Dragoon F

Doragūn Fantomu · ドラグーンファントム

Also known as Dragoon Fighter (Hasbro) / Dragoon Fantom (anime)

Attack type Tyson Granger Spin Gear System

Bit-beast: Dragoon · Wind · Blue dragon
Spin: Left-Spin
Code: A-25
Maker: Takara Tomy

parts

forms in the Dragoon line

special moves

notable battles

cards across 2 games

Tyson's upgrade for the American tournament, built with the Spin Gear system's freer-spinning core and a wider attack ring. Dragoon F is the blade of the Phantom Hurricane, a full-arena cyclone that lifts opposing blades off the dish, and it stays with Tyson through Europe and Russia. Late in the season Judy and Taro Tate rebuild it with a metal-reinforced ring for the final against Tala, and it is this blade that wins Tyson his first world title.

Dragoon F served as Tyson Granger's third Beyblade in the anime and manga, arriving after Dragoon S and giving way in turn to Dragoon V. The build pairs a two-tiered Dual Dragon Attack Ring with an Eight Wide Weight Disk, a Left Spin Gear for counter-clockwise rotation, and a Fantom Grip Base carrying a tall rubber grip shaft. Takara Tomy produced the original release, and Hasbro handled several international recolors, including a Crystal version and a HyperBlades edition.

Evolution

The Dragoon line

Special moves

Called shots

Phantom Hurricane Storm Attack

Notable battles

Where it mattered

Bladebreakers vs. Renegades (S1 ep 23)
Tyson vs. Robert on the yacht (S1 ep 30)
Tyson vs. Tala, World Championship final (S1 eps 50-51)

Debut

First seen

S1 episode 23: Showdown in Vegas

On file

The record

Type: Attack
Spin: Left-Spin
System: Spin Gear System
Series: Beyblade: 2000
Takara Tomy code: A-25
Japanese name: ドラグーンファントム
Romaji: Doragūn Fantomu
Also known as: Dragoon Fighter (Hasbro) / Dragoon Fantom (anime)
Creator (in the story): Kenny
First anime appearance: Showdown in Vegas
Manga: Volume 5, Chapter 1
Owner (in the story): Tyson Granger
Colours: whiteblueredyellow

Hasbro name: Dragoon F (Dragoon Fantom). Hasbro release 2002.

Parts

Bit ChipDragoon
Attack RingDual Dragon6 Grams
Weight DiskEight Wide12.7 g
Spin GearLeft Rotation Spin Gear
Blade BaseFantom Grip Base5.6 g

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Part by part

Parts in detail

Multiple naming conventions across regions and lines: Takara used 'Dragoon Fantom' consistently, while Hasbro used 'Dragoon Fighter' for the standard release but kept the 'Fantom' name for a related electronic Lights-and-Sounds top; SonoKong released it as 'Dragon F.'

Slot	Part	Weight	Spin	Note
Attack Ring	Dual Dragon (Core AR)	4.4 (5.9 total with Sub AR) g	Both (Right better for Defense/Survival, Left weak)	A two-part Attack Ring whose polycarbonate Sub Attack Ring is marketed as shock-absorbing, though it doesn't meaningfully do that in practice; it's notable mainly as an early spiritual forerunner to the clear PC frame pieces later used on Metal Fight Beyblade's 4D line, including that generation's own protagonist blade, Big Bang Pegasis F:D. In Left Spin its rounded contact points and modest range keep it from being a real Attack option; in Right Spin its rounded sub-frame and curved-back contact points make it not bad for Defense/Survival, though it's a bit too wide for the role and the core frame still carries meaningful recoil.
Weight Disk	Eight Wide	12.7 (Hard Edge Mold) / 12.2 (Soft Edge Mold) g		A very light Weight Disk made in two molds — a sharper-edged one used only by Takara, and a softer-edged one used by both Takara (after production shifted to China) and Hasbro; the harder mold runs slightly heavier on average, but the overlap between the two is large enough that the difference is mostly negligible.
Spin Gear	Left Spin Gear Shells	1.12 ea (+1.12 optional Metal Weight Gear) g	Left	One of two Left-Spin-enabling shell sets (alongside Neo Left Spin Gear Shells), built to be incompatible with Four Layer System Attack Rings and, like the standard Right shells, unable to use Neo cores without Wyborg's Auto Change core — Neo Left shells are generally preferred instead for their broader compatibility, notably with Double Bearing Core.
Spin Gear	Regular SG Core Part	0.61 g		Officially just called 'Gear' (renamed here to avoid confusion with the Metal Weight Gear that rides with standard shells), this small core part holds the Base and shells together via the Base Clips and doubles as a ripcord gear on Bearing Gyros Beyblades. It's the second-lightest core part overall, barely heavier than Wyborg's Auto Change core.
Blade Base	Fantom Grip Base	5.6 g		A mid-height Base with a fairly narrow, hard-rubber flat tip; the narrow tip and hard rubber cost it some speed and recoil control, but a strong launch keeps it quick and easy to flower-pattern, and it survives reasonably well for a rubber tip, which helps against Defense Grip Base-based defensive combos.

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

Colours & Versions 5

5 recolours.

Version	Kind	Colours
Black Version	Recolour	Sold with a Game Boy Player
Blue Version	Recolour	—
Crystal Version	Recolour	—
HyperBlades Version (Orange and Yellow)	Recolour	Hasbro
Metal Master Version	Recolour	Hasbro

In play and in the story

The Fantom Grip Base carries more rubber than the Storm Grip Base on Dragoon S, but the compound is stiff enough that it struggles to generate real friction against a stadium floor, and once that rubber wears down the top turns erratic and loses stamina.

Issued in a Crystal-plastic recolor.
Released by Hasbro as a Metal Master version.
Sold in a black recolor bundled with a Game Boy Player.
Released in a blue recolor.
Released by Hasbro in an orange-and-yellow HyperBlades edition.

Community testing, 2010-08-24 — summarised

The competitive view

Dragoon F is a left-spin plastic-generation attacker whose Dual Dragon attack ring is framed as an upgrade to Dragoon S's Reverse Dragon, though ultimately outclassed for competitive play; it also has a Weight Disk, Spin Gear and Fantom Grip blade base.

Dual Dragon has four attack points but is outclassed by attack rings with more power, leaving it little competitive use; Fantom Grip is a flat-rubber-tipped base, taller and with less endurance than its predecessor Storm Grip, usable at only mild effectiveness in Smash and Upper Attack combos.

Verdict as the draft gives it: The Beyblade is considered a collector's item best suited to those without a flat rubber tip already, not a must-have.

Attack Ring: Dual Dragon, 6g, made partly of 'Dual Carbonate' for added durability and shock absorption
Weight Disk: Eight Wide
Spin Gear: Left SG
Blade Base: Fantom Grip, 6g
Other versions: Metal Master Version; Black Version (sold with a Game Boy Play accessory)

Condensed from community testing; competitive opinions are the community's, not ours, and may be out of date.

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