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(Jul. 09, 2014  12:48 AM)Wombat Wrote: I don't quite understand what you mean by that, nearly everything you can see with your eye can also be seen in a picture...

You said that the Hasbro GFC was wider than the Takara Tomy GFC. By comparative pictures, I meant something like this:

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(Jul. 10, 2014  7:02 AM)djspida5 Wrote: Hasbro modified many attack ring and running core molds when Takara allowed them release them in the US. I don't really remember why, but I think it was due to the fact that Hasbro stadiums were completely different than Takara's stadiums. My memory is shoddy, but I know for a fact that Hasbro molds were almost never the same as Takara's molds most of the time. A great example is Driger MS' and Dranzer MS' AR.

(Jul. 10, 2014  7:40 AM)Neo Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  7:02 AM)djspida5 Wrote: Hasbro modified many attack ring and running core molds when Takara allowed them release them in the US. I don't really remember why, but I think it was due to the fact that Hasbro stadiums were completely different than Takara's stadiums. My memory is shoddy, but I know for a fact that Hasbro molds were almost never the same as Takara's molds most of the time. A great example is Driger MS' and Dranzer MS' AR.

Now I wouldn't have known THAT.
Sono Kong HMS is always the same minus Bit Symbol Size and maybe some Korean sticker writing.
I knew RC's were different; specifically Manual Change Core.
No clue that AR's were different though...

(Jul. 10, 2014  8:09 AM)djspida5 Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  7:40 AM)Neo Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  7:02 AM)djspida5 Wrote: Hasbro modified many attack ring and running core molds when Takara allowed them release them in the US. I don't really remember why, but I think it was due to the fact that Hasbro stadiums were completely different than Takara's stadiums. My memory is shoddy, but I know for a fact that Hasbro molds were almost never the same as Takara's molds most of the time. A great example is Driger MS' and Dranzer MS' AR.

Now I wouldn't have known THAT.
Sono Kong HMS is always the same minus Bit Symbol Size and maybe some Korean sticker writing.
I knew RC's were different; specifically Manual Change Core.
No clue that AR's were different though...

yeah, hasbro kind of messed up with the bit sizes as well. some were thicker, some were thinner. I forgot the term for the bits, but you know what i mean. i remember back when the TAKARA death gargoyle MS' bit whatever was the thickest, therefore the most used because it secured the whole HMS bey in place.

(Jul. 10, 2014  8:22 AM)Neo Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  8:09 AM)djspida5 Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  7:40 AM)Neo Wrote: Now I wouldn't have known THAT.
Sono Kong HMS is always the same minus Bit Symbol Size and maybe some Korean sticker writing.
I knew RC's were different; specifically Manual Change Core.
No clue that AR's were different though...

yeah, hasbro kind of messed up with the bit sizes as well. some were thicker, some were thinner. I forgot the term for the bits, but you know what i mean. i remember back when the TAKARA death gargoyle MS' bit whatever was the thickest, therefore the most used because it secured the whole HMS bey in place.

Actually DGMS' Bit is the Second mold, but the 3rd mold (Shining God, Slash Riger, Bloody Devil, ETC.) is far more secure, with barely any space between the AR and Bit.

Concerning AR changes; do you have any details further about the ARs? I'm very curious, because you're an old timer xD

(Jul. 10, 2014  11:39 PM)djspida5 Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  8:22 AM)Neo Wrote:

(Jul. 10, 2014  8:09 AM)djspida5 Wrote: yeah, hasbro kind of messed up with the bit sizes as well. some were thicker, some were thinner. I forgot the term for the bits, but you know what i mean. i remember back when the TAKARA death gargoyle MS' bit whatever was the thickest, therefore the most used because it secured the whole HMS bey in place.

Actually DGMS' Bit is the Second mold, but the 3rd mold (Shining God, Slash Riger, Bloody Devil, ETC.) is far more secure, with barely any space between the AR and Bit.

Concerning AR changes; do you have any details further about the ARs? I'm very curious, because you're an old timer xD

from what i remember, i believe it was when takara started outsourcing production to china and hasbro got their molds from the chinese versions. theres more info at the wiki- http://wiki.worldbeyblade.org/index.php/Driger_MS#Mould_Differences

(Jul. 14, 2014  5:05 PM)*Ginga* Wrote: The Red Driger is worth about $65 +.

(Jul. 14, 2014  4:39 PM)Aɴɢʀʏ Fᴀᴄᴇ Wrote: You're pretty well to do for Attack:

Upper Attack
AR: Circle Upper
WD: Circle Wide, Circle Heavy
RC: Metal Flat Core

But since you lack a Wolborg MS/Bearing Core, your Stamina potential is limited to the likes of Bearing Core 2 and Metal Change Core, in which case you'd be better off going straight Defense or Stamina-Attack (i.e. stock DGMS, maybe with a Circle Wide):

Defense
AR: Circle Upper
WD: Circle Wide (for better Stamina), Circle Heavy (for more weight)
RC: Bearing Core 2