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by **TM fourth_heir** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:36 pm

Aside from TFs another of my favourite lines back in the day was Battle Beasts (nice to learn they were effectively one and the same toyline over in Japan!

) and I still add the odd one to my shelf every once in a while. A while back I acquired a Tiger figure who was pretty worn so I took the opportunity to give him more realistic tiger colours (his fur is usually plain yellow) when I repainted his armour. I posted this pic on a BB board and it led to several people wanting one so in the end I traded him plus another five repaints in similar 'natural' style in return for a repro of Skull Grotess (the extremely rare Japanese dragon BB figure). Anyhow - story aside... I'm sure you all want to see the toys... here they are...

Alligatoron
Elephan
Rabbit Kid
Snake Bomb
Golder
Black Turtle

...and the Skull Grotess repro painted as a homage to another Japanese exclusive dragon...
Deathsaurus

by **Mest4life135** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:59 pm

i like wat you did, kinda tedious, they'r soo small, i remember them from when my kindergarden teacher would give out prizes to good students and those were int here, i still ahve mine

by **Ramrider** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:02 pm

These are great work; I really like Triple Threat Snake's new markings, and the shell work on Hardtop Tortoise.

Though for some reason the bunny reminds me of Frank from Donnie Darko...

by **Pepie** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:35 am

Nice work there FH !

Ramrider wrote:Though for some reason the bunny reminds me of Frank from Donnie Darko...

Now you're talkin' ! First thing I thought was Bucky 'o Hare

by **TM fourth_heir** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:18 am

Can't believe I never responded to this thread - thanks for all the comments guys

by **TM fourth_heir** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:48 pm

Added the paintjob I applied to the Skull Grotess repro I received to the initial post or click here.

News Credits: 2 · by **grimlockprime108** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:42 am

these are very nice,especially like triple threay snake's paint job.wow

by **TM fourth_heir** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:19 am

Thanks - glad you like them

by **Hobbyist Prime** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:51 pm

WOW! Expensive repaints!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **TM fourth_heir** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:13 am

Expensive? How so?

by **Hobbyist Prime** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:14 pm

Several of the Battle Beasts are worth hundreds of dollars and most of their weapons are about $12 each if you buy from someone who knows what they are!!!

News Credits: 2 · by **grimlockprime108** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:06 am

Website · by **Skullgrin140** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:06 pm

Battle beasts are so cool :lol:

by **TM fourth_heir** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:33 pm

Hobbyist Prime wrote:Several of the Battle Beasts are worth hundreds of dollars and most of their weapons are about $12 each if you buy from someone who knows what they are!!!

Only a handful of the later series Laser Beasts and a couple of rare figures fetch those kind of prices. The six figures I repainted probably cost less than $30 altogether - including weapons for most of them - the repro Skull Grotess is sold for $150 by it's maker whilst an original will set you back $195 or $350 for the rare 'painted toes' variant - you can find a useful price guide by clicking here.