Beyblade file · Plastic generation
Dranzer Auto Change Balancer
Doranzā Ōto Chenji Baransā · ドランザーオートチェンジバランサー
Also known as Dranzer ACB / Auto Change Balancer (Hasbro)
- Code
- 27
- Maker
- Takara Tomy
- Released
- March 2000 (Japan)
Description
Dranzer Auto Change Balancer went on sale in March 2000 as a Spin Gear System top, ahead of its successor Dranzer S, built from a Dranzer bit chip, the Wing Cutter attack ring, a Balance weight disk and the Auto Change blade base. That base was the first to switch between Attack Mode and Stamina Mode, a trick that went on to define most Dranzer releases from the first season through V-Force.
On file
The record
- Type
- Balance
- System
- 4 Layer System
- Series
- Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade
- Takara Tomy code
- 27
- Released in Japan
- March 2000
- Japanese name
- ドランザーオートチェンジバランサー
- Romaji
- Doranzā Ōto Chenji Baransā
- Also known as
- Dranzer ACB / Auto Change Balancer (Hasbro)
- Manga
- Champion Gathering!! Battle Tournament
- Owner (in the story)
- Kai Hiwatari (manga only)
Parts
- Bit ChipDranzer
- Attack RingWing Cutter2.7 g
- Weight DiskBalance14 grams
- Blade BaseAuto Change Base
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Part by part
Parts in detail
A Right-Spin-only release built around the Wing Cutter Attack Ring and the Auto Change Base gimmick base, paired with the plain Balance Weight Disk.
| Slot | Part | Weight | Spin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack Ring | Wing Cutter | 2.7 (Mold 1) / 3.2 (Mold 2, reinforced) g | Right only | A four-winged, reasonably balanced ring hampered by fragile wing connections (in its original mold) and a fair amount of recoil from the protruding wing trails; its contact points are also poorly exposed and angled for offense. |
| Weight Disk | Balance | 14.1 g | A light disk with an unremarkable, fairly wide weight spread; its large, broad points create recoil risk against harder-hitting opponents. | |
| Blade Base | Auto Change Base | 8.5 g | An awkwardly engineered gimmick base whose spring-and-lock mechanism switches tip shape from wide/flat to sharp once hit hard enough. It has some LAD but the gimmick effectively spends most of its offensive value on a single trigger event, and it's fiddly to control; starting a match already in sharp mode is possible and passable but still outclassed by dedicated sharp-tip bases. |
Weights are single copies weighed on their own; a part can vary by a few tenths of a gram.
In play and in the story
Community assessment treats the Wing Cutter ring as outdated for modern play, since its four wings sit shorter than current weight disks and expose bare metal underneath in contact, while the Balance weight disk is judged too light to be worth using competitively.
- Released in March 2000, succeeded later by Dranzer S.
Community testing, Apr. 26, 2012 — summarised
The competitive view
The plastic-era Balance-type starter Dranzer Auto Change Balancer has a Wing Cutter Attack Ring, Balance Weight Disk, and an Auto Change Base blade base that automatically switches between Attack and Stamina modes when hit. Whether the part can be competitive against Driger V2 is disputed.
- Item: #27
- System: 4 Layer
- Type: Balance
- TimeOut's test result: 17 wins (13 OS, 4 KO) vs Driger V2 in BB-10
Condensed from community testing; competitive opinions are the community's, not ours, and may be out of date.
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