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Bistool

Bisutōru · ビストール

Also known as Pistol (English video games)

Balance type Kaitem (video game) 4 Layer System 1999
Code
8
Released
August 1999 (Japan)

Description

The eighth Beyblade ever released, a Balance Type top from the pre-2000s Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade toyline, pairing the Wing Cross Attack Ring with a Heavy Weight Disk and Semi-Flat Base.

On file

The record

Type
Balance
System
4 Layer System
Series
Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade
Other code
8
Released in Japan
August 1999
Released in the US
2003
Japanese name
ビストール
Romaji
Bisutōru
Also known as
Pistol (English video games)
Owner (in the story)
Kaitem (video game)

Parts

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Part by part

Parts in detail

A standalone plastics-era release with no recolors noted on the source page.

SlotPartWeightSpinNote
Attack Ring Wing Cross 3.1 (Mold 1) / 3.3 (Mold 2) g Right only A small, edge-distributed ring close to Wide Defense/Wide Survivor in width, giving excellent solo spin times but real recoil risk unless covered by a wide weight disk; Mold 1 performs marginally better but is quite fragile at the wingtips, while reinforced Mold 2 trades a little performance for durability.
Weight Disk Heavy 15.3 (weights vary noticeably between copies) g The most compact weight distribution of any disk, offering some recoil protection despite its sharp corners, but both Ten Heavy and, more marginally, Eight Heavy outperform it.
Blade Base Semi-Flat Base 7.2 g Right (built-in Spin Gear) A lightweight, stable tip with good survival and usable Life After Death, historically paired with Ten Balance in the well-known '10bBistool' Stamina combo.

Weights are single copies weighed on their own; a part can vary by a few tenths of a gram.

Colours & Versions 1

1 recolour.

VersionKindColours
White Ver.Exclusively used in stores in Japan to demonstrate Beyblade to potential fans.Recolour—

In play and in the story

Its Wing Cross Attack Ring is regarded as a strong option for right-spin survival play, especially the rarer, less recoil-prone first mold, making Bistool arguably the best-performing of the three Wing Cross-equipped tops (alongside Frostic Dranzer and Gekiryu-Oh) thanks to its Heavy disk, even though cheaper or more flexible alternatives like Driger S and Roller Defenser make it non-essential.

  • Released within the Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade toyline.
  • A White Ver. was distributed only to Japanese retail stores as an in-store demo model for prospective buyers.

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