WOW, this thread has been silent since August of last year, hasn't anyone found these at TRU or local comic shops? I finally saw them in person last week, but didn't grab them at the time. Now I'm thinking I might go back to that comic shop or ask at TRU if they have them, cause I'm really interested in the new Mini-Mates BB figures, it's a relatively small line so far, but even if it doesn't expand too much due to low sales I still think the figures are worth getting. They look fairly interesting, well designed and a decent upgrade from what we got initially in the 80's, modernizing series like Battle Beasts isn't that easy. Sure the Beast Saga stuff from Takara seems to be more popular, but the Mini-Mates are more in keeping with how I always envisioned Battle Beasts. Has anybody found or picked any of them up yet, are they liking them or what?
Nope... I really don't like the Mini-mates versions. The mostly "medieval animals wearing anime armor" totally misses out on what appealed to me in the original Battle Beasts. To me they were always angry little cyborg animal killing machines, not furries in costumes. Screw that noise. Also I think Mini-Mates, while they've innovated here and there, are still limiting themselves by sticking to their core "brick" figure system. The Beast Saga figures FEEL like classic Battle Beasts in your hand. Sure they're a little bigger (so are our hands), but the materials, proportions and toughness are exactly the same. I'm just waaaay more excited about Beast Saga. zmog
I've seen the Armorvor before. The sculpting is really nice, but it's a bit too generic. The body pretty much just looks like a kid version of the Master Chief, with a fox head stuck on top. The individuality and specificity of the Battle Beast sculpts, based on the type of animal, always added so much to each little figure. zmog
So, uh, the next assortment was revealed at Toyfair... http://news.toyark.com/wp-content/u...Fair-2014-DST-Battle-Beasts-Minimates-001.jpg This was probably the biggest surprise at Toyfair for me, because I thought this was over and done with.
New Beast Saga Figure From Takara Tomy 2021 ? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...om/478-38090&usg=AOvVaw1ajdqWXLM85UpgCTehRm6v personally as a Transformers Cartoon fan, I just want either the originals that showed up in the show re-released or new toys but based on/ in those designs and colors. Would love to buy a set for my kids but man are they expensive on the aftermarket.( ebay ) . 30 uucks for the duck plus shipping ! Yikes !
Yeah these are older toys, must be a "Warehouse Find". I preordered a bunch, except for the ones that had ridiculous prices. The Crocodile looks to be a cool sculpt, too bad that one wasn't a part of the preorders. Yeah it is a shame they didn't do a direct updates of a few. Like the two leaders in the Headmaster Cartoon.
I’m thinking about trying to figure out how to take the plungers out of the Beast Saga figures and gluing the blocks into their torsos. Anyone tried this?
Beastformers! - Death Spider (aka Webslinger Spider) patrols near the forest's edge in the Deer Stalker chariot. From this hill, he can spy on Autobot forces to advise his Decepticon masters of their movements...
Out of curiosity, is anyone looking for Beast Saga figures? I have all the original molds and the Battle Coliseum loose. I think 3 or 4 are missing weapons. I have MISB ones as well.
Was hoping they were the ones from the headmaster cartoon , too bad . The new line really missed out on not doing those ones that appeared in the cartoon . Nonnef has something to do with battle beast coming up
Not the liveliest of threads but nice to see some love for these, I can share some quick inventory pictures I took a while ago.
Has there ever been any companies trying to do 5-6 inch versions of battle beasts? I would be all in on even a 2 POA line like the original but in a 5-6 inch scale. it blows my mind we don’t have more companies doing KOs of these guys
