September 11:
TOYS R US, Oldbury
TOYS R US, Warrington
TOYS R US, Brent cross
TOYS R US, Southampton
TOYS R US, Leeds
TOYS R US, Reading
TOYS R US, Medway
TOYS R US, Glasgow Park Head

SMYTHS, Jervis Street, Dublin
SMYTHS, Kinsale Rd, Cork
SMYTHS, Cardiff
Fenwick, Newcastle
William & Griffin, Colchester
SMYTHS, Carrickmines, Dublin
SMYTHS, Drakehouse, Sheffield


It is important to note however that Hasbro has an age restriction : only kids who are between 8 and 14 years old can attend. Only Hasbro Beystadiums are used.
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The Beyblade Metal Fusion DS game Collector's Edition will have three releases in North America:

Toys 'R' Us' version will include Cyber Pegasis 100HF and a Metal Face.
Wal-mart's will have Bakushin Susanow 105F and a Metal Face.
Other retailers' will come with Counter Leone D125B and a Metal Face.

This game and its editions will come out around mid-November. Toys 'R' Us already has a pre-order on their version.

Source: http://ds.ign.com/articles/111/1113541p1.html


As for Europe, it appears that the releases will be more similar to Japan's: although not confirmed entirely, reports of press releases have been stating that the Wii Beyblade: Metal Fusion game, "Battle Fortress", will include Counter Leone D125B, and the DS game, Cyber Pegasis 100HF. Metal Faces will also be packaged with those games.


Moreover, Beyblade: Metal Fusion is now available in the United Kingdom and in Germany! Check the "Stores with Beyblades in stock" topic to learn where you can purchase the new toys.
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On this bright day, Diamond has now been made moderator! From the second he joined, he has displayed exemplary behaviour and has kept on giving good advice and great answers, so congratulations to him!
(P.S. Stop changing your username!)

In other news, in an attempt to stop any further Beyblade questions being posted in the Questions and Comments forum, we have decided to add a default message which is displayed in the post rectangle whenever you want to start a new topic in that section. Hopefully we will not have to close so many threads now... Users will now definitely be warned if they still post unrelated topics there.

Moreover, because of general ethics but also of several issues that happened to the Beyblade community years ago on this subject, we wish to implement a new avatar and signature rule: only material that is official, or for which you have explicit permission from the artist, can be used. I think we can all agree that this is a simple rule to follow; eventually we all have to learn not to use anything Google comes up with, and in the case of fanart, some artists were especially unhappy when they realised that their art was stolen.

Finally, since we think giving a first 10% warning is not too efficient sometimes, a one-hour suspension has been attached to it now.


Now, hurry and bathe in the super cool upcoming releases of Metal Fight Beyblade, and do not forget that the current Face Contest is going to end on July 23rd!

Welcome back, again !

  • Kai-V
  • Jul. 17, 2010  3:06 AM
Technically, if you are reading this, then you are accessing the World Beyblade Organization on its new host. Everything went well during the transfer, and there should be no more problems.

Thank you for your patience. We hope you did not die of boredom during the few hours the site was down, hah.
Hello,


We will be moving the site to our new host on Friday July 16th, at 11 AM Eastern time. To ensure that nothing brings issues during the transfer, we will of course turn the board off, so you might still be able to view the site for a while, but you will not be able to post anything.

Any news that we do get however, will be found over at the WBO's official twitter!
You can follow us at http://twitter.com/wbotweet .

Moreover, some of you might be unable to access the site at the new location for as long as 72 hours starting on Friday. This is only because the site has to be gradually tracked back by every connection. If you still cannot see anything when typing our regular address, "worldbeyblade.org", in your browser after three days, then find a way to contact me, probably via Beyblade Spirit.

Nothing should be lost though, and we will be ready to welcome you back as soon as possible.


For people interested in HIGH PARK THROWDOWN 2 : make sure to confirm or infirm your presence at the event before Friday, and also make sure that you have all the information you need to go to High Park. Have a good tournament !
The new Beyblade series is officially out almost everywhere in the United States, following the premiere of the Beyblade Metal Fusion anime on Cartoon Network on June 26th!

If your local stores currently do not carry Beyblades yet, keep calling them, because they should receive the new stock very soon.


Now, there is no reason for there to be no tournaments in the United States!
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Hello everyone.

Seeing all the posts we get filled with questions, and imagining what it will be like very soon when Beyblade Metal Fusion will be at its zenith and that hundreds of members will be asking the same interrogations over and over again, I think we should establish a proper way to deal with this influx.

Essentially, when you know that the answer to a question can easily be found on Beywiki, in the private message they got upon their arrival here, on Beyblade Channel, etc., redirect those users to the proper resources. It will become extremely annoying one day to continually give the same full answers multiple times, you will see. Some of you might consider us strict and angry sometimes, and while it is not completely true at all on certain occasions, getting the same easy questions all the time is most likely a big portion of the problem. Giving them the places full of information they seem to totally ignore will help our new users a lot more, because they could explore them and learn many other, useful things. They have to become independent. For your sanity, also, I assure you it will be better as well, hah.


Moreover, this is a note I have wanted to make public for a long period : if a user, bot or not, is SPAMming, whether with vulgarity or idiocy, not only should you simply report their posts/topics, but you should not reply to any of it either. Sometimes, especially if the SPAMmer is a real person, answering their comments does not help at all. Ignore them, make them look like even bigger idiots.



Otherwise, I sincerely hope you all enjoy your time here right now.

This is ridiculous...

  • Kai-V
  • Jun. 16, 2010  4:43 PM
We bet three Face Boosters DIAMOND that no tournament will get organised in the United States this summer.
Nous sommes fiers d’annoncer l’ouverture d’un forum français parmi nous! De plus en plus de francophones se sont joints à nous, alors nous voulons leur offrir une place où parler de Beyblade dans leur langue. La communauté française de Beyblade n’a jamais vraiment eu de bons sites, donc nous espérons que votre expérience ici sera d’autant plus enrichissante!

Comme je parle moi-même français, la modération de ce nouveau forum devrait être assez facile pour l’instant.

Cependant, je demande votre aide pour traduire les documents officiels de la World Beyblade Organization, tels les règles des formats Standard et Universel.


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We are proud to announce the opening of a French forum amongst us! More and more francophones have been joining us, so we want to give them a place where they can talk about Beyblade in their own language. The French Beyblade community has never really had good sites, therefore we hope that your experience here will be all the more enriching!

Since I speak French, moderating this new forum should be relatively easy for the moment.

However, I ask for your help in translating the official documents of the World Beyblade Organization, such as the rules for the Standard and Universal formats.

Welcome back!

  • Kai-V
  • Jun. 08, 2010  2:44 PM
Things seem to be fine right now : we have not reverted back to June 4 again.

We will probably be looking for more stability and confidence in our host though, in the future.


For now, enjoy the site back !
As promised, here are the lucky winners of the Beylotto!

1. ispanico86
2. Matrix
3. Khel
4. theflightyellz
5. LeeDraciel
6. DynamicUno
7. Megablader2
8. Beyunit-DL
9. Gadget
10. lcrone
11. gurugulu
12. To
13. ♥
14. Piero

That means that Piero, ♥, To, gurugulu, lcrone, Gadget, Beyunit-DL, Megablader2, DynamicUno and LeeDraciel can choose one of the four following Face Boosters :

-Face Booster RED [Image: faceboosterred.png]
-Face Booster BLUE [Image: faceboosterblue.png]
-Face Booster GREEN [Image: faceboostergreen.png]
-Face Booster ORANGE [Image: faceboosterorange.png]

… Matrix opened the mysterious Face Booster DIAMOND and found …

[Image: cancerface.png]

Cancer! Or Gasher, whichever you prefer …

… Khel cracked open the Face Booster DIAMOND and stumbled upon a …

[Image: unicornoface.png]

Unicorno! Congratulations, it’s an uncommon!

… theflightyellz peered into his Face Booster DIAMOND and saw …

[Image: aquilaface.png]

Aquila!


… And ispanico86 won the very special CoroCoro Burn Pisces ED145WF! Applauses are on your way, Italian blader! He also came in second place in the Italian Beyblade Rebirth event. Congrats!


Let us all take a moment to acknowledge the fact that we have reached 5000 members too!

On that note, the World Beyblade Organization has become so big that we almost blew our bandwidth limit recently. To fix the problem, we had to change our hosting plan, and now it unfortunately costs twice as much to keep this site online every month. So, now more than ever, we ask for your donations to allow us to make every year even better than the previous! We had the goal to help with prizes for most or all of the tournaments in the future, but this could prove difficult right now with the higher hosting costs. We are a non-profit organization, and everything we get we give back to you in a way.


Moreover, it has finally been a year since the Blader Passport was implemented. In theory, they should just expire after 365 days, but the way Paypal subscriptions work is that it keeps taking ten dollars from your account yearly unless you personally opt out of it, because it is, well, a subscription.
It is important to either not do anything if you want to renew your Blader Passport (and it is imperative to do so because a lot more tournaments should be happening in the following year everywhere around the world), or go manually opt out of your subscription on Paypal.


With that said, let’s hope for several more awesome BeyDays, World Bladers!

BEYDAYS 2010! - May 29th and 30th

  • Kei
  • May. 27, 2010  1:49 AM
Hey World Beybladers!

Since our Beypoint System relaunch, I'm sure many of you are itching to get some battles under your belt and points in the bag! Well, luckily for you, we're announcing the celebration of BeyDays 2010!

On the 29th May we'll be having events in: And on the very next day, there is another event!
WBO is truly going global!

And to commemorate such an event, attendants will also receive the super cool BeyDays 2010 Face of Days! [Image: beydays.png]

Additionally, as part of BeyDays this year, we'll be doing a tournament entry extra exclusive event!

[Image: beylotto.png]

Everyone who enters a BeyDays tournament anywhere in the world will be given a number, and will be put in to an exclusive lottery draw!

What are the wonderful prizes I hear you ask?

No matter how skilled you are, BeyDays gives everyone a chance to win!
So make sure to enter a tournament near you, for the chance to win not just tournament prizes, but these ultra special prizes as well!


Also, small changes have been made to the Standard and Universal Rules, now at Release 2.1.
  • Dragon/Neo-Dragon Winders are now permitted for use with MFB Right Launchers.
We’ve also decided that the Hasbro Pegasis Thunder Whip Stadium is not suitable for competitive play, so it is not legal for Standard Play.


That’s pretty much all for us, so we’ll leave you to get ready for BeyDays 2010!
The toys will appear in the following countries following this schedule :

Canada:
May 17th, 2010

USA:
August 1st, 2010

France :
September 12th, 2010

UK:
August 1st, 2010

Benelux:
September 1st, 2010

Spain:
July 1st, 2010

Germany:
August 1st, 2010

Scandinavia:
September 27th, 2010

Mexico:
October 1st, 2010

Latin America:
October 1st, 2010

Australia/New Zealand:
November 11th, 2010


Quote:Nelvana has begun the licensing drive for the hotly tipped Beyblade: Metal Fusion in earnest, appointing a number of international agents, plus a raft of new licensees in the US and Canada.

The boy’s action property already has Hasbro on board as master toy partner for most international markets outside of Asia, and now several well-respected agents will be building the merchandise programme across key territories.

CPLG will represent the property in the UK, Ireland and Spain; Kidz Entertainment/EEMC has picked up the rights for Eastern Europe and the Nordic region; Lagardére Active has been appointed in France; Brand Licensing will look after Beyblade in Israel; m4e has Germany, Austria and Switzerland; and CLM has been awarded South Africa.

Hasbro’s toy line has already launched in Canada and is due to hit shelves in the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand in the autumn. The range features an innovative metal gear system and an online virtual battle component. Since its relaunch in Japan in 2008 by Tomy, over 17 million tops and accessories have been sold.

On top of this, Nelvana has signed up a plethora of new licensees covering the US and Canada. These include Accessory Innovations (bags/accessories); MZ Berger (clocks/watches and game pens); Tech4Kids (flashlights/sporting goods); Basic Fun (keychains); Jack Guttman Inc. DBA Bakery Crafts (cake décor); Dizzy Heights Entertainment (dog tags); Adorable Lingerie (sleepwear); Fame Jeans (sportswear); and Black & White (footwear).

Source : http://www.licensing.biz/news/5308/New-a...blade-push
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The new Beyblade Metal Fusion products have finally been seen and bought at a Canadian Toys 'R' Us in Toronto. All the Toys 'R' Us and Wal-Mart of the country should follow very soon, so keep checking your local shops!


Also, it had not officially been announced here, however BeybladeBattles.com was opened. Registrations can be made there, but you will only be able to play against the computer until you buy one of the new items and enter a code. Otherwise, the Let It Rip song that was used in the commercial for the new toys can now be downloaded on that site.
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It’s here, finally!


The Beypoint System is back, and better than ever! For those who are new to this, the Beypoint System is a ranking program that records all the Beypoints that people got from their matches, and puts those scores in ranks so Bladers can compare their performance with other Beybladers all around the world! Every member starts with 1000 Beypoints; as battles are recorded and entered in the program by the Committee, Beypoints are exchanged between each Blader depending on their current amount of points, so they can either gain or lose Beypoints everytime they had a match.

But now, the Beypoint System has been thoroughly improved: before, many users had been abusing the system by submitting fake battles and creating multiple accounts. Unfortunately the only way to make sure that the system is absolutely clean and that there is no cheating is to restrict the kind of battles that can be submitted to the Beypoint System. Therefore, only matches from official tournaments approved by the World Beyblade Organization Committee will be accepted. This way, everything will be recorded well, and we will be sure that only deserving Bladers can get Beypoints.

Moreover, it’s a subtle change, but you should notice that the number of Beypoints getting added or taken from a member’s amount at every match will be a lot fairer: the Beypoint System now takes more into consideration the amount of Beypoints the opponents have. For instance, if a Beyblader had 1054 Beypoints and defeated somebody with only 905 in a beybattle, he will not gain as much as if he had beaten a person who was at 1167. This was not necessarily well implemented in the previous Beypoint System.



We also officially announce that the Libra Wheel is now banned from play in tournaments. Its repetitive use made the game more boring and strategies revolved almost solely on defeating Beyblades using that Wheel. Now playing Beyblade should be much more fun for everybody, and parts that were initially dismissed will find new use in good combinations!

It has come to our attention as well that TAKARA-TOMY's Beystadiums can be asymmetrical, and therefore might give a slight unfair advantage to the Beyblader who has a bigger portion of walls in front of his launch. For players using such techniques as Sliding Shoot, this can particularly make a difference. To aid in giving both players the best advantage, we will institute a new rule: the BeyStadium cannot be touched before, during or after battles. It is then the players' responsibility to position themselves in the way they prefer, as long as both Bladers are adjacent to each other. We hope all of your Beybattles will take place in harmony.

These changes have been added to the release 2 of the rulebooks :
Universal Rules
Standard Rules

As can be seen, some BeyStadiums have also been made illegal for the Standard Format due to their odd environment for competitive play, however we also wanted to give a fair amount of available stadiums. Now, only the Attack, Balance and Super Attack BeyStadiums can be used in the Standard Format.



Guess what: that’s really not all!


For the past months, we have been preparing this awesome campaign which we baptized “Quest for Quetz”! Ooh, excited yet? You should be!


The whole campaign revolves around a race to the finishing prize: Quetzalcoatl 90WF! However, this will of course be a very difficult task, so we added several smaller prizes all along the road, but all of them are limited! You will need to collect a certain amount of Credits to be able to exchange them for one of the prizes, and Credits will only be obtainable at tournaments, at least for the moment. How, do you ask? Credits will be awarded quite simply like this:

For getting the 1st place in a tournament: +3
For getting the 2nd place in a tournament: +2
For getting the 3rd place in a tournament: +1
For winning the majority of your matches: +1
Organising a tournament: +1
Participating in a tournament: +1


And Credits add up within a same event: for example, even if a Blader who comes first at the event will have most likely won the majority of their matches, both amount of Credits are added up, as well as the one for participating in the tournament.

Now, what are the prizes?

For 20 Credits: Quetzalcoatl 90WF + Prize Hunter Face
For 15 Credits: Starter Beyblade + Prize Hunter Face
For 12 Credits: Booster Beyblade
For 9 Credits: Random Booster Light Vol. 3
For 6 Credits: A Mystery Prize~
For 3 Credits: Face Booster DIAMOND

Yes, we’re introducing a whole new Face Booster just for this campaign! Also, what is that Mystery Prize?!

Prize Hunter Face [Image: prizehunterface.png] Face Booster DIAMOND [Image: faceboosterdiamond.png]

For the Starters, we currently have: Storm Pegasis 105RF, Earth Aquila 145WD, Lightning L Drago 100HF, Dark Wolf DF145FS. As for Boosters: Dark Bull H145SD, Flame Libra T125ES, Dark Cancer CH120SF.

Some of those prizes are not totally unique, but they are limited, as was mentioned. The first World Beyblader to get enough Credits for a certain prize and to officially exchange them for that prize will probably get the only one we have, so only the other prizes not yet taken will remain! Of course, however, the Face Booster DIAMOND is unlimited as long as this campaign has not ended, so you could get several of them; every time, you would lose 3 Credits though.


All of this makes competitive play heat up even more! Hurry, beybattle with all your heart and might!

Let's also applaud theflightyellz's promotion to the Committee!

Beyblade.com finally opens!

  • Kai-V
  • Apr. 30, 2010  1:51 AM
The official website has finally been launched, even though it currently redirects to YTV's Beyblade Metal Fusion page, therefore there is mostly only anime content at the moment.

A commercial for the toys and one for the show can be watched, as well as the opening for the new series. The latter video used to be a preview of the thirteenth episode, where Ginga battles Ryuuga. An audio clip was ripped while it was still online :
http://www.cybertigeranime.com/bbspirit/...Voices.wma
Most of the voices can be heard on it : Gingka, Kenta, Benkei, Madoka, Doji and Ryuga.


Cartoon Network will also be the channel to broadcast Beyblade Metal Fusion in the United States in fall 2010.
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Corus Entertainment Wrote:BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION – SERIES PREMIERE

Following the Let it Rip phenomena that took over the TV screens and playgrounds in 2002, Beyblade makes its much anticipated return with a brand new generation of characters who take on the battle between good and evil. Competing for dominance with their spinning Beyblade tops, the perilous organization of the Dark Nebula is vying for world domination. The only person standing in their way is teenager Gingka, who struggles to find his strength to honour Beyblade and save the world. Produced by Nelvana and Japan’s d-rights, Beyblade: Metal Fusion will air Saturdays at 12 p.m. beginning with a feature length episode on Saturday, May 15 at 12 p.m.

Source :
http://corusent.com/home/Corporate/Press...px?Id=1898


Note that this is only for YTV in Canada, to coincide with the earlier release of the toyline in Canada as well. This means that the toys are very close to being launched, and some of the new products might have even leaked already.

"Gingka" might still be a huge spelling mistake from Nelvana's site ...
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Right now on Striker Axis, we're having a contest!

[Image: boosterandtipscompetiti.png]
Click!

We'd like to see what people would like to see in new Boosters and Tips, so we're having a design competition.

One lucky entrant from each contest will receive a prize supplied by MEGA themselves, while if your idea is really good, you might even see it end up in a future Battle Striker! So go on, you have nothing to lose!

You have until 24th April to enter, so get designing now!

We can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

---

We also want to announce the arrival of our cool Decal System:

[Image: S4.png]
[Image: Ninjitsu2.png][Image: Firehawk2.png]
[Image: Dragonfire2-1.png][Image: Sentinel2.png][Image: Raptor2.png][Image: Viking2.png]

What on earth could these be ... ?

Check it out!



We are proud to announce the beginning of a new exciting program: the WBO Authorized Beyblade Dealers!

In simple terms, we have established a solid contact with well-known online stores, in order to help everybody on the World Beyblade Organization have access to imported Beyblade products more easily! The first two amazing shops are theINtoy and dimsum2u!


Believe us, only awesome offers come out of these affiliations:

With theINtoy

A special discount group has been opened! The Committee will select volunteers who are really interested in purchasing from theINtoy, and the email address they used to register on theINtoy will be added to the discount group within one or two days of it being sent. Note that there will be a selection only because we want to make sure people do not register here only to get the discount: that’s not fair!

The World Beyblade Organization is now an official affiliate with theINtoy: this means that links to their Beyblade products will be added in the proper topics, and if a visitor clicks on that link and orders the item, we get a certain percentage of the sale! This will help us in our goal to give back as much money as possible to tournament organizers to support them with prizes and other expenses.

theINtoy offers us the amazing privilege of adding our users’ product reviews to their own website! A new section will be added on every product page on theINtoy called “The WBO says”: this will basically be full of reviews that you will have submitted and that we will have forwarded them. You can see those reviews as smaller Beywiki articles if you want.


theINtoy has been with the Beyblade community almost since the beginning, and a very strong link was formed along the years, especially during the suspension of the toyline. They keep giving their best for us day after day, so it’s natural to keep saying thank you! theINtoy is a must if you live around Europe, but don’t hesitate to place an order with them even if you live outside that region!


With dimsum2u

The guy keeps giving discounts to members here, so we thought we’d make this official! As often as he can, prices will be updated so they are lower here than they are on his eBay auctions. Contact him directly here to get the best prices!

dimsum2u will also advertise the WBO in emails and pamphlets will be placed in orders he gets, so the message of this awesome community will be spread further and further!


Both stores will keep us updated on new product arrivals and new special prices as much as possible, so keep checking their respective threads:

theINtoy: Authorized Beyblade Dealer
dimsum2u: Authorized Beyblade Dealer



The World Beyblade Organization officially applies a seal of trust on these two Beyblade importers. We hope this will make buying Beyblades online much easier for everybody around the world! To commemorate these affiliations, a new sub-forum has been opened in the Bey Marketplace forum where WBO Authorized Beyblade Dealers will be able to update all World Bladers on their products.
Hello all!


Recently, issues concerning the moderation of the forums have been brought up, and we plan to correct the situation so everybody can fully enjoy browsing this board and be more motivated to learn about Beyblade. Notably, the amount of Committee members became too big, and it is part of the reason decisions are slow to be taken. Some of them are also becoming busier, so they do not have the possibility to be as active for this community as they used to. With this restructuring of our team, we hope things in general will be easier and faster to manage.

Now there will be both Committee Members, but also Global Moderators. In addition, let's welcome a new moderator: theflightyellz! DranzerX13 was also added as forum moderator for the Beyblade Anime and Manga forum, considering everything he has been doing for us. This brings the forum staff to:

Committee: ♥, Hiro Ayami, Kai-V, Kei
Global Moderators: Aqua, Rocky, theflightyellz, Yugi Jyudai

... And Blader DJ is in our BeyHeart!

Also, a very important reminder: if you find a post that you think is against the rules, whether it is off-topic, SPAM or discusses any kind of avoided subject, please simply use the REPORT button at the bottom of that post. This way, it is easier for the staff to act quickly on those posts, and topics will be much cleaner, because messages such as "This doesn't belong here" do not help keeping threads tidy. So instead of replying to bad posts, report them!



Otherwise, the Bey News forum sees its official, actual birth: the two posts that were made are simply meant to summarize the latest news, and more will be posted once other information surfaces. The Bey News forum will be on trial for some time, to see how discussion is now with it. To avoid unnecessary posts, only forum staff will be able to add topics and reply in that sub-forum. In general, it serves the purpose of providing a clear and easy history of Bey News for all members.


That's all for now; keep your eyes open, as we are working on exciting projects!

BEYBLADE : Metal Fusion

  • Kai-V
  • Feb. 22, 2010  3:02 AM
Hasbro will bring TAKARA-TOMY’s Metal Fight Beyblade toyline outside of East Asia by March 2010 for Canada, but in September 2010 for the United Kingdom and the United States under the name “BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion”.

They will start by only releasing the Hybrid Wheel System Beyblades. It seems they will never release the Metal series even if they acknowledge the four-layer system. Each Beyblade will come with a Right Launcher and a character profile card. The Light Wheels have been abandoned, therefore Clay Aries will be released by Hasbro as Rock Aries, for instance. Hasbro has decided to give new names to the Beyblade parts, notably Fusion Wheel (Hybrid Wheel), Spin Track (Track), and Performance Tip (Bottom).

It appears the Beypointer device has also been rejected. Instead, special codes found in all releases that include Beyblades will give players the opportunity to “compete against other Beybladers from around the world” on BeybladeBattles.com
More information about this new site is currently not available.

Hasbro has of course designed their own new Beystadiums, including the yellow Pegasis Thunder Whip and the Super Vortex Beystadium.

Electronic tops will also be released, and some of Hasbro’s old shooters will be reused. The Beylauncher will come out as a separate item and its handle has been slightly improved for an easier grip. On the subject of grips, the Launcher Grip will also be released separately, and it will automatically come with a Grip Rubber.


These will be the first types of releases:

Quote: The 2010 BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION line includes.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE TOP Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $7.99)

Collect, customize, and compete with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE TOP assortment! Complete with cast metal fusion wheel, ripcord launcher, and assembly tool you can build your top to suit your battle. Whether you choose to build a defense, attack, balance or stamina top type you can enter competition confident that you will reign supreme. To take your battle to new heights, enter the unique code found in each BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE TOP package at BeybladeBattles.com to compete against other Beybladers from around the globe!


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION SUPER VORTEX BATTLE Set
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99)

Battle right out of the box with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION SUPER VORTEX BATTLE set! Complete with two exclusive BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION tops, two ripcord launchers, an exclusive high-performance SUPER VORTEX BEYSTADIUM arena, official rule book, and tournament grid this set is ready to LET IT RIP! With a unique design, competitors will enjoy enhanced battles in the SUPER VORTEX BEYSTADIUM. Players can enter the included top codes at BeybladeBattles.com to compete against other Beybladers from around the globe.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION TWO-PACK Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $14.99)

Challenge your fiercest rival to a showdown as intense as you are with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION FACE-OFF assortment. Each five piece top features specialized parts to build your top to suit your battle; build attack tops, balance tops, defense tops and stamina tops. To take your battle to new heights, enter the unique code found in each BEYBLADE.
METAL FUSION BATTLE TOP package at BeybladeBattles.com to compete against other Beybladers from around the globe.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BEYSTADIUM Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $9.99)

This is where battles are fought and won! Each BEYSTADIUM arena in the assortment features unique colors, size, and slope requiring players to plan a strategy and customize their tops for each competition. Choose from three arenas.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE GEAR Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $7.99)

Prepare yourself for battle and enter confidently into the competition with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE GEAR assortment. Each battle is unique so choose your gear wisely. To get the action started, select from the STRING LAUNCHER, WIND-UP LAUNCHER or LAUNCHER GRIP and send your top into combat.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION REACTOR CHAMBER
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $9.99)

Gain the competitive edge with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION REACTOR CHAMBER accessory - this unique tool allows players to spend more time strategizing and less time assembling! Simply select your top's five components, stack them in the chamber, close it up and twist; your BEYBLADE top will instantly be assembled and ready for combat.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE CASE
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99)

Engage in on-the-go battles with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION BATTLE CASE accessory! With storage for gear and up to 20 BEYBLADE tops, the convenient carry case also opens up into a battle arena to battle anywhere.


BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION ELECTRONIC TOP Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $9.99)

Supercharge your battle with the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION ELECTRONIC TOP assortment. Packed with dramatic action, the tops feature flashing lights and battle sounds. The ELECTRONIC TOPS come preassembled and are the largest scale tops in the BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION top collection.

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Nelvana will present the BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion anime starting this September 2010. At the moment, it has only been confirmed that it will be broadcast on Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom; all other channels have not been announced yet.




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The next few releases announce the broadcast of the second season of Metal Fight Beyblade in Japan:

04/01/2010
BB-70 Starter Galaxy Pegasis W105R2F
BB-71 Starter Ray Unicorno D125CS
BB-72 Booster Aquario 105F
BB-73 3 Segment Launcher Grip

04/24/2010
BB-74 Booster Thermal Lacerta WA130HF
BB-75 Beyblade Deck Entry Set
BB-76 Galaxy Pegasis DX Set
BB-77 Bey Deck Case

05/22/2010
BB-78 Booster Rock Giraffe R145WB
BB-79 Metal Assist

06/26/2010
BB-80 Starter Gravity Perseus AD145WD
BB-81 Launcher Rubber


Moreover, the exclusive WBBA campaign for Quetzalcoatl 90WF in Japan will end in March 2010. The new limited Beyblade is Mercury Anubis 85XF.

Pictures from the latest CoroCoro issue have been posted on the 1974-mshr blog. Those images are the personal property of the Japanese blogger and may not be reproduced without his explicit permission.
http://ameblo.jp/1974-mshr/entry-10457388789.html#main
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New Affiliate: Striker Axis!

  • Kai-V
  • Jan. 21, 2010  11:57 PM
Hello World Beybladers,


We are glad to announce that Striker Axis is now one of our affiliates.

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Of course this is very unusual, since they focus on Battle Strikers and not Beyblade. However, both of our staff want to rectify the situation that has been observed more than once between the two communities. We wish to make it clear that both games can be enjoyed for totally different reasons because their gameplay is not the same at all. If you just imagine the kind of tournaments for each hobby, you can clearly see that besides the spinning top similarity, everybody has to stop comparing them so much. One does not have to be better than the other, and we think your time can be dedicated to both games seeing as they are both very fun to play.

With this affiliation, we hope to calm the ‘conflict’ considerably. Our wish is to see both hobbies evolve side-by-side in harmony, not in war. There are good sides and bad sides for the two games (and not advantages and disadvantages); a video will hopefully be made soon that presents those points.

I think everybody can understand that we will not tolerate comments that only want to deteriorate either one of the two games without attempting to be constructive at all. We are aware though that a lot of you already dislike how strict we are with the rules here, so even though we have been acting with valid reasons, we simply courteously ask everyone to really think about their comments before posting them. If a member keeps insulting one of the toys after, for instance, having been shown the aforementioned video, then we will have to warn them.


That being said, this message has to be serious for the most, but we hope the affiliation goes well! Good luck to the Striker Axis staff as well.

A few simple reforms.

  • Kai-V
  • Jan. 21, 2010  10:26 PM
Hello!


It recently came to our attention that the WBO General forum was very unorganized. Admittedly, we can understand the members who did not try to look for already existing topics for certain areas. To fix this situation, the WBO General forum has been divided into four sub-forums, each representing one main part of the world: North America, Europe, Australia, and the rest, since only a few members pertain to the other locations. It should be a lot easier to find certain topics or potential events this way. Any new topic made should be created in either one of the sub-forums.

We also want to introduce a new prefix system for both the WBO General and the Bey Marketplace forums. For the former, you now have to write the city and country you are interested in before the title. For instance, if I were to create a thread called “Anyone here in Las Vegas??”, I would have to add a prefix of the complete location right before that, so the actual topic title would end up being : “[Las Vegas, USA] Anyone here in Las Vegas??”. You could also totally omit any sort of made-up title and simply write “[Las Vegas, USA]” as the title of your topic. All of the current threads have been edited and will be moved into their respective sub-forum shortly.
For the Bey Marketplace forum, the prefixes are merely to really specify what the thread is about, since some new members have been replying to “want to buy” topics with “want to buy” responses as if it were a sale thread. Therefore, we now ask that if you want to buy something, put “[BUYING]” at the beginning of your title, or “[SELLING]” if you are looking to sell some of your Beyblade items. You can also write “[TRADING]” if that is your intention, or “[SHOP]” if you could do all three.
Those prefixes are obligatory by the way, unless the topic you want to create is very different to the situations we have listed, which should not really happen. If users who are still active could edit their topic title, we would appreciate it; otherwise, we only want every new thread made in either of those forums to have a corresponding prefix. A proper plugin will probably be installed for the Bey Marketplace forum anyway, so everything will be easier.

The stickied topics of the Bey Marketplace forum have been cleaned up as well. There will be a new "Want to know what to buy for MFB? Look here." topic, which will be locked because there is no discussion to be had in it; once new Beyblades are released, they will be tested, and if they are very useful, they will be added. Any other question will go in the Purchase Consultation thread.

Concerning the Beypoint System, there have been a few issues in the Committee and we need to finalize several things before we finally release the new system, but it is ready. Hopefully you will all like the projects we are trying to prepare.


Contest now up! http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Design-a...em-Contest

New Committee Member ♥ and Aqua!

  • Khel
  • Dec. 18, 2009  2:46 AM
Hello World Bladers,

This will be a short message. I would like to have the pleasure of announcing two new additions to our committee ♥ and Aqua. They have both been active members on these forums and a great contributor. It's a pleasure to have both of you on board the team.

We wish you a very warm welcome. Smile

Khel