The History of Zoids!

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@sejidate8055 10 ай бұрын

Zoids 2 is where I remember going those look cool. Still don't have a single Zoid to this day though.

@fandabidozi3191 6 ай бұрын

Spent a long time ogling these in the toy store back in the 80’s. I had a spider, a raptor and a small tyranisaur zoid. Couple of them came with comics. Good times!

@jefflabbecomedy Ай бұрын

Shout-out Gun Blaster for giving me a migraine trying to put it together as a little kid. Worth it, those rotating barrels were sick. And that being my first Zoid so young made the rest a breeze.

@derkikkirshaw6411 2 ай бұрын

I got one for easter in 83 or so haha never forgot it, my mom always put a new toy in with our candy for easter, best mom ever!

@alfianfahmi5430 Ай бұрын

How to thrive in 80's toys market : 1. Catchy brand name 2. Interesting premise and designs 3. _INTERESTING LORE_

@sirphoboszoids 10 ай бұрын

XD that’s awesome!! Thanks for showing my Liger Zero Epyon towards the end!!

@Justin-Ver-Ka 10 ай бұрын

I thought that was such a cool custom!

@RA1N3SZ 10 ай бұрын

Always glad to see zoids get some love.

@kumar00013 10 ай бұрын

Such humble beginnings. I never would have guessed. Very well done

@bahrainhasnan 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I thought it was a hit ever since the beginning haha.

@xxnike0629xx 10 ай бұрын

#RIPRadioShack 7:33 Took them long enough but the HMM line up is finally what Zoids fans deserved. If I have to say a few things, it's that Kotobukiya kits tend to be more expensive than Bandai kits and they don't reprint kits as often meaning often we see HMM kits (for example) being resold at a very high price.

@scythe5944 10 ай бұрын

From what I have read on r/zoids its due to that Zoids is pretty much a niche brand that is pretty much dead outside of Japan so Kotobukiya limit the number of units they make. Due to the limited number of units that they think they can sell they have to up the price of each unit to pay for the production and other costs. They also don't reprint very often due to knockoffs being sold for 1/3d to 1/4th the price and it just isn't worth reprinting if you know they will be a hard sell. Bandai on the other hand floods the market with hg and mg units so much so that every online retailer generally has them 10-30% off every week, in some cases even 50%. In Japan hg Aerials and Kyoukai Senki hg are seen as essentially worthless and are hard to even give away. Bandai makes enough on the ones that do go for 100% price that they really don't care what happens to the leftovers.

@mikeg5039 10 ай бұрын

My brother had the dibison toy back in i wanna say 1985. I had a ton in the 90s. Even my dad was amazed at the brontosaurus toy

@UnhandyCandy280 10 ай бұрын

I still have all my zoids. I kept them even over star wars toys (which i loved).

@SparkRattle 10 ай бұрын

Brief and accurate. You, sir, earned my subscription and I will be watching more! Thank you!

@thehobbyist1162 5 ай бұрын

I’ve got several zoids and some of the rare ones are the 1/24 scale ones and some of the oer zoids and some reissues of the ojr zoids aka njr zoids and hmm zoids.

@AlteisenNacht 10 ай бұрын

awesome video Ethan! Great seeing a spotlight on a series that isn't gundam for a change

@peterbrowning9961 27 күн бұрын

Was kinda hoping he'd mention how the z-knights line fit in somewhere here. I do remember having a gold and black version of the shield liger, with fold-out missile pods and a twin linked cannon concealed where a saddle would go... it was battery operated not wind up. It was from either David Jones or Myers(Grace Bros) so it wasn't a cheap kit. Good video, brought back fun times.

@DotHacker99 8 ай бұрын

i'm a zoids enthusiast starting with the 99' release and recently got into HMM. It's nice getting to learn a bit about the history

@FLCLintron 10 ай бұрын

I always wondered why I got the technozoids for so cheap as a kid.

@ebert30 10 ай бұрын

Well done Ethan!

@kaiarose15 10 ай бұрын

great vid as always, ethan!

@Justin-Ver-Ka 10 ай бұрын

The Rocky Balboa of franchises lol

@Clitjohnson 10 ай бұрын

Damn I had no idea about any of this. Great vid, subscribed.

@GunplaGirlie 10 ай бұрын

Woah Nice Video!!!

@youngheero 10 ай бұрын

Dang didn't know they go this far back. Always loved the show back when I was a kid watching toonami. I've never seen any kits or toys always wanted them. I've been so into Gunpla, but I might have to get one of these kits soon. They look so awesome.

@gunstargizmo 14 күн бұрын

Considering how long they’ve been around, it would be a surprise to anyone to know that the Zoids failed consistently up until recently. Zoids inspired the creation of Starriors and Dino-Riders.

@CrozzaCine 2 ай бұрын

I was there for the original releases in the 1980s...now I have to go find a newer version

@fredericktennant9151 Ай бұрын

I remember getting these Zoids back in the 80s when everyone was getting Tranformers They took hours to build but they moved under their own steam (Batteries) its a shame that Transformers took off and these did not.

@lyteskys1 7 ай бұрын

I order from ya all the time. I didn't know you had these awesome videos

@MechaWarehouse 7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@DennisTamayo 8 ай бұрын

I hope it would have a collab with Transformers' Trypticon in the future, since Takara Tomy owns both since 2006.

@shukilevyandbrookesheildsl2638 6 ай бұрын

I'm patiently waiting for a release of a HMM Sinker Zoid (Manta Ray). I hope there will eventually be a release for one announced soon.

@fpow5284 10 ай бұрын

Cool video

@TheSaltiestDogs 10 ай бұрын

nice!

@TheBrotherGrim 10 ай бұрын

My mom got me and my brother the Pegasus TechnoZoid when we were really young, and putting that beast together was such a nightmare 😂 So much confusion, but it was really really cool.

@DoraKage 6 ай бұрын

Zaddens me how poorly handled this IP was. As an x - Xebec employee who joined the company about 8 years after they made Chaotic Century, this franchise holds a special place in my heart. Even back then - Zoids was more of a product based IP along the lines of Beyblade, but they could have handled it better. The most recent iteration - Zoids wild is... really not nice. Had they played their cards right - this could have been like Japanese Horizon Zero Dawn.

@Jangmo88 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the breakdown!

@no1yudkno 11 күн бұрын

good stuff!

@FredEggs 10 ай бұрын

I was so mad when they dropped the elephantis line. Will never forgive the producers for that >:(

@dark-jedi 9 ай бұрын

The HMM line is hands on, awesome down to the details. But the charm of the original 1/72 (and 1/24) Tomy kits is definitely stronger and the memories each one of us had with it. I wish they'd reprint, repaint, modify/add new armors of the older kits and make new ones like they did before because honestly the wild series personally is an embarrassment (except for a few Zoids). They should hire whoever made the designs from the 80s up until the early 2000s.