Beyblade file · Plastic generation · form 6 of 8
Dragoon G
Doragūn G (Gyarakushī) · ドラグーンＧ (ギャラクシー)
Also known as Dragoon Galaxy
- Bit-beast
- Dragoon · Wind · Blue dragon
- Spin
- Left-Spin
- Code
- A-89
- Maker
- Takara Tomy
- Released
- December 2002 (Japan)
5
parts
8
forms in the Dragoon line
3
special moves
3
notable battles
Description
The Engine Gear blade Tyson has just finished breaking in when G-Revolution opens. A wind-up motor inside the base stores energy at launch and releases a burst of speed mid-battle, and Dragoon G's engine fires into a full-blown storm attack that Tyson uses to swat away Daichi's challenge. It is the blade of his fractured partnership with Daichi through the tag-team World Championship, the loss to Ray and Lee, and the humbling lesson from his brother Hiro.
Takara put Dragoon G on Japanese shelves as a starter in December 2002, the release that opened the Engine Gear System line, and Hasbro carried it to international markets as a starter pack in 2004. Sixth in the Dragoon lineage and the follow-up to Dragoon V2, it pairs a Dragoon Bit Chip with the Eight Spiker Attack Ring, a Ten Wide Weight Disk, a Metal Semi-Flat Engine Gear, and a First Clutch Blade Base. Tyson Granger carries it as his signature top in the Beyblade: G-Revolution anime and in the manga, right up until he moves on to Dragoon GT. Its first packaging bundled a blue Neo Reverse Shooter with a yellow Dragon Winder and a white Turbo Winder.
Evolution
The Dragoon line
Special moves
Called shots
Notable battles
Where it mattered
- Tyson vs. Daichi (S3 eps 1-2)
- Tyson and Daichi vs. Ray and Lee (S3 ep 10)
- Hiro vs. Tyson (S3 ep 11)
Debut
First seen
On file
The record
- Type
- Attack
- Spin
- Left-Spin
- System
- Engine Gear System
- Series
- Beyblade: G-Revolution
- Takara Tomy code
- A-89
- Price as printed
- 980円
- Released in Japan
- December 2002
- Released in the US
- 2004
- Japanese name
- ドラグーンＧ (ギャラクシー)
- Romaji
- Doragūn G (Gyarakushī)
- Also known as
- Dragoon Galaxy
- First anime appearance
- New Kid in Town
- Owner (in the story)
- Tyson Granger
- Colours
- bluewhiteyellow
First Engine Gear starter, released December 2002.
Parts
- Bit ChipDragoon
- Attack RingEight Spiker5 grams
- Weight DiskTen Wide14.0 Grams
- Engine GearLeft Engine Gear11 Grams
- Blade BaseInstant Release (Dragoon G Version)7 Grams
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Part by part
Parts in detail
No further numbering given beyond regional naming; related to a later Hasbro Metallic Dark Blue recolor (with a Customize Engine Gear upgrade) and a Remote Control 'RC Beyblade' tie-in.
| Slot | Part | Weight | Spin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack Ring | Eight Spiker | 4.3 g | Left (ineffective in Right) | Eight well-exposed, well-angled Left-Spin contact points deliver Smash Attack plus some Spike Attack from the serrated edges; power is a bit below the best competitive Left-Spin Smash options, but low recoil and very consistent contact (there are effectively no 'dead' angles) make up for it, including good synergy with SG Metal Flat Base (Gaia Dragoon V Version). |
| Weight Disk | Ten Wide | 14.0 (Takara/Hasbro) / 14.3 (SonoKong G-Blade) g | A moderately light Weight Disk with an outward mass bias, though less extreme than Wide Defense or Wide Survivor, which costs it some spin-stealing and survival performance. | |
| Spin Gear | Left Engine Gear (Metal Semi-Flat) | 10.9 g | Left | Functionally more of a small flat tip than a true semi-flat, since its edges aren't beveled, giving only moderately aggressive movement. The Engine Gear activation gimmick offers little benefit — early activation breaks the flower pattern and risks self-KOs — and the tip lacks the grip to make good use of any rotation or speed it does have. |
| Blade Base | First Clutch Base (Dragoon G Version) | 7.6 g | Left (near-useless in Right) | Its clutch activates at the start of a match, which is less self-destructive than a Final Clutch trigger but still tends to break the flower pattern or cause a self-KO; occasionally it can barrel into an opponent for real Smash damage, though that's a gamble. Its spiked shape targets lower opponents somewhat effectively in Left Spin but only adds recoil in Right Spin. |
Weights are single copies weighed on their own; a part can vary by a few tenths of a gram.
Colours & Versions 6
2 recolours · 4 editions.
| Version | Kind | Colours |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze Ver.Released as a Japanese BBA G1 prize. | Edition | — |
| Fire Blood VersionReleased as an exclusive recolor in Toys "R" Us stores in Japan. This variant is red in color. It comes with a yellow painted disc. | Recolour | — |
| Hasbro RecolorReleased in a dark blue coloring as part of Hasbro's re-release campaign. The plastic of the attack ring is quite sparkly while the plastic itself is a dull ink blue. | Edition | — |
| JT Original Ver.Released as a JT Campaign prize. Looks similar to the silver version, except it has limited edition stickers that look quite wacky. | Edition | — |
| Metallic Blue Ver.Released as part of the A-103 Beyblade Engine Gear Try Set. The attack ring is mildly sparkling, similar to Blue Dragon versions of beyblades before Dragoon G (Dragoon S and Dragoon F). | Recolour | — |
| Seiryu (Azure/Blue) Dragon Ver.Released in limited quantities as a Crane Game prize. Unlike the metallic blue version of Dragoon G and every other Blue Dragon version before Dragoon G, this one has a bright purplish blue plastic without any sparkles. | Edition | — |
In play and in the story
- Takara put it on sale in Japan in December 2002 as the introductory Engine Gear System starter.
- Sold internationally by Hasbro as a starter pack in 2004.
- Issued in a bronze recolor as a Japanese BBA G1 prize.
- Issued in a metallic-blue recolor as part of the A-103 Beyblade Engine Gear Try Set.
- Issued in a bright purplish-blue Seiryu Dragon recolor as a limited crane-game prize.
- Issued in a red Fire Blood recolor exclusive to Toys "R" Us stores in Japan.
- Issued in a JT Original recolor as a JT campaign prize.
- Reissued by Hasbro in a dark-blue recolor as part of a re-release campaign.
Community testing, Dec. 22, 2010 — summarised
The competitive view
Eight Spiker is credited with excellent smash attack and is considered the strongest Attack Ring available for Dragoon. The Ten Wide weight disk, the Left Engine Gear spin gear, and the Fast Clutch Eight Attack blade base are rated workable but outclassed by later Dragoon releases.
Condensed from community testing; competitive opinions are the community's, not ours, and may be out of date.
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The price is the one printed at release, not a value today; nothing here is for sale.