How (NOT) to import a Japanese toy-line

[@JettKuso]

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[@EL-bm9tv]

Jett has a more different tone of voice than I’m used to 😵‍💫

[@peanutsaber8837]

In other words... america happened.

[@legendaryteam3785]

Chek this vide out if you want it is really good

[@legendaryteam3785]

GKroyal

[@legendaryteam3785]

Also it is me fom an other acount

[@josebencastro94]

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

[@shinreilba]

yeah that was the conceit of the toy and the anime. that they were created to effectively "recycle" bottles and bottlecaps in a greener universe

[@Camenye]

And you’re even sugested to use actual bottles as distante measurements and targets

[@Sai-fj4wi]

Well except, TT started manufacturing metal bottle caps specifically for Bottle Man toys now, so good luck recycling actual bottle caps

[@Camenye]

@@Sai-fj4wi Bruh who cares they come in like 3 releases and 2 of ‘em only come with one

[@Sai-fj4wi]

@@Camenye then you clearly haven't seen the new God Cap series products

[@il0v3PepsiPepsiPepsi]

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

[@Camenye]

You forgot to mention scorpio’s ring that can make you push and pull the trigger faster

[@il0v3PepsiPepsiPepsi]

I forgot theres more bdaman with more function but I'll tell there gimmicks on the next Bdamn Video

[@Camenye]

@@il0v3PepsiPepsiPepsi I think if there’s any other video about these it will be about bottleman

[@yi_hou3092]

I think most of B Daman was aired in South East Asia

[@Drooook]

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

[@JettKuso]

You now have all the tools you need.

[@Camenye]

@@JettKuso now it’s time to import a japanese toy line

[@Nauj1017]

​@@Camenye @db guys!!!!! Its that time! Lets import a Japanese toyline!

[@Camenye]

@@Nauj1017 YES

[@Kinopio710]

I tried applying these tips in importing a Swedish toy line, BIG mistake… I’m not allowed in Sweden anymore

[@FireFury190]

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.

[@zrothepangolin]

tbh its big in the west well not really massive but it certainly has a decent population the only difference is that the west like power rangers more it will be redundant to make a KR series when one can say its just a PR series without the teams or mecha.

[@Jirujan]

"they're licensing one season at a time instead of their whole catalog" i can't blame them, unlike Ultraman where the concept is 'alien from space try to protect earth from dangerous monster'. meanwhile Kamen Rider have different concept and theme every season, even South Korea skipped Gaim because the main character looks like samurai

[@lockewampler888]

the gaim suika arms clip will always be funny

[@Zeromaru42]

Yeah but even stupider is the fact that Shin Kamen Rider is coming to the US, but it's only coming for one day. It's not even coming for a week so people can give it a chance. It's not even like one day in the theaters and then wait for the Blu Ray release in a couple of months, it's a literal one day release.

[@tothemaxthor1034]

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

[@swabil45]

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.

[@Ad4mi0]

Kan......

[@mayonotes9849]

Same, I used to collect a lot of them when I was a kid. It's sad to see that they've flopped pretty hard.

[@zafami256]

Dulu aku ada yang pistol bidaman nenek aku beli

[@DaryllAsh]

ikrr, i used to love them back then.

[@Kromiball]

I remember watching the two of those series with that blue hair kid and that red hair kid, too lazy to look it up. I did get a lot of the toys tho

[@sadvec6328]

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

[@JettKuso]

Shocked pikachu meme face

[@erichansen8235]

My god dude

[@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.

[@wynngraves]

right at 17:58 during your DHB, two marbles hit eachother just right and hit the bdaman figure in the top hard enough to move it! awesome shot going through frame by frame

[@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.

[@RyujinSaviorX]

I hope the dub gets recovered fully like the fire spirits SEA Dub that i got awhile back. Only footage is that commercial Jett played when beginning to talk about the crash series.

[@AJsoment95x]

I only heard about Crash B-Daman on this video, I was only aware about Battle B-Daman and Crossfight B-Daman due to GMA Network aired it on Filipino dub, did GMA also aired Crash by any chance or it's just the English dub maybe from cable channels?

[@RyujinSaviorX]

@@AJsoment95x I did sorta hear word that there may have been a Filipino dub for crash but I am not sure.

[@AidanThatWeirdo]

@@AJsoment95x I remember it airing through Cartoon Network

[@kazeki3135]

As a Vietnamese we got the Chinese version of BDamans they call the Ping pong legend 😂😂

[@alfianfawzi2064]

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.

[@Cyberfan2167]

You say that like hasbro hasn't ever shipped toys from Japan before, do you know transformers was originally from Japan?

[@alfianfawzi2064]

@@Cyberfan2167 You're missing the point. It's not about Hasbro importing the toys from Takara Tomy, it's about the marketing. If you already watched the video, you'll notice how the B-Daman Japanese commercials are more pleasing and eyecatching than the US ones. That's the point that I'm making.

[@Cyberfan2167]

@@alfianfawzi2064 well yeah,hasbro marketed the transformers so they do know how to market import toys,that was what I meant

[@mandudeguy558]

@@Cyberfan2167 Then why did the b-daman marketing suck so bad

[@timmyturner301]

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.

[@bigfan10-gaming79]

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

[@JettKuso]

This makes a lot of sense

[@apolarbearlol]

Thank you for bringing up Kamen Rider! I have to further reiterate your point - Japanese candy toys in general are another thing that is basically exclusive to that country due to tradition. They do extremely well over there to the point that even adult tokusatsu fans will be looking for them online or in Japan. That's why the toy commercials go so hard - imagine toylines doing so well that they can be sold for cheap despite being incredibly high quality. I think the closest thing we've ever had are McDonald's toys; which is such a shame...

[@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.

[@theself-deprecatinggeek9930]

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 KZbin. 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.

[@domingoavila3260]

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.

[@RyujinSaviorX]

I love how you covered the crash b-daman segment of this video. One of my favorite lines of B-Daman that and i love chainsaw man edit you pulled to make it look like the main character was firing at Aki’s house 😂. And yeah the core part of the crash b-daman is basically the marble man. A bridge way, connector to the the grip and barrel to lunch the marbles in between.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

A counter-example of a franchise that was brought from Japan to the US in the middle of the run without the history behind it..Power Rangers, MMPR was based on Zyuranger, which is fairly late in the Super Sentai run...there's quite a few seasons before it.

[@Lavendre]

This just showed up in my recommendations, I'm not really keen on these kinds of toys, but your presentation made me consider getting one for myself, so cool!

[@theunknown2778]

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.

[@streetwatcher_]

Schoolyards were fucking lit throughout the 00s

[@dnlplayz4284]

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

[@Scayanite]

Absolutely great work on this video. I've been a Fan of B-daman for so long (as i grew up with the Cross-fight series) and seeing this level of detail in a Bakugan focused Channel (also a big fan of your work in this category)So being a fellow Content Creator, I applaud you for your effort and quality work. Keep it up Man!!

[@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

[@burningandrew1062]

Great video!! I was OBSESSED with b-daman as a kid after finding out about battle online (i was too young to have seen it on tv), got crazy hyped up seeing the cross fight toys on youtube and i was so excited when i found out they were gonna get imported as crossfire, only to get super disapointed learning that they were simplifying the toys a ton (seriously they had what, 3 different types of magazines, a single barrel attachment, and nothing else when japan had tons of both plus other types of parts) and was so let down. They actually had some full arena sets in japan that were like the one from battle and had multiples games to set up, tho the main one was also break bomber. One clarification tho, the break bomber set in japan was actually different than the one in america. The bars holding the blocks were specifically made to be able to hit out two blocks at once on the sides if you were accurate enough, but the middle could only be hit by itself, thus letting you have much more strategy and skill to it, but they made a new mold of it for the american release i guess cause they wanted a cheaper option. Not sure if keeping the toy line unchanged wouldve saved the series in the US, but i think it certainly wouldve made it better, at least for those of us who were big into the toys/series (those commercials always annoyed the hell out of me tho, they couldnt even be bothered to make the cgi look accurate to the toys??)

[@g_y.rtz420]

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

[@LoveAnimeLikeCrazy]

love the b-daman videos bro, wonderfully made

[@JadeMythriil]

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

[@pkt0827]

damn I didn't even know that the US marketing was like that lmao. as far as I can remember the toys here (Indonesia) are mostly marketed straight from the shows and we got the takara tomy releases. the ads for the toys are just played on the toy stores that sold them. and the funny thing is I actually had a friend who I can play b daman with when crossfight was out. thanks for the nostalgic trip man

[@thephoenixfromoz]

omg, I used to have one of these toys, I could never remember what they were called, this video is very informative.

[@Jayyp95]

Omg you just uncovered a memory of my childhood I remember having these things and loving them 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oblivionslefthand]

I've been watching YouheiDX build a ton of Bottleman recently. They honestly look pretty fun, and do all the gimmicks you'd want out of this type of toy, like have mode changes, or combine.

[@LakeSG1985]

Scorpio is a rapid type because you can grip it with one hand using the handles on its head and arms, which frees your other hand up for reloading. They replicated this gimmick with THAT purple Bottleman DX 22:56

[@JettKuso]

Huh

[@MushaGundamMKIII]

I really wanted to take some of the old Zero system bodies and kit bash them with SD Gundam kits. I thought it'd be pretty cool to have an SD Gundam Exia where the clear circular part on it's chest was actually a marble launcher. These things were cool as hell, but really had no good aim with them. They did make some pretty rad MegaMan Battle Network B-Daman though back in the day, though they weren't nearly as functional as the Zero system ones, only having the ability to hold one marble you load directly into the front of their busters, and the trigger being on the top of the buster too.

[@allenusison3124]

Crash B-Daman was limited to East Asia and some parts of Southeast Asia (like the Philippines, who did like the line), but both Japan and America apparently share the same sentiment about the Crash line. See, back in those years, American gun laws are slowly becoming a thing, making sure there won't be anything remotely looking like a gun unless there are major modifications to the toys like firing harmless foam darts or paper bullets that break immediately when it hits its mark (basically why we never get any gun-based Transformer anymore). Crash B-Daman having gun-based parts are an instant no-no to be released wholesale in the West, and would naturally be skipped over whether the line succeeded in Japan or not.

[@ChrisLincoln]

I've got a crazy B-Daman set from Japan, around the year 2000. It's 3 different evil looking, animal themed B-Daman. each one can change into an animal form as well, and all 3 combine into a single robot. Oh, and the robot heads each come off and become more traditional Bomberman style figures. It's really cool, and I wish I had been able to find/buy the good guy version, which is 4 or 5 gundam/vehicle looking B-Daman.

[@adzulhanif4452]

God, I miss my childhood. I used to play Battle B-Daman at school back in 2007-2009. Not until Crash B-Daman aired in Malaysia. I miss battle B-Daman and B-Daman Fire Spirit

[@Shadowlily1112]

I hope you do a bottleman episode too, i don't like the look of Crossfire but Bottleman looks really good. I've been super curious about them lately but I haven't been able to grab one yet since there's like no US sellers

[@JettKuso]

I've played with some Bottleman toys and I reaaaally like them.

[@StudioKelpie1993]

I honestly remember having a lot of fun with B-Daman, I also only just now got into Bakugan (At the ripe ol' age of 29) I feel like if they kept the core concept alive throughout each iteration, I think it would have been a hit!

[@zekebell138]

i feel like a mechanic when i put two piece of papers onto the shooting thingy to make the marbles shoot faster and harder...... and yes it hurts xD

[@zuntata7860]

funnily enough the new Bottleman season is gonna crossover with B-daman, there will be a new Cobalt Blade that shoots bottlecaps

[@seabastian7996]

i collected all of these. me and my friends on my street would use a old air hockey table and painted lines to make our own little stadium to have matches. such a fun toy. especially with the dueling attachments.

[@otex5155]

Yk I don’t even buy these now as an adult. I just like the nostalgia factor Dan brings to this. Brings back memories

[@JettKuso]

Yep thats me

[@wamengxiong0409]

Got some at the Dollar Tree near me. They were awesome

[@leon_blackpaw]

20:21 So.........basically Kamen Rider has a new season/series every year with each year being its own self contained story for the most part. The one you shown is Kamen Rider Gaim which have dancing groups using locks shaped like fruits and seeds to summon monsters to fight like pokemon. In the first episode, the protagonist finds a driver and transform with the fruit locks to become armoured riders. The scene you just shown was him using the watermelon lock which summons a giant mechanical watermelon that can be used as a bowling ball or turned into a simplified mecha.

[@Patichu]

The best way to describe it is imagine if power rangers only came to the west starting with super Megaforce. There is a huge history of super sentai but it would be completely lost on most of the English audience and likely wouldn't make the series pop off as much as mighty morphin/jewel ranger did when it kicked off power rangers in the west.

[@helentran204]

Glad someone else remembers this, because sometimes I think back to when I was around 8 or so, and I distinctly remembered my cousin having one! Always wondered if that was just a fever dream till I started trying to look around and it all came back when I saw Negative Legend's video on it

[@SquishiestSquidy]

This was a great video! B Daman deserves a lot more love in my opinion. While it probably should've been a battle game, or at least had the option to be one, it's really cool that they tried making it different with target practice. I will admit though, the inner collector in me was shaking. I noticed that you have the parts swapped on Strike Cobra and Thunder Bearga. Cobra should have the dark yellow parts, and Bearga should have the red parts. I still loved the video though!

[@jaydefur.e]

Although it failed in the West, in the SEA regions, B-Daman was doing pretty well! I would know since I'm from Malaysia and these things were popular with kids back then. But besides the toys themselves, I especially loved the anime and a lot of people I know who were into B-Daman seemed to agree as well. Crossfight B-Daman/ES was my childhood.

[@mrzima723]

Well yeah I remember trying to fight with other kids with those, it didn't go so well. There was no clear winner ever

[@spinoweebu]

Watching this video when suddenly hearing about Thunder Draken reminds me of how Konig Cerberus from Bdaman Super has the same coe but it can change the place of the rubber strip so you can have forwad spin for power, backspin if you want the marble to return, and side spin to change the course of the marble. I have him on my table now too.

[@pocketman97]

I love how informative your videos are

[@BugsyFoga]

This ain’t your grandmas B-daman

[@Artski]

Hey man, I enjoyed watching this vid! Brought me back to them days when I made our own puck and would have DHB battles in school and eventually getting busted 🤣 until they made it an official thing at one point. The “gun” accessory was released in the Philippines as well. Hope you do tamiya mini 4wd next 🫡

[@sirenouir]

Loving the new content Jett! Sorry I stopped popping in on streams I've lost internet irl :) always try to catch you Keep it up

[@JettKuso]

I haven't been able to do a lot of streams sadly... I'm gonna get back into it though!

[@imnotlying2760]

5:26 Never expected to see my countries advertisment of crash b daman here. Feel old seeing that channel logo on it

[@qq13563817153]

I remember B-Daman being even older than Okto, like Kids Central old

[@Theskies2000]

Next about Bottleman the reincarnations of B-Daman 🌊

[@sitisarah826]

Now replace by bottle cap from marbles

[@Paper_Cuts]

After seeing Power Rangers success, always been into importing more Japanese shows like Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Beyblade, etc. Sadly, like you brought up, it is harder to introduce a shows story to another country, which is probably why Masked Rider and Ultraman Powered flopped. At least we still have the anime imports though

[@chronoblue418]

But Power Rangers success is a counter to this argument though. Even taking into account that it was altered somewhat, what we were introduced to in the west, Mighty Morphing Power Rangers, wasn't the beginning of that franchises history. If I remember correctly its like the 16th in the Super Sentai series so all that cultural history and growth seemed to be largely irrelevant in selling the series to young people in the west.

[@vitadude5004]

I disagree with it tho , it's all about marketing, advertisements and strategy to how u present the show in the west ... Anyone remember the kamen rider dragon knight?? The way they introduced the show to western audiences is very good and also very fresh. . And b daman never took in west because of lack of advertisement and proper Marketing .. Meanwhile in some countries in Europe b daman was quite popular . Hasbro actually released season 2 of crossfire b daman it's called fire blast b daman it's only released in Europe ..

[@noodle4542]

@@chronoblue418 You are correct, Zyuranger was the 16th season. Sentai as a whole didn't even start out with mechs or the spandex suits and Zyuranger was the beginning of another large change to the franchise, the introduction of a proper sixth, which was only really tried before for an episode or two in previous seasons with prototype characters like MagneWarrior and X1Mask.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

I heard Ultraman Tiga was popular in the U.S.

[@mikhailsubi6969]

Crash bdaman was in Singapore, the commercial is from Singapore channel 😂

[@vustvaleo8068]

also some of the Bottleman designs are direct homages to the OG B-Daman which is cool.

[@bryanpham7783]

Cross Fight B-Daman was awesome!! The Hasbro version of the B-Daman was trash but Takara Tony was amazing 🤩.

[@nekrumzero8117]

I remember this thing, in the super market there was a stand were they sold dollar items and it had these small toy robots with a marble in the middle( obviously a knockoff), they stayed there until the stand was removed a decade later. I discovered a weird Canadian channel that aired anime on Saturdays and amongst them they aired B-daman, in that moment I discovered what that toy robot was but I still wonder why only the bootleg made it to stores instead of the real ones.

[@yi_hou3092]

Crash B-Daman was exported to South East Asia, I actually had the pair that would combine with two triggers

[@konattaizumi]

Crash Bdaman is the bet thing ever. Also, the model kit part is the best part. Also also, Hasbor destroys quality of every Japanese toy.

[@BatroSkywatcher]

18:25 when I heard the voice from the advertisement it gave me some nostalgia. It felt a bit confusing as it is associated with a local TV channel when I’m watching an American YT video. Saw the TV channel logo at the top right and I’m kinda surprised that the advertisement is from my country’s local tv channel for kids l, which is now reduced to be a part of the main local channel

[@HaiTharImDavid]

Well done video! I think what you mentioned is exactly why some of these franchises don't last long here with the average audience. Such a shame. Battle Bdaman was such a treat! Gameplay wise and collecting wise. They just looked so cool to pose! Gonna have to check out these new bottlecap versions now!

[@dmfyre]

I *think* I remember that the Core prongs' colors were supposed to be indicative of its type...but outside of a few specific cores, the toy quality wasn't big enough to make a ton of difference? My brother and I got some of the japanese versions (Dragren and Drazeros), and the difference in quality was clear to even us then! Plus you still built assembled those like a gunpla, cutting out and snapping together parts!

[@anonimus699]

Now B-Daman not use marble again but bottle cup

[@C.A.R.T]

I remember watching like 2 episodes of cross fire then finding like 4 bdaman toys they were fun for a while mostly remember the screws not staying on most of the time. Still have some of the marbles they're pretty nice

[@mrkicker11181]

The game was so popular in el slavador when I went to visit in 2005, they had bootlegs of the model kits and older figures lol

[@synth-wave_steve]

I like how this channel has explained why so many of these franchises never got anywhere in the west

[@nethanielpetrillo9537]

very good video for b-daman crossfire Jett, i still own the b-daman from crossfire which is a precision type and a rapid fire strike which are cool, 10/10

[@boringbone]

I got so excited when I saw that clip of Kamen Rider Gaim. One of my favorite works from Urobuchi Gen

[@JettKuso]

I specifically picked a clip from Gaim cause it's on my watchlist. Gen's work is usually phenomenal.

[@boringbone]

@@JettKuso I admit that it starts out a bit slow but it's one of Urobuchi's strongest works. You won't regret watching it!

[@darknessblades]

OLD B-daman was OP. you could customize into oblivion, and make some really OP shooters. The new ones are trash since they all use the same core mechanic, and everything is equal. OLD was nice since just by adding what looked to be aesthetic top cover for the shooter, it gave a great boost in accuracy, or even those stupid shoulder pads, some allowed you to shoot more powerful shots, while others did not give any boost.

[@r.i.p.plegaming2327]

So that’s what the hole was for, my uncle had a bunch of these sick looking bot gundam are these? mini things and I never knew the holes were for marbles, I’d just put other mini robot gun-thing’s crowns in them to make a chestplate.

[@JoelCastrillon]

Those videos are amazing!

[@OreoVix]

why was it called cross fight if you didn't even have a fighting playstyle?

[@lusoclement3787]

well, b-daman is quite expensive for common folks like me in my opinion

[@Lavendre]

6:23 I was not expecting to see a chainsaw man clip!

[@ac5shot_eth]

Long time fan I really have been enjoying the branching out into different toy types/brands …. If possible may I even suggest a vid on Gogos from the mid 2000s on ?

[@JayFolipurba]

Whoa, you just unlocked a deep memory. Over the years I thought about B-Daman every now and then, but back then I couldn't read and for a while didn't know what this was called. If you ask me, this was SO AWESOME. Better than Bakugan

[@MajesticSheepLord]

BABE WAKE UP NEW JETT VIDEO

[@gerubax]

5:27 I remember seeing this on TV. The advertiser always has a way to make a new show sounds interesting to watch.

[@cutsleeve117]

Okto! I remember when Mediacorp switched the channel name from Kids Central to Okto

[@MemeLordCthulhu]

I have the blue one that was supposed to be in a playset, but no playset. I have no clue where it came from 🙃

[@Quantum_Plus]

I had the exact same toy seen in the thumbnail (left one). I don't know where it came from or what show it's from but all I remember is that I'd use to take the head off and put Lego Minifigures in the hole and make it look like it was power armor for them, but the Lego legs were just too big

[@lerona.martyr3811]

Finally! I love seeing some new bdaman content lol

[@dochidesu]

I recall a time when Bdaman was showing on Disney Channel in the Philippines. I watched it a lot during it's airing and was able to convince my parents to buy me a Thunder Dracyan. My cousin also bought one, Lightning Dravise. I didn't know about the hasbro commercials before until this video. What I'm saying is the anime alone would've been enough to market to young kids with all the cool battles shown in the anime. It worked on 10 year old me.

[@Noizee821]

i was unironically looking up bdaman videos for a nostalgia trip and this came up just in time

[@EnderBudoks]

There is another version of bottle man if I'm not...wrong..right...right?

[@HDLLHANZ]

I liked BDaman Crossfire cause I grew up with it. I really wanted Dracian for so long even today I want him, but since it's gone now I can't get him without buying it at a higher price than it used to have. Plus the fun part of living where I live is that I can buy the Better Takara Tomy stuff rather than the Cheap Hasbro stuff.

[@ZarctheCelestialDuelist]

I'm like that for Dragold

[@artanthonyenao4158]

Battle Bdaman also had a clip like magazine,i had a bdaman with the clip thingy,its a white lion bdaman as far as i can remember

[@damiamia3115]

6:21 that was just too good 😂

[@mrcoolguyawesome8701]

As a fan of kamen rider that part where you showed a scene cracked me up you should seriously watch kamen rider gaim aka the season where that scene comes from

[@melskunk]

Okay I actually did stop this video to watch the older one, I'm ready 🍿

[@UndeadVideoProd]

I will say, as a kid, I did have a few of the battle Bdaman playsets, but it was all about direct hit battle As a teen with crossfire It was all about break bomber we had a few of the others. But it was all about that was the main set

[@KGKSkull]

20:22 I can explain this scene, the main hero got an item that gives him a big watermelon that turns into a mechsuit.

[@dwikiraz]

battle b daman is huge when i was child in here, and bottleman start to gain "certain enthusiast" in here too .. but when will you talk about crushgear ?? is not imported in your country ??

[@sandhiwistara9128]

They are hard to get in my place unless you in main city you will never get them, but maybe if they relaunch it I buy, I miss my fighting phoenix (a cousin took it instead of my knock off power ranger robot)

[@nicholasgardner2178]

Crossfire was supposed to get the emblem charge stuff released here as Bdaman Fireblast but I don't know if it ever actually launched. I remember seeing product images of the main bdaman in the Hasbro packaging but I can't seem to find anybody listing for it nowadays.

[@Paper_Cuts]

The line only made it to the Uk in very small quantities, with only 5 stand alone figures and one play set ever released