Unfortunately the holiday weekend is over. Fortunately that means a new week here on Planet Zone! Thank you for coming back after that long break! I certainly enjoyed my mini vacation, but I'm so tired from all the Christmas shopping. Fortunately we got almost all ours done! Now just to finish up at our leisure. That's nice. I did pick up some Botbots from Ross while out, got quite a bit actually. I don't like to spend alot on myself this time of the year. However, something small is ok and little things started this site.
We're kicking off the Christmas season this week with more robots, monsters, and misadventure! I've got some fun stuff planned for you all. Thanksgiving was last week, but I'm still thankful for all of you reading Zone Base. I know there's bigger and flashier sites out there, so seeing you all here is really flattering. Thank you for supporting independent thought and content. Unlike those big and flashier sites, I'm not here asking for a hand out either. Nope, none of that nonsense. Just some honest fun with our hobbies. All I ask is that you share the site with your friends. Thanks for reading and let's have some fun!
Monday has come again signaling the beginning of yet another new week. I hope you all had a great weekend, mine was pretty neat. Saturday we took a long road trip to visit Buc-ee's, an insanely large gas station with a pretty neat store inside. They've got good food and cool stuff. It was a long trip, but a fun way to spend a day. Sunday, a quick stop at Target resulted in Origins Jazz and Studio Series Arcee and Freezer from Rise of the Beasts. We were just getting some pasta! I intended to organize my toy room, but ended up taking a very long nap before playing through Super Mario Land 2.
The weekend is over sadly and with it begins a new week of fun posts planned for you all. How's everyone enjoying Halfway to Halloween? It's been fun doing it, though makes me look forward to the spooky season all the much more. Beast Summer is right around the corner and you know what? I've changed my mind. I think Weekly Halloween is gonna swap out with classic Spooky Summer posts until the Pumpkin Spiced Mayhem starts in August. Let's be seasonal in our mid week horror! If this was a post on Facebook, I'd have posted a wacky emoji after that.
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One of the more pleasant discoveries while I was at Toylanta was that of a small gatcha/gashapon line of figures (and trading cards) by Bandai called Hagen no Zista. I knew nothing of this line before the convention and at the time of this writing still know very little. To be fair, the amount of this type of thing that completely escapes my attention is not uncommon. It's a much bigger thing than a single person can keep up. That being said, this is a cool little series that completely passed me by a few years ago and seems to be over... though I seem to be able to track down some of the stuff still.
Hagen no Zista is a neat little line of robot mini figures with fun designs in mostly translucent plastic designed by Bandai. There's probably an accompanying fiction, but at this time I haven't learned of it. Knowing these kind of things, it's a typical good vs evil formula. There is some sort of card inside the boxed ones I bought, not sure if that's for a game or just a cool bio card (there seems to be associated trading cards). I generally appreciate when mini figures and keshi come with that sort of thing.The blind boxed/gathca style figures are seemingly candy toys that regularly came with a chocolate. The ones I got had some apple gum inside that my wife convinced me to try. It was a pretty tasty apple flavored gum that I hope hadn't gone bad. I didn't get sick, so guess not. The Gashapon capsule I got seemed to be the same style of figure as the boxed on, just delivered differently. The figures are pleasant, articulated little robots in colorful translucent plastic. They have that Bandai look, but also look like they should have been from a video game. I could definitely see some of these in a LCD game like Digimon or an RPG.
The line has ended, sadly so because I'd love for these to still be readily available. That's the kicker when you discover something after it's over. There was an apparent successor named Robot Concerto. I can't tell if Robot Concerto is still going, but honestly, Bandai makes so many of this type of thing... there's always something else similar. The boxes for Robot Concerto look like Mobile Suit Gundam Ensemble boxes, so it's possible the team moved onto that. I'm partially stoked about Hagen no Zista as it's something that's clearly my type of thing. But also because, it's neat to discover something at a con. It's been a while since that's happened for me and I'm happy for it.
It's time for Toylanta 2023! The great toy show is here again and as always I'm attending. I've been really looking forward to this years con as it's always a good time. If you're in attendance, I'll be hosting the annual Transformers panel on Sunday at 12am. I hope to see you there! I'll be out on the floor all weekend if you feel like saying hi as well. Of course if you can't come, this post will keep you all filled in on the fun I've been having. I'll be updating daily, so be sure to check back for each update. I'll be posting pics to my Instagram throughout the weekend. If you like neat toys, you'll love all the cool stuff I'll be showing.
