I had seen the original Hasbro commercials immediately after the US release of the first wave of Beyblades, and was absolutely enamored with them. At the time, I had no pocket money, so I couldn't go to the store and pick one up. When I did, they were all out of the main four(Dragoon, Driger, Draciel, Dranzer), so I had to buy the only one they had in stock(which they had tons of in stock at the time), a Spin Dragoon.
Needless to say I was less than thrilled with the way it looked, but on my first launch(across the kitchen floor, no less), watching it streak around at high speeds, I was immediately enthralled, and quickly started saving my allowance and dropping it all on beyblades. I was ten, maybe eleven at the time. I cannot remember if the first wave was in 2000, or 2001. I stayed into it until around 2004, when all my friends just stopped doing it entirely, and I got bored of launching against myself.
Fast forward seven years, my friend asks me about Beyblading, and insists that I go dig up my old ones to tell her which ones I had. One thing led to another and two days later I joined the WBO and started amassing Beyblades again.
I still have the Attack Ring from my Spin Dragoon, along with the Bit Beast and the cover. Not sure what became of the Spin Gear, but I know the base broke.