I just realized that these were based off the Battle Beasts toys from the 80's/90's (not exactly sure when the originals came out). I had a few but I never knew what they were called, haha. With that said, I'm not a fan of these Minimates. I think they strayed too far from the originals (they don't really look uniform enough to me) and the lack of bright colors makes them kinda bland to me. They appear to be selling very well though so that's good.