I LOOOOVE the original Battle Beasts. I have almost a full set of the domestic releases.
But these guys don't feel right to me. The style is off... it's like they changed everything that made the Battle Beasts neat or distinctive for me.
These guys feel more like semi-realistic musclemen with lycanthrope heads, wearing ornamental armour. The real Beasts were stylized cyborg animals, who were almost as wide as they were tall. They were fierce, unique, highly-detailed, and kind of cute, all at the same time.
This is the main reason I didn't get into any of the other attempts to revive the Battle Beasts in recent years... none of the contenders got the 'feeling' or the aesthetic right.
Takara got it mostly right with their revival line a couple years ago,
Beast Saga... but unfortunately they didn't catch on in Japan, and they never did a second wave.
I really wish Hasbro had jumped on that and did a domestic release... maybe they would have done better in North America and allowed the line to continue (the same way Transformers did).
zmog
