Wolborg 2

Wolborgs are very frequently used blades. Wolborg 2 looks very nice with its silver painted attack ring it really sticks out during battle, the cool blue stickers also go well with the silver paint. If you compare this to wolborg you can see that this blade is a bit bigger than the original, the attack ring is no longer reversed and now slopes down which means you can get under other blades and have the chance of flipping them, this also helps to protect the weight disk keeping the blade more stable. It is also a bit bigger. Lets move on to the best part of the blade, the gear. It has a gear similar to the original which means extra endurance because of the free spinning bearing and axel and tilt attacks 9which work good with the attack ring). The first one had a rounded plastic tip which did lack a bit of grip which could let it down sometimes but wolborg 2 has a pointy blue rubber tip, now it has a lot of grip but it is made or rubber so endurance is cut even with the bearing tip. Maybe a textured plastic tip would have been better endurance wise. The rubber tip combined with the free spinning shaft makes this blade move in a very unique way. The base is still circular but it is a lot bigger than that of wolborg, so you can no longer do two weight disk combos so you may want to swap it for that of wolborg. If you want to use a wolborg for tournament then I suggest you get two, as the tip will wear away during practice. Wolborg 2 is a good solid blade which I think no one should be without just for the gear at least.

I give it 7.5/10

Driger S

This beyblade was originally Rays first blade in the show and he used it right up to the American tournament. This is a nice beyblade for beginners and once u can fully control its spin pattern you got yourself a nice blade. It has a nice durable attack ring which because of its round shape is more defensive than anything else, this means when attacking it doesn�t lose that much spin as it causes little to none friction. It has a balanced weight disk , which doesn�t excel in any category really and it has a nice base which starts in attack mode then settles in the middle into a nice defensive pattern in the middle of the stadium. The metal tip helps reduce friction. This beyblade does the most damage against light attackers with little endurance, as it can attack just as fast as them, is heavier and can settle in the middle to make it spin longer. The problem with this blade is when it is first launched it can go a little too fast and this causes problems because it hit the walls too much and can sometimes fly into the pit. So it may be better to use a Japanese stadium with this blade. I recommend swapping the spin gear for a metal weight gear to increase its weight. Driger blades are also great for doing tiger claw style moves. Although this is the first ever driger it is one of the best and can still cut it even with the latest blades, that is what makes this one great.

I give it 8/10

Dranzer S

Kai uses Dranzer S in the first series of the show. This beyblade was one of the first line up launched. It was very popular and still is to some people. It used to be used a lot in tournaments. Its attack ring is a nice design, defensive and offensive, and the curved shape helps boost endurance. But I feel it would have performed better if the attack ring were not reversed (i.e. facing the same way as Dranzer F). The attack ring is quite thick but somehow tends to break quite easily but depending of the place it breaks it can usually be glued back together. It has an 8 balance weight disk which I feel is a good size and well balanced in all fields which suites this blade well but if you can I would say swap it for a 10 balance weight disk. The real special thing about this blade is the base. The base gives you a choice of two modes attack and endurance. See the idea is when you push the Dranzer S base up it reveals a small pointy metal tip, you then can choose to let the base slide back down and leave it in attack mode (the flat plastic of the base covers the metal tip), or lock the base in place and change it into endurance mode. I prefer to keep it in endurance mode because I feel the blade is too tall to be used as an attacker. The down side to this blade is that it seems to fall off balance quite easily but with its sleek design it is usually spinning fast enough to recover. When it was first released this blade was amazing one of the if not, the best blade you could have (along with Driger S) and it was really hard to beat, but now I feel it is a bit outdated and is not that difficult to beat (unlike Driger S which can still cut it). So sorry to all those Dranzer lovers but I am going to give this blade.... 6. 5/10 But if I done the review nearer time of release I would have probably given it 8/10.

Draciel F

 Draciel F is the upgraded version of Draciel S and the look very similar to each other. The most interesting part of this blade is the gear, which I will come to later. The attack ring for Draciel F isn?t what you would think of to be a typical defence type attack ring. It is more of an attack style like Draciel S. Draciel S had a four-spike attack ring but Draciel F has an eight-spike attack ring giving it greater attack power. Although it is an improvement over Draciel S? attack ring I fell it is still not suited to the rest of the blade, I would have preferred something more like the design of master Draciel or Draciel G. The attack ring is also quite thing, which makes it quite weak which isn?t good for a style designed to take hits. Four of the spikes are designed to look like Draciel?s face. You get to little stickers for eyes to put on each of the faces. They are absolutely useless I would like to see a Draciel F attack ring that has been used to still have all the eyes. The blade has an 8-balance weight disk I like this weight disk but I feel an 8-heavy would have been better suited. Now on to the most interesting part the gear.
This gear is designed to allow the grease ball defence feature to work and to keep the ball bearings from coming out. At the bottom of the gear there is a small tube, which you place a ball bearing in. there is a lid for the tube with a small plastic rod sticking out of the centre. The rod is to keep the ball bearing in place but this is also where you put the grease to allow the ball bearing to move freely (you will have to grease it every now and then) You put an h-shaped piece of plastic around this, which makes sure the lid stays in place and acts like a barrier which stops the ball bearings coming out of the base. Then you put the normal pieces of the gear over that and you have a grease ball gear. This allows the blade to tilt and absorb attack without it moving from its spot, this is a very unique gear. On paper this feature is great in practice it is another story. If you are fighting a blade that is spinning a lot faster than you or that is heavier then you are in trouble. The blade has practically zero grip so the can get really pushed around easily and does (even blades that are lighter and smaller can do it) which really lets this cool feature down big time. The base is very similar to that of Draciel S?. But is slightly different because of the gear. It still has two ball bearings which are practically in the same place as Draciel S? and they still do the same thing (offer either extra endurance or defence). But the holder for the ball bearings has been changed slightly (for the worse). It is a whole lot weaker now and breaks real easy(luckily mine hasn?t broken yet but the plastic is showing major stress marks). There are four extra holes that ball bearings can be placed in I suggest you put some in there is it increases weight which means greater defence, more endurance and makes it more stable. (It isn?t really allowed but as long as you take them out if you are going to a tournament unless you want to cheat and try and get away with it.) I would only give this blade 5/10 if it weren?t for the base, which is very useful because you can place, other special gears in there such as Wolborg 1/2, Driger F etc. Because of this I will give it 7.5 because I think you should buy it for the base. (man my longest review yet!)

Gigars

This blade is really good, I'd heard some bad things about it but its actually awesome it surprisingly enough lives up to all the hype surrounding it. The attack ring works differently on different spin directions, right spin; it has upper attack, left spin it has smash attack. This is a great feature that I wish more attack rings had. The attack ring is also quite large giving it a wide reach. The blade base is final clutch. The main gimmick of this blade is its gear, It doesn't have an EG, rather a CG (Customize Gear), it is the only beyblade that has one. When you pull the clips out on the base, the tip is locked so it can't move, then during battle the clips go back in due to centripetal force and then the tip of the gear spins freely! Giving more endurance just when you need it unlike the other EG gears. The CEW (Customize Engine Weight) is also really good, If you launch it on a slant it will move in an attack pattern, if you launch it in the centre, it stays in the centre in a kind of defence pattern. This means this blade has varied movement patterns and combine this with the attack ring you have some great parts that make a great blade. I would get this blade just for the attack ring and gear because they are some of the most useful parts. I give it 8.5/10 since it doesn�t work as good in Hasbro stadiums.