(Dec. 21, 2013  9:50 AM)ashton pinto Wrote:

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(Dec. 21, 2013  6:27 AM)th!nk Wrote: We've seen takara-style boxed fakes in hasbro-themed-colors with hasbro logos from users before, I recall a user from pakistan thought he'd finally found a legit bey, and we had to break the news to him that Hasbro didn't release them (the contents of the box were quite clearly fake, IIRC).

Given Metal Fury didn't receive a release in a lot of countries (I'm not sure if it was the same as shogun steel which was North America only, but based on trying to find metal fury beys it seems that way - if anyone knows for sure please tell me), packaging variation would be very odd.

Also, just noticed hasbro's terminology for the ZG system (excuse me for being out of the loop, I'm sure it's had scorn heaped on it for pages at this point but I can't not say something while I'm here) and wow that sure is a thing haha.

ya i too remember about that issue ...
i've seen many fakes in my country, but never any with a hasbro logo

(Dec. 21, 2013  11:16 AM)yt152430 Wrote: One thing about the validity of the striker recolor is the fact that the better quality pic says the bey comes with a code for a beyblade game online

(Dec. 21, 2013  11:16 AM)yt152430 Wrote: One thing about the validity of the striker recolor is the fact that the better quality pic says the bey comes with a code for a beyblade game online

(Dec. 21, 2013  2:09 PM)Leone19 Wrote:

(Dec. 21, 2013  11:16 AM)yt152430 Wrote: One thing about the validity of the striker recolor is the fact that the better quality pic says the bey comes with a code for a beyblade game online

Fakes say that, too. I remember seeing images of Metal Master Beys in TT-style Hasbro packages, they were fake.

If anything, we can just email Hasbro Customer Service thr picture, to confirm if it's one of their products or not. I doubt it's real, Habro (for the Metal System) has never released Beyblades in a box-style package. At he same time, it doesn't have any bad translated English or Grammer, looking like a legit Habro product.

I'm torn, part of me says it's real.

(Dec. 21, 2013  3:32 PM)DRAGON KING Wrote: wasn't mercury Anubis in a box style packaging?

(Dec. 21, 2013  3:54 PM)Kai-V Wrote:

(Dec. 21, 2013  3:32 PM)DRAGON KING Wrote: wasn't mercury Anubis in a box style packaging?

Yes, but in a very limited two-second release only across some Toys "R" Us in the United States I believe.

(Dec. 22, 2013  1:59 AM)phantomcellistf Wrote: These Beys are in fact legitimate. I bought all three (Striker, Jupiter, and VARIARES) for $9 each when I found them at Big Lots a few weeks ago. Only the picture of the Bey on the front of the boxes looked kind of fuzzy, which was the only thing that really made me question if they were real or not. In the end, I took a gamble and opened up the Blitz Striker. In it, the Beys are packaged similarly to the Takara Tomy ones, had all the right parts (except a minor color change for the SF Tip; clear instead of a solid color like on the packaging), the typical Hasbro launcher and ripcord, and did have the Code Card. As for the materials, they looked and felt like a normal Hasbro Bey and not fake like Rapidity.

B-138B Jade Jupiter 130B
B-142A Blitz Striker 100SF
B-151C VARIARES 145WB

These Beys are kind of like "budget" versions of the regular releases, even though they are pretty much the same price. Other companies do the same thing and release cheaper versions of their toys at stores like Big Lots, an example being Bandai's Power Rangers brand.

Anyways, I don't have them with me right now. They're at my apartment, and I'm currently at my parents' house right now. I'll probably stop there tomorrow to pick them up, along with a few other things I need.