I've given my thoughts on Xcalibur before but I'll make a clearer thought on each part:
Xcalibur DB Core - Starting with Xcalibur, it's a really really cool DB core. Right off the bat it's already one of my favourites for the nice design (despite the strange orientation) and especially that wacky gimmick. The gimmick is so cool considering it's on a small part. I love the idea of a popping sword, I love weird gimmicks in general. This is also the first truly asymmetrical core gimmick that could cause imbalance by default, assuming the core isn't balanced when the sword isn't popped out too.
A fun headcanon I have is that launching super super hard causes the sword to fly into the disk tab and act like a pseudo "burst stopper", it of course wouldn't actually work but the idea is funny.
Xiphoid DB Blade - This one is pretty neat, I was a bit disappointed that this doesn't have any gimmicks like a metal sword at all, but the shape does show a bit of promise for attack, it's not as "angular" as I had hoped but it is still square shaped. Also, when I digitally made a size comparison, Xiphoid was a bit smaller than I expected, which isn't a bad thing of course, a small square could seriously pack a punch, it just surprised me was all.
1 DB Armour - Finally we got ourselves a new armour! Aaaaaand I don't have much to say about it, surprisingly. It looks a bit weird to be honest, the weird arrow just plopped onto this weird round design? Doesn't sit with me.
Xanthus DB Disk - I like the idea that this disk can tighten when used with the Xcalibur core (I assume there's a slit under the sword that latches onto those disk nubs), but the design doesn't look that great. The metal part looks much more like the 5 core disk than any of Xcalibur's, it just feels like a weird mish mash with the plastic part. Also... what is the point of the red plastic part aside from a Magnum callback?
Sword' - This one's a bit stupid, since the sword doesn't even align with the swords on the layer and core, so what's the point? Just get a neutral driver like Iron' or Xtreme'. It's not the worst driver choice they've made, I mean Sword' height is somewhat understandable due to the DB disks stationed so low, so it avoids scraping... but... that's it. This is just really dumb, nobody liked Sword.
Despite some questionable parts, the good or interesting parts are reeeeally cool for me, and as a whole it's a neat package and I'm willing to buy this and that cool BU sword launcher (which I suspect I'll suck at using).
My Cho-Z Reaper Deathscyther .12.Cr concept render, click below to see!
No I don't plan on doing more yet.
I should probably go back to making fan custom Zero G beyblade concepts again