Bighorn Sheep
A wild mountain sheep with big curled horns, made in a pale blue and in a much darker shade.
1 Accessory
Battle Beasts
Battle Beasts were two-inch armoured animals with their own weapons, made by Takara and sold by Hasbro from 1986. Rub the sticker on the chest and the heat showed fire, water or wood, which beat each other like rock, paper, scissors.
Complete checklist of 125 Battle Beasts figures across 6 series by Takara, 1986-1988. Updated 27 October 2026.
Battle Beasts: Series 1
Battle Beasts: Series 2
Battle Beasts: Vehicles
Battle Beasts: Series 3
Battle Beasts: Laser Beasts
Battle Beasts: Laser Beasts: Vehicles
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Battle Beasts: Series 1
The first 28, and the puns started here: Hare Razing Rabbit, Sir Sire Horse and Swiny Boar all came in this wave. Keep an eye out for Gargantuan Gorilla, which turns up in orange and in red.
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Wings out and ready to dive, this bat fought on the villains' side in the Japanese Beastformers story.
1 Accessory
Bloodthirsty Bison
A shaggy bison with a scary name, though in Japan he fought for the good guys as Violet Horn.
1 Accessory
Colonel Bird
A white eagle in armour, sold in Japan as Fly Kick, the aerial ace of the heroes' army.
1 Accessory
Crusty Crab
Claws, a shell and armour on top of all that, and you'll find it in both a bright and a softer orange.
1 Accessory
Danger Dog
Man's best friend suited up for war, and known in Japan as Bowdog, which is hard to beat as a name.
1 Accessory
Deer Stalker
Number 2 in the line is really a serow, a shaggy goat antelope from Asia's mountains, not a deer.
1 Accessory
Ferocious Tiger
A tiger in full armour, called Golder in Japan, where he was a staff officer for the heroes.
1 Accessory
Gargantuan Gorilla
A big gorilla in orange or red armour, whose numbered weapon has even turned up in gold and silver.
2 Variants
1 Accessory
1 Accessory
Grizzly Bear
A brown bear built like a tank, made with either brown or black fur depending on your luck.
1 Accessory
Gruesome Gator
An albino alligator who, in the Japanese story, led the whole villain side under the name Alligatron.
1 Accessory
Hardtop Tortoise
Comes with its own built-in shell, then wears armour on top, because you can never be too careful.
1 Accessory
Hare Razing Rabbit
The pun on hair raising is doing a lot of work here, on a rabbit that looks well up for a scrap.
1 Accessory
Horny Toad
A frog, not the spiky lizard Americans call a horny toad, and sold in Japan as Drill Frog.
1 Accessory
Killer Carp
A carp with a grudge, carrying a battle scar in the Japanese story from a fight with Deer Stalker.
1 Accessory
Pirate Lion
Number 1 of the 76, an eyepatched white lion who also turned up in America with the rare Sunburst rub.
1 Accessory
Prickly Porcupine
Sold as a porcupine here but as a hedgehog in Japan, and spiky enough to pass for either one.
1 Accessory
Roamin' Buffalo
A water buffalo in heavy armour, cast in Japan as an amphibious warrior who's happy in the wet.
1 Accessory
Rocky Rhino
A rhino in yellow armour, found pale yellow with matte grey skin or darker yellow with metallic grey.
1 Accessory
Rubberneck Giraffe
Rubberneck is the perfect name for a giraffe, who can peek over any battle without standing on tiptoe.
1 Accessory
Sawtooth Shark
A shark that walks on two legs, and in Japan it swam for the villains under the name Bad Shark.
1 Accessory
Sir Sire Horse
A horse knighted twice over by its own name, and called plain Blue Horse on the Japanese cards.
1 Accessory
Sledgehammer Elephant
A heavyweight elephant, called simply Elephan in Japan, where it ran transport for the heroes.
1 Accessory
Sly Fox
A fox in armour with a crafty look, and the Japanese cards call it Bea Fox, a reconnaissance scout.
1 Accessory
Swiny Boar
A wild boar with tusks to spare, known in Japan by the far cooler name of Wild Thunder.
1 Accessory
Triple Threat Snake
Three threats because the snake's hands are snake heads too, so that's three mouths to dodge.
1 Accessory
War Weasel
Weasels are small, wiry hunters that punch well above their weight, and this one has armour too.
1 Accessory
Webslinger Spider
Eight legs is a lot to armour, and this spider comes in either purple or a lighter violet.
1 Accessory
Battle Beasts: Series 2
Another 24, with the wordplay getting sillier by the figure. This is where you will find Pew-Trid Skunk and Run Amuck Duck, plus a few sea creatures like Octillion Octopus and Slasher Seahorse.
Antic Anteater
An anteater with that long snout, listed in Japan as a vacuum attack soldier, which says it all.
1 Accessory
Armored Armadillo
An armadillo already comes with a built-in shell, so the extra armour feels like showing off a bit.
1 Accessory
Bludgeoning Bulldog
A bulldog with all the jowls and the attitude, and the Japanese cards make him a sergeant.
1 Accessory
Cutthroat Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish can change colour in a blink, though this one sticks with its armour and a weapon.
1 Accessory
Delta Chameleon
A chameleon whose Japanese card writes Delta as the Greek letter, and she's a camouflage expert.
1 Accessory
Dragoon Racoon
A raccoon with the bandit mask built in, cast in Japan as the heroes' explosives officer.
1 Accessory
Eager Beaver
Big teeth, a flat tail and a job as an amphibious scout, which suits a beaver down to the ground.
1 Accessory
Humongous Hippo
Hippos are huge and famously grumpy in real life too, so this armoured one is just being honest.
1 Accessory
Hunchback Camel
Camels store fat in their humps, not water, and this one keeps its hump tucked under armour.
1 Accessory
Icky Iguana
An iguana in armour for the villains, sold in Japan under the wonderful name Iguanamonss.
1 Accessory
Jaded Jaguar
A spotted big cat from the rainforests of the Americas, called Power Jaguar on the Japanese card.
1 Accessory
Kickback Kangaroo
A boxing kangaroo would make sense, and the Japanese cards call this one the Leaping Warrior.
1 Accessory
Knight Owl
Night owl, Knight Owl, you get it, and in Japan he led the villains' night fighting.
1 Accessory
Major Moose
A moose with antlers wider than its armour, and its Japanese name is Wave Moose, for some reason.
1 Accessory
Miner Mole
Moles dig tunnels for a living, so a Battle Beast mole that fights underground makes total sense.
1 Accessory
Octillion Octopus
Eight arms and only one weapon to hold, which feels like a bit of a missed opportunity really.
1 Accessory
Pew-Trid Skunk
Putrid with a Pew on the front, because a skunk doesn't really need a weapon to clear a room.
1 Accessory
Pillaging Polar Bear
The biggest bear on Earth, here in armour and listed in Japan as an ice field fighter.
1 Accessory
Powerhouse Mouse
A tiny mouse with a big name, sold in Japan as Scout Mouse, which is a bit more honest.
1 Accessory
Run Amuck Duck
A duck running amok, though the Japanese cards call it Smileduck, which sounds far friendlier.
1 Accessory
Saber Sword Tiger
A sabre-toothed cat from the Ice Age, known in Japan as Platinum Tiger, the heroes' strongest warrior.
1 Accessory
Slasher Seahorse
Seahorse dads carry the babies, but this armoured one looks far more interested in a fight.
1 Accessory
Squire Squirrel
Actually a flying squirrel, the sort that glides from tree to tree on flaps of furry skin.
1 Accessory
Wolfgang Walrus
A walrus with tusks and a composer's first name, sold in Japan as Sea Iron.
1 Accessory
Battle Beasts: Vehicles
Pull-back battle chariots for Big Horn, Deer Stalker and Tearin' Tiger, plus three transport stations that open up into bases. The Bandolier is the odd one out: it is a carry strap you wore over your shoulder with your beasts clipped in.
Bandolier
A carrying strap with pockets for several figures, so you could take your whole army anywhere.
Battling Big Horn Battle Chariot
A ram-style chariot that pulls back and springs forward, with room for three Beasts on board.
Battling Deer Stalker Battle Chariot
Shaped like a deer, this pull back chariot shoots forward and seats up to three figures.
Battling Tearin' Tiger Battle Chariot
The tiger-faced chariot, which came with a figure in the box and carries up to three.
Blazing Eagle Transport Station
Called Firebird in the TV advert, this fire themed base even has a jail cell for captured Beasts.
Shocking Shark Transport Station
A shark base for the water side, holding a squad of Beasts plus a cell for any captives.
Wood Beetle Transport Station
The wood side's beetle base, with space for several figures and its own jail for enemies.
Battle Beasts: Series 3
The last of the rub sign beasts, taking the numbered run up to 76. The animal picks got wonderfully obscure, with a tarsier, a pangolin and a tapir all getting suited up for battle.
Ardent Aardvark
Aardvark means earth pig in Afrikaans, and Earthhog is exactly what the Japanese card calls it.
1 Accessory
Black Panther
A black leopard, which is all a black panther really is, and the heroes' head bodyguard in Japan.
1 Accessory
Bodacious Bovine
A dairy cow in battle armour, which might be the least likely warrior in the whole line.
1 Accessory
Crooked Crow
Crows are clever enough to use tools in the wild, so handing this one a weapon seems risky.
1 Accessory
Diving Duckbill
A platypus, the egg-laying mammal with a duck's bill, which is odd enough before the armour.
1 Accessory
Fleet-Footed Antelope
Like Deer Stalker, this is really a serow, a shaggy goat antelope, just a smaller one.
1 Accessory
Frenzied Flamingo
Flamingos get their pink from the food they eat, and this one has added armour on top.
1 Accessory
Harrier Hawk
A hawk in armour, and a harrier is a real bird of prey too, so the name gets two for one.
1 Accessory
Killer Koala
Koalas sleep for most of the day, so the Killer bit is a bold claim for this armoured one.
1 Accessory
King Cobra
The longest venomous snake in the world, sold in Japan as Cobrander and fighting for the villains.
1 Accessory
Leapin' Lizard
A frilled lizard, the Australian one that flares out a huge neck frill to scare off bigger animals.
1 Accessory
Manic Mandrill
The mandrill is the monkey with the bright red and blue face, so this one is hard to miss.
1 Accessory
Musky Ox
A muskox, the shaggy Arctic grazer that has been around since the Ice Age, now in armour.
1 Accessory
Ossified Orangutan
Number 76, the very last of the rub sign Battle Beasts, with an orangutan to close things out.
1 Accessory
Panzer Panda
Panzer means armour in German, though in Japan this panda was the heroes' combat medic.
1 Accessory
Pillager Pig
A pig with pillaging on its mind, and fittingly the Japanese cards put it in charge of finding food.
1 Accessory
Pixilated Pointer
A pointer, the gundog that freezes and aims its nose at whatever it has spotted.
1 Accessory
Pungnacious Penguin
One of the hardest Battle Beasts to find complete, because its weapon snaps so easily.
1 Accessory
Rowdy Rooster
A cockerel in armour, made an air staff officer in Japan, despite chickens barely flying.
1 Accessory
Slowpoke Sloth
Sloths move so slowly that algae grows in their fur, which can't be much help in a battle.
1 Accessory
Tanglin' Pangolin
Pangolins are the only mammals covered in scales, so this one arrived pre-armoured.
1 Accessory
Tarsier Tyrant
A tarsier, the tiny primate whose eyes are each as big as its brain, here in villain's armour.
1 Accessory
Torrential Tapir
In Japan the tapir is tied to the baku, a dream-eating spirit, so this one is called Dreameater.
1 Accessory
Zealot Zebra
A zebra in armour, and no two zebras share a stripe pattern, so good luck finding its twin.
1 Accessory
Battle Beasts: Laser Beasts
The Japanese follow-up, and a real change of style. The rub sign was swapped for a clear orb on the chest that showed the beast's element, and the swords and axes gave way to big guns. Hasbro planned to bring them over as Shadow Warriors, but very few ever reached shops outside Japan.
Anarchy
A mole from the Laser Beasts, with a see-through orb on its chest where the old rub sign used to be.
1 Accessory
Battle Fennec
A fennec fox, the desert one with giant ears, and one of the six Shield Battlers in Japan.
2 Accessories
Blue Eagle
An eagle in the Laser Beasts air force, carrying a gun shaped to look like the bird itself.
1 Accessory
Brain Mouse
A mouse built for underground missions, which is a fair job for the brains of the operation.
1 Accessory
Brown Lion
A lion leading the Laser Beasts' ground troops, and its shield came out only in Europe.
2 Accessories
Condorassin
Condor plus assassin makes Condorassin, a huge Andean vulture in the Laser Beasts air force.
1 Accessory
Crayfishan
A crayfish in armour from the Japanese Laser Beasts, with a name that says what it is on the tin.
1 Accessory
Crimson Cat
A cat warrior with crimson in its name and a coat of arms in the box, from the Japanese Laser Beasts.
2 Accessories
Dino Gator
A crocodile heading up sea attacks, and its family really has been around since the dinosaurs.
1 Accessory
Dragon Seahorn
A narwhal, the Arctic whale whose long tusk is really a tooth, and its shield was Europe only.
2 Accessories
Fight Horn
A reindeer in armour and a Shield Battler, and in real life both male and female reindeer grow antlers.
2 Accessories
Fly Sailor
A flying fish, which glides over the waves on wide fins, here as a Laser Beasts sea fighter.
1 Accessory
Flying Dragon
Not a dragon at all but a dragonfly, which makes its gun shaped like its owner rather sweet.
1 Accessory
Grand Wolf
A wolf on the Laser Beasts land attack team, with a gun moulded to look like a wolf too.
1 Accessory
Green Rayfer
A stingray, the flat fish with a barbed tail, swimming for the Laser Beasts' underwater crew.
1 Accessory
Horn Head
Bighorn sheep are back, but this Laser Beasts version swapped hand weapons for a gun.
1 Accessory
Hustle Bear
A grizzly from the Laser Beasts, and one of six whose shields were only released in Europe.
2 Accessories
Jeerer Monkey
A proboscis monkey, the one with the huge dangly nose, working in Laser Beasts intelligence.
1 Accessory
Kickback
A grasshopper, which explains the name, serving in the Laser Beasts' aviation unit.
1 Accessory
Killer Hound
A collie, the herding dog, reinvented as a Shield Battler with a coat of arms in the box.
2 Accessories
King Buster
A Tyrannosaurus in armour, because the Laser Beasts clearly decided real living animals weren't enough.
1 Accessory
Mantle Frenzy
A hamadryas baboon, named for the silvery mantle of fur the males grow, and a Shield Battler.
2 Accessories
Monkey Fighter
A Japanese macaque, the snow monkey famous for soaking in hot springs, in Laser Beasts intelligence.
1 Accessory
Puzzle Color
A chameleon, which explains the colour puzzle, and its shield was one of six only sold in Europe.
2 Accessories
Rainbow Parrot
A parrot in bright armour, sold in Japan as Rainbow Sam, a special intelligence officer.
1 Accessory
Rhinociron
Rhino plus iron, and that's the whole idea, a heavy hitter in the Laser Beasts land assault force.
1 Accessory
Salmomancer
Half salmon, half sorcerer by the sound of it, and a sea assault soldier in the Laser Beasts.
1 Accessory
Scope Cougar
A cougar who answers only to the Laser Beasts' emperor, and whose shield was a Europe exclusive.
2 Accessories
Sea Panic
A humpback whale, the singer of the oceans, and another Laser Beast with a Europe only shield.
2 Accessories
Skull Grotesque
A dragon general, second in command of the whole Laser Beasts army, and as grim as its name.
1 Accessory
Sky Bat
A brown long-eared bat, whose ears are nearly as long as its body, running the Laser Beasts' air units.
1 Accessory
Slag King
A Pteranodon, the flying reptile, rather oddly put in charge of the Laser Beasts' ground forces.
1 Accessory
Spark Shark
A sawshark, the one with a long toothy snout like a saw blade, in the Laser Beasts' marine crew.
1 Accessory
Strong Hurricane
A little scops owl in command of the six Shield Battlers, proving size isn't everything.
2 Accessories
Tiger Burn
Top of the Laser Beasts chain of command, a tiger who rules the whole army as its emperor.
1 Accessory
Zariganian
Zarigani is Japanese for crayfish, so this armoured Laser Beast is a crayfish by name and nature.
Battle Beasts: Laser Beasts: Vehicles
Rides built for the Laser Beasts. The Battle Drill came in three colours, blue, red and yellow, so a complete set means hunting down all three.
Battle Buzzsaw
A Laser Beasts battle vehicle from Japan, where almost all of this later range was sold.
Battle Drill (Blue)
The blue Battle Drill, said to be the rarest colour of this Laser Beasts drilling machine.
Battle Drill (Red)
The Laser Beasts drill vehicle in red, one of several colours it came in over in Japan.
Battle Drill (Yellow)
A yellow Battle Drill, which sounds more like a building site than a battlefield, frankly.
Battle Eagle
Eagle styled wheels for the Laser Beasts, another vehicle that mostly stayed in Japan.
Battle Savanna
Named after the African grasslands, a Laser Beasts vehicle that was mostly sold in Japan.
And what else can Grayl do?
- See how much of each line you own, series by series
- Tick off every colour variant and every accessory
- A Need list for the ones that got away
- Fresh photos from other collectors every week
- Follow collectors and see what they pick up
- Stickers for the milestones, because why not
Battle Beasts FAQs
- How many Battle Beasts figures are there?
- Grayl's checklist has 125 Battle Beasts figures across 6 series, released between 1986 and 1988.
- What year did Battle Beasts come out?
- The first Battle Beasts toys came out in 1986 with Battle Beasts: Series 1, and the line ran until 1988.
- Who made Battle Beasts toys?
- Battle Beasts toys were made by Takara.
- What Battle Beasts series are there?
- Series 1 (1986), Series 2 (1987), Vehicles (1987), Series 3 (1988), Laser Beasts (1988), Laser Beasts: Vehicles (1988).
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