Posted 08 February 2011 - 10:14 PM
Well, I got introduced to Battle Beasts when I was young (I was probably 3 or 4, back THEN, in 86), and, well, I thought they were cool, even though I didn't grasp their ultimate potential coolness. That, and, when you're a baby, you do stupid thing (like flushing an armless Leapin' Lizard down your toilet, lol). I recalled somehow having two remain (Diving Duckbill and Ossified Orangutan), and somehow I came across Battle Beasts again when I first got AOL, back in 97 (I was 13), and all of a sudden I DID realize how cool they really were, but sites back then were primitive hokey, limited graphic capability. Yet again, my knowledge of them sank back into antiquity.
Now, it's 2010, and ULTIMATELY, I went to Botcon in Orlando, and found a few suppliers of Battle Beasts (among the typical Transformers stuff, Japanese Transformers, and GO-BOTS... GO-BOTS, PEOPLE!!!), and bought Pew-trid Skunk (Always wanted him; he looked SO cool!) and Wolfgang Walrus (out of whim, but I'm happy I bought him... what?! I liked walruses as a kid), as well as my first Laser Beast; complete with gun and orb (Shool, the centipede Laser Beast)... but to my dismay, I realized that my two remaining beasts from before were gone (I MAY have chucked them out, out of depression after moving... oops).
Long story short, I went onto eBay, and Bought the Orangutan, and the Anteater... I'm a low-level collector, but I want to expand my collection ONCE I graduate from my university, get a certificate (for my field I'm going in), and a job soon after that. I DO want to expand my collection, but money (or 'funds' as I call 'em, lol) is kinda low, atm.