Counterfeit Beyblades are Beyblades that are not manufactured by Takara Tomy or licensed companies such as Hasbro or Sonokong. These fake Beyblades are commonly composed of cheap plastic, with incorrect or missing parts. Fake Beyblade products have poor performance and may damage authentic products when used together.
Fake Beyblade products are also known to come with unlicensed goods such as figures, keychains and even stationary items like pencils. While the majority of counterfeits are based on Takara Tomy products, Hasbro products are knocked off as well.
Companies that produce fake Beyblades have included the following:
List of Producers
Original Series
- TT Hongli
- Auldey (Alpha Group)
- Top Cyclone
- Le Xing
- Xinlexin
- Da Zhong
- DeXing
- A&L (Aoli Toys)
- Aoda
Metal Series
- Hongyi (Rapidity)
- TKTK TOYS
- Tisey
- GG
- CC
- MDX
- Lian Fa Toys (Tornado Speed Top)
- PK
- BAM
- CC Toys
- Super Combat Gyro
- Hurricane Metal Battle
- BeyPro
- Master Beyblade Fury!
- Super Gyro
- Fight Top (YD Toys)
Burst Series
- Flame (BurstTop Force)
- Hongyi (Rapidity)
- MQ Funny Toy (Storm Gyro Burst)
- SB (S3)
- W5
- TD
- GFive
- Cheng Fa (Yongchengfa)
- Super Combat Gyro
- BEX
- Rotary Top
- Tornado Burst
- Betbtade Burst
- Trompo Galaxia
- 3N
- CNDEAR
- Gyroscopic Rotating
- Combat Gyro Top Plate
- Harspincher
- W5
- YD Toys
- BY
- Sanctity
- GFive
- Super Power
- Combat Top Explosion
X Series
- Flame (Beyb A Dex)
- MQ Funny Toy (Beysuper X)
- SB (S3)
Risks
- Parts are cheap, low-quality imitations of the originals, and put you at risk for injury due to parts breaking during battle.
- Although most fake Beyblades and accessories are compatible with real parts, the sizing is not exactly the same (due to copying molds), making it likely that fake parts will damage real parts when mixed. This is especially true with fake parts such as the completely diecast Performance Tips produced for Metal Saga Beys. The metal used often has sharp edges that damage whatever parts they are attached to.
- Some fake Beyblades may contain lead and other toxic chemicals; combined with fake Beyblades' tendency to break, there is a risk that chips and breakage will spread toxic material.
- Fake Beyblades from the Metal Series and the Burst Series have metallic paint and metal pieces that contain toxic levels of lead and cadmium.
- Some fake Bakuten Shoot Beyblade Beys use dangerous and explosive materials: some fakes included a very large, round Weight Disk which contained a thin layer of Armstrong's mixture (a sensitive explosive used for pyrotechnics) that made the Bey produce sparks upon hitting a solid object, such as an opponent's Bey.
Tips
Some steps can be taken to avoid counterfeit products:
- Look for official company logos on the packaging, such as Takara Tomy, Sonokong, and Hasbro. If it lacks these logos (or has a different one in place of it), it is fake.
- When buying Beyblades online, they are more likely to be fake if the original packaging is not included ("loose" or "single" listing), especially for recently released products.
- Another indicator is the location of the seller. Most counterfeits are produced in China and shipped from there.
- Look for obvious errors on the packaging, such as poor English, misplaced images, and incorrect names.
- Counterfeit packaging tends to have blurry or faded pictures, odd placement of images or text, and often lack UPC/JAN barcodes or QR codes of any kind. Some that include barcodes will lack the numbers underneath the stripes, or have blurry barcodes.
- Official products produced by Hasbro, Takara Tomy and Sonokong will have company contact information such as phone numbers and addresses.
- Rubber components are often missing or replaced with solid plastic.
- Real Beyblades often have manufacturer's markings such as part numbers which are molded or printed onto the parts.
- Authentic Burst Beyblades use tri-wing screws, while counterfeits almost always use much more common Phillips screws.
- Some counterfeits have the incorrect direction spin (ex. a right-spin Meteo L-Drago LW105LF or a left-spin Xeno Xcalibur Magnum Impact.
Importers
There are several official importers worldwide that distribute legitimate Beyblades:
- Mani Limited (Hong Kong)
- Funbox Toys (Taiwan)
- Sheng Tai Toys (Singapore)
- NewBoy FZCO (Middle East)
- Funskool (India)
- Bankee Trading (Philippines)
- PT Emway Globalindo (Indonesia)
There are various small importers too, but it should be noted that packages with these companies' labels on it means it is probably authentic. There are also signs of authenticity placed by the importers like holographic stickers or documents of authenticity inside the packaging.