News & updates released in 2025
Catalog your Toys-to-Life figures: amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
It’s live, the promised big update for your CLZ Games Web web-based software. You can now finally use the software to catalog your Toys-to-Life figures! The app comes with full support for:
- amiibo
- Skylanders
- Disney Infinity
- Lego Dimensions
- Starlink
- Rumble U
- UB Funkeys
This has been quite a project. First, our content team has worked for many months to create our own Toys-to-Life database in Core, including images of both the loose figures and the boxes. Nicely grouped into series for easy cataloging and browsing. When that Core database was close to completion, the development team started on the online search engine, the Web software and the mobile apps. And today, we can finally release the big new updates and show it to you all!
If you are into amiibo figures, or Skylanders or any other toy type, I am sure you will love this update.
Here’s what’s new:
v10.0: Catalog your Toys-to-Life figures: amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
It’s live, CLZ Games v10.0! You can now finally use the app to catalog your Toys-to-Life figures! The app comes with full support for:
- amiibo
- Skylanders
- Disney Infinity
- Lego Dimensions
- Starlink
- Rumble U
- UB Funkeys
This has been quite a project. First, our content team has worked for many months to create our own Toys-to-Life database in Core, including images of both the loose figures and the boxes. Nicely grouped into series for easy cataloging and browsing. When that Core database was close to completion, the development team started on the online search engine, the Web software and the mobile apps. And today, we can finally release the big new updates and show it to you all!
If you are into amiibo figures, or Skylanders or any other toy type, I am sure you will love this update.
Here’s what’s new:
All rise! It’s NCBD
A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial #1 is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Brought to you by writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini & Federico Blee.
Space Ghost Annual #1 After the thrilling events of issue #12’s second-story-arc finale, the fine-tuned creative team of David Pepose and Jonathan Lau pull out all the stops for their very first Space Ghost Annual! With the Council of Doom seemingly defeated, our heroes now face a terrifying new threat, one that strikes from beyond the fourth dimension! To have any hope of survival, Space Ghost and his crew must find a way to break the dominion of… Tempus the Time-Master!
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #1 Last time we got Green Lantern Godzilla, this time the Justice League returns to Legendary Earth! In the aftermath of last year’s Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, Task Force X launches a plan to develop hybrid Titans that Amanda Waller can control to guard against future titan attacks on our Earth. To stop Task Force X, the Justice League travels to Legendary Earth and must face the dangers of the Hollow Earth, Kong, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
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These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
This is CLZ Alwin, with the newsletter for May 2025.
Obviously, the big news for this month is the HUGE update for all 5 flavors of the CLZ Web web-based software, dramatically improving the look and usability.
A more compact design and layout to help you fit more collection data on screen.
The first feedback from users has already arrived. Some examples:
“SO MUCH BETTER!!”, “I like it”, “It works a treat…..”, “The new updates are phenomenal.”, “FANTASTIC!! Thank You”, “The whole application looks more refined now. Thanx for the great job.”, “you all continue to surprise and impress me year after year” and finally…
“Just wanted you to know that i love the new visual redesign of the Web app(s).
It just flows better, i get more info on less area. Impressive work, and still it feels like it always has, just better.”
Thanks all for the praise! As is to be expected, the new design came with some bugs and annoyances too, which we fixed right away. (hint: since today, the Add button is back on the toolbar 🙂 ).
Full details about the CLZ Web re-design below.
Of course, the other big project at the “distributed CLZ HQ” (yes, we’re all working remotely), is the addition of Toys-to-Life support in CLZ Games (both web and mobile).
This one is taking a bit longer than expected, but… it’s very close now. We are planning to go live with the Web edition next week, with the mobile app following a week later.
Finally… I am happy to announce that we have hired a new web-developer, Michiel. Which means we can make even faster progress on the Web editions and other server side projects.
Michiel’s first project: a big update for CLZ Music, with many new data fields!
The topics today:
- CLZ Web: More compact design and layout: fit more collectibles on screen
- Very close now: the new CLZ Games, with NFC scanning for amiibo!
- Coming up: CLZ Music 10.0 with extra data fields
Coming up soon: CLZ Games 10.0, with support for cataloging amiibo, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, etc…
For amiibo (and possibly Skylanders on Android only), we are introducing a super cool new way to add your figures:
Just scan their NFC with your phone!
Check out the Sneak Preview video below:
It’s that time of the week again…NCBD!
History will never be the same!: Giant-Size X-Men #1. Ever since she discovered she was a mutant, Kamala Khan has been balancing her previous life as Ms. Marvel with her role as a leader in the new community, but her conflicted identity has come at a deep personal cost. Now, pulled into the distant past by an unhinged villain with deep ties to mutant history, Ms. Marvel will witness the iconic birth of the Uncanny X-Men and their first encounter with Krakoa from an all-new, all-different perspective. But when history begins to change… can either Kamala Khan or the X-Men themselves survive the experience?
England, 1349. Sir Hugh de Grey, the Pale Knight, returns from war to find a land ravaged by the Black Death, and his son dying of the plague. When he prays to God to save his son’s life, it is not God who answers, but Death himself. And Death is willing to cut a deal.The Pale Knight #1 Written by Peter Milligan and art by Val Rodrigues & Cris Peter.
As My Mothers Made Me, Part 1: Absolute Wonder Woman #8
The Tetracide was a much greater threat than Wonder Woman had imagined for her first battle on the surface, but The Tetracide was child’s play compared to negotiating the complexities and evils of man’s world. The mysterious Area 41 and its Black Box Maze will be Diana’s greatest test yet… and what she finds inside will shock you!
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A huge update for your CLZ Movies Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:
- A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
- Improved layout of the “movie details” panel, with better support for back covers
A huge update for your CLZ Comics Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:
- A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
- Improved layout of the “comic details” panel, with better support for back covers
A huge update for your CLZ Books Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:
- A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
- Improved layout of the “book details” panel, with better support for back covers
A huge update for your CLZ Games Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:
- A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
- Improved layout of the “game details” panel, with better support for back covers
A huge update for your CLZ Music Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:
- A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
- Improved layout of the “album details” panel, with better support for back covers
These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
It’s Clobberin’ Time! NCBD!
The King of Yancy Street has arrived in: The Thing #1. Ben Grimm may be the strongest member of the Fantastic Four, but once upon a time, he was just a scrawny kid from Yancy Street. When an unexpected visitor from his past sends him on a search for a missing child, the Thing must unravel the mystery even if that means becoming a wanted man!
Get ready to see the Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Thing versus every super-powered criminal and bounty hunter in New York City! Fleecs and Kirk give a glimpse into the history of the Thing that reminds you why Ben Grimm is the heart of the Marvel Universe… and why you don’t want to let him hear you say that!
The Ghostbusters’ increasing notoriety is throwing them for a loop. While Trevor steadies himself by trying to plan a “friendiversary” celebration for him and Lucky, Phoebe meets someone who might be a real friend instead of just a social media follower. But friendships new and old have to take a back seat to more immediate concerns when a ghostly saber summons the ghost of Captain Kidd and threatens to transform NYC into a ghostly pirate town! Ghostbusters: Dead Man’s Chest #1 Written by David M. Booher and art by Aviv Or & Cris Peter.
The summer of Superman heats up with a brand-new ongoing series taking the DCU by storm! When an asteroid the size of Metropolis hurtles toward collision with planet Earth, the Justice League dispatches Superman to avert the crisis, a sinister threat lurks within that will change the world like never before, and this danger glows green. The Last Son of Krypton must risk everything to save his adopted home, the very home which now tries to kill him, from complete destruction! The Man of Steel is poised to fly like never before in this new cornerstone series, brought to life by the dazzling DC debut of writer Dan Slott: Superman Unlimited #1
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These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
Up, Up and Away! NCBD!
It’s about time we get something new regarding the Invincible universe. Out now! Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1! Cursed with an unquenchable thirst for violence, Battle Beast searches the universe for the one warrior mightier than him — and a glorious death, his only reward. But even in a universe of mighty Viltrumites like Invincible and Omni-Man, it seems that no one may be able to stop the galaxy’s deadliest warrior… unless he does the unthinkable.
Enter: Hell Hulk. A new demon sets foot on Earth. Will Hellverine even be powerful enough to stop its rampage? Come and see in: Hellverine #6 Written by Benjamin Percy and art by Raffaele Ienco & Bryan Valenza.
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s…. Supergirl #1! Follow Kara as she returns to her roots in Midvale… home of Supergirl! But how could this be?! Our hero has not been back in years, and the protector of that town has been saving the day for weeks. Can Supergirl stop the impostor before they steal her fresh start and life?
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These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
All aboard the NCBD train!
Earth. Fire. Wind. Water. Heart. With their powers combined, they summon Earth’s greatest champion: Captain Planet. But they need to learn to trust each other first. Gaia, the latest High Priestess of the Earth has been kidnapped! Our Planeteers are forced to come together against the newly formed might of Lucian Plunder! Even with Captain Planet on their side, will it be enough to save the very Earth itself? Find out in: Captain Planet #1, Written by David Pepose, art by Eman Casallos.
Fantastic Four Fanfare #1 In this special, full-color anthology series, each issue focuses on a particular member of the team! For this inaugural outing, Mark Waid and Ramon Rosanas depict an escalating prank war between the Human Torch and the Thing, Alan Davis sends the team into hazards deep underground, Andrew Wheeler and Sara Pichelli reveal what happens when the Mole Man interrupts Johnny Storm’s star-making turn on reality television!
Set in a far future where Earth has integrated alien species into a new society, Blood & Thunder #1 plays by a whole new set of rules… and a whole load of new crimes to solve. Bounty hunter Akeldama “Blood” Bledsoe and her cantankerous talking gun, Thunder, are the best there is at bringing in the bad guys. However, when the galaxy’s most dangerous criminal breaks out of prison, Blood’s hunt delivers her down a path that will unlock secrets about her past, present, and future… and that’s when things get REALLY BAD.
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[CLZ News] Automatic values in CLZ Books, sneak preview of upcoming CLZ Web and CLZ Games updates
CLZ Alwin here, with the April 2025 edition of the CLZ newsletter.
Of course, *the* main event this month was the huge update for CLZ Books, in which we introduce the automatic delivery of book values.
Next to that, the team is still work on two projects I have announced before, but… today I can finally show you some sneak preview screenshots of both!
Read on below to find the sneak preview links.
- Now live: Automatic book values for CLZ Books Mobile and Web
- Sneak preview: Toys-to-Life support for CLZ Games Mobile and Web
- Sneak preview: More “compact” look and layout for CLZ Web
Cue the music! It’s NCBD!
Haven’t you heard? The big jolly grey giant is back in town. He has been terrorising New York for the last few crossover titles and now he’s here to fight Spider-Man in: Godzilla vs. Spider-man #1, Written by Joe Kelly art by Nick Bradshaw. Don’t miss the two most popular characters in pop culture history going at it in this kaiju-sized slugfest for the ages!
Lost Fantasy #1 There is a world of magic, myth, and monsters that exists beneath the surface of our own. Since first contact was made over 100 years ago, The Great Hunters have kept us safe from the creatures that lurk in the shadows. But last night something broke through, and it’s up to rookie monster hunter Henry Blackheart to stop it…
We Are Yesterday: Chapter 3 – Batman / Superman: World’s Finest 2025 Annual #1. The secret origin of the single most unholy union in DCU history is at last revealed! The Legion of Doom has set in motion a scheme to lay waste to not only the World’s Finest Team — but to the present-day Justice League Unlimited! How is this possible? All will be revealed… Written by Mark Waid & Christopher Cantwell and art by Dan McDaid.
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Our web-based software has been around since 2009, first called “Connect”, but renamed in Oct 2024 to simply “CLZ Web”. The Web software is currently the most popular solution for use on your computer, far exceeding the number of users of the legacy “Collector” desktop software.
However, through the years, there is one particular piece of feedback we kept receiving from both new users *and* from users who switched from the desktop software, but phrased in different ways:
“It is all so BIG!” or “I can’t fit a lot of items on my screen”
And they’re right. CLZ Web has been designed to be “big and bold”, as is common with web-based software. Large fonts, big buttons, etc… It looks nice, but the side effect can be that you can fit less collectibles in your on-screen list. Especially when:
- Using a low-res laptop screen
- Using a tablet device
- Using several layers of toolbars in your browser
To resolve this, we were initially planning to introduce an optional “Compact View” or “Compact Skin”.
But when we starting working on that, we liked the results so much that we decided to make it THE new look of CLZ Web for everyone. It looks so much better, more compact, more items on screen. But never too small to read.
Here’s what we did:
- New font style to fit the new CLZ styling
- Slightly smaller fonts everywhere
- In the main screen, we combined toolbars and made them “lower” overall
- Lower list rows in List View, by slightly reducing the spacing
- Reduced the height and width of all input boxes in the Edit screens
- Reduced the height of the screen titles of all popup screen
- Reduced the height of the collection tabs at the bottom
This new compact look is going live for CLZ Web within a few weeks. But today, I can share more sneak preview screenshots of the most important screens, with a nice BEFORE (left) and AFTER (right) comparison. Enjoy!
Main screen
Edit screen
Sneak Preview of CLZ Games 10.0: catalog your amiibo, skylanders, infinity figures
As announced earlier, a big update is coming for both the mobile and web editions of CLZ Games, in which we will introduce the ability to catalog your “toys to life” figures. That is:
- amiibo
- Skylanders
- Disney Infinity
- Lego Dimensions
- Starlink
- Rumble U
- UB Funkeys
Today, we can finally show you the first sneak preview screenshots of the CLZ Games 10.0 mobile app!
These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!
Toss a coin to your Witcher…NCBD!
The Witcher: The Bear and The Butterfly #1, Written by Simon Spurrier and art by Stephen Green has Geralt traveling to a remote town where a vampire is rumored to be killing the townspeople. The bounty has amassed all manner of monster hunters — and among them is another witcher, from the school of the Bear, a fierce competitor for the reward.
Youngblood Deluxe #1 The Blood is back! Rob Liefeld is doing it again: The ultimate collector’s edition you’ve been waiting for. Re-scripted, re-colored, and re-lettered, this fully remastered historic first issue of the original Youngblood #1 is ready to take comic stores by storm just like it did in 1992.
Hush 2 Chapter 2 is ready for serving. Batman #159. The dynamic duo Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee: After the shocking events of the last issue, Batman must make the hardest decision of his life!
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These top-10s are created by you all, the users of the CLZ app and software, as they’re based on how often these comics already appear on your wish lists in the CLZ Cloud, even before release!