Takara Tomy finally found their cash cow so they're not going to nerf Shark Scale, directly or indirectly.

Hasbro can't get Shark Scales in stores, but they sure can get their newest Marvel garbage on the shelves without any problem.

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Walking out of the toy aisle of Walmart with a new haul like

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TmPLDKjn4EA

Finally caved and bought a Wizard Rod(green one). Now, all I need is a Hexa bit.

>>11830920
i stop paying attention to BBX for a year and there's angels now? did bird finally win yet?

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>>11832082
So far, his only win is his 100-star victory where Lantz threw the game. Outside of that, he's only been able to tie with him.

>>11832087
HOW is that still his only win. That's where I left off. Holy shit

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>>11830920
All I want is a Dran Strike, and they're sold out everywhere

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>>11832178
Things are looking pretty bleak right now. Even the stadiums are sold out everywhere.

>>11832178
>>11832520
This is SpinCity, by the way. I don't think Dran Strike is worth $50 though.

>>11832520
is this because the SEA market is gobbling everything up or has it caught on crazy in the West yet?

>>11832589
>is this because the SEA market is gobbling everything up
Part of it.
>or has it caught on crazy in the West yet?
It's slowly getting bigger, but it's not fad craze level or anything.
The shortages are a combination of resellers buying out physical stores and using bots to do it online, and actual players who need the good releases. Everything is getting bought up from all sides.
It's also that Takara Tomy said themselves that they didn't anticipate such high demand for product and that they'd ramp up production to try and solve shortages. Hasbro's lack of new releases is just them being morons.

>>11832720
it became viral in Hong Kong and Taiwan that they are now flying abroad to scalp everything! i can still see SIlver Wolf, Cock Mirage and Pegasus from time to time back then, but nowadays only thing you can see are the shitty beys and the Hasbro collabs. for some reason though, i NEVER saw our local toy stores stock the Shark Scale set!

>>11833211
>for some reason though, i NEVER saw our local toy stores stock the Shark Scale set!
same, I sense corruption is at play
someone's getting rich off of withholding retail releases

>>11833278
>someone's getting rich off of withholding retail releases
there's that saying that you shouldn't attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. hasbro is just ran by a bunch of retards, that's why you never see anything in stores. I know my local stores are still flooded with cerberuses and leon fangs and even the green wizrods, which really just continues the usual trend I've always noticed (starters are consistently stocked while single packs only ever seem to get one shipment per store and then they're gone forever)

>>11833319
for real though, that's how distributors make fat fucking stacks off of shit that would be cheap if they didn't bottleneck the whole god damn supply to US markets. Market manipulation is a requirement to make it big.

>>11830920
Someone redpill me on 2026 beyblade

My experience with this franchise is mainly being a kid in the early 2000s and i vividly recall how mysterious and almost adult the "real" official beyblade toys of that generation were when my best friend at the time finally bought the draciel kit back from the capital and was going to be the first one from our group with an actual real beyblade, and then probably 5 years from then it seemed like nobody cared that much anymore

Apparently the brand is still going pretty strong since I even find beyblades at basic ass supermarkets nowadays? It doesnt seem like theres some one main "line" though so which ones are supposed to be the "good" ones? My interest was slightly sparked when I saw a pic on twitter that seemed to have something related to a bunch of the original designs I remember from the series (dragoon and draciel etc)

>>11832720
>address shortages by ramping up poroduction
>only overproduces the shitter beys, while keeping the Shark Scale scarce
good job!

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>>11833365
Beyblade had a bit of a slowdown in sales, during the 2000s and Takara would try a few gimmicks, with the last one being HMS. HMS would suffer poor sales, that Takara would wind up ending "Bakuten Shoot!" and rebooting the series with "Beyblade Evolution Cross Arms". However, Takara would get bought out by Tomy, around this time, and the restructuring of the company cancelled Cross Arms prematurely, putting the franchise on hiatus for a few years.

Takara Tomy would reboot the franchise in 2008 with "Metal-Fight Beyblade"("Beyblade: Metal Saga" in the west). Like Bakuten Shoot, before it, it would receive massive popularity. However, unlike the former, a decision by Takara Tomy, regarding the anime, would cause a ripple effect that would lead the series to its eventual death in 2012. Hasbro would try to squeeze more year out of it, but the damage was already done.

In 2015, Takara Tomy would release the next generation called "Beyblade Burst", with the selling point being that the beys were designed to burst into pieces. This gen would end up being the biggest series in whole franchise, lasting a total of eight years. However, Burst was only good if you lived in Asia as Hasbro, who apparently learned nothing from Metal-Fight, went full retard with the whole generation, forcing western players to either pay high shipping fees for Takara Tomy parts or get royally fucked by their bullshit for eight years. Because of this, I still say Burst was the worst generation.

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>>11833770
Which brings us to Beyblade X. Released in Japan, back in 2023, Beyblade X is the current generation. They had basically took everything about the previous gens and turned them on their heads. A new win condition, known as an "Xtreme Finish", was added where you have to knock your opponent into a specific exit zone to earn more points. Assisting with this is the "Xtreme Line", which is a rack rail designed to catch the teeth of the bey's bit, in order to send them hurdling toward their opponent at high speed. The meta's a bit of a mess, right now. There are no defense types due to Takara Tomy nerfing every defense part to oblivion(The best defense combo doesn't use a single defense part) and stamina types are dominated by Wizard Rod, leaving attack and balance types with the most variety. X is also suffering from issues with beys getting scalped, the recent SEA boom, and Hasbro's shitty distribution causing bladers to miss out on competitive parts(the competitive also not helped by Hasbro shoving garbage parts into every single release). Still, we are in X's third year, and only time will tell if the series will continue from here.

i wonder if Takara even acknowledges Beywheels and Beywarriors.

>>11833770
>>11833776
Alright thanks for the breakdown because I was definitely getting confused by all the different lines

>>11833770
What anime decision during MFB caused its death?

>>11833910
I remember those airing in Canada it was a weird time. I don't think they even have Japanese dubs and are something they probably want you to forget existed..

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>>11833770
>Beyblade Evolution Cross Arms
That's stupid amounts of toyetic. Too much toy.

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>>11833776
>Accel and Spike instead of two Gear Balls

>>11833776
>>11834422
look man as shitty as it is, I get why they cheap out and use the -X5 ratchets. but why the fuck are they so insistent on gear ball for everything? I'm not even mad at this point just deeply confused.

>>11834236
Cutting the remaining MFB episodes in half lead to Hasbro creating Beywheelz and Beyraiderz as filler.

>>11834413
to be fair, Beyblade is a toy. they only started going serious with it with Beyblade X

So wait, where is a newcomer supposed to buy beyblades from atm? It seems like theres supply issues even in places where theyre supposed to be sold at offline and nearby at chains like wallmart? I looked at the prices for some of the new models that Im interested in like bahamut blitz and strike dran and they seem to be around the 45-55e range before shipping which supposedly isnt anywhere near their retail price?

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>>11832098
I mentioned this in the last thread, but Bird recently won by default against one of Zero's children, Six. The condition was Bird had to win only once and could rematch an infinite amount of times. Six is terrible at Beyblade so he dedicated most of his life to raw launch power. Bird eventually started catching up to and matching Six in strength as they kept battling so before the latter could actually lose, he quit.

So by technicality Bird does in fact have a win to his name that isn't a tie.

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New bey leaks from hasbro allowed tournament beys guideline
>Tread Croc TQ 5-50 GN
>Seize Jaguar HN
>Glare Cyclops 7-55 FB
>Nether Incendio Z
>Suppress Superion 0-70 LP
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IPe1DOJ3fEyzd3Kv6EXqDmCq9LNVBNIH/view

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>>11834882
>It seems like theres supply issues even in places where theyre supposed to be sold at offline and nearby at chains like wallmart?

It a combination of scalpers and Hasbro's garbage distribution that's keeping meta beys from the hands of western bladers. The only competitive beys you're going to reliably find at Wally World is Wyverrn Hover, and that's only because scalping it would be retarded. Otherwise, if you don't care about the meta, you should still be able to find some beys at any place that would sell them. Just don't expect too many good finds.

>I looked at the prices for some of the new models that Im interested in like bahamut blitz and strike dran and they seem to be around the 45-55e range before shipping which supposedly isnt anywhere near their retail price?

Those beys aren't out in the states, yet.

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>>11835039
>Tread Croc TQ 5-50 GN
Dick Status: MUH
>Seize Jaguar HN
8-sided Knight Mail. I Wonder what its gimmick will be.
>Glare Cyclops 7-55 FB
Wyvern Gale, but good?
>Nether Incendio Z
Is that the official render? Kind of gives off Strike Hawk vibes, with the circular core.
>Suppress Superion 0-70 LP
I guess this one is a fusion of Hyperion and Helios?


Also, hold up. Is Hasbro going to release Cobalt Drake and Orochi Cluster?

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>>11835039
>New bey leaks from hasbro allowed tournament beys guideline
that's crazy so many new Beyblades got revealed this way

>>11834812
Lol beyblade x could not be less serious, bakuten shoot was highly engineered model kit battling tops with creative gimmicks and so much depth in parts, systems, customization, battling.

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Remember when new starters were $25? I can't believe things have gotten so bad in just a year's time.

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Saw that evo had a beyblade side tournament with custom beyblades as prizes and it got me wondering, what's the limit on beyblade customization before it's considered too much for fair play? Obviously doing shit like sticking bits of tungsten on the inside to add weight is out of the question, but surely a light primer layer and hand brushed paint isn't enough to really impact how a bey performs, right?

>>11835107
they're treating competitive beyblade more seriously this time (at least that's how it seems), that's you see way less gimmicky beys now. otherwise we would be seeing LAD metas again because they released a Bearing tip and a full-rubber left spinner.

>>11835533
actually, what's stopping Takara Tomy from releasing a LAD bey considering the game is heavily weighted against spin finishes now?

>amazon delivered the fortress knight I ordered as soon as it was available
>...but not the other 3 from the same wave I ordered at the same time
I'm not even sure if this is an amazon moment or a hasbro moment at this point

>>11835217
At certain speeds, anything can affect rotation, the issue is that Beyblades are so small, even if you had a speck of dust underneath a thin layer of paint, it wouldn't really matter, but if you're looking at every single milligram you can lay on your bey, it can make a difference, albeit a small one.

Some website builder I'm using is recommending I run SilverWolf · 5-80 · Metal Needle over 3-80 hexa. Is there something to this or is it retarded?

>>11835920
>5-80
bad part
>Metal Needle
universally banned part
It's retarded.

>>11834599
Reducing episode lengths didn't cause the death of MFB, it was already dying with sales having declined for a while prior, hence the reduced lengths, the TV broadcast ending prematurely and the lost episodes. Hasbro doing Beywheelz/Beyraiderz didn't really affect MFB as they were already done with it at that point, it was more to pivot and try to milk the Beyblade IP whilst fulfilling TV contracts.

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Welp caved in big time and got these as my first beyblade products since like 20 years ago. Hopefully the supply issues are ironed out since apparently these are way pricier than expected atm?

>>11835920
Metal Needle is actually great but it's banned so he's being dumb.

>>11836366
>Bahamut Blitz 5k yen
>Knight Fortress 3k yen
Where did you purchase that from? It's pricey AF

>>11837074
>It's pricey AF
it is? from what I looked at the prices seemed similar/higher than that at other places and wherever they didnt, the same products were sold out

I bought them from nin nin game because they also had the bx10 takara tomy arena

>Beytuber promotes sites like beys&bricks, beylocker, orenobeys, mallofbeys/toys
>Anything the average player could want is sold out 24/7
I just wanted to get a 7-70 and level for my meteor dragoon, this sucks.

>finding Wizard Rod 1-6 Rush at fucking Walgreens
They've been selling Beyblades at the one by my house recently, but it was always Golem Rock which I already had. Granted I also already had this Wizard Rod combo as well, but I needed another Rush bit and you can never have too much 1-60s either.

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Rate my haul

>>11837556
There's like 7 good parts there.

>>11837556
I love Ghost Circle I don't give a shit how not-meta it is

>>11837556
Meta: 5/10
Cool blades: 8/10
My only gripe, which is personal, is that they swapped out the green hexa that was supposed to come with the ghost for a low rush. Which is FINE; LR needs a western reprint anyways. I just wish they hadn't picked my Slimer beyblade to do it with. Now I need to buy the green ghost off a secondhand market while crying tears of blood.

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>>11837704
One thing I wish Hasbro would be more liberal with, in X, is the exclusive color schemes. In MFB, you had many beys with colors not even present in random boosters. Now, with X, they just repackage random booster recolors with the retools only getting new stuff. NGL, I probably would buy a Hasbro exclusive blind box set of only recolored parts, if they were original.

>>11837556
gear bits are all bad because the gear edge reduces spin stamina. and all 2- and 4- side ratchets are bad too because 90 degree contact points have the most mechanical leverage for bursting
3-60 and 7-60 and low rush are meta parts
orb and unite are decent too
none of these blades are meta in any category but samurai calibur is probably the best

>>11837891
I'm pretty sure they've only done like two or three hasbro-exclusive recolors and they've all been awful. at least I got a light blue Point out of it, I guess

>>11837896
>none of these blades are meta
I see circle ghost all the time amigo

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Had a bey blade battle with the family for 4th of July. Great time had by all. I bought a bunch of blades recently and it was nice to put them through their paces with good spirited battles.

Happened to beat my nephew by rail coasting with Wolf on Dot. I dropped it as I was pulling the string launcher towards myself and it climbed right up into the little nook the entire match. He pogged the fuck out on that spin win. Previously he beat his sister handedly with the Dran line; Buster being his 'secret weapon.' My niece will switch and endlessly tinker for a good bey. Plays what wins, casts out what doesn't, cannibalizing the parts she likes most to find a stronger underdog. I admire her drive.

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Bwos, what is this cool beyblade clone? Anyone own these? The "beys" look cool and the launchers are also neat weapons

>>11838109
>circle ghost
in actual competition? bottom tier

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>"1v1" Final Match
>Tyson gets assisted by entire Bladebreakers team and Tala
>Brooklyn fights by himself
As far as I am concerned, Brooklyn won by not cheating in the finale.

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Does anyone know if the X Bucket arena is actually a good idea just for testing out launch strats? Has a smaller footprint than my Takara stadium, but no shroud makes me immensely sus. Also just watched some dude self burst while being alone in the arena because the zero ratchet caught on the gear line.

>>11839593
Absolutely useless for testing launches. Its much smaller than the bx-10, no shroud and the crappy rail is molded onto the stadium instead of being a separate attached part. If you want to practice launches/playing actual competitive beyblade you should get the bx-10 stadium.

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>>11839598
>you should get the bx-10 stadium.
Well thankfully I already have that one. It's a bit long in the tooth now after several years, but I would like to have a backup and or test stage. If I can affordably replace this stadium, I'll retire the BX-17 I purchased.

How's this CX bastard? Worth the two hundo for the set? Never had a clear stadium before.

>>11839598
What about underwater battles, does it leak?

>>11839609
these days the out-the-door price on a bx10 by itself is gonna run you $110-$150 so ask yourself if a grip, winder and BahamutBlitz BK1-50I are worth the difference to you. fwiw you can sell the grip combo for $30 all day and the bey is good

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Every "simple" ratchet I own is hot garbage. How are you supposed to use these? Looks like it's an intentional nerf for Clock Mirage, limiting it to only the worst type of ratchets. Does any other bey actually excel with these simple shits?

I still don't get how Multi and Shiguru are related by blood.
What's wrong about saying one of them is adopted?

>>11839828
no they're a meme

>>11840271
I knew that just from holding them in my hands, but I had to be certain I wasn't missing out on some kind of use (besides clock mirage and other gimped beys). It amazes me that their innovation after all these years is either making things entirely useless or must have in order to win, no in between. This simple fact makes collecting almost every release a gamble.

>>11840444
You covered all the bases in your first post unfortunately. My local orgs put on a tournament a couple weeks back for simple ratchets only just to shake things up. Burst city. Level playing field, I guess. I think TT's biggest innovation was spreading out good parts between releases so there are only 3-4 where not one part is trash....

>>11840188
Maybe Shiguru tans more?

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>>11840460
I'd get it if she wasn't just as brown under her normal clothes.

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>No meta beys available in my cuntry
>Everyone runs them exclusively at events
Guess I'll stick to playing at home then

>friends start playing
>curious, look up to see if there's old beyblades in this new one
>Draciel exists
>it's utter shit
Well, guess I can't say I didn't see that coming. If I'm interested in starting out, any recs on what some gimmicky beyblades are that won't break the bank?

I cannot justify that price no matter how much I want that bey. I'm just going to wait until someone get bored and sell it cheap.

>>11841320
all the recreations of classic beys in X are pretty notoriously terrible, mostly because of their weight. The only one I bothered buying was draciel and even then that was only really so I could get an extra 7-60 ratchet
>any recs on what some gimmicky beyblades are that won't break the bank?
Beyblade X is basically split into 3 lines, BX UX and CX. If you're specifically looking for gimmicky blades then UX is the one you want. "won't break the bank" mostly depends on what you can find in your local stores but off the top of my head some of the gimmickier ones are samurai saber, silver wolf, impact, knight mail, and scorpio spear. granted, all of those either come in bundles with arenas/launchers/multi-packs with other beyblades etc. outside of silver wolf and scorpio spear, and the latter is import-only at the moment.

>>11841320
And Draciel was actually one of the few good ones.

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>make shinobi shadow weigh more than a fly's fart
>it joins the top of the meta
Would you look at that.

>>11839828
That's literally what it is. A nerf to clock and nothing else.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZeXfhDoHFk

>>11842357
so is this doing a sol blaze thing with the ring? fitting for a character with mode changes like this I guess.

>>11841708
the irony about Draciel is that it its attack ring has horrible recoil that's why it sucks as a defensive bey

>>11841711
how is blast anything like shinobi shadow lmao

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Alright lads, I gave in and ordered one. End of the month let's see if I hang myself.

>>11842732
what are you even wanting out of this?

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>>11842357
>crossovers are OK when Japan does it
YES

Why is everyone at the events so mean :(
It's so hard to get a conversation out of anyone unless you're already buddy buddy with them. Whenever I'd try it'd go like
>"Wow that bey looks cool!"
>Yeah
>"What is it?"
>Goon
>"Cool, bet that cost an arm and a leg huh ahah"
>Nah
>"...did you import it?"
>Yeah
>"Oh sick, from japan?"
>Nah
They all do this, they talk like a midget is puppeteering them from inside their asshole praying it doesn't get discovered. Ever thought about not showing up to events if you don't like talking to people?

>>11842782
>Why is everyone at the events so mean :(
>It's so hard to get a conversation out of anyone unless you're already buddy buddy with them.
Well, yeah. They don't know you. You're just some stranger. No one has to talk to you.
>Ever thought about not showing up to events if you don't like talking to people?
So because you don't get the attention you want, people just shouldn't go to tournaments if they don't want to talk to you?
>>"Cool, bet that cost an arm and a leg huh ahah"
Yeah, dude. It was $20 at Target. You sound like you're trying to bring forced-friendly, overly-cordial discord behavior into real life. People either vibe with you or they don't. If someone wants to talk to you, they will. They're not being mean to you just because they're not giving you the responses you want.

>>11842823
Anon this is a children's spinning top game, there's no need for elitism. And being social is a normal human behavior, there's nothing forced about it beyond being nice. Would you prefer people to call you a fucking cunt whenever you try to ask them something? No, of course not.

>>11842840
>there's no need for elitism
Again, if you're going up to people you've never met and asking random questions, they are not obligated to speak to you any more than the people you mentioned did. They answered your questions. You're upset because they didn't "Yes, and" you and think that means they're mean because they didn't feel the need to strike up a full conversation with some guy who walked up.
>And being social is a normal human behavior, there's nothing forced about it beyond being nice.
Try to keep in mind that being chummy and jovial with people you don't know is off-putting and not how you make friends. Asking a bunch of inane questions makes most people want you to stop talking.

>>11842866
You sound like an absolutely horrendous person to talk to irl, I genuinely hope you're baiting with all this. You strike me as someone who was bullied and thinks everyone's out to get them so projects these stupid paranoid ideas onto everybody. Oh this guy's happy therefore he must want to stab me. Oh this guy wants to talk to me, sure bet he wants to take advantage of me. Are you seriously this fucking miserable a human being you can't be joyful about anything at all? Why would you play Beyblade and willingly act like a smug asshole who's too good to talk to anyone? You pull that shit irl and fucking everyone will avoid you, it's a one way ticket to having the personality of a wall fly. You're not obligated to reply to this, in fact I'm not obligated to even read your response. You're a disgrace to the game, never touch a bey again in your life and go fuck yourself.

>>11842872
>You strike me as someone who was bullied and thinks everyone's out to get them so projects these stupid paranoid ideas onto everybody. Oh this guy's happy therefore he must want to stab me. Oh this guy wants to talk to me, sure bet he wants to take advantage of me. Are you seriously this fucking miserable a human being you can't be joyful about anything at all?
A bunch of projection nonsense.
>Why would you play Beyblade and willingly act like a smug asshole who's too good to talk to anyone?
You can't let go of the idea that people are looking down on you because they won't give you asspats and treat you like their buddy right away.
>You pull that shit irl and fucking everyone will avoid you, it's a one way ticket to having the personality of a wall fly.
You're the one who can't get people to talk to you--
>You're a disgrace to the game, never touch a bey again in your life and go fuck yourself.
--and I sure can't imagine why.

>>11842782
A hobby like this either attracts incredibly normal and socially adjusted dudebro nerds or the most repugnant socially retarded autists youve ever seen. Either youre a smelly retard who repulsed the first type or youre very likely dealing with the second type

It's not a beyblade problem, its a token 2026 jaded asshole flake problem. Welcome to the future, where circles are closed as of covid.

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HellsNether Deck Set
>Release date August 8
>Price 4500 yen

Beyblade set it comes with
>HellsNether Z
>SIlver Wolf 9-70 R Metal Coat Violet
>Hover Wyvern 8-80 B

>>11841548
Good enough to start at least! I'll keep an eye out for those blades/bundles for the time.

>>11842782
>Be me, kinda shy
>Just minding my own business at my first tournament
>Suddenly feel a presence hovering way too close to me
>Turn around and this neckbeard is staring intensely at me, breathing heavy
>He blurts out: "Wow that beybwade wooks coow!"
>A bit startled, but I try to be polite "Yeah"
>Hes squirming around, eyes darting between me and the bey. "What is it?"
>"Cobalt Dragoon"
>He grins and mutters under his breath "Heh heh, goon"
>I just stare at him, unsure of how to respond to that
>Then he says "Coow, bet that cost an awm and a weg huh ahah!"
>Respond "Nah" bluntly as I'm trying to end the conversation because his body odor is so bad
>A moment passes and he breaks the silence "Did you impowt it from Nippon? Awa Awa!"
>"Nah I got it at Walmart."
>Literally avoid him for the rest of the tournament, didn't make top cut so I just left straight after swiss
Im never going back to another tournament for fucks sake

>>11842987
>Hover Wyvern 8-80 B
that's the biggest surprise of the deck set lol

>>11842761
Turns out I got fucking bamboozled and thought it was a shark scale. Canceling the order.

>>11843318
Does money mean so little to people that you'll spend it without even knowing what you're buying? What made you think Shark Scale would be in a BX Random Booster?

>>11842368
No, it just comes with two over blades and two rings for the Turn blade.

>>11843330
I made a fuck ton of money over covid and now I blow it on stupid things. I figure so long as my family is fed and bills are paid I can throw money away on children's toys.

>>11842987
>Nether's gimmick is basically DB.

>>11843394
What about the second part? Do you not know anything about what you buy, even if you can afford it?

>>11842644
The shape. It has the same bulbous triple wing design with slopes.

>>11842579
The original or the X remake? I recall the X remake getting a brief niche in lightweight defense during its first few days.

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>>11843468
Their shapes are nothing alike. Blast's wings are big walls, there's nothing round, bulbous, or sloped about it about it.

>>11843515
Both have the three large curved wings design and the wings in both have the same slope-wave design on each wing.
Blast is more squared in its sculpt but the designs are quite similar in its basic shape.

>>11843415
I don't know what you want me to say autism-kun, I clearly didn't look at it long enough before adding it to my cart. It looked like, at a glance, a shark scale and I figured I'd gamble for it. Upon realization it was not, I canceled the order and got my money back. It's not that deep.

>>11843595
>It looked like, at a glance, a shark scale and I figured I'd gamble for it.
Which means you don't know anything about what you're buying. You know what Shark Scale is, I guess, but not enough to know what it comes from and you couldn't do the most basic search to find out first.
>It's not that deep.
That's what I thought. That's the default response for anyone who can't explain their thought process these days. It translates to "I don't know, don't make me think."

>>11843606
>Which means you don't know anything about what you're buying
I know very little about this children's toy, you are correct. I then learned from my error, and know now. I don't know what "gotcha" you're trying to get over on me. I made a mistake and admitted to it, then fixed it. You seem to have very little going on in your life if this is how you try and feel big, so I'll give this to you.

>>11843654
Thank you.

>>11843661
You're such a fucking weirdo.

>>11843664
I added another notch to my W:L record thanks to your generosity, there's nothing you can say to bring me down now. I hope all of our interactions are this beneficial for me moving forward.

>>11843671
You are literally from SEA.

>>11843677
Not even close.

>>11843678
Then stop acting like it.

>>11843819
What do SEAs do that make you think I'm one?

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>Dransword got new mold & weight upgrade
>Glory Valkyrie Metal Coat Blue

>>11843975
let's hope it didn't get scalped.

>>11843844
Nice larp

>>11843975
Can we get weight buffs for blades that actually need it?

>>11843044
>Play multiplayer game
>Act disgusted when you have to play with other people
Why is everyone in this thread a socially awkward jobless loser?

>>11843654
That guy's been acting like an obese sperg this whole thread, ignore him.

>>11844479
>>11844486
>I'll call anyone who disagrees with me any name that pops into my head. One of them has to stick eventually.

>>11844082
This. The shape of some blades are amazing but they are panty waists that get picked up and pomf'd into the extreme zone, mostly by big hard thick attack types. Want to save defense types? Make them dummy dense.

>>11844082
like whomst?

>>11844636
I feel like if they rerelease every first wave bx then they would actually see tournament use. Arrow is a fun guy for underdogs but ultimately made obsolete. For me it's Shield though, I still get use out of it today but imagining a weight buff makes me salivate.

>>11843975
Nippon is next-level at making advertisements for their products.

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>>11844636
Pic related, along with every X-over blade and Hasbro retool they've ever made.

>>11844669
Knight Shield did get a weight buff. New ones are 2.2g heavier.

>>11844834
How do I order and know I'm getting a new knight shield then? Is there a specific release I need to look for?

>>11844834
Hells Scythe was never bad or too light, it was just outclassed by Rod, and before Rod it was the annoying thing you had to overprepare to deal with.

>>11844834
>>11844985
Actually, the first bad Hells was Hammer. Scythe was great, stock Chain with Hexa was the best defense bey of the first year.
Out of those, only Shinobi shadow, Phoenix Rudder, Lion Crest, and maybe Ghost Circle need extra weight. Something like Black Shell and Arrow are a lost cause.

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>>11844917
Supposedly, every Knight Shield released after January 2025 has the mold change. The Hasbro beys have a 5-digit code printed or debossed on the back of the box. From what I heard, any Hasbro Knight Shield with a code in either the upper-42000s or 43000s is the new mold.

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my first beyblade x purchases finally got here, also got a shark scale coming in the mail from a different source since I found one at a semi local online store so i assume ill get to nab that on wednesday

>>11845364
Fuckin SWEET
Where are the launchers? You going cord or teeth?

>>11845410
im so new to this hobby that i dont even know what a teeth is in this context lol

Also based on my experimentation so far it seems like out of the box knight fortress definitely reams bahamut because of how fast it gasses out, wondering which cheap-ish beys to hunt down to upgrade blitz especially since the ratchet and especially the bit are apparently kinda unoptimal

>>11845410
I'm also new to this hobby, but I think that anon is referring to the type of launcher where you either use the string launcher (cord) or the usual launcher (teeth). Do correct me if I'm wrong tho.

>>11845466
Oh makes sense, i have no interest in the cord so for now at least im just using the ones that came with the starters.

What beys should I be looking at btw for generally good parts? Unless im completely mistaken at least dran brave apparently has an okay ratchet?

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>>11845471
Are you going full competitive? Then get the metas like shark scale and some other shit. Try getting the new one glory valkyrie or something.
String one is fucking strong tho, better than the winder launcher, or so I heard.
I impulse boughted pic related, not knowing shit about it

>>11845473
ideally id play at least somewhat seriously, but i dont even think theres currently a scene in my small ass country (or if there is, its so niche i dont know about it yet). Partly fantasizing about being the first one to kickstart it here on some level in my other nerdy hobby circles since clearly beyblade x is taking off all over the world if even I suddenly started noticing it exists

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>>11845471
best attack bits are Rush, low rush, kick, taper.
best defense/stamina bits are hexa, free ball, wedge, elevate (for life after death cheesing on left-spin beys).
best ratchets are 1- 3- 5- 7- 9- 60. Some beys might perform better with 70 height - 60 is always good.

1-side ratchets enable a bey to hop out of the pocket.

2- 4- side ratchets are shite and burst often.
gear- bits are shite and have bad stamina.

NYC scene has a points-based limited format to limit meta spam. You could consider picrelated a pseudo tier list for which blades to focus on getting first if you want to sweat (win). Shark scale is $110 USD in America so there are silver linings to whichever island you live on.

String launchers tend to tug backwards if your hand pulls the cord all the way to its limit of travel.
Therefore, an optimal launch is one where your fingers slip off the back of the string right before you max it out. Follow through dramatically. Throw the pull from your hip and whip your arm back like an anime character. You'll feel the RPM difference.

Winder (ripcord) launchers tend to tug forwards when your ripcord leaves the launcher, because your support hand was pushing forwards to counteract the rearward force. Winder launchers have higher peak RPM than string launchers, but imbue the bey with inherent instability due to the above-mentioned recoil, which causes faster RPM drop-off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dPaVYRWm3g also shows that winders are less precise than string launchers.

Anecdotally, I'm better at launch techs with my winders. Also anecdotally, my locals are regular top 20 on WBO rankings and they all use a solid mix of both launcher types. Choose as is comfortable for you.

btw scoop the bey up from the bottom, between two fingers, to slow it down. you can grab the blade safely most of the time but don't grab it fresh off a launch.

>>11845473
not sure why this color is specifically hyped desu. not crazy smooth or longer than other strings.

>>11845538
>Shark scale is $110 USD in America
thats crazy, I knew it was in high demand while immersing myself in beyblade X stuff on youtube etc for the past few weeks which is exactly why I nabbed one when I saw them still available in my vicinity (at least online), got one for 17e + a bit of shipping in finland

>gear- bits are shite
why? cant say i truly understand anything at all about the parts yet outside of absorbing hearsay and i guess my own anecdotal evidence so far of at least the bit and ratchet on bahamut seemingly leading into insanely low stamina and stability but thats it

as for all the other info, thanks, i definitely noticed fast that at least my knigh fortress would do some serious damage if I tried to grab it at its peak rotation mindlessly or managed to bump a fingernail or something onto it

>>11845538
any comment about ignition bit? Is it bad?

>>11842782
You're in a hobby full of autistics trying to befriend said autistics. Think about that for a moment. People who attend these tournaments are either by themselves or stick to their clique and seldom communicate outside of that unless talking to somebody they're about to battle. It's no different from fighting game tournaments and it's largely why I Beyblade outside of such gatherings with non Beyblade fanatics. They'll actually fucking talk to you and listen to what you have to say provided you don't overload them with shit they don't need to know or worry about.

I saw my Walmart marked all the Drop Attacks and Cerberus Flames down with clearance prices today. Maybe that's a sign that the new stuff is coming soon.

>>11845548
it's all just physics. gear bits gimmick is the gear part goes all the way to the bottom of the tip. this makes it have more "rolling resistance" or spinning friction. picture a circle car tire vs a tire shaped like a gear, one rolls smoother no? those teeth reduce stamina. The large gears also grab the extreme rail more securely/easily which you DON'T want because that drains stamina and is more likely to self KO if you grab rail right off launch. In fact this is why rush/low rush are better than flat/low flat, because rush has 8 teeth gears, normal bits have 12 teeth gear. So a rush bit would have slower dashes = more stamina. Bigger bits like level have 16 gears, so faster dash less stamina, but it makes up for this loss in stamina by being so wide and flat that it picks itself back up.

>>11845552
I have very limited experience with ignition but from what I see, it's worse than hexa for self-righting and worse than free ball for stamina.

>>11845824
if you're one of the socially adjusted dudebro nerds it's really easy to find the other ones.

if you're one of the autists please remember to floss and use therabreath + deoderant

>>11844541
this made me hard

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>>11846084
I'm actually one of the autists who's hung around dudebros most his childhood due to how he was raised. So personal hygiene and shit like that was taught to me as though I was a normal human being. Also helps that I'm not repulsive looking like most autistics, but that's neither here nor there.

>>11845548
>check phone yesterday morning
>had an alert from Amazon saying Shark Scale as on sale
>for $240
This shit is vomit inducing. I already have a Shark Scale deck set from when it initially released, but bits don't grow on trees and even the Hasbro release is hard to find.

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EKUSUBROS

>>11845857
Same lol, my local haunt had the UX all marked down 47% and I grabbed a bunch of Hexa Hammers for super cheap. He's one of my favorite beys and you can never have enough hexas!

Also what's the consensus on Unite v Taper? They seem almost identical to me and I honestly can't tell the difference. Even sources online really don't make much of a distinction. I don't mind it because I love Taper and having a functional clone is excellent for redundancy in a deck.

Also a big fan of Kick and Point since I'm talking about Balance bits.

>>11846352
NOOOOOO DRAN STRIKE!!!!!!!!!

>>11846376
I believe Unite is supposed to have a point but doesn't and is effectively Taper. I agree though, they're solid Bits.

>>11846394
I don't know what's wrong with Unite but it's by far the most aggressive and hard to control bit I've ever had.

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>>11846352

>>11846394
>>11846660
I think idea behind Unite is that you're supposed to wear the flat tip down to get the point.

>>11846693
Putting seven kids in Seven.

>>11846693
>jaxon
I can't get used to that name

>>11842782
I've just gone to a local tournament for the very first time. Didn't get the same treatment like yours.
I barely talk to anyone, but when I do it's because I wanted to ask about things I didn't know like rules and shit, and during the play.
They respond fine and I feel like we're all having a good time playing.
I lost big time tho lmao, out of 8 matches I only won like 3 times. It's still fun experience for me.

>>11847176
Honestly, for me at least, I've always made sure to be chill with the bladers I've met over the years in person. Hell, I'm planning on doing a tournament sometime this Halloween weekend with 8 bladers (if you're asking about the blader cap, I'm planning on filming the whole tournament)

>>11847755
I wish I have friends that also play this

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picrel dropping at targets across the usa :ooo

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Happy Birthday to my Beywife!

>>11847759
Honestly, it can be hard at times. I've had times where there was like only two people who showed up to meetups and shit.

>>11847767
fugg I need that metal golem

metal 85 actually good?

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Is this using the updated Knight mold? I wouldn't know what a more current release for it looks like.

Also waiting patiently for BX 8 Knight shield evo

>>11849251
>metal 85 actually good?
None of the simple-type ratchets are good.

I haven't been able to find out for 100% but, is there any structural difference between a takara tomy version of a beyblade, and the hasbro version? Are they made in the same factory? Or even the same country? I understand that Hasbro branded ones aren't tournament legal but is that the only difference, physically speaking?

Also are you allowed to customize your beys any? Like can I put a custom sticker in the center or anything like that?

>>11850295
>I understand that Hasbro branded ones aren't tournament legal
That's not true with this gen.

>>11850295
hasbro is legal, and allegedly better than TT. softer rubber and tighter ratchets. nobody will hassle you about a custom sticker or a sharpie dot but a full coat of paint is a no-go. Not sure what else you could really do.

also hasbro dran strikes, mummy, bullet griffon, hurricane enlil (dogshit btw) have now confirmed landed stateside for the first amazon autobuyers

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>there's only three bits and two ratchets that are successful on clock mirage
What a cursed bey, and yet it's considered to be in the top five of all competitive blades.

>>11850507
That's true for everything in the top 10. Each blade pretty much has 3 designated combos they always get played on.

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Is it considered weird if I bought 2 of the same bey so I can keep one still in box for collection purpose while I'm using the other one to play?
I feel like the purpose is to play the bay and just saving it is kind of a waste.
And most beys I got were used from other people, is it worth it to get the same one but new?
Or am I just autistic?

>>11850646
You'll be buying spares of good blades eventually anyway. Having multiple copies of things is pretty much a requirement in this game no matter the generation. Stuff wears out or breaks.

>>11850646
>>11851008
If it makes you feel any better, I've had 15 Wizard Rods between both colors at one point just because it pulls double duty for testing and tournament play.

>>11850646
For indefinite cold storage? Collector

For temp storage to replace worn parts? Competitor

To have always two and never use or cherish them? Autist

How often do beyblades wear out? For some stupid reason I thought they were really durable and basically just lasted forever.

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>>11851297
>I thought they were really durable
Depends on how much you use them. X has been really bad about breaks and the ones that break the most often have the same fatal weak point.

Shark Scale gets too blunted to use for Attack after a while, the metal fins get so beaten in that they curve upward and it loses a lot of its impact. Its metal also cracks right down the middle where the two little plastic fins are after that.
Wizard Rod always breaks in one or more of the five holes; if you look at it from the bottom, you can see that the break points are exactly where the metal is the thinnest next to the plastic.
Silver Wolf can either break at the gaps between its contact points, or the screw shafts that hold the plastic and metal together for the ring can just snap in half.
Phoenix Wing's main contact points (the diamonds) get blunted and lose effectiveness after a while too.

Everything in this game has a finite lifespan depending on how often they get used. In my experience, a Wizard Rod lasts for 2-3 months of weekly tournaments before it breaks like the image.

>>11851307
So then you have to keep buying your beys over and over if you play often... but don't they stop producing certain ones after awhile? So its a pretty bad situation.

I just got into it, and I freaking love these little tops and want then to last. Maybe I'll just collect them

>>11851307
hopefully they get better with this by either upping the density/quality of the metal or by just designing them better because according to all kind of sensible logic you shouldnt be able to "crack" metal all that fucking easily

>>11851640
They're made out of a zinc/aluminum allow, two really soft metals. When something breaks completely off like that Silver Wolf image, the metal doesn't look like a smooth, clean break, it looks grainy like particle board, like a ton of little metal specks fused together instead of a solid piece.

So how did your GP Qualifiers go? Watching this video makes me curious on how Europe tournament goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbehZRR6F18

>>11851640
>you shouldnt be able to "crack" metal all that fucking easily
I don't think you realize how hard giga chads rip these blades.

What needs to change to get the scalping situation to cool off? That TT and HB ramp up production? That you can order directly from them rather than relying on middle retail? Maybe continuing to ban the top parts that are meta defining? Or adopting resale laws that prohibit excessive price jacking like the UK has?

>>11850507
Definitely not S tier. arguably not even A. it'll never be good so long as it has simple ratchets.

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>>11852413
It sucks so much that you have to say "I want this release, I hope I can actually get one" as opposed to "I want this release, I'm going to buy it" like any other time before.
And it's not just the scalpers and resellers, the online stores that are supposed to be "by players for players" are doing huge price hikes on everything too. Charging $70 for a $15 Hasbro release is insane.

We might need a real life BBA with registration required to buy beyblades at this point.

>>11852548
beys n bricks has always overpriced the hasbro X releases for some reason