Burst QuadStrike Thunder Edge Battle Set, Battle Game Set with Beystadium, 2 Spinning Top Toys, and 2 Launchers for Ages 8 and Up

My son was absolutely thrilled to receive this product and it has reached his expectations thoroughly

fun for boys and girls. helps with hand dexterity, arena is made up of plastic, only would buy if requested as a gift

This is a decent Beystadium set that features the Thunder Edge Stadium. There are 4 advertised zones on the stadium floor as defined by some sections nearest the side walls, but the concave circular center area(s) are not exactly at an optimized angle for beyblades. This primary “Battle Zone” in the center is where most of the action happens, and it makes this stadium a close-quarters arena for practice purposes. There are no pockets in the corners to count as knockout areas as were the case in previous stadium models, so this is more of a burst or spin-out arena as opposed to a knock-out arena (hence, a practice arena to plink around with as opposed to have a competitive battle in). The set comes with 2 beys (Beyblade spinning tops) that are Hasbro’s cheaper versions of Takara Tomy’s (the Japanese originator company of Beyblade) product. Lightning Pandora Endless P8 (Hasbro exclusive lead character’s bey of the QuadStrike series), and Divine Evo Belfyre B8 (aka Divine Belial 2), respectively. The Takara Tomy version tops can also work in this stadium too, although they will dominate Hasbro products because Hasbro Beys are designed to compete with other Hasbro Beys and not the superior Takara product (differences in quality and materials used). The “Armor Tips” that can be attached to the drivers (the part that makes contact with the floor) that make the Hasbro design different from Takara Tomy is good in theory, but is not very impressive in execution due to the cheapness in quality, poor design dynamics, and weaker or lighter materials used. Even the yellow green Left/Right spin light ripcord launchers are cheap in quality and difficult to handle, but that always came with the Hasbro territory and are what was to be expected. Pandora seems easier to burst, but is the better bey at stamina and typically always beats Belfyre, causing one-sided fights (perhaps this is an important fact to note if you are having your kids share this set). No matter which performance tip or mode you switch Divine Belfyre to, it always seems to burn out quickly, but it does move aggressively around on the stadium than Lightning Pandora. The stadium floor is kind of like a shallow pool, but not so deep that the beys can’t climb the sides. Okay, maybe it does give off a Rise HyperSphere vibe, like the designers were going for a slightly shallower dish than the Vertical Drop beystadium. Though, it would have been better had the stadium been given out-of-bounds pockets. In it’s place are 4 not-pockets designed only to house the 4 included yellow plastic stadium feet. There are also 4 included yellow clamps to fasten the safety shroud to the stadium. To conclude, the Beys featured in this set are lead character beys of QuadStrike series cartoon (possibly the last Beyblade Burst anime series there is). That said, the beyblades featured in the cartoon look tailor-designed to look like the Hasbro product (albeit cringe), but I must confess that they are not ugly as I anticipated. They actually seem decent in the paint and design. I think the Lightning Pandora layer and the QS01 disc weight (a Hasbro exclusive) are fairly good parts. There are not enough performance tips to change the dynamic behavior of the beys but you can still have some fun battles with it if you have more parts from other Beyblade sets. As far as the stadium, I feel it is a mediocre practice arena among Hasbro’s newer Beystadiums. So like other stadium sets, I do believe this is an okay set to purchase, if not just to plink around with the beys alone. Hasbro needs to rethink the out-of-bounds areas because attack beys have been disrespected enough as it is in the Beyblade universe. There is no place to knock out your opponent, contributing to the one-sided battles evident in this set between an attack type like Divine Belfyre against a stamina bey like Lightning Pandora.

Precious gift for an 8 year old