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Looks like TakaraTomy are bringing back the Battle Beasts, or Beastformers as they where known in Japan. The new franchise carries the name Beast Saga and is currently made up of a comic (that's what manga means) and a toy line.

We have no idea if this new incarnation is still part of the Transformers canon or if this is now separate like in the US.

You can view the homepage of the comic, or manga what ever you prefer to call it, by clicking here or any of the following images.
You can even read some of the strip on that site, if you can read Japanese that is, just click the big red button under the Lion or here. That will open up a Java script gallery you can navigate through by clicking on the left hand side of the images and on the right to move back a page.








That is however not all, you see site sponsor Robotkingdom.com has posted pre-orders for the toy-line that is slated for a September 2012 release, and as you'll see the figures are different from the ones Diamond Select is planing to produce and look more like the original Battle Beasts style wise.

We've mirrored a few images below, just click the links after the images to see all the pre-orders!







Takara BS01 Starter Kingdom of Land Gloria Deck.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS02 Starter Kingdom of Sea Death Heart Deck.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS03 Random Booster vol.1 Warriors of Land.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS04 Beast Fight Collection Raioga.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS05 Beast Fight Collection Eredoramu.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS06 Beast Fight Collection LongTsurafu.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS07 Beast Fight Collection Birusodo.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS08 Beast Fight Collection Dorufan.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS09 Beast Fight Collection Bamed.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS10 Beast Fight Collection Moriku.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS11 Magic Rod Booster A.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS12 Magic Rod Booster B.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS13 Official Dice Battle Field.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Takara BS14 DX Dice Battle Colosseum.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=

Dead Metal wrote:Looks like TakaraTomy had the same idea, they too are bringing back the Battle Beasts, or Beastformers as they where known in Japan.

Fixed.

Dead Metal wrote:We have no idea if this new incarnation is still part of the Transformers canon or if this is now separate like in the US.

Nor do we know if this even is related to Battle Beasts/Beastformers since none of these characters are the same those from Beastformers, and it looks like there's only two (land-based and sea-based) types this time instead of three (fire-wood-water).

It could very well be a modern day version of how Transformers and GoBots were similar concepts, but still two different things. So, I'm not quite ready to call this a return of Battle Beasts/Beastformers just yet.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Looks like TakaraTomy had the same idea, they too are bringing back the Battle Beasts, or Beastformers as they where known in Japan.

Fixed.

Dead Metal wrote:We have no idea if this new incarnation is still part of the Transformers canon or if this is now separate like in the US.

Nor do we know if this even is related to Battle Beasts/Beastformers since none of these characters are the same those from Beastformers, and it looks like there's only two (land-based and sea-based) types this time instead of three (fire-wood-water).

It could very well be a modern day version of how Transformers and GoBots were similar concepts, but still two different things. So, I'm not quite ready to call this a return of Battle Beasts/Beastformers just yet.

Fixing the Beastformers bit.

They look a lot like the Battle Beasts, secondly the Robotkingdom told us that this was TTs revival of the Battle Beasts.

Dead Metal wrote:They look a lot like the Battle Beasts, secondly the Robotkingdom told us that this was TTs revival of the Battle Beasts.

Until there's a statement from TT themselves about this being a revival of Beastformers, I'll need more convincing.

These could very well be just an homage or a tribute to Beastformers while being its own entity with its own identity and not actually being Beastformers.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:They look a lot like the Battle Beasts, secondly the Robotkingdom told us that this was TTs revival of the Battle Beasts.

Until there's a statement from TT themselves about this being a revival of Beastformers, I'll need more convincing.

These could very well be just an homage or a tribute to Beastformers while being its own entity with its own identity and not actually being Beastformers.

Oh stop trying to be mister smart ass, we where sent a message by RK that this was TTs revival of the Battle Beasts, so we posted it. End of story.

Dead Metal wrote:Oh stop trying to be mister smart ass, we where sent a message by RK that this was TTs revival of the Battle Beasts, so we posted it. End of story.

Okay, chill!

All I'm saying is that I (just me) wanna wait and hear from TT themselves, since this is their product and RobotKingdom may be just assuming. That's all.

These also remind me of Visionaries as well.

Nicely done designs on these. Very cute figures.

I DO think if they're resurrecting the line, they need to stick with the original game play. Having three factions let you do a rock-paper-scissor kind of game. Dumbing it down is much less fun gameplay.

I also think they should maintain some of the key players from the original line... only done with nicer sculpts.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Oh stop trying to be mister smart ass, we where sent a message by RK that this was TTs revival of the Battle Beasts, so we posted it. End of story.

Okay, chill!

All I'm saying is that I (just me) wanna wait and hear from TT themselves, since this is their product and RobotKingdom may be just assuming. That's all.

These also remind me of Visionaries as well.

Course you do.

Oh man....I'm going to have to import blind packs?
These really nice, but that's my only gripe is not knowing what I'll be getting. Hopefully getting singles won't be too expensive.

If you keep importing those packs, you'll go blind!