Battle Beasts Current Collectors and Popularity
#1
Posted 06 February 2011 - 02:22 AM
As you know, I am a die-hard battle beasts junkie. Are the rest of you still lovin' your collections? Are you pretty much done and relaxing? Did you sell off your set, and now miss it? Are you just breakin' into the scene? Are you fussing with YJP and strugglin' to get those last super expensive LBs and premiums?
...That's right, I want a thread to hear how everyone's doing! I miss this place and all of the fun times I had trading to complete my set over the course of 4-5 years. Let's chat beastformers!!!
#2
Posted 06 February 2011 - 07:51 AM
#3
Posted 06 February 2011 - 08:10 AM
I still love BB/LB and could never think of selling my collection off. It is what even got me started on toys. Those and M.U.S.C.L.E.'s. I have also noticed a few veteran collectors selling off their stuff. With reasons such as I am just not into them anymore etc.. Even if I sold every toy I own my BB/LB would stay with me.
Do other members feel they grow out of it?
I still need a yellow drill and I am sad because I once owned one . When I first started collecting LB I bought a lot on YHJ that had a yellow drill and a bunch of other stuff. When I got the drill I enjoyed it for a few days and decided the "drills were not that cool". Huge mistake So being that I still needed a whole bunch of LB to complete my set I traded it for about 13-14 high end LB. Sure I completed my LB set but I lost the prize in the process. I could have easily rebuilt my collection a hundred times over in the 5 years I have been collecting. But I look forward to the day a yellow drill presents itself for purchase. So there are a few ramblings about LB/BB. Anyone else got stories or collection status to share?
#4
Posted 06 February 2011 - 08:51 AM
I love them now. I want more but prices seem to be to high at the moment. I am only interested if they are complete...
#5
Posted 06 February 2011 - 08:52 AM
#6
Posted 06 February 2011 - 09:01 AM
And James your right, those greek price drops are such a swift kick to the crotch, at least we're still not paying $50-60 like back in the day.
#7
Posted 06 February 2011 - 09:04 AM
Anyways, I'm glad to see some of the new collectors coming into the scene as this really was in my opinion the best toyline of the era so we need all the help we can to not just keep it going but grow the fan base if the re-licensing does end up working out!
-Barry
#8
Posted 06 February 2011 - 10:36 AM
I love the line but am not happy about the scarcity and cost of the Laser Beasts.
Its really too bad the line ended before the Full set of Laser Beasts were released outside Japan.
The members here have been have been great to me and
I look forward to collecting this line and helping future members.
Edited by Toxoviper, 06 February 2011 - 10:38 AM.
#9
Posted 06 February 2011 - 11:30 AM
It seems like a lot of vet BB/LB collectors have moved on. There was a considerable crew of dudes here a few years ago. Perhaps the nostalgia collectors who were kids in 86-88 hit their mid-20's disposable income period and then moved on... beats me. I'd be surprised if a wave of younger collectors carry the torch. I hope so; BBs are flippin' the shiz!! I want to see more collection pics from members to have full sets, etc. I figure there are only about a dozen or so complete 112+ sets in the world at any given time... Just a guess...
I can't say I totally dig the new BB mini mates or other spin-offs. I am too old school about it. I would love it if the the original molds got used to make a new wave in different colors... I would go totally ape!
Post some collection pics, keep the stories comin', and keep collecting! Cheers!
#10
Posted 07 February 2011 - 07:06 AM
French collector of Battle Beasts, Monster in my pocket and a bunch of other toys !!
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#11
Posted 07 February 2011 - 01:48 PM
-Walter Benjamin
All toys came from the original One Toy
#12
Posted 07 February 2011 - 02:56 PM
#13
Posted 07 February 2011 - 04:37 PM
Im holding onto hope of a BB brand revival with updated figures (NOT Minimate style figures nor the other BB images ive seen floating around). Whether i make them for myself or a major company makes them new BB figures are in my future.
Anthropomorphic Beast in futuristic armor....what kid wouldnt like that?
Edited by Articulationnut, 07 February 2011 - 04:40 PM.
#14
Posted 07 February 2011 - 08:16 PM
I dont know if i've ever been a hard core collector of Battle Beast but i am an avid fan of the fiction and what Battle Beast could be. So much so that ive held on to the BB's that i have . Battle Beast are 1 of 2 lines that i want to see brought back full bore.
Im holding onto hope of a BB brand revival with updated figures (NOT Minimate style figures nor the other BB images ive seen floating around). Whether i make them for myself or a major company makes them new BB figures are in my future.
Anthropomorphic Beast in futuristic armor....what kid wouldnt like that?
Hey, I've got a project going on... once I'm done with school (around May), and have found work, you and I can always work on stuff.
#15
Posted 07 February 2011 - 09:52 PM
#16
Posted 07 February 2011 - 11:00 PM
#17
Posted 08 February 2011 - 12:31 AM
Only missing 3 and a half figs , ,for a complete 112 set.
not that it is discounted. We as consumers are conditioned to think"On Sale"means it's cheaper.
#18
Posted 08 February 2011 - 02:11 AM
Many thanks to Strontium Dog for getting me such great UK stuff at sucha fair price.
Anyhow back to Battle Beasts. I did buy one lot of fair condition figures to display with my Gormiti sets. It's only a handful of Beasts. My favorite BB are the crock, the shark, the spider, the carp (which I thought was a white shark), the fox, The crab, that's all I can think of right now. I know my Crock had a title belt and the tag team belts were usually with either spider & crab, or shark & carp.
#19
Posted 08 February 2011 - 01:53 PM
#20
Posted 08 February 2011 - 10:14 PM
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.
#21
Posted 14 February 2011 - 05:02 PM
#22
Posted 17 February 2011 - 12:31 AM
I remembered having these guys as a kid in the 80's but the name was lost to me for the longest time. i remember having probably 50+ of these guys including some of the laser beasts. i have many fond memories of them. when i was a kid, i had a big, turtle-shaped sand box full of sand and rocks and stuff. i remember that that was THE place to play with these little Beasts with armor. i would build forts in the sand and have one side attack the other (usually the ones i really like versus those i thought were ugly or stupid). i remember using toy castle playsets in the sand as bases and what not... i really loved these things. then i grew older and i remember selling them when i was like 15 or so. toys were becoming uncool.
fastforward to the year 2010. my best friend, who i have known since middle school, asked me to help him help his mother move out of her old house. nothing too big. just help load up some stuff and take it to her new place. we made a day of it and cleared it all out except for the attic. well, we thought it'd be best to start moving that stuff downstairs and at least stage it for another days move. thats when we made the discovery. we found a box marked "toys" up there. curiosity got the best of it and we opened it up. Can you guess what it was? that's right. Battle Beasts. But these were special ones.
Not only was this a box of mostly battle beasts, it was also a box of memories for me. i instantly remembered all those hours outside in the turtle sand box. all the memories came flooding back to me and my eyes lit up. i had found the things that i was so fond of as a kid. i searched through the box and realized that the box held something even more special. you see, on the right foot of every single one of these was the initials "KD". Those were MY initials. THESE WERE MY OLD BATTLE BEASTS! I learned that his grandmother bought them at the yard sale and gave them to him. How cool is that? He is still holding on to those. but that's what sparked my interest.
that was around july of last year. since then, i starting buying singles (complete with weapons and rubs) off and on. I almost have all 1-88 now. there are a few holes here and there, but i am very serious about collecting these guys. i just need about 10 or so and a few weapons to finish my 1-88. then i will move on to vehicles and playsets. and from there to the harder to get LB's until i have everything i want. and i want all BB's and LB's. then i may consider the Greek Beasts and what not.
Well, that's my story. to answer the question tho, i am a very serious collector and i have a great passion for this line. its my all time favorite toy line and probably the only one i will ever try to own completely.
Edited by MindlessFocus, 17 February 2011 - 12:34 AM.
#23
Posted 17 February 2011 - 12:54 PM
I was a little kid in the 80s when they came out, and I was instantly hooked! It was a love affair I would keep all to myself, as a few bad experiences with other not-so-nice youngsters taught me to keep my toys at home. But out of every toy line I liked, they were the KING! There were many I didn't have, and a few I never knew existed, like the high-numbered originals and the LBs. But I never stopped obsessing over them, and have never stopped collecting toys. Fact is, I have started other toy collections that I wish I could rid myself of just to be able to afford more BBs. Like Jonny said, I'm well over the disposable income phase, being a family man with little money, but I have made it clear that someday I will have them all, and nothing will stop me. In 97/98 I was introduced to eBay, and consequently to LBs and the other premium/gumball/foreign figures that are associated. While I yearn to complete my BB and LB ranks, I will never be interested in having the other toys. Leave those to more serious collectors. All mine are loose and played with, and I like it that way!
#24
Posted 17 February 2011 - 07:28 PM
Edited by GammaJetpunch, 17 February 2011 - 07:29 PM.
#25
Posted 17 February 2011 - 10:58 PM