How (NOT) to import a Japanese toy-line

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[ilvPepsiPepsiPepsi]

Heres a function for all Bdamn:
-Bearga= Use Two Tumbs on the trigger pad to add power
-Bison= Same as bearga but using your fist to push or punch
-Snake= Stabilizer on the leg and Straightner trigger for accuracy
Shark= One Hand shooting
Scorpio= same as shark but you can reload while shooting
Avian= same as Bearga but Accuracy
And Finally, Dravise=Rollers in the leg for smooth rolling side to side

[josebencastro]

I find the new bottlecap system pretty interesting: kids won’t spend on ammo and parents would be glad to see caps getting a second and fun use

[Drooook]

Finally, now I know what to not do when I import a Japanese toy line

[FireFury]

Didn't expect Jett to mention Kamen Rider and Ultraman in this video. But that is a unique insight as to why those brands haven't hit big in the west. Even though bad first attempts at bringing over the shows was another issue. Though are slowly growing over time. Tsuburaya had legal problems with distribution. Which is why it took so long for Ultraman to hit the west as it is now. And Toei is just being annoying with distributing Kamen Rider because they're licensing one season at a time instead of their whole catalog and asking for a lot of money for each season.

[sadvec]

You can still play B-daman if you have some kidney stone in you

You ARE the B-daman

[JadeMythriil]

I remember crash b-daman reaching the Philippines. I think it was exported to SEA region hence why there's an english dub.

[AidanThatWeirdo]

Crash B-Daman was actually exported to the Philippines and other SEA countries! I even remember watching the English dub while playing with my own B-Damans back in the day.

[LJTK]

As a SEA resident I can proudly say this is my childhood. The Japanese ones were also more diverse in my opinion while the bros ones were more uniform and solid.

[swabil]

Surprisingly all Bdaman series were shown in Malaysia and they even had dedicated malay dubs on a local kids tv channel. Kinda sad to see they flopped. They were a super big part of my childhood.

[g_y.rtz]

6:12 LMAO THE CUT TO CHAINSAWMAN THATS BRUTAL I JUST HAD TO LAUGH

[tothemaxthor]

a Bottleman video would be so sick, they're a really cool and refreshing take on the franchise

[timmyturner]

i remember when i was a little boy, i asked my dad for these so much but i had to get good grades, and i worked hard, when i first got a Japanese one i was frustrated on how to build it, and then was amazed by how takara tomy was way superior, just watching this vid made me want to dig out my old crossfire bdaman to mod them again.

[domingoavila]

I’m probably late to this but in Japan each core had its own name, like thunder Dracyan’s Japan name was accel Dracyan. Each core had a specific piece that affected its performance slightly. The snake b-daman, s core had a piece on the back that would help guide the trigger more properly to help with precision since some slight change to how the trigger gets push can affect the marbles trajectory. Scorpio was fully design with his core to be comfortably used one handed. His arm has places for your pinky (bottom spike), ring (inside the loop made by the arm), and middle (place it on top of the arm in the part that looks like a button to me) fingers. Your index finger goes on top of scorpios head, under the stinger, and your thumb goes in the trigger loop. This gives you a one handed grip that allows you to shot and reload at the same time.

[theself-deprecatinggeek]

Funny you bring up Bottleman in this toyline critique. I personally think it DRASTICALLY improves upon every single facet of the development of Bdaman thus far. And it pretty much does away with every problem the franchise ever had. Granted, it had a rocky start with the original releases being fairly limited and all the marketing being pretty much isolated to YouTube. However the core concept of shooting bottlecaps instead of marbles gave way to such a needed shakeup in gameplay. On top of all the Bdaman games still being applicable to Bottleman (save for break bomber, RIP), the toyline had a heavy emphasis on TRICKSHOTS. With the advent of bottlecaps, each shot was stronger, the projectile flew farther, and the caps could ricochet into a target several inches away. There were sets released in Japan that purely consisted of ramps, hoops, and other bottle-parkour doodads that breathed life into the otherwise monotonous projectile shooting gameplay. And that’s just base Bottleman. The sequel series, Bottleman DX, gave rise to the return of customization. Each part, each core has some level of functionality and effect on performance. The plastic was also way, way, way stronger and more robust. We had wheels, scopes, and hold part pinchers built into each Bottleman. We had Bottlemen that would shoot caps horizontally AND vertically, by virtue of bottlecaps being non-spherical. We have Bottlemen that shoot 2, 3, and 4 caps ALL AT ONCE. There has never been a better time to be a Bdaman fan and I urge everyone, if they have the means and opportunity, grab a Bottleman DX.

I f***ing love this toyline.

[alfianfawzi]

This is what makes Takara Tomy much better than Hasbro in this regard. Not only did B-Daman was originated in Japan, but bc japanese Toy Companies like Takara Tomy, Bandai, etc are all artists and craftsmen at heart.

They just know how to make their toys aesthetically pleasing and sell to its audiences through its bombastic commercials, something that makes the toys themselves look like a work of art that people can and will eventually appreciate in the long run.

They're also good at maintaining longevity by innovating their core concepts into something fresh with each of its franchise releases, something that Hasbro SHOULD really learn from especially in maintaining their QC, taking their franchises seriously and getting out of that "toys are just for kids" Mindset.

If anything else, Hasbro should've let Takara Tomy's B-Daman commercial explain the products themselves on the TV. Like seriously, Hasbro's commercial was just idk, lame, cringe, missed the mark or something.

[bigfan-gaming]

IxRolloutIx/Rollout Reviews has done quite a few tests of the Cross Fight and Es B-Daman, and yeah the difference between Cores is more noticeable with the Takara Tomy Toys as opposed to the Hasbro ones(Apparently the Power Block aka the piece between the Trigger and the Core itself works better) for one example of a Cores capability Torque=Bearga's Core actually emulates a Newton's Cradle by maintaining Momentum so it does better with a row of Targets

[JangoTheBlueFox]

I'm glad you mentioned Bottleman. please make a Bottleman video, I've found it really difficult to look up info about that series.

[theunknown]

thank god i got into this series when I was in the Philippines and the toy marketing there POPPED OFF, I have so many accessories its crazy. almost every kid had it in school more than bakugan and beyblade imo.

[林ルーカス]

The Cross Fire series toys are also different not just marketing as Hasbro version are also different to save cost. Other than the dragon series B-Daman all just use the same core instead of their unique core. Bear is a power type cause the barrel was made with a rubber like plastic so when fire need more force to push, Scorpion one had a roller at the trigger for rapid fire. Reason why the dragon had their original design is cause when Cross Fire air in the West, the show in Japan already reveal all five Dragon Type and also showed that Dragold can use parts from all the other Dragon Series B-Daman parts

[dnlplayz]

18:05 actually I did became a lil mobile advertiser.we didn't have the shooting range and targets but we did try a lot of things like:

Shooting bricks
-ruined my marbles
-destroyed my b-daman because the spring was stuck and I kept pressing it

Range test
-we played outside so the marbles went to the grass, woods, etc.

Head to head battle:
-not a great idea, people kept hitting my hands.

It was a fun time tbh too bad I had to move to another school when I was 9