(Jul. 25, 2017  5:22 AM)Beylon Wrote: Last I checked, Australia has made it to the end of the 2nd wave releases. Every time I pass a Kmart (where the cheapest prices are found) they're basically sold out of gear. Even the stadiums are gone, which surprises me because they always overstock those. I notice that the shelf-space is not so large for Burst as it was for MFB but the fact is that the products are selling out consistently - so it must be popular. It's the same for every town/city I visit.

Seems a little strange it hasn't taken off online here though. Australia has seen very little action on the WBO recently and basically anything which has happened in the past three years has been driven by adult fans. If I had to, I'd honestly put that factor down to the basic fabric of the new series. The way Hasbro markets Burst is just juvenile. MFB made a serious effort to overcome that (at least it tried, right?) and it saw a much greater number of adult players (even those who did not grow up with plastics). People always posted threads here about how MFB was so close to being a "real" sport and I think that sentiment was broadly accepted. Hasbro Burst (and also TT to an extent) kinda killed that idea by artificially overriding the competitive aspect of the game by inventing the burst mechanic (thank you very much Kenji Horikoshi). My feeling is that the game is simply seen as "less competitive than MFB" by most of the Australian cohort. The WBO is for the competitive aspect of the game - and I don't think Aussie kids are drawn into that mindset by the Burst series. And you know, kids around here, they're social media peeps and they don't need an "old-school" forum to keep in contact with their blader friends.

(Aug. 07, 2017  4:16 PM)spiderboy153 Wrote: Are there any bladers in acworth ga

(Aug. 03, 2017  7:32 PM)Red Eye Wrote: Not really but when I move to buffalo I'm sure there will be some bladers