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Beyblade file · Plastic generation
Spin Dragoon
Arutimetto Doragūn · アルティメットドラグーン
Also known as Ultimate Dragoon / Battle Dragoon (Beyblade Spin Up Guidebook) / Dragoon (manga; with Dragoon Bit Chip)
- Spin
- Right-Spin
- Code
- 01
- Released
- July 17th, 1999 (Japan)
4
parts
2
cards across 2 games
Description
Takara put this top on shelves in July 1999 as the very first Beyblade product sold, known among fans as Ultimate Dragoon. Tyson Granger carries it briefly in the anime and more prominently in the manga as his first top, spinning right on a Cross Dragon attack ring, a Wide weight disk and a Flat blade base. It later gives way to Dragoon Grip Attacker as his signature build.
On file
The record
- Type
- Attack
- Spin
- Right-Spin
- System
- 4 Layer System
- Series
- Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade
- Other code
- 01
- Price as printed
- 680円
- Released in Japan
- July 17th, 1999
- Japanese name
- アルティメットドラグーン
- Romaji
- Arutimetto Doragūn
- Also known as
- Ultimate Dragoon / Battle Dragoon (Beyblade Spin Up Guidebook) / Dragoon (manga; with Dragoon Bit Chip)
- First anime appearance
- Back to Basics
- Manga
- The Invincible Beyblader
- Owner (in the story)
- Tyson Granger
Parts
- Bit ChipUltimate Dragoon
- Attack RingCross Dragon2.7 g
- Weight DiskWide13 grams
- Blade BaseFlat8 grams
Open in the builder Swap any part and watch the stats move.
Part by part
Parts in detail
The first release of the franchise's 'Bakuten' reboot era. Hasbro added 'Ultimate' to the names of the rest of the original 'First 3' releases but dropped it here, which the source calls baffling.
| Slot | Part | Weight | Spin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack Ring | Cross Dragon | 2.7 g | Right Spin Only | A small ring with flat-faced contact points that generate meaningful recoil without offering useful attack contact. Its size still protrudes slightly past Wide Survivor, making it too recoil-heavy for survival or spin-stealing use. |
| Weight Disk | Wide | 12.7 g | A light disk with average width and a more centrally focused mass than its own successors, making it heavier than Eight Wide despite the name. Its shape still causes recoil despite the light weight, and Ten Balance offers a better all-around spread. | |
| Blade Base | Flat Base | 6.5 g | Right Spin Only | Right-spin only, with its spin gear built in. Its extremely low profile helps it get underneath opponents, but it can't take a Heavy Metal Core and has limited recoil control. |
Weights are single copies weighed on their own; a part can vary by a few tenths of a gram.
Colours & Versions 10
1 recolour · 9 editions.
| Version | Kind | Colours |
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Dragoon#14 BeyBattle Set | Edition | White with gold-plated Weight Disk |
| Ultimate DragoonLimited Edition | Edition | Clear |
| Ultimate DragoonCoroCoro Limited | Edition | Black with MG Weight Disk |
| Ultimate DragoonPromotion | Edition | Gold-plated |
| Ultimate DragoonRandom Booster | Edition | Prize Clear Blue |
| Ultimate DragoonRandom Booster | Recolour | Dark Blue/Purple |
| Ultimate DragoonAvex 2002 Limited Re Release | Edition | White |
| Ultimate DragoonBeyblade Limited Edition (2000) | Edition | Clear With Green Mekki Weight Disk |
| Ultimate DragoonBeyblade Limited Edition (2000) | Edition | Clear with Orange Colored Weight Disk |
| Ultimate DragoonBeyblade Limited Edition (2000) | Edition | Clear with Blue Colored Weight Disk |
In play and in the story
- Released in Japan on July 1999, paired with a blue EZ Shooter and Winder as a Starter Set.
- Reached international markets through Hasbro sometime in 2002.
- Reissued in numerous colour and weight-disk variants, including a Limited Edition clear version, a CoroCoro Limited black release with an MG weight disk, and a gold-plated promotional run.
Community testing, Sep. 03, 2009 — summarised
The competitive view
The very first plastic-generation release's Cross Dragon attack ring is judged largely outclassed for direct attack but usable in a weight-disk-attack setup since its shape leaves the disk exposed. Two manufacturing molds are described, with the newer, thicker one found on later-named siblings holding up much better against breakage. Whether only one of the three related releases uses the newer mold is disputed; ownership reports indicate all three actually carry it.
Condensed from community testing; competitive opinions are the community's, not ours, and may be out of date.
In the card games
Spin Dragoon on cardboard
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The price is the one printed at release, not a value today; nothing here is for sale.