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Beyblade (ベイブレード Beibureido) is a spinning top developed and manufactured by Takara starting in 1999. The introduction of the toy in Japan corresponded with the broadcast of an anime television series of the same name. In 2002, Hasbro began to sell Beyblade toys internationally (under license from, and produced by, Takara) along with a coordinated country-by-country rollout of localized versions of the TV series. The Beyblade toy line went on to be one of the most popular toy lines in the world from 2000-2005 and as of 2005 over 100 million units had been sold worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

In the basic rules of the game, one player wins by knocking the competitor's Beyblade out of a dish, commonly called a Beystadium, or to outspin the competing top(s). Hasbro's version of the Beystadium is enclosed and has "penalty pockets" which are able to stop the Beyblade from spinning, but the top may come back out.

These Beyblades may have pictures on them that symbolizes a creature (known as a Bit-Beast) which shows what the Beyblade does, or looks like.

Through the lifespan of Beyblade toy line, there are different generations of architectures that are being introduced in the TV series.

Contents 1 Basic System 2 Magnacore system 3 Engine Gear System 3.1 Engine Gear Types 3.2 Customizable Engine Weights 4 Heavy/Hard Metal System 5 Cross Arms Series 6 The aim of the game 7 See also 8 References

Basic System tops are the first generation of Beyblade tops. The tops are made entirely of plastic, with the exception of Weight Disks and some tips. These Beyblades consist of five basic parts:

• Bit Chip: A decorative plate inserted into the Attack Ring of the Beyblade, adorned with a small icon of a mythical creature. In the anime, these creatures' souls were actually housed in the Beyblades themselves.
• Attack Ring: The Attack Ring determines the blade's effect when it impacts against its opponent, as this is normally the first part to come into contact with the opposing blade.
• Weight Disk: The Weight Disk affects the power and speed of the Beyblade.
• Spin Gear: The Spin Gear determines the direction of the Beyblade's rotation; either clockwise (right) or counterclockwise (left). Also, the Spin Gear holds the Attack Ring in place on the top, preventing it from coming off mid-battle.
• Blade Base: The bottom part of the Beyblade which houses the Spin Gear.
• Tip: The tip determines how the Beyblade spins, and also affects its movement pattern. The tip and the Blade Base are commonly one single piece; alternately, the tip can be attached to the Spin Gear.

The first blades consisted of a four-layer part system: Bit Chip, Attack Ring, Weight Disk, and Blade Base; the Spin Gear would lock into the Blade Base, essentially making the top only four layers after initial construction. Upon the arrival of the S- and F-series Beyblades, Spin Gears were made to be removable and interchangeable, thus creating a five-layer blade system.

The Magnacore line of Beyblade toys featured magnetic Spin Gears and Weight Disks to push or repel blades from each other. Additionally, one could purchase magnets that were affixed to the bottom of one's Beystadium, which affected the movement patterns of the Beyblades.

Engine Gear tops retain the same major design of a typical Beyblade, including a Bit Chip, an Attack Ring, a Weight Disk, and a Blade Base; Engine Gear tops, however, replace the typical Spin Gear with a more advanced Engine Gear, which affects the behavior of the top during the battle. Each Engine Gear includes a Turbo Winder to wind-up the engine core. When in action, the Blade Base releases the Engine Gear determined by the Blade Base's clutch lock system.

• Type 1 - Instant Release: The Engine Gear triggers at the beginning of the battle, resulting in a large burst of speed almost immediately after launch.
• Type 2 - Steady Release: The Engine Gear triggers at the beginning of the battle, but the release of speed is more gradual due to the broad tip of the Beyblade.
• Type 3 - Hit Release: The Engine Gear triggers when the top collides with a wall or another top, and releases a quick burst of speed.
• Type 4 - Gyro Gear: The Engine Gear allows the tip of the Beyblade to spin independently, only marginally affected by strikes against the rest of the top.
• Type 5 - Turbo Left: The Engine Gear gives a quick burst of speed like Type 1, only to the left rather than the right.
• Type 6 - Hit Reverse: The Engine Gear spins in the opposite direction of the rest of the top, resulting in erratic movement patterns.

For the 2 GT Series Beyblades that were released, the Engine Gear that comes with them is intended for use with the Customizable Engine Weight of each top. The Engine Gears, however, can fit with the "Clutch" bases.

Beyblade HMS (Heavy/Hard Metal System) is a line of Beyblade toys released after the Engine Gear line of blades in respect to the anime series. This series, unlike ones in the past, use smaller pieces of mostly metal. HMS Beyblades have a distinct advantage over previously released Beyblades, that being that their spin velocities are 1.5-2x faster.^[1]

These blades are composed of a four-layer part system:

• Bit Protector: This holds the parts together, unlike its plastic counterpart, the Bit Chip, which was merely decorative. With the release of the first 5 HMS, they were given 2 different stickers for the "BP", one of a "bit beast" and one of the emblem. The emblem stickers were the only ones that appeared in later beys.
• Attack Ring: This is composed of an inner metal part screwed to an outer ASB caul.
• Weight Disk: HMS Weight Disks are completely circular, unlike plastic Weight Disks which were shaped as hexa-, octa-, and decagons. There are also Customizable Weight Disks, which have plastic and metal parts, the plastic parts giving the Weight Disk a certain feature.
• Running Core: The Blade Base of HMS.

HMS blades do not use Spin Gears or Engine Gears, nor do they require them since the blade can be launched from both spin directions. This is possible through the HMS Neo Dual Launcher, which allows such spin-changing; also this launcher is superior to the classic launchers

These series of Beyblades are robot-like fighters. Cross Arms are a "spinning action figure." It is spun with a Dragon Winder. The stadium is the square cardboard box from Gyro Battle Challenge Set.

• Takara has weaker adhesives for the Beyblade stickers
• Hasbro has changed names of some Beyblades
• There are no longer MagneCores in Hasbro V2 Beyblades (BBA Championship Series)
• Hasbro's version of Customize Clutch Base (Dranzer V2) has had the clutch removed. It has been fixed in the sharp position and cannot be changed. Later releases contain a properly working clutch.
• Hasbro's version of Uriel 2 was named Capricorn Strike G. It has a golden colored gyro(Flame Pegasus) instead of the original WD/SP/BB/SG.
• Hasbro changed Trypio's AR to not be able to fly.
• Hasbro changed the start of a battle from "3, 2, 1, Go Shoot" to "3, 2, 1, Let It Rip".
• Hasbro released many of the Random Booster blades not in Random Boosters, but in a different series.
• Hasbro's version of Driger V once had a completely sharp tip on the blade base, while the version had a semi flat tip. Many fans were upset at Hasbro's change so Hasbro changed the small tip to be semi-flat later on.
• Hasbro's versions of the "Hidden Spirit" beyblades had small joints for the "dragon parts" to attach to on the attack ring, making that mode just for show. Takara had the small joints on the blade bases, making the beyblade launchable in this mode.

The aim of the game is to either knock the opposite player out of the ring, to make the opposition stop spinning or to destroy the other Beyblade(s).

• Battling Tops
• Spinja

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Characters	Hiro Granger | Tyson Granger | Kai Hiwatari | Kenny | Ray Kon | Daichi Sumeragi | Hilary Tachibana | Max Tate | Others
Teams	Bladebreakers | White Tigers | All Starz | Dark Bladers | Majestics | Demolition Boys | Team Psykick | Saint Shields | King & Queen | Barthez Battalion | F-Dynasty | BEGA League
Media	Season 1-Beyblade 2000 | Season 2 - V-Force | Season 3 - G-Revolution | The Movie: Fierce Battle | Manga
Games	Beyblade (GBC) | Beyblade (PS) | Beyblade 2 | BeyBlade: Super Tournament Battle | Beyblade: GRevolution | Beyblade Ultimate Blader Jam | Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002: Takao Version, Daichi Version
Other	Timeline | Bit-beast | Toys | Trading card game