(May. 29, 2020  12:17 AM)tubitr Wrote:

(May. 15, 2020  12:43 AM)Kit Fisto Wrote: Whats a "zombie" beyblade?  I am dumb.

It's a Beyblade that relies on spin stealing/spin equalisation to out spin opponents.

(Jun. 01, 2020  1:42 AM)RacingCheetahz Wrote:

(May. 29, 2020  12:17 AM)tubitr Wrote: It's a Beyblade that relies on spin stealing/spin equalisation to out spin opponents.

No, Zombies and Spin Stealers are separate things. Zombies primarily utilize and were given their name from their High LAD and use spin equalization to boost their effectiveness.
So Zombies are closer to the Opposite spin stamina types of Burst Standard than anything else.

(Jul. 17, 2020  6:50 AM)BAM_33 Wrote: Can anyone tell me the type of stadium that was used for plastic gen tournaments? Or if there was multiple and which one was used the most. Would be much appreciated. Thanks!

(May. 04, 2021  1:22 AM)Flame~Capricorn Wrote: If I don't have tornado attack or a bb10, (which is the case), would I be allowed to submit tests using the burst standard stadium? I want to contribute to the knowledge pool, but I don't want to do testing in a stadium that would skew the results. I can count wall rebounds as KOs if that helps.

(May. 04, 2021  5:11 AM)Dan Wrote:

(May. 04, 2021  1:22 AM)Flame~Capricorn Wrote: If I don't have tornado attack or a bb10, (which is the case), would I be allowed to submit tests using the burst standard stadium? I want to contribute to the knowledge pool, but I don't want to do testing in a stadium that would skew the results. I can count wall rebounds as KOs if that helps.

Great question. Truthfully I don't like the Burst stadiums for Plastics as the sizing and proportions are all off, from the bowl itself to the walls/cage (it is a different series after all). With that said, if you find interesting things when testing in that stadium, it can't hurt to have someone confirm who has either a BB-10 or Tornado Attack, as you may very well be onto something even in those stadiums. I would hesitate to say those results on their own should be considered to be as legitimate as testing in a Tornado Attack, but definitely supplemental. 
Even BB-10 I was on the fence about for a long time, but it is much more common to find, and it isn't terribly dissimilar to a Tornado Attack, so that too is good supplementary evidence pointing toward whatever conclusion you may have made during testing. I've grown used to it, and consider it about as legit as it can get outside of a Tornado Attack stadium. You might want to consider picking one up second hand from YJA or something. Th!nk may have more to add on this though, but I can't say he wouldn't mind more people being interested in plastics and learning about them, stadiums aside.

(May. 04, 2021  6:39 PM)th!nk Wrote: Dan nailed it with stadiums. If you count pocket hits as Kos, burst standard could be acceptable enough for comparisons but I don't own one - despite his humility, Dan knows more about that than I do. If you follow the rule book and consider things still in play after pocketing and bouncing back, then your testing is valid, but only for that stadium. Wish Pockets would catch on fire rather than stadiums. Sorry to hear that.

Congrats - welcome to the true baller club, you only need Wolborg 2! It wears down pretty fast though, keep in mind.

(May. 04, 2021  7:49 PM)Flame~Capricorn Wrote:

(May. 04, 2021  6:39 PM)th!nk Wrote: Dan nailed it with stadiums. If you count pocket hits as Kos, burst standard could be acceptable enough for comparisons but I don't own one - despite his humility, Dan knows more about that than I do. If you follow the rule book and consider things still in play after pocketing and bouncing back, then your testing is valid, but only for that stadium. Wish Pockets would catch on fire rather than stadiums. Sorry to hear that.

Congrats - welcome to the true baller club, you only need Wolborg 2! It wears down pretty fast though, keep in mind.

Alright, looks like I'm set to use it then. I'll probably need to get another so I can test bearing base 2 against it, though. As for stadiums, I just managed to snag a used tornado attack, so I'll be able to do some good testing soon. Still need to get a wide survivor wd though.

(May. 05, 2021  1:58 AM)th!nk Wrote:

(May. 04, 2021  7:49 PM)Flame~Capricorn Wrote: Alright, looks like I'm set to use it then. I'll probably need to get another so I can test bearing base 2 against it, though. As for stadiums, I just managed to snag a used tornado attack, so I'll be able to do some good testing soon. Still need to get a wide survivor wd though.

Wait you actually managed to get a TA? I've been looking for one more just in case for ages, I haven't seen them pop up at all! Lucky!

(May. 05, 2021  9:50 PM)Flame~Capricorn Wrote:

(May. 05, 2021  1:58 AM)th!nk Wrote: Wait you actually managed to get a TA? I've been looking for one more just in case for ages, I haven't seen them pop up at all! Lucky!

Ebay seller I frequently bought plastics from happened to have one.

(Jul. 14, 2021  10:45 AM)Kenshin Wrote: Hey there I would like to ask if there is any info on the product

A-121 Engine Gear Customize (Purple) (with Metal Semi-Flat CEW)

According to the Beyblade wiki there is a right spin engine gear turbo. But I have never have heard of there being one could this potentially be it? Or is it just a regular strength engine gear like the ones that Hasbro produced.

BTW welcome back th!nk I most likely will have more plastic gen questions coming your way.

(Jul. 14, 2021  10:45 AM)Kenshin Wrote: Hey there I would like to ask if there is any info on the product

A-121 Engine Gear Customize (Purple) (with Metal Semi-Flat CEW)

According to the Beyblade wiki there is a right spin engine gear turbo. But I have never have heard of there being one could this potentially be it? Or is it just a regular strength engine gear like the ones that Hasbro produced.

BTW welcome back th!nk I most likely will have more plastic gen questions coming your way.

(Nov. 17, 2021  8:04 AM)kenshin113 Wrote: Bit of a random query here, please bear with me!

So, my first Beyblade ever was a Dranzer V2 (loooong time ago, I snagged one at an import shop pre V-Force when all the North American stuff was from the original Bakuten Shoot), and one day when playing with my little cousins a mistimed launch resulted in the entire lower half of the BB coming apart. I managed to find everything but the spring, meaning it looked okay from the outside but had its gimmick 100% disabled. Now, given what the awesome plasticsdb has to say about the Customize Clutch Change Base (https://www.plasticsdb.com/parts/blade-bases/customize-clutch-change-base), my question is; did losing the spring actually manage to improve its performance somehow?

(Nov. 17, 2021  12:49 PM)th!nk Wrote:

(Nov. 17, 2021  8:04 AM)kenshin113 Wrote: Bit of a random query here, please bear with me!

So, my first Beyblade ever was a Dranzer V2 (loooong time ago, I snagged one at an import shop pre V-Force when all the North American stuff was from the original Bakuten Shoot), and one day when playing with my little cousins a mistimed launch resulted in the entire lower half of the BB coming apart. I managed to find everything but the spring, meaning it looked okay from the outside but had its gimmick 100% disabled. Now, given what the awesome plasticsdb has to say about the Customize Clutch Change Base (https://www.plasticsdb.com/parts/blade-bases/customize-clutch-change-base), my question is; did losing the spring actually manage to improve its performance somehow?

This seems common actually, about half of those I've obtained have the spring missing, and I did wonder if it was a mod to allow more aggression consistently - people definitely talked about clutch differences, and I wonder if it might have actually just been people sneakily removing the springs... However, the tip that is left still isn't very good with limited defensive ability and kinda meh patterning, aggression and survival. I've also tried using blutac to force it into perma survival, but the stability is pretty meh. Is it better with the spring missing? Eh, if you are benefiting from aggression by grinding opponents then maybe. I'd just use Customize Metal Change Base instead though.

(Nov. 17, 2021  6:49 PM)kenshin113 Wrote:

(Nov. 17, 2021  12:49 PM)th!nk Wrote: This seems common actually, about half of those I've obtained have the spring missing, and I did wonder if it was a mod to allow more aggression consistently - people definitely talked about clutch differences, and I wonder if it might have actually just been people sneakily removing the springs... However, the tip that is left still isn't very good with limited defensive ability and kinda meh patterning, aggression and survival. I've also tried using blutac to force it into perma survival, but the stability is pretty meh. Is it better with the spring missing? Eh, if you are benefiting from aggression by grinding opponents then maybe. I'd just use Customize Metal Change Base instead though.

Hey, thanks for the answer! Love your site, it's an awesome resource. 

Alas, I made my choice between Customize Clutch and Customize Metal back in 2002! That said, don't really regret it; as a fan I was always a Dranzer/Kai guy anyway and even though Dranzer V2 doesn't quiiiite live up to the lofty reputation it had back in the day, given the super early state of the fandom and lack of meta knowledge at the time I bought it (where I was, the average kid saw combos as slapping together the coolest looking parts you had and launch techniques as launching hard and launching harder) I was more than happy with its stock performance. Ignorance is bliss and all that  Ah, gotta love the pre OTC/Beyblade Damashii days...

(Nov. 18, 2021  1:50 AM)th!nk Wrote:

(Nov. 17, 2021  6:49 PM)kenshin113 Wrote: Hey, thanks for the answer! Love your site, it's an awesome resource. 

Alas, I made my choice between Customize Clutch and Customize Metal back in 2002! That said, don't really regret it; as a fan I was always a Dranzer/Kai guy anyway and even though Dranzer V2 doesn't quiiiite live up to the lofty reputation it had back in the day, given the super early state of the fandom and lack of meta knowledge at the time I bought it (where I was, the average kid saw combos as slapping together the coolest looking parts you had and launch techniques as launching hard and launching harder) I was more than happy with its stock performance. Ignorance is bliss and all that  Ah, gotta love the pre OTC/Beyblade Damashii days...

Fair, a bit late to change your mind now 😅.
Yeah dranzer v2 will clean up a lot of the sorta random stuff kids put together, basically like 10bBistool it built a rep by being a pubstomper. But dominating the schoolyard is one thing, like a lot to school bullies, when they graduate and suddenly there's people a lot bigger and meaner than them, eesh. 

I am glad you appreciate the database, means a lot 😊

(May. 18, 2023  2:22 PM)Ribbles Wrote: Hi All,

Not sure if this is the right place, but I wondered if anyone could help. I was a big fan of Beyblades when I was a kid with my plastic generation Beyblades, and I wanted to share that with my Nephews, but one has fairly severe disabilities which affect his coordination, meaning he'll really struggle to pull a ripcord.

Was there ever a product like a motorised launcher? I wondered if I could adapt an electric screwdriver potentially? Not sure if anyone has any ideas but would love some help.

I'm also aware it's not strictly relevant here, but if there is a similar option for more recent Beyblades, I have picked a few up for a bit of fun, and I would appreciate it if anyone knows about this as well.

Any pointers would be a great help!

(Jan. 14, 2024  3:18 PM)AMEKA95 Wrote: Hello everyone,

I have an interest in Dark Series beyblades especially Dark Draciel because I began to collect Draciel variations and then, I will create a Draciel combo by using them. I heard only way to get it is from Random Boosters or maybe from lots. However, while I searched, I read that some beyblades from Random Boosters, including prize beys in these Boosters, sometimes have random parts inside them like random weight disks. Is the same situation happens on Dark Draciel or it always comes with the same parts?

I don't know if I should ask it here or some buying thread but if you could help, I would appreciate it!