Not filler, I swear. (OK, maybe a bit.)
There's a thread on the
October Toys Forums in which they translate one of the
Beast Saga TCG cards, which is pretty handy and telling. Killer Shark's translated bio and turn-ons/turn-offs are present, and here's the fun thing: it turns out the little gold coins on the bottom of the cards are a sort of a peer review, it's another character commenting on the figure in question. Thanks to our pal Seth for the heads-up!
So when shooting the Turtle figure for a future review, I couldn't help but notice one had a fairly nasty looking
seahorse on the back which, at this time, we haven't heard of from Takara-Tomy. Most of the little coins show existing characters, but a few, like this one, we haven't seen yet.
Exciting.
We should have some more news for ya soon. December is expected to be a good month for battling beast figures.
Since I can't read Japanese and there aren't many fan sites yet, the Beast Saga name I see for the elephant is Eredoramu. So let's go with that. A distant cousin of Sledgehammer Elephant
of Battle Beasts fame, this new guy has tons of sculpted personality
but loses the nifty, dedicated arm weapon. Oddly, it has an upgrade
lance/spear weapon similar to the old 1980s toy, which I don't think is a
coincidence.
The good news! You can still get the Stealth Armorvor MK II right now for just $8!
The first wave of Beast Saga can probably put Dorfan (if that is his real name) as the single-carded winner. This is the
one that seemed to show up on Japanese blogs and photo sites the most in
those early days, with lots of customs, tributes, and galleries
focusing on what we all call the dolphin. Heck, they probably do too,
as "Dorfan" is just one name I saw around and I have no idea if this is
really the character name. It's pretty dopey if it is.
The second wave of Beast Saga hit in October with not too many new figures, Arudairu
joined Garrison G and a Kingdom of the Sky 3-Pack to add 5 more to the
growing army of battling beasts. I daresay this is a good batch, with
this figure being one of the big highlights of the entire line so far.
This one presoldout quickly online and doesn't seem too easy to get. It
might be $15 or so on eBay, which is a lot, but it's pretty much worth
it.
