What are zoids?
In the early 1980s, Tomy Company, Ltd. (now the fifth largest toy company in the world!) introduced to the world an animal shaped robotic vehicle which came as a model kit you yourself assembled! They evolved from simple stationary models to fully moveable battery operated or wind up models and due to the simplicity of given instructions anyone could make them! Huge in Japan and across Europe they were only mildly popular here in the United States until Tomy re-released them in 1999 with a whole new design and color scheme. This time, they added a comic and animated series which expanded interest immeasurably, and allows you to now be looking at this page!
