because of the success of the metro wide tournaments here in the philippines they are planning to extend it till next year with full support from taka tomy franchise holder bankee toys.
here are more coverage from the extended tournaments.
i came in early so these pictures were taken hours ahead of schedule
kids also went to the venue early to practice
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so i again interviewed some champion players and asked them how they prepare for the tournament. here is ryan showing his medals and how he picks his beyblade parts.
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he already prepared a lot of his beyblades for the competition but i asked him to build me an attack type beyblade from all his parts and i would like to see if it gets pass the screening.
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the master at work
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here is another champion namely seth cusio showing me his prepared beyblades for the tournament.
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some of the kids brings a lot of beyblades like these boxes from a single kid. some of the beyblades here are not bought locally so they are not legal for use for the tournament. they are original but they will not get pass the screening because their boxes does not have the 2 hologram stickers.
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as time went on nearer the tournament schedule. bankee representatives prepare the venue for the players. here is christopher de leon (same name as the pinoy celebrity actor) and russel barino preparing the registration desk and screening the beyblades as they sign up for the tournament.
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pictures of the storm pegasis WBBA exclusive plus the medal.
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only the champion gets the WBBA exclusive beyblade and the 1st and 2nd runner up gets a medal and an exclusive WBBA clear face.
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last minute preparation before the competition starts and the place is already full. there were around 80 participants with their parents and guardians.
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the arena was cleared and winner ID tags were placed on the beyblade arena to signify the start of the competition
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participants were made to line up and bring their screened beyblades and launchers with them.
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late entries are still welcome even if the elimination already started.
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players were screened 8 at a time.
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the competition uses the white square stadium for the elimination and the yellow round stadium for the top 8 finalist
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i did not finish the tournament because i was informed that there were new beyblade products being displayed at a nearby mall so i went to check them out. here are some of the beyblade novelty items i found.
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