And yet you talk shit about furries.
Yes, I admit some of the stuff is weird, even for an admitted fur such as myself... but why aren't you screaming for brain bleach now?
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I'm not exactly sure why I'm so excited for these things. I had exactly zero Battle Beasts as a kid, and I have zero knowledge of the franchise. And yet the idea of Diamond releasing dozens of tiny, angry animal warrior figures absolutely delights me. I can't wait to see these things.
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I'm against them coming back, their slogan sent a bad message for kids "Battle for the fun of it!". After they were released, the US invaded Panama. Coincidence. Doubt it.
Luckily, the new storyline is about beasts who want to STOP battling, although they have to battle a lot of beasts for the right to do it. You can read the mini-comic at battlebeast.com
It all makes since now. This is why the "Rise of the Beasts" project on Kickstarter got cancelled. Looks like Diamond Select bought them out for much more than the $17k they milked from fan/investors to produce a copycat line.
Nope, DST has the trademark on the name Battle Beasts and is creating an entirely new line based on the name. We've been developing it for two years. The story will be wholly original, and is unrelated to the 1980s line and to that differently-named Kickstarter project, which seems to have its own problems.
That's wholly untrue. At the moment there are 4 different lines, form 4 different companies, all producing different figure lines based on Battle Beasts.
Battle Beasts were awesome, I had a bunch as a kid. I always wished there was an animated series.
I recently found out that they are a spin-off of Transformers, from after the original show stopped getting broadcast in the U.S. So if you're the extrapolating type, you can imagine through obscure and convoluted connections that G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts and Battle Beasts all take place in the same dimension.
What do you mean get a lot more variety out of them? I thought there was quite a bit of variety in the original Battle Beast line. But then again I was 5. Maybe I'm wrong. Nope, I'm not wrong. Lot's of variety. Thanks Ebay.
I really don't want to be that kind of nerd, but these three character designs aren't very reminiscent of the old Battle Beasts figures.
Compare the designs of these character to the Alligator Mini-Mates they released a couple of years ago. The Alligator fit in perfectly with the old line. He had weird, vaguely technological looking armor. The three look like the furry version of D&D characters. Compare the new Vorin the Ram character to the old Bighorn Sheep Battle Beasts figure and you can see the noticeable design differences.
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I'm really hoping the other Battle Beasts figures that they unveil more closely resemble the classic figures like Blitzkrieg Bat, Pirate Lion, Ferocious Tiger, Webslinging Spider.
On the plus side, at least Diamond Select is giving the characters better names.
I had plenty of Battle Beasts and I don't think this news is as exciting to me as it is to you. I'll probably get some for my son though (and likely for myself, too. Who am I kidding.)
Crap-- Just when Mattel Cancels DC and I could save some money-- not to mention the fact that this is now going to drive the Laser Beast subset prices even higher now...
And dont forget the Sunburst-- that beat all 3
[I'm not exactly sure why I'm so excited for these things. I had exactly zero Battle Beasts as a kid, and I have zero knowledge of the franchise. ]
Count me in. I have no idea who they are / where they came from.
Does anyone know where at C2E2 will they be showing this off? I'm going this weekend and want to check out the preview.
"I have zero knowledge of the franchise"
All you needed to know is that Water beats Fire, Wood beats Water, and Fire beats Wood! That's the extent of my knowledge of the original Battle Beasts from the old toy commercial.
Don't forget the limited edition Sunburst class which beat them all.
And, that BB's were originally a Transformers tie-in. The Monsterbots were assigned to protect the BB homeworld in the infamous Japanese Headmasters series.
It hardly seems like a franchise...maybe in Japan? It over and done within in a year in the USA, from what I remember.
I did read that article in the Atlantic about Mike O'Malley and his affection for shooting all things hologram related but I was actually talking about these guys: http://www.x-entertainment.com.... Let's go to Mo at the leader board. MO!
Nickelodeon's GUTS, the gameshow? CURSE YOU MIKE O'MALLEY AND YOUR HOT BRITISH SIDEKICK MO!!!
I'm a huge fan of the original toys, and I was at first disturbed to find that these would be modeled on the Mini-Mates concept. Of all the platform mini-figs to have survived the early Millennium boom, Mini-Mates are by far the ugliest and most lacking in personality and adaptability, the fact that they came out on top and remain popular to this day befuddles me.
(But what do I know, I was rooting for Pocket Heroes...)
But looking at the promos handed out at the 2010 Toy Fair, Diamond seems committed to some new sculpting that is going to allow the Mini-Mates base to overcome it's largest flaws (a blocky and uninteresting base) by adding fully molded limbs, heads and accessories. Essentially, we get the fun and varied anthropomorphic Battle Beasts of yore with the articulation of a Mini-Mate. I may have finally overcome my hatred....
Hates on furries, creams pants on prospect of furry warrior figures.Moral of the story: Haters secretly love you!
As an original Battle Beasts owner I can confirm they rocked.I especially like the owl dude. He looked badass as fuck.In fact all of them looked pretty bitchin, even the dorky horse and rabbit.
And considering how excited Rob is for "dozens of tiny, angry animal warrior figures" ... Maybe the furries finally got to him after all ... poor bastard ...
Dude I FUCKING LOVED Battle beasts as a kid. It was Fire, Water and wood right!?!? Like a rock-paper-scissors type thing? I rember the Gorilla and the Giraffe ... God there were way too many to catch them all, but man is my dick hard now ...
I had about a billion of these things when I was younger. I still have a few in a box somewhere, vainly hoping that their version of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" will get to be played again one day.
After a quick Google search to confirm my faint memory I am absolutely excited about this news.
I think I'm going to have a kid just so I can buy it these!
The back of the Battle Beasts must be shocking...based on the level of "startle" in the humans behind them.
