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I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this or not, but some of Hasbro's Storm metal wheels are different from Takara Tomy's Storm metal wheels. Specifically, they appear to be slightly thicker and more angular than regular Hasbro and Takara Storm wheels, and also feel slightly heavier. Before I go into more detail however, I would first like to explain how I came across these molds:

So I recently ordered two original Hasbro Metal Fusion Storm Pegasuses for $15. Insane price, right? At first I was afraid that they would be fake, so upon their arrival, I carefully inspected the packages for all the correct logos and such. Both of them passed the inspection flawlessly (except for a small typo in the instruction manual mixing up the track and bottom, saying to turn the Spin Track to lock on to the Performance Tip), but I can still confirm that these are still legitimate, 100% authentic Hasbro Beyblades. Anyway, since both of the packages were half opened (due to the glue not holding the plastic bubble and the cardboard together over the years), I decided to open both of them. To my surprise, the Storm metal wheels appeared to have corroded a bit, but also appeared to have a metalflake coating as well, so I'm assuming that this metalflake coating was what oxidized and caused the corrosion due to the package being half opened. Both of the metal wheels were still very shiny however. And that's not all. The Pegasis clear wheels were different as well. Instead of having triangular cutouts where the red eye stickers would go, both were completely smooth. And neither of them fit correctly onto their metal wheels; there was not enough room for the clear wheels, even though they fit perfectly onto other metal wheels. Regular Pegasis clear wheels also fit fine onto the Storm wheels. What's even more disturbing is that, the face, track, and bottom were also different. Instead of having two screw layers to fit into the track, the face had three of them. The RF bottom's rubber part was fluorescent red with a violet tinge, and had a smooth, glossy texture, and felt harder than regular RF's. The face and track also had little bits of leftover plastic on them. The winders were also different. Instead of being the extremely short, useless Hasbro winders, they were exact copies of the Takara long winders! But besides that, everything else was completely normal. I know they may sound like sure fakes, I swear, the packages and instructions were indistinguishable from any other Hasbro Metal Fusion boosters. But as far as ridiculousness goes, why were the beys like this? Well, my guess is that these two boosters are rare examples of very, very early Beyblade Metal Fusion products, almost like prototypes that escaped onto the production line, kept hidden in the backs of shelves or stockrooms, probably sold to an outlet, obtained by the seller fairly late, and finally purchased by me, quite luckily!

...And now back to the main topic. The Storm wheels feel slightly heavier than regular ones, appear thicker, more angular, and quite unusually, seem to have a thin metalflake coating that is prone to corrosion. Now in terms of actual performance, they don't seem to be much different from regular Storm wheels, but I need to do more testing. The same goes for the RF's. Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading, and I'll try to upload pics if I can, as well as do testings for these parts. These have truly been the strangest Beyblades I've ever bought.

EDIT: They're fake Unhappy
Could you take pictures of the boxes? This seems pretty odd...

Could you also take pictures of the Storm wheel from what your recent purchase and a Takara-Tomy or Hasbro Storm wheel? Same for the clear wheel and RF.

This seems pretty unusual. Really unusual. Thank you for this post, very interesting.
Actually, I bought myself a Hasbro Storm Capricorn from eBay last year, the package was 100% original, but the beyblade inside was totally fake. From the seller 8ook I believe. Can you post pictures ?
Yes, Hasbro fakes are very difficult to identify, since some fake companies even do not care about printing the official Hasbro logo on the boxes.

All in all, whether of the boxes or of the Metal Wheels, photographs are really needed in this thread.
(Dec. 13, 2015  1:26 AM)MissingNo. Wrote: [ -> ]Actually, I bought myself a Hasbro Storm Capricorn from eBay last year, the package was 100% original, but the beyblade inside was totally fake. From the seller 8ook I believe. Can you post pictures ?

When you got it, was the package ripped? I'm actually really starting to believe what I have is fake... the horrible and sloppy looking parts don't add up.

I'd really like to know how he could have opened the package and replaced everything with fake parts, because that, that was low. What a jerk.
(Dec. 13, 2015  2:25 AM)Sapphire Wrote: [ -> ]
(Dec. 13, 2015  1:26 AM)MissingNo. Wrote: [ -> ]Actually, I bought myself a Hasbro Storm Capricorn from eBay last year, the package was 100% original, but the beyblade inside was totally fake. From the seller 8ook I believe. Can you post pictures ?

When you got it, was the package ripped? I'm actually really starting to believe what I have is fake... the horrible and sloppy looking parts don't add up.

I'd really like to know how he could have opened the package and replaced everything with fake parts, because that, that was low. What a jerk.

The seller might not have opened the box : read my post right above.
(Dec. 13, 2015  2:38 AM)Kai-V Wrote: [ -> ]
(Dec. 13, 2015  2:25 AM)Sapphire Wrote: [ -> ]
(Dec. 13, 2015  1:26 AM)MissingNo. Wrote: [ -> ]Actually, I bought myself a Hasbro Storm Capricorn from eBay last year, the package was 100% original, but the beyblade inside was totally fake. From the seller 8ook I believe. Can you post pictures ?

When you got it, was the package ripped? I'm actually really starting to believe what I have is fake... the horrible and sloppy looking parts don't add up.

I'd really like to know how he could have opened the package and replaced everything with fake parts, because that, that was low. What a jerk.

The seller might not have opened the box : read my post right above.

Both of mine had the Hasbro logo. However, I am almost certain now that the seller took out the original Pegasuses and replaced them with fakes. In fact, this thread should just be closed. I'm sorry.
Do you not want us to help you by making sure the Beyblade you got is fake if we see photographs of it ?

And yes, read my other post again : even fake Hasbro packaging sometimes has the Hasbro logo; the illegal companies do not care about using the Hasbro logo ... So the seller is perhaps not to blame.
After reading this thread, I remembered I have a mint Hasbro storm metal wheel from the original release of storm pegasus. I bought it back in 2011 or so, and literally just for the RF. Anyway, I took some pics of the metal wheel. Hopefully it helps.

Upon inspecting the metal wheel, I do notice that it has oxidized from being in my tackle box all these years, but it has retained its somewhat new shiny look.
I posted something like this on my whatsapp group in september.

Quote:Hey guys !

This is URGENT and IMPORTANT


If you are planning to buy OG beys from stores.. Don't buy it if the package is opened

Me myself and a few more guys.. Tournament guys purchased them
The box has the Hasbro logo.. But the stuff inside is FAKE.

If you see the box stapled.. DONT BUY IT

Always see the hologram, the WBBA hologram..
None of those boxes have it
At least a funskool sticker

The carp thought we can't distinguish between fake and OG -.- wow
Plus its stapled .. I saw around 15 rock leones, all were the same
And it says Hasbro.. As if

I was supposed to post this on my FB page, but my audience are not all indians

Main points that match -
The box had a Hasbro logo, but was tampered ( it was stapled )
No hologram.. It had the barcode and stuff though
Stickers had all the copyright marks and stuff, but unlike the white sticker paper, this was yellowish like other fake ones..
The winder was a fake takara winder ( long ones )
Instruction manual was thr same almost.
Quality was kinda ok.
The clear wheel didnot fit into the metal wheel.. The whole bey was shaky, but later it was OK.
Normally Hasbro performance tips are reinforced, this one was not.
I guess there is more, but that's what I can recall


Edit: removed the swear words in the quote
Oh, but both my Poison Serpent and my Storm Capricorne had the holographic sticker.
Both of them are fakes. After studying the boxes again, I've noticed that besides everything appearing to be normal, the backdrop on the cardboard is black instead of blue, and when I looked up pics of Metal Fusion Boosters, most of them have the blue backdrop and appear normal. But the ones with the black backdrop... the beys inside appear to have the same low-quality appearance, as well as the deformed-looking metal wheel. So, it turns out, what I bought was a VERY convincing strain of fake, almost a clone, save for the bey inside. So in fact it wasn't the seller's fault (although he is selling a bunch of fakes)... I am an idiot. I've literately wasted a whole day yesterday pondering over garbage, all thanks to wishful thinking. This thread can be closed now, I thank all of you for trying to help, but yes... I AM AN IDIOT WHO WASTED $15 ON FAKE BEYBLADES.

Unhappy
I wasted 15$ on a single fake Storm Capricorne.
(Dec. 13, 2015  4:02 PM)MissingNo. Wrote: [ -> ]I wasted 15$ on a single fake Storm Capricorne.

I know that feel!

Unhappy That really stinks... that's way to much for a fake bey. Or if it was one of those black backdrop "clones," then the seller may not have known it was fake in the first place. But really, I would consider buying a bunch of fakes for $20 worse than buying a single one for $18 for example, because they're all trash anyway. Although I have been thinking of buying a Rapidity Storm Pegasis for the Takara-style stickers. XD
(Dec. 13, 2015  4:02 PM)MissingNo. Wrote: [ -> ]I wasted 15$ on a single fake Storm Capricorne.

Ouch, i can hear them coins drop from the wallet. What a waste...Hope ya got one eventually. A real one I mean.
I own a real one, it was from my ''M145 is da best'' phase, haha. At least it was in Canadian dollars, but still. Anyway, we're getting off-topic.
You're right...lets get back on topic.

For a while I mistook Wind for storm so much, though I've pretty much considered it an inferior Storm now.
I think pretty much everything in this thread is off-topic now that the thread's premise has been proven as false. Sorry to hear you got stuck with fakes, Sapphire Unhappy