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[irbaboon]

I am asking about the spider and the turtle on the right.  I got them when I first signed up for ebay, which was before there were pictures in the auction listings. The seller claimed that they were cereal premiums (Kellogg's I think) and were rare.  I had never seen anything about any cereal premium beasts and was skeptical, but went ahead and bought them for less then $10 plus shipping.  It was the missing arm on the turtle that got me to buy them.  I figured that he wouldn't sell a damaged figure if he was trying to pull a fast one.  I also thought, and still think, that if he can be that freaking devious and plant details like that in his scam to set the hook, and go to the trouble chopping of two of the spider's arms and repainting both figures for a $10 score, what the heck . . . I'm game.  It might be fun to collect attempted scam figures.  So, as I still have not seen anything about any cereal premium BBs, I assume this guy whet all in for for a $10 scam, which is beautiful in its way.  Can anybody say for sure?

 

I think the other two are Greek BBs, but the seller didn't know and called them gumball BBs because that was kind of a catchall for odd BBs back then as real info was hard to come by.  

 

 

[108KickBack]

I'm certain those two on the left are greek.But I have never heard of the Kellogg's battle beasts before!Sounds a bit fishy to me but you never know.

 

He said they were Gumballs lol.I hope this guy didn't pull a fast one one you.But atleast those Greek's are worth the $10 especially the Carp.

[Acidonia]

In UK no Hasbro toy lines in cereal promos I can remember of. Kellogs toys though got Mimp,pet aliens and mini boglins and shredies had quite a few exclusive mini figures lines created for them.

[Rubberhammer]

On the original spider, the fig was molded in gray, and only the armor, and facial details were painted.
So if the blue, on the spiders legs, is paint, then I would say you have a custom on your hands, since the fig probably would have been molded in blue, and only the armor painted, if it were actually a Hasbro fig.

Still looks pretty neat, though.

Edited by Rubberhammer, 15 January 2015 - 08:26 PM.

[Rubberhammer]

Also, you might try just removing an arm, to see if the peg inside is still grey.

[trumanshower]

IMO someone customed them as they were damaged figures.