(May. 12, 2019 7:30 PM)Jinbee Wrote: (May. 12, 2019 7:22 PM)MagikHorse Wrote: Putting a small piece of plastic on a metal wheel is hardly a jump in complexity, and bit chips aren't complicated either. Like, you're proving his point more than you're countering it here.
Sure, while clear wheels hardly seemed different from one other (save for a few), it was indeed intended for altering performance and customizing it, as some were different sizes, shapes, weight and it's distribution. So the complexity is there in theory, it's just that Gachi has executed this better than the HWS system.
That wasn't quite the point I was getting at. Although both are meant to affect performance, the Burst GT line makes you change your assembly method and adds in extra difficulty through that as you put a metal weight on your base, then stick a chip on top of that, and then moving a finger underneath it to click in a pair of tabs before you can return to the regular assembly method. That's a lot more extra work than just sticking a small piece of plastic on top of your wheel, which is a pretty darned simple change in comparison.
The bit chips earlier on in the plastic gen were actually more complicated than the later ones too. I've got some of those small bit chips that need a clear bit chip protector over top of them to stay put. Takara quickly learned that they kept falling off, so they simplified things so that they'd stay put better and tossed out the whole bit protector idea entirely. It's the one part in the long history of Beyblades that they've actually simplified over time, and they were far better off for it.
Cincinnati-based Organizer, and owner of every single currently released TT Burst bey part in at least one color. Hard to think of anything I don't have from MFB either...