Currently in the rulebooks, there is a subsection under banned Physical Modifications exempting "Displacement of part components that have to give to them by hand."
Should this be allowed? It is the one outlier where we allow modifications that does not line up with the manafacturer's intended use case, with the other three exemptions being battling against another beyblade, launching into a stadium, and assembly/disassembly of the beyblade with other parts in the series.
The main case of this is to allow Vanguard's inner plastic portions to be bent downwards to legally increase burst resistance, but this could very easily open up to other parts - messing with the mechanism of Greatest Raphael's halo gimmick to increase its same spin potential, stretching the Vanish blade out to increase its shock absorption capabilities, bending the tabs on Ignition', Hybrid, Generate, Shot, and Almight to increase burst resistance, and so on.
Examples of Vanguard:
Normal: https://imgur.com/9KnxpbF (from zankye)
Bent: https://imgur.com/EdQHjCV (from zankye)
Videos of what it can accomplish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMmIp2M...zg7G1mmGzV
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/6...4328_1.mp4
(from th!nk)
As cool as it is to see the Lightning L. Drago remake successfully fighting off Dynamite Battle competitive customs, I don't think it's worth bending the rules.
So: should bending parts by hand count as illegal modification?
Should this be allowed? It is the one outlier where we allow modifications that does not line up with the manafacturer's intended use case, with the other three exemptions being battling against another beyblade, launching into a stadium, and assembly/disassembly of the beyblade with other parts in the series.
The main case of this is to allow Vanguard's inner plastic portions to be bent downwards to legally increase burst resistance, but this could very easily open up to other parts - messing with the mechanism of Greatest Raphael's halo gimmick to increase its same spin potential, stretching the Vanish blade out to increase its shock absorption capabilities, bending the tabs on Ignition', Hybrid, Generate, Shot, and Almight to increase burst resistance, and so on.
Examples of Vanguard:
Normal: https://imgur.com/9KnxpbF (from zankye)
Bent: https://imgur.com/EdQHjCV (from zankye)
Videos of what it can accomplish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMmIp2M...zg7G1mmGzV
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/6...4328_1.mp4
(from th!nk)
As cool as it is to see the Lightning L. Drago remake successfully fighting off Dynamite Battle competitive customs, I don't think it's worth bending the rules.
So: should bending parts by hand count as illegal modification?