Battle Beasts came out in the late 80's and like most toys of the era, had a gimmick to help sales. Each Battle Beast had a heat sensitive sticker on his chest which, when rubbed would reveal the warrior's strength. The symbols would represent either fire, wood or water and could be used in a rock, paper, scissors type game—fire beat wood, wood beat water, water beat fire. Later a fourth emblem was added, the Sunburst, and it would beat all other types. The Cheap Battle Beast Dunk Shoes sunburst was extremely rare, in a ten pack in Japan, or Pirate Leo was available in America as a variant, despite claims that there were others of that affiliation. Each Beast also carried his own distinctive weapon which could be identified to its Beast with the corresponding number.
In the U.S. Battle Beasts came in a packages of two, usually (but not always) in numerical order. Video Game Shoes it was impossible to tell which figure had a rub of fire, wood, or water until the package was opened. That came in handy with marketing, as their slogan was, Fire! Wood! Or Water!... You'll never know until you own them!. Also listed on the packages starting with Series 2 was the possibility of getting the Sunburst Warrior. There was a total of three series adding up to 76 Battle Beasts beginning with #1, Pirate Lion and ending with #76, Ossified Orangutan.
Yoakustoms took on the task of creating a pair of custom sneakers to pay tribute to the Battle Beast collection.The Battle Beast Nike Dunk features a nice fading of red and orange through the upper with out-stretching trees placed beside the toe-box and back heel. The toe-box also sports the Battle Beast logo with a detailed depiction of a deranged Slowpoke Sloth on the back heel and a pair of orange laces thrown on to top off the Yoakustoms Custom Shoes.
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