(Jan. 12, 2014  7:01 PM)Kai-V Wrote:

(Jan. 12, 2014  6:58 PM)ashton pinto Wrote: He has thousands of active subscribers on YouTube, also his giveaways makes him famous I guess... and very few know about the WBO..

Very few yet we have eighty-six thousand Members ? I would say that beats thousands of active subscribers. In 2011 particularly, we were certainly more popular and active than him. We also do more for Beyblade than him ...

(Apr. 24, 2009  8:53 AM)Bey Brad Wrote: I thought this could be fun for Beyblade stuff that doesn't really deserve its own thread but isn't a question.

I don't think I'm going to use either of my Aries ... they're just too valuable. I will probably sell them and rebuy them when Hasbro inevitably releases them for $8. Pisces value seems to be rising as well.

(Jan. 12, 2014  6:58 PM)ashton pinto Wrote: He has thousands of active subscribers on YouTube, also his giveaways makes him famous I guess... and very few know about the WBO..

(Jan. 13, 2014  7:09 AM)earthwolf1404 Wrote: All I'm gonna say on this topic is that We all need to bring several promo cards and shove/tape them in/on to the box/packages so that everyone who looks or buys, will hear about us. Teams and members that live in the same neighborhood should set up booths outside of stores and give them out. And tournament hosts should place flyers on every light/telphone pole and every wall possible. Given enough , we could get on the news even, and at that point, we have parents telling kids, and friends telling friends and then non-bladers will be the minority, and...(for those who don't know that this will lead to the WBO taking over the world, just ignore the end of this post).

(Jan. 14, 2014  6:15 AM)lord Wolfblade Wrote: So i bravely decided to bring my whole beyblade collection and BB-10 stadium to school today (my school is a super lax alternative school where you can choose to do what you want).

at first everyone kinda made fun of it, and rolled there eyes (even my best friend), but halfway through the day something awesome happened.

almost everyone at the school was fiddling with parts, attempting to make combos, learning how things work.. some of them even made some pretty good combos (a scythe leon ED145BWD with actually really good life after death properties comes to mind).
all in all, it was a blast.. though they did break a face bolt, a 105, and both of my beylauncher L/Rs (which i now have to fix.. for the second time this week)

(Jan. 12, 2014  6:36 PM)Kai-V Wrote: OK, YTV reaching out to a Beyblade video maker for BeyRaiderz but never reaching out to the World Beyblade Organization for anything about Beyblade ? I am honestly really offended. Sure, we got to know Benjamin Israel and Mac and they are awesome, but I think it was from their own will, not anyone from the official Beyblade companies.

(Jan. 12, 2014  7:44 PM)th!nk Wrote: Other times though, well, you know I'm still completely miffed as to why they didn't reach out to us for their part of the world championships, even if it were just to supply experienced judges or get advice or whatever - that's somewhere where we clearly have a lot of success and experience and have always been clear about being ready and more than willing to help out with that kind of thing, and I'm sure people here know how I feel about letting that kind of thing go to waste. Plus just in general, I feel we have a lot to offer in terms of the competitive and organisational side of things that they would only stand to gain from if they were to actually reach out to us or even respond to our attempts to reach out to them.

(Jan. 14, 2014  6:15 AM)lord Wolfblade Wrote: So i bravely decided to bring my whole beyblade collection and BB-10 stadium to school today (my school is a super lax alternative school where you can choose to do what you want).

(Jan. 14, 2014  6:15 AM)lord Wolfblade Wrote: So i bravely decided to bring my whole beyblade collection and BB-10 stadium to school today (my school is a super lax alternative school where you can choose to do what you want).

(Jan. 15, 2014  2:18 AM)Kei Wrote:

(Jan. 12, 2014  7:44 PM)th!nk Wrote: Other times though, well, you know I'm still completely miffed as to why they didn't reach out to us for their part of the world championships, even if it were just to supply experienced judges or get advice or whatever - that's somewhere where we clearly have a lot of success and experience and have always been clear about being ready and more than willing to help out with that kind of thing, and I'm sure people here know how I feel about letting that kind of thing go to waste. Plus just in general, I feel we have a lot to offer in terms of the competitive and organisational side of things that they would only stand to gain from if they were to actually reach out to us or even respond to our attempts to reach out to them.

I'm still really sour about this. While at a Toys R Us tournament in Toronto leading up to the World Championships I learned that there were some Hasbro representatives present and I approached them directly (I even gave them a promo card). To my surprise, they had never even heard of the WBO, and while they essentially dodged my questions about why the championship was closed to the public unlike in 2004 (this decision still baffles me, especially given the philosophy that TAKARA-TOMY was espousing regarding "BEYBLADE Unites the World" in their championships leading up to the worlds), they were generally enthusiastic about the idea of the WBO being involved in some way; whether it be to help with judging, or simply to cover and promote the event to our community. Because it was closed to the public, I asked if it would be possible to give us a few tickets to distribute to WBO members (or at the very least, Committee Members/representatives who could be there to report on the event), but was eventually told a few weeks later that Nelvana had said they were at "maximum capacity" and that no tickets were available. I sincerely doubt that they were absolutely at "maximum capacity" given what you can see in the videos posted online, though. If they had really seen value in what we do, they would have found a way to involve us, even if it meant just letting one person cover the event for the largest Beyblade community in the world. Although I guess I shouldn't have been surprised given that they–some of the people most closely involved with planning the World Championships–had never even heard of us ...

That being said, the connection formed as a result of this did lead to all of the items that Hasbro has donated to us to date, so it hasn't been all bad!

(Jan. 15, 2014  3:20 AM)MidnightLWBO Wrote:

(Jan. 14, 2014  6:15 AM)lord Wolfblade Wrote: So i bravely decided to bring my whole beyblade collection and BB-10 stadium to school today (my school is a super lax alternative school where you can choose to do what you want).

That's great to hear! Did you tell them about the tournaments we have here, in Toronto?

(Jan. 15, 2014  2:18 AM)Kei Wrote:

(Jan. 14, 2014  6:15 AM)lord Wolfblade Wrote: So i bravely decided to bring my whole beyblade collection and BB-10 stadium to school today (my school is a super lax alternative school where you can choose to do what you want).

Did you tell them about the WBO and our tournaments in Toronto?!