Bandit Golem DF145BS or Bandid Goreim DF145BS (バンディッドゴレイムDF145BS, Bandeiddo Goreimu DF145BS) is a Earth Element Defense Type Beyblade that appears in the anime and manga series Beyblade: Shogun Steel. It is Yoshio Iwayama's Beyblade. It was released as a Starter (BBG-20) on August 11, 2012 in Japan, and later in western countries as a Starter Pack (SS-20) in 2014.
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Shogun Face Bolt - Golem
This Metal Face Bolt depicts a rock golem in a defensive position. Being brown in colour, true to its classical element, the golem bears a gladiator-esque helmet for its face with black nothingness yet carrying a bright yellow eye. It then consists of its two rocky arms which are quite jagged and bulky. Its left arm is lastly shown compromising a fist as a symbol for Bandit Golem's type.
Warrior Wheel - Golem
- Main article: Warrior Wheel - Golem
The Golem (Japanese: Goreim) Warrior Wheel features several sections that resemble rocks, with many crevasses. Several protrusions like pieces of an armor constitute Goreim's outermost circumference. On the opposite side of the hole where the Element Wheel protrudes is a helmet designed into the Warrior Wheel. The weight, albeit light in comparison to other Warrior Wheels, seems distributed right on its edges, away from its center.
Element Wheel - Bandit
- Main article: Element Wheel - Bandit
Bandit (or Bandid) is a blocky Element Wheel, with a design resembling daggers. Bandit is meant to complement the Golem Warrior Wheel: like Golem, Bandit has block shapes with ridges in between them.
Like other Element Wheels, Bandit is outclassed by the use of two Warrior Wheels in a Synchrome Combination. However, in the WBO's MFB Limited Format, where the Synchrome gimmick is restricted, Bandit is a top tier Element Wheel choice for Attack Combinations when paired with Warrior Wheels such as Wyvern, Zirago, and Pegasus.
There is a minor mold variation with Bandit: the Hasbro release is both lighter and less durable than the Takara Tomy release, due to the material used. As such, the Takara Tomy releases are preferable for competitive use.
Spin Track - Down Force 145
- Main article: Spin Track - Down Force 145
Down Force 145 (DF145) has four upward facing wings protruding from the top of the Spin Track, which aside from giving it extra weight are meant to push air downwards. It is outclassed for use in Stamina combinations. Instead, Spin Tracks such as AD145 and 145 are used.
Performance Tip - Bottom Spike
- Main article: Performance Tip - Bottom Spike
Bottom Spike is quite similar to that of Spike. Bottom Spike offers very little movement and as such gives no Attack potential. The pointed tip allows for very little friction between the bottom and the stadium surface, which helps prevent the loss of Spin Velocity. Bottom Spike has decent Stamina, but because the tip is so fine, it experiences the same balance issues that Spike does. Defense, Semi-Defense, and Wide Defense are much better choices.
Releases
Takara Tomy
- BBG-20 Booster
Hasbro
- SS-20 Starter Pack
- SS-20A Behemoth Golem Earth Synchrome 2-Pack
Appearances
Gallery
Toyline
Takara Tomy
Hasbro
Anime
Trivia
- Bandit Golem is the fourth Beyblade released with the DF145BS combo, with the first three being Virgo DF145BS, Libra DF145BS and Pisces DF145BS.
- Bandit Golem's anime beast bears a striking resemblance to the monster form of Gorem (Golem in the Japanese version), a Bakugan from the Japanese-Canadian anime, Bakugan Battle Brawlers.
- Also, Goreim (ゴレイム) and Golem (ゴーレム) share some of the same Japanese characters, even their Romaji names are very much alike. i.e. Goreimu vs. Gōremu
- Bandit Golem and Berserker Behemoth are the only beys in the Anime to use a "reverse synchrome". Before Kira discarded it, the Synchrome Bey was Golem-Behemoth SR200BWD, but after disposing of it, Yoshio took Behemoth and made Behemoth-Golem DF145BS
- Although classified as a Defense-type, it doesn't have much defense due to its BS tip.
Name origin
Bandit Golem is based primarily on the Golem. Originating from Jewish mythology, golems were sentient creatures constructed of inanimate matter; though it it most well-know as being a humanoid creature made of rock or stone. In other essence, golems have been featured in countless stories and tales and have also been included in the media. Golem is also known to be servants of evil forces. It is basically a creature that is an embodiment of destruction.
Name origin
In its Japanese name, Goreim is a stylized derivation of the "golem". Interestingly enough though, is that it shares the same case with Saramanda in that whilst Saramanda was a result of a derivation of "salamander", in Japanese, the characters of "r" and "l" carry the exact same sound (while "l" is non-existant), therefore using the former in place for the latter.
Bandid comes from "bandit", lawless people who very much in the same vein as robbers, attacked and had the use of weaponry to obtain their booty. One aspect of Bandid Goreim and its anime beast is that however, it does not seem to show any correlation bandit-wise. The only exception however seems to be that as bandits were usually of the Old West, they wore eye-masks similar to robbers and in the chapter that Bandid Goreim's owner, Yoshio Iwayama debuted in, he is shown in a silhouette with something on his eyes that can be made out as a bandit's eye mask. Despite this, he is never shown to have this later on in the manga or anime.
The weapon on its Japanese packaging that usually relates with their "warrior name" is shown as a labrys, a double-bladed axe. It once again, fails to show any resemblance to a bandit.
External links
- Beyblade.co.jp Zero-G index
- WBBA Bandid Goreim DF145BS page
- WBO Bandid Goreim DF145BS thread
- Beywiki Bandid Goreim DF145BS article stub