Speaking of beasts, I overpaid for the Stealth Vorin
on eBay a few years ago - shortly thereafter, I was at an industry
party filled with dishes of them for free, like after-dinner mints.
Oops. The line was a few years in the making with a decent amount of
fanfare - there was even a comic series which you had to order a bunch
of to get this figure as a premium. (Selling a lot of #1 matters.) It
was cheaper to buy the toy on eBay than to pony up for the comics, so
it wasn't a total loss. This figure is a redeco of the normal Vorin
(there are two sculpts of the ram) complete with shield and sword.
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How the heck did I miss these? Battle Beasts Ruminant and Spyrnus snuck out a few years after the last/first Battle Beasts Minimates,
a short-lived line that I assume only got another release to keep the
trademark in Diamond's hands and out of Hasbro's. I was genuinely
shocked to see these at Toys R Us, so I bought them on sight - as luck
would have it, they were also on clearance. Upon further investigation
we've sold them at where I work for quite some time but I had no idea.
I assume that's not a good sign when someone who desperately wants to
buy anything with "Battle Beasts" on the box has no idea that they
exist, and since they were never on the front of the pegs at Toys R Us
until May of 2017 I had no idea they were a thing I could buy. They're
good - a whole second series
was shown At Comic-Con in 2013 but didn't make it out. That's part of
what made this even more surprising, but good on Diamond Select Toys for
having the thought of getting something out of its design investment
and releasing them anyway. Even if it was ultimately to what was
clearly a dud of a reception from fans and
would-have-liked-to-have-supported-it fans.
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Think pink with the clear glittery Armorvor Neo Nonilla.
Colored like a rabid Lisa Frank binder, this nifty figure brings you
the Neo Granthan head with the classic wolf helmet and a backpack. And
glitter. So much glitter.
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If you loved Eledram, you'll like Eledram Burst. The elephant Beast Saga toy was redecorated and blind-packed for a pretty fair price, and odds are you didn't buy one.
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They're here, they're clear, and people didn't get used to it. Aljaylo Burst
is part of the third and final series of blind-boxed figures from this
line, and he came at three per shipping case of 24 figures. He's a lot
like regular Aljaylo, minus paint and opacity. The weapons and plastic
form are virtually identical.
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The
1980s and 1990s were packed with toys remembered fondly by today's
adults thanks to a large amount of marketing and a ton of print. Things
like Bunikis and Beast Saga are probably going to be
remembered by a few Japanese kids and American toy bloggers - nobody
else seems to have much memory of this line already. I was hoping for a
huge line that eclipsed the original Battle Beasts. While we got a few awesome figures, it fizzled out quickly - but hey, we got a rabbit!
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I can't believe it, but Buffam has been sitting on the edge of my photo studio waiting for me to review him for over two years. I bought the entire figure line - blind boxes and all - because man, was I excited about Battle Beasts.
Diamond Select's new line petered out after a wave, the Armorvor has
had only one beast head added since its introduction, and Beast Saga
died in about a year. It didn't get ported to the USA, and it didn't
really achieve much of an impact - it's doomed to obscurity, so it's
time to write about this bull.
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