Custom paint job on these guys called Battle Beasts. A line of 2" tall
action figure toys, in the form of an
anthropomorphised
animals with body armor and a unique weapon. Several figures have their
left hand replaced by a weapon of some kind. Battle Beasts were created
and largely produced by
Takara and distributed by Takara in Japan (under the name
BeastFormers) and by
Hasbro outside Japan, beginning in 1987.