Interview: Beast Saga/Takara-Tomy's Mr. Takaoka

Being an American, it's no secret that linguistics are not my strong point.  Thanks to the miracle of Google's translation services, we can all share in the joy that is  Think about the animals you've got to figure became a battle "Beast Saga" animal pop?, an article over at Takara-Tomy which you can read in English here.

Translation services have the dual benefit of helping us gain insight into another culture through the use of technology reducing the barriers of communication while completely screwing up context and cultural idoms.  So Maybe the gorilla's name is Garrison G, and maybe it isn't-- but it's one of the many nifty things which I may or may not have learned in this article!

Battle Beasts Minimates Interview at Poe Ghostal's

If you're looking for a read today, and haven't seen it, Poe Ghostal has something for you!  Interview > Diamond Select’s Zach Oat on Battle Beasts talks up some of the whys and whats, and even has a few words on that 2010 line of sculpted figures which has more or less gone away.  (It's still not coming out.)  Read on!

Battle Beasts: Sumo Blowfish, Egyptian Aligator

While for the comic book, new sketches of amazing, awesome, and otherwise fantastic new designs are surfacing at Previewsworld.com.

Sumo Blowfish is presumably not a final name (or even a guaranteed toy) but dang if that doesn't look like it would make a fun figure concept.  A few new figures (and an interview) can be found here and is well worth your time to read, drool over, whatever it is you kids do.  Maori Hammerhead is also quite striking and I gotta say these sketches really do show that this line might be slightly more open-ended beyond "animals in armor" which could make for a ton of interesting figures.

TONS of news! New Battle Beasts Minimates Interview with Zach Oat

Vorin... but which Vorin?

Over at ToyChestNews, Zach Oat of Diamond Select toys answers some questions about the one thing we're all looking forward to, new Battle Beasts!  Click here for the full interview.

Some highlights:

"The first Beast toys we'll have for sale will be a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive two-pack, featuring Vorin with his cloak down and an evil dragonfly character named Zik."

"Series 1 has both a scorpion and a tarantula, and both of them utilize a new four-pegged hip piece, which allows them to walk around on four legs."


"There will also be a couple of figures based on the book's human protagonists."


"They're two inches tall, they're really poseable, they cost less than $10 for a 2-pack... it just made a lot of sense for the brand."

There you go, Beast fans!  A new picture of a Vorin figure (above) is likely the Stealth Vorin, but as it was not explicitly labeled we'll leave that up to you to decide for now. (And in other news, who can sell me a Stealth Vorin?)