Thief Phoenix E230GCF/Trivia


 * Originally, the English Beyblade community thought its original name was "Thief Fennec", and was speculated to be based on the Fennec Fox.
 * Gear Circle Flat (GCF) was also originally known by a name of "Gya Circle Flat".
 * This is third Beyblade to be based on the phoenix, the first being the Dranzer series and second being Burn Fireblaze 135MS.
 * It is the first Beyblade to introduce a variant for 230.
 * Similarly, it is also the first to introduce a part variant, in a new series. 230 was introduced in the Metal Fight Beyblade series. E230 came in the Zero-G series.
 * GCF is very fragile, so it can break easily.
 * It is the first beyblade to have GCF.
 * It's the first to use a spin track with "elevator".
 * It's the first beyblade that's the prize bey in a random booster that has a different version of itself.
 * The version is a crimson recolor created by pulling individual parts from the rare beyblades in the random booster.
 * It's the tallest Attack type "so far" to appear in the series.

Origin
Thief Phoenic is based on the Phoenix, as evident by its name. In mythology, the phoenix was a sacred firebird made of a large variety of colours and such. The phoenix would usually live for about a 500 life-year span, while at the end of it, creating a nest of twigs. The phoenix and its nest would burn into nothing more than fiery ashes; where in turn, a new phoenix or phoenix egg would appear. This new phoenix would then be destined to live for as long as its ancestor; thus being reborn. As is, the whole purpose of the phoenix: to be reborn and in a way, live forever; immortality.

The phoenix appears in many different cultures, mythology, and such. The aforementioned Bey has of course, a phoenix motif. This can be seen with its Stone Face, as well as its Chrome Wheel.

Name origin
The name "Phoenic" can quite possibly be a portmanteau involving two other words. The first, can be of "phoenix" and "Phoenicia". This is because the phoenix also has mythological roots in the real-world place of Phoenicia. The second possibility, is between "phoenix" and "fushichō". Fushichō[5] was the Japanese name for the phoenix and literally meant, "immortal bird". Although, another reason for "phoenic" can be simply because, the name Phoenix was previously used, so it was simply change one letter to avoid confusion over the former.

Thief obviously refers to a person committing thievery; the stealing of another person's belongings without their consent.