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Post by Blade Braxton on May 25, 2010 0:20:54 GMT -5
...and seeing all those people fighting with fire, water and air powers, well... I think I liked the story better in the 80's when it was called Hasbro's Battle Beasts...  |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 25, 2010 0:23:58 GMT -5
I had a quite a few of those things. The Ram with the Wood insigna totally ruled over the ox with the water one.
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Post by sunwukong on May 25, 2010 0:25:21 GMT -5
In Japan, Battle Beasts were marketed as a spinoff of Transformers. This didn't carry over to the U.S. Market, but in Japan it led to this in Transformers: Headmasters:  Gotta say, I'm a big fan of Robot Deer Sunglasses guy. |
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Post by Blade Braxton on May 25, 2010 0:30:58 GMT -5
I had a quite a few of those things. The Ram with the Wood insigna totally ruled over the ox with the water one. I got the two I wanted...the blue shark-like one seen in the commercial, and the white fish guy wearing pink seen in the cartoon. Speaking of which, Hasbro missed the boat by not releasing a cartoon in the US that contisted of 23 minutes of asskickings with only those three "wood, fire and water" lines being said. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 25, 2010 0:31:49 GMT -5
In Japan, Battle Beasts were marketed as a spinoff of Transformers. This didn't carry over to the U.S. Market, but in Japan it led to this in Transformers: Headmasters: Gotta say, I'm a big fan of Robot Deer Sunglasses guy. He's pimpin' like there's no tomorrow. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 25, 2010 0:33:33 GMT -5
I had a quite a few of those things. The Ram with the Wood insigna totally ruled over the ox with the water one. I got the two I wanted...the blue shark-like one seen in the commercial, and the white fish guy wearing pink seen in the cartoon. Speaking of which, Hasbro missed the boat by not releasing a cartoon in the US that contisted of 23 minutes of asskickings with only those three "wood, fire and water" lines being said. Nice. I used to have semi-obscure eighties toys crossovers where two or three of these guys would go to war with the M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. Of course my favorite of the hologram/lighting effect/gimmicky action figure toys was Visionaries |
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 25, 2010 0:35:10 GMT -5
Nice. I used to have semi-obscure eighties toys crossovers where two or three of these guys would go to war with the M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. And Monsters in my Pocket. |
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Post by Blade Braxton on May 25, 2010 0:40:05 GMT -5
In Japan, Battle Beasts were marketed as a spinoff of Transformers. This didn't carry over to the U.S. Market, but in Japan it led to this in Transformers: Headmasters: Gotta say, I'm a big fan of Robot Deer Sunglasses guy. He's pimpin' like there's no tomorrow. I hate to tell you guys this, but if you go to the 6:00 mark of the vid below and watch their wacky origin...he's kind of a wussy.  |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 25, 2010 0:41:30 GMT -5
Nice. I used to have semi-obscure eighties toys crossovers where two or three of these guys would go to war with the M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. And Monsters in my Pocket. Indeed. I had the aforementioned Visionaries guys battle the GI Joes; it worked out well cuz they were like an inch or two taller but fairly proportional, so they could be sorta like a Cobra supersoldier.. kinda like Dr. Mindbender furthered his genetic research he did to create Serpentor to make these guys that dwarfed the Joes. I spent way too much time as a kid thinking of these things. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 25, 2010 0:41:43 GMT -5
Battle Beasts, M.U.S.C.L.E, and Monster In My Pocket never lasted long at my place because they would all job to my Dog.
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Post by Blade Braxton on May 25, 2010 0:45:11 GMT -5
In Japan, Battle Beasts were marketed as a spinoff of Transformers. This didn't carry over to the U.S. Market, but in Japan it led to this in Transformers: Headmasters: Gotta say, I'm a big fan of Robot Deer Sunglasses guy. He's pimpin' like there's no tomorrow. I take back what I said. I read his name was Big Serow. I guess he was the Paul Wight of the Battle Beasts/Transformers world. "Well...it's the BIG SEROW!!!" |
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 25, 2010 0:50:41 GMT -5
It's weird - I collected the hell out of every action figure line there was during the 80s, but I never got the first few waves of Battle Beasts. Finally got some of the ones with the "glass" ball in them instead of the rub-decals. My favorite if I remember right was an octopus guy.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 25, 2010 0:53:52 GMT -5
It's amazing how many crossovers my Toys would have where Skeletor, Cobra and the Decepticons would team up to take over the world.
Their first victims every time before He Man The Joes and Autobots would kick their ass was a total massacre of my Neighbours Care Bears.
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Post by Blade Braxton on May 25, 2010 0:57:37 GMT -5
It's amazing how many crossovers my Toys would have where Skeletor, Cobra and the Decepticons would team up to take over the world. Their first victims every time before He Man The Joes and Autobots would kick their ass was a total massacre of my Neighbours Care Bears. Geez, you'd think at least the Madballs would've come to the Care Bears rescue. Right, Madison? |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 25, 2010 0:59:49 GMT -5
The Inhumanoids would lay waste to pretty much everything at my place. D.Compose ain't nuttin' to f*** with.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 25, 2010 1:03:02 GMT -5
Geez, you'd think at least the Madballs would've come to the Care Bears rescue. Right, Madison? No idea what you're talking about. Nope, none at all.  |
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Post by sunwukong on May 25, 2010 1:04:29 GMT -5
That's probably as close to the Care Bears/ Garbage Pail Kids crossover I've waited my whole life for as I'll ever get  |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 25, 2010 1:04:45 GMT -5
I'm almost positive I had ( may still) that issue.
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Post by Blade Braxton on May 25, 2010 1:05:09 GMT -5
The Inhumanoids would lay waste to pretty much everything at my place. D.Compose ain't nuttin' to f*** with. Hate to break this to you, but D.Compose did the J.O.B. to a rubber LJN Ultimate Warrior action figure courtesy a gorilla press in the middle of the LJN wrestling ring. I should know...there's still video evidence of it on a VHS tape I possess. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 25, 2010 1:08:40 GMT -5
The Inhumanoids would lay waste to pretty much everything at my place. D.Compose ain't nuttin' to f*** with. Hate to break this to you, but D.Compose did the J.O.B. to a rubber LJN Ultimate Warrior action figure courtesy a gorilla press in the middle of the LJN wrestling ring. I should know...there's still video evidence of it on a VHS tape I possess. Fair enough; I'm confident Metlar would still wreck Hellwig's shit. |
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