I did a search and didn't see that anyone had mentioned this so please forgive me if this was already known. But I found a link to a page of a magazine scan which shows that Takara is bringing back Beastformers again. Here's a link to the pictures. The page is not in English. Dragonautes 2010: En direct du Japon les premières figurines Beast Saga
Because Beastformers were featured in the 5th episode of Transformers Headmasters titled "Rebellion on Planet Beast".
Awesome! I'd be up for a new line of Beastformers (obviously I like the things, as my avatar implies). And these look a lot more faithful to the look and feel of the originals than other recent attempts (the minimates version, the little statues we saw protos of a while back, etc.). I consider my Battle Beast collection to essentially be part of my G1 collection. If these end up being released, I think I'll consider them part of Classics. EDIT: Looks like instead of rubsigns they might have gone with separate chest panels on these. I wonder if they rotate like Bot Shots'.
I believe the toys were connected TFs on the packaging in Japan too. Also appeared in the Dreamwave comics. Basically in Japan Battle Beasts were a spin-off of Transformers and shared the TF universe. -ZacWilliam, wish Hasbro had done that here too. It would have been neat, though I liked them plenty as a kid even without that.
They're coming back to the US too... And IDW is doing the comic. C2E2: Bobby Curnow Unleashes "Battle Beasts" at IDW - Comic Book Resources Also apparently no connection to Transformers. http://battlebeasts.infernalmachinery.com/
Now that's a line I could get behind. I've always wanted to collect Battle Beasts. Hope this happens soon, like this year.
^see Takara Transformers packaging. Ah yes the Bat-Pirate. Along with he Lio Convoy-ish Beast looking lion. Articulated and extremely detailed BB's would be awesome!
I was never into Battle Beasts as a kid but I found one at a playground. I don't remember which one though. After watching Headmasters I had developed an appreciation for them. I only have a few but I do have my favorite: Pirate Lion. I hope we get him and some of the others that appeared in Headmasters.
Ah, cool, wasn't aware of that. Everything old is new again, I guess. They can say that all they want, but if new toys come out, they're going next to my TF's.
