Starting off with Metasaurs, a line of robot dinosaurs in the same vein of Zoids that are 3D puzzles made out of punchout plastic sheets and balljoints that were sold in the early 2010s. As far as I can find there were only these three designs.
Something about this one keeps mesmerizing me.>some parts of it were ripped off from Zoids>was distributed worldwide>a fuckload of different models and toys that no one ever bothered to catalogize>just when you thought you've seen them all you find a new one at a thrift store, asia shop or flea market that you've never seen before and there are so many different types of toys, be it wind-up mechs, pull back motor vehicles, remote controlled ones, submarines, flywheel vehicles, etc., in so many different and sometimes incoherent colors that you can't even be sure if what you're looking at is genuine or a bootleg
>>11626926Holy shit I had these. I don't think I thought about them since I was a kid and its bringing so many weird memories back. You were right about the colors mine were purple and neon orange. I only ever had a zoid as a kid so I treasured all the little pilot guys and loved them a lot.
>>11626926never had them but i had some KOs based on these
>>11626917>MetasaursHoly shit. Never thought I would ever see the name dropped on this board in a million years. These things were made by a Korean company named Enjoimobil. The kits were printed on diecut foamcore boards that you punched out and scored to create the dinosaurs. There were two additional sets in the line: one based on the pteranodon and one based on the eoraptor. There was also a line of Metabots which were Gundam-like robot designs. No clue how many were there, but there were at least two.
>>11626917>>11626972Neat stuff. Particularly like the brontosaurus being an aircraft carrier with pterodactyls.
>Toy Quest's AndroidzReleased as a TRU exclusive line in 2010, they served as a spiritual successor to Z-bots>Monster 500A line of Rat Fink/Big Daddy Roth looking cars featuring fully painted cartoony monster drivers.>SLUG ZombiesKinnikuman/MUSCLE styled collectible figures of zombies and survivors alike
>>11627512I didn't realize there were so many other kits in this line. Wild. These things were huge when you put it together, but they were also pretty light Being made of foam board. The weight didn't put much stress on the joints, but the models didn't feel the sturdiest.
>>11627512wow, these are literally just a ripoff of zoids
Robotix. So forgotten I couldn't even remember what these were called and had to look at a list of toy brands on Wikipedia until I found the name I recognized. I had a ton of these as a kid, some of them were pretty big
>>11627749Metasaurs (also known as D-Trons in Asia) were distinct from Zoids in that the kits weren't motorized, were more posable than Zoids, and were made from laminated styrofoam sheets. The concept of animal-inspired mecha didn't start with Zoids, but I'll grant that Metasaurs probably wouldn't exist without the popularity without Zoids.>>11627763What's really crazy is that Robotix was still being sold up until a few years ago.
>>11627749I wish there was more zoids love on this board :/
