securing the powerful Generator located in the village.

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