Thursday, April 12, 2012

3162. Zoobles Green Fish



Zoobles! is a Miniature Figure toyline created by by Spin Master, considered as a spinoff to the Bakugan toyline. These figures were originally released on August 2010 in the United States, consisting of a wide variety of sphere shaped animal characters that can close into a ball and when placed on a magnetic card or their "Happitat", they open up into a unique figure. Due to the success of the franchise, Spin Master released the toyline worldwide, including Japan, where its licensed by the Japanese toy division of Sega. The Zoobles! toyline has a similar principle as Bakugan, having the same activation mechanism except its a lot more simpler. Each Zoobles has a unique Happitat, which has a special magnet on its 'hot spot' that makes a Zooble "transform". Once a Zooble comes in contact with the 'hot spot' on its Happitat, it pops open, transforming into a unique character. The Happitat itself acts as an activation point, making the Zoobles "spring to life" and also houses them for when they sleep at night. Each Happitat is unique to the particular Zooble who occupies it, but functions universally for all Zoobles. Zoobles also has multiple points of articulation for playability, and even blink their eyes while the player "pets" its head. Each one possesses a unique set of characteristics based on their individual personality and location within Zooble Isle. To distinguish each Zooble (aside from visual differences) they have all been individually named and numbered so children are able to keep an inventory of their collection. The entire toyline is later released in Japan by Sega Toys in March 17, 2011,[1] having a lot of changes in the canonical universe, while incorporating both candy and sweets themes into the characters and toys. In addition, Recipe Cards, special magnetic cards were also included in each release. These cards had the same feature as the Happitats, which were considered as activation points to the Zoobles when it came contact. However, some of the playsets that were released in Japan weren't available in the American versions.

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