- This article is about the first Metal Saga system. For the final Original Series system, see Hard Metal System.
The first Beyblade system introduced in the Metal Series toyline was not given an official name by Takara Tomy. It was the fifth Beyblade system overall, and was succeeded by the Hybrid Wheel System.
Takara Tomy later retroactively referred to their first year of releases as the "initial series (初期シリーズ, shoki shirīzu)" of the Metal Fight Beyblade toyline. This term was also used by Takara Tomy to refer to the first year of their Beyblade Burst toyline, which similarly does not have an official system name. The term "initial series" (of Metal Fight Beyblade) continues to be used by Japanese fans.
As this system was never given an official name, various colloquial system names have emerged over the years, including:
- "Metal System", an English term used at the World Beyblade Organization (WBO).
- "Pre-Hybrid Wheel System" ("PHWS"), an English term created by western fans.
- "4 Layer Metal Series (4層鋼鐵系列, 4 Céng Gāngtiě Xìliè)", a Chinese term used in the Hong Kong exclusive set 4 Layers Special Edition. The name "4 Layer System", used on this wiki for a period of time, was derived from this term.
- "Horoscope Series", a Japanese term which appears on the stickers of the Leone, Sagittario, Bull, and Capricorne Wheels.
- "Metal Series (メタルシリーズ, Metaru Shirīzu)", a Japanese term used in the Metal Fight Beyblade Baku Bladers Book.[1]
Although Hasbro never released any Beyblades from this system, they created the Legend Beyblades toyline based on it, referring to the initial series as "the original Beyblade Metal Fusion tops from Japan" on the packaging.
Information
The structure consists of four components: the Face, the Wheel, the Track, and the Bottom. All Beyblades in this system follow the same four layer structure.
Structure
Faces
The Face Bolt is the screw that holds all parts together. A sticker displaying the Beyblade's motif is adhered on the top.
Wheels
They make a place for the Face and Tracks to attach onto each other. The Wheels also act as the main contact points with the opposing Beyblade.
Tracks
These determine the height of the Beyblade. Some are basic Tracks with no gimmicks (230, 145, 100, etc.), but some also have special features, such as metal balls (GB145/Gravity Ball 145), down-force (DF145/Down Force 145, DF105 Down Force 105, T125/Tornado 125), claws (C145/Claw 145), protrusions (H145/Horn 145, ED145/Eternal Defense 145) and height switch Tracks (Change Height 120/CH120 and TH170/Triple Height 170).
Bottoms
They have distinct classes; Attack Bottoms are flat for aggressive movement and high friction (F, HF, RF, R2F, MF, etc.), Defense Bottoms are wide/round (RS, WB, WD, etc.), while Stamina Bottoms are low-friction sharp tips and sometimes free-spinning tips (S, MS, ES, EDS, EWD, etc.).
Gallery
References
- ↑ Metal Fight Beyblade Baku Bladers Book