Battle Beasts were pretty lame compared to other toys of that time (see
GI Joe,
Transformers,
He-Man,
MASK,
Robotech, or
Voltron).
They were these little
anthropomorphic animals that had
armor and
weapons, and a black
square on their chests. You would rub the black square to reveal one of three insignias:
water,
fire, or
wood. Then you could play what was basically a variation of paper-rock-scissors.
Fire burns wood.
Wood floats on water.
Water puts out fire.
Wood floats on water? Hello? I'm not impressed. I can see how fire burns wood being a threat, or water quelling a fire, but "Wood floats on water"? Sounds like a draw to me.