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Salamalyon

Stamina type Johnny McGregor Spin Gear System 2001

Bit-beast: Salamalyon · Fire · Salamander (fire lizard)
Code: A-34
Maker: Takara Tomy
Released: August 2001 (Japan)

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Johnny's fire-salamander blade, the Majestics' most aggressive weapon and a natural rival for Kai's Dranzer. Salamalyon's flame attacks meet Dranzer F's Flame Saber head-on in the castle duel that Johnny wins, and again in the Olympia tournament where Kai takes revenge. The blade returns unchanged in G-Revolution when the Majestics reappear during the European leg. Its owner's arrogance and the phoenix-versus-salamander fire rivalry make it one of the season's best-remembered non-sacred-four blades.

Johnny of the Majestics spins Salamalyon in Beyblade: 2000, a Stamina-Type Spin Gear top whose Fire Cracker attack ring leans on looks and a bundled action figure more than battle output, carrying noticeably heavier recoil than the similarly shaped ring on Dranzer V2. Takara's Japanese release lets the figure's dragon parts clip onto the base for launch, but Hasbro moved those pegs to the top of the toy after the fragile side-mounted version kept snapping in play.

Special moves

Called shots

Fire Rod

Notable battles

Where it mattered

Kai vs. Johnny (S1 ep 37)
Kai vs. Johnny, Olympia round 2 (S1 ep 39)

Debut

First seen

S1 episode 37: A Knight to Remember!

On file

The record

Type: Stamina
System: Spin Gear System
Series: Beyblade: 2000
Takara Tomy code: A-34
Released in Japan: August 2001
First anime appearance: Last Tangle in Paris (flashback) / A Knight to Remember!
Manga: Finishing Move Foiled!!
Owner (in the story): Johnny McGregor
Colours: redorangeblack

Parts

Bit ChipSalamalyon
Attack RingFire Cracker4.85 g
Weight DiskEight Wide12.7 g
Spin GearN/A
Blade BaseSalamalyon Base5.9 g

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Part by part

Parts in detail

Grouped by collectors among the "Hidden Spirit" Attack Ring family; related to a lineage of recolors and limited releases: Bakutenryu Donitrus (a dark-blue G-Revolution-era recolor), Bakuten Henkei Gaia Dragoon (a CoroCoro-limited purple recolor), and Hasbro's own Salamalyon and Salamalyon 2 releases.

Slot	Part	Weight	Note
Attack Ring	Fire Cracker	4.7 (Mold 1) / 5.1 (Mold 2) g	An oval ring with rounded sides, large gaps, and large head protrusions at each end; the rounded sides make it less consistent than the similarly-shaped Square Edge, and it's too recoil-prone for Stamina or Defense, plus somewhat fragile. Its raised head-protrusion contact points give it an edge against Circle Survivor Defense but make it weak against Compacts and other short opponents.
Weight Disk	Eight Wide	12.7 (Hard Edge mold) / 12.2 (Soft Edge mold) g	A very light disk with a wide (if less extreme than Ten Wide/Wide Defense/Wide Survivor) weight spread; has minor use with Attack Rings whose contact points get obstructed by wider disks (e.g. Double Wing), but its light weight leaves it outclassed overall.
Blade Base	Salamalyon Base	5.9 (Mold 1) / 6.1 (Mold 2) g	A light base carrying a narrow flat tip (barely wider than SG Semi-Flat Base's flat section) that moves aggressively but struggles to flower-pattern or absorb recoil; figurine-attachment poles cripple its Life-After-Death, cause scraping, and interfere with the deep banking the tip needs for good movement.

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

Colours & Versions 3

2 recolours · 1 edition.

Version	Kind	Colours
Bakutenryu DonitrusBlue variant released by Takara in 2004 with blue and white dragon figure.	Recolour	—
Coro Coro Comic Limited Edition Bakuten Henkei Gaia DragoonA purple Salamalyon with a revolver attacker weight disk instead of eight wide. Dragon figure is purple and yellow.	Edition	—
Salamalyon 2Orange variant released by Hasbro, with purple instead of yellow for parts of the dragon figure.	Recolour	—

In play and in the story

Bakutenryu Donitrus: a blue variant released by Takara in 2004 with a blue and white dragon figure.
Coro Coro Comic Limited Edition Bakuten Henkei Gaia Dragoon: a purple variant with a revolver attacker weight disk in place of Eight Wide, and a purple-and-yellow dragon figure.
Salamalyon 2: an orange Hasbro variant with purple in place of yellow on the dragon figure.

Community testing, Oct. 10, 2011 — summarised

The competitive view

Salamalyon, a Beyblade from the Hidden Spirits transformation-gimmick line, has a Blade Base that is not tournament-legal, while the Attack Ring and Weight Disk are legal. The Fire Cracker Attack Ring's description has been refined over time.