Reminiscent of the beauty of the 80’s toy line BATTLE BEASTS

The 80’s were a truly magical era for kids and sometimes I feel sorry for those who didn’t get the opportunity to experience it. One of the things I loved most were toys. Even today I achieve nostalgia for the past by collecting action figures.

I have many fond memories of playing with toys as a child, and in 1987 Hasbro/Takara developed an action figure line called Battle beastswhich was a great line of toys for kids at the time!

Battle beasts it was one of the most beloved toy lines of the time. Battle beasts was filled with fierce warrior characters, and with their unique brightly colored futuristic battle armored bodies, they captured the imagination of children and inspired epic imagination-fueled battles on the playground and in family living rooms.

The two-inch-scale figures each had a different, anthropomorphized animal and came in semi-random two-packs, advertising a sort of rock-paper-scissors game that could be played. One of the most popular attributes of the figures was the chest-mounted heat-activated “rubsign”, the same type designed and patented by Hasbro for the Transformers line. Each rubsign revealed an icon for fire, water or wood element, in the form of flame, waves or log.

Each Battle beast he was unique, with his own distinct personality, skills, and weapons such as stylized axes, swords, or spears. Weapons could be matched to the correct figure by a stamped collector number which is also molded into the back of the figure.

As for how the game works, when the element has been revealed, the figures of fire defeat wood (fire burns wood), water defeats fire (extinguishing the flame), and wood defeats water ( floating on it). The icon of each figure has been randomized. While the identity of the figure was visible through the packaging, the rubsign could not be revealed unless you bought the figures. I remember also hoping for fire because fire was beautiful!

There were even vehicles and playsets that were part of the toy line! Those included three small battle wagons and three large transport stations. It included a prison cell to hold enemy beasts, opening storage compartments for weapons and figures, and multiple platform levels.

There have been three waves of Battle beasts figures, and in total there were 76 unique Battle beasts. After they stopped being made in the United States, Japan continued production and added 36 more Laser Beasts to the line. These are also known as Shadow Beasts, and these figures included a plastic lens or “sphere” in their chest that magnified an image of an element onto a transparency that received light from a hole in the figure’s back.

There’s also a line of Battle Chargers that are just as rare. I’m a Shadow Beast also includes a unique shield decorated with stickers and a retractable 3-wheel platform that the Beast’s feat can clip onto, with the shield positioned at the front.

The Battle beasts the characters also had some big names which include Antic Anteater, Ardent Aardvark, Armored Armadillo, Bighorn Sheep, Black Panther, Blitzkrieg Bat, Bloodthirsty Bison, Blugeonly Bulldog, Bodacious Bovine, Crooked Crow, Crusty Crab, Danger Dog, Delta Chameleon, Deet Stalker , Dragon Raccoon, Ferociaou Tiger, Frenzied Flamingo, Gargantuan Gorilla, Gruesome Gator, Hare Razing Rabbit, Horney Toad, Jadded Jag, Kickback Kangaroo and more.

Battle beasts they weren’t a huge hit during their run, but have become a cult classic among modern 1980s toy collectors. Do you remember Battle Beasts? Have you ever collected them?