Wow, where was I in the '80's when these babies came out? Obviously collecting ZOIDS! I remember when I was in Standard 5, I have been interested in Zoids at that time but never bought one because they were too expensive, not that I can afford it. So I pester my parents to get me one, they didn't. I remembered calling my grandmother all the way from Johore to buy it for me in KL. And you know what? The first ever Zoids I got was from my grandmother. The rest was "you see… grandma got me my first Zoids" and the rest came naturally from my parents, hehehe..
Behold Tomy is reissuing many of the Zoids and even creating some new ones! Look for them at your local hobby store and they are currently sold in Toys 'R' Us & departmental stores. I don't think there is ever any hardcore collector nowadays. Thankfully the wonders of the Internet also allow us to mail order these straight from Japan. Since smitten by the Zoid bug, I've never bought one Zoids for myself until last week and only after 20 years! Really brought back memories. Toys 'R' Us only had a handful of boxes left of Zoids, yet I have to remove the dust from the boxes. I guess it has been left there for ages and no one buys them. I even suspect they aren't distributing this in Malaysia anymore. (hope not)
I also tried to locate some vintage 80's Zoids. If anyone wants to sell them at a decent price. I will gladly buy them.
By the way for those that doesn't know what Zoids are. Out of the box it comes in parts which you need to assemble just like any Gundam figurine. You can paint them if you want. They are all animated collectibles, some are battery powered and some have windup motors. The linkage of moving parts is really amazing engineering, they are marvelous to watch.
Out of the boxVintage Zoids 1982 the first Zoids (not my collection):
MY COLLECTION FROM THE 1980'S
My First Zoids in 1988
1989(i'm missing a tusk and an ear, guess I must have swallowed it when I was young)
1988
1990
1989
1991
1989
1988
1990
1989
1991
Which I bought Recently 2007
2 comments:
wallau how old are u in standard 5???? can do all this? doesn't it say on the box that is not suitable for your young age?
I had swallowed a few parts until i got it right. I dont even know how old am i at std 5...umm maybe 10-11?
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