Hi all, I'm US based and collected MFB back in high-school and want to get back into Beyblade. I'm not as impressed with Hasbro's Slingshock & Hypersphere lines (other than having random fun with the kids) but I love the quality and unique gimmicks of the TT Beys. I loved having a large collection of MFB parts that I could dump out, and have each player create a unique 'personal' combo to battle, then switching parts out to "tune" their Bey for the next battle - having fun with the gimmicks and different tips, etc.
I want that same experience with Burst, so I assume I should pick a layer system and focus on collecting TT Beys within that series. I'm not interested in being 'competitive' in the broad sense: I prefer to focus on part compatibility and unique gimmicks. I'm still trying to get my mind around what makes one system different from the next, other than the size/weight progression (new Beys being larger/heavier) and each layer system not being compatible with the previous/next layer system.
Question #1: Is there a substantial difference between the God, Cho-Z, Gatinko, Superking Layer Systems (other than the increasing size/weight, and the incompatibility with other systems). Does one series have more gimmicks, lower quality parts, higher number of Beys, better customization, etc.?
Question #2: Given that I don't care about being tournament-competitive, what other factors should I consider when selecting a series to collect? Or is each series basically identical (minus size/weight/power creep) and I should only look at average price for Beys and parts?
To me it seems the differences are mainly to drive collectors and competitors to get the "bigger and better" series to stay up-to-date and competitive. If that's not important to a collector, I can't seem to find any significant difference between the systems.
Thoughts? Should I just sit on my hands until the rumored Hasbro Pro-line and Speedstorm series are released and wait to start there?
Edit: I've read through this a multiple times for reference: https://beyblade.fandom.com/wiki/Burst_S...yer_System
I want that same experience with Burst, so I assume I should pick a layer system and focus on collecting TT Beys within that series. I'm not interested in being 'competitive' in the broad sense: I prefer to focus on part compatibility and unique gimmicks. I'm still trying to get my mind around what makes one system different from the next, other than the size/weight progression (new Beys being larger/heavier) and each layer system not being compatible with the previous/next layer system.
Question #1: Is there a substantial difference between the God, Cho-Z, Gatinko, Superking Layer Systems (other than the increasing size/weight, and the incompatibility with other systems). Does one series have more gimmicks, lower quality parts, higher number of Beys, better customization, etc.?
Question #2: Given that I don't care about being tournament-competitive, what other factors should I consider when selecting a series to collect? Or is each series basically identical (minus size/weight/power creep) and I should only look at average price for Beys and parts?
To me it seems the differences are mainly to drive collectors and competitors to get the "bigger and better" series to stay up-to-date and competitive. If that's not important to a collector, I can't seem to find any significant difference between the systems.
Thoughts? Should I just sit on my hands until the rumored Hasbro Pro-line and Speedstorm series are released and wait to start there?
Edit: I've read through this a multiple times for reference: https://beyblade.fandom.com/wiki/Burst_S...yer_System