Trypio

Toraipio · トライピオ

Defense type Eddy Spin Gear System

Bit-beast: Trypio · Scorpion
Code: A-18
Maker: Takara Tomy

parts

special move

notable battles

cards

The scorpion blade of the All Starz' basketball player, whose launches come down like slam dunks. Trypio's tail strikes stab downward at the centre of an opponent's blade, a move that pairs with Eddy's habit of attacking from height. Its main outing is the second match of the American final, a fast exchange with Ray's Driger F, and it is one of the four All Starz blades Black Dranzer strips of their bit-beasts in Kai's Moscow exhibition.

Eddy pilots Trypio throughout the first Beyblade anime, a Defense Type built around the Spin Gear System's Flying Defense Attack Ring, Eight Balance Weight Disk and SG Sharp Base. Its Bit Chip carries Trypio's own image. Takara Tomy issued recoloured versions too, among them a Sunshine Orange edition, a red variant from the 2002 Fukubako lottery box, and a green Hasbro BBA Championship Series release.

Special moves

Called shots

Sting Shoot

Notable battles

Where it mattered

Bladebreakers vs. Eddy and Steve, research centre tests (S1 ep 20)
Ray vs. Eddy, American final match 2 (S1 ep 27)
Kai (Black Dranzer) vs. the All Starz (S1 ep 43)

Debut

First seen

S1 episode 20: It's All Relative

On file

The record

Type: Defense
System: Spin Gear System
Series: Beyblade
Takara Tomy code: A-18
Japanese name: トライピオ
Romaji: Toraipio
First anime appearance: It's All Relative
Manga: Another Showdown!! Takao VS Michael
Owner (in the story): Eddy
Colours: blackredsilver

Parts

Bit ChipTrypio
Attack RingFlying Defense7 Grams
Weight DiskEight Balance14 Grams
Spin GearRight SG
Blade BaseSG Sharp Base7 Grams

Open in the builder Swap any part and watch the stats move.

Part by part

Parts in detail

Takara's version of Trypio, built around a working 'flying' launch gimmick; contrasts with Hasbro's release, where the same gimmick was removed (see Trypio (Hasbro)).

Slot	Part	Weight	Spin	Note
Attack Ring	Flying Defense	6.2 g	Right and Left	Takara's molding differs substantially from Hasbro's, likely for regulatory reasons around flying-toy gimmicks. Launched upside-down, it generates downforce in Right Spin but destabilizing lift in Left Spin, and its light weight and edge protrusions leave it easy for opponents to knock around.
Weight Disk	Eight Heavy	15.3 (regular mold) / 15.5 (indent mold) g		A compact heavy disk generally a notch below Ten Heavy in every role it fills, though still a fair pick for compacts, traditional upper attack, and as a backup for weight-based defense or force smash.
Spin Gear	Right Spin Gear Shells	1.1 each (shells) + 1.12 (Metal Weight Gear, optional) g	Right	The original right-spin shell casing, incompatible with Neo cores and thus generally passed over for Neo shells in competitive builds.
Spin Gear	Regular SG Core Part	0.61 g		The plain, lightweight core that clips the Beyblade together and can double as a ripcord gear on bearing-gyro models. Being nearly the lightest core in the game, it suits stamina builds that don't need a gimmicked spin gear.
Blade Base	SG Sharp Base	6.6 g		A tall, sharp-tipped spin-gear base whose height and material make it unstable and short-lived against most opponents.

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 players who still run Spin Gear era gear rate this as a sturdy, if dated, defensive build, its wide Flying Defense ring and Eight Balance disk favoured for absorbing knockback rather than for spin-stealing offence.

Released as part of the original Spin Gear System toyline in the early 2000s
A red Fukubako 2002 lottery variant followed
Hasbro issued a green version for its BBA Championship Series

Community testing, 2009-03-08 — summarised

The competitive view

Trypio is a plastic-generation Beyblade whose Flying Defence attack ring is notable for a flight gimmick on the Takara mold (removed on the Hasbro mold, which instead became useful against spin-stealing thanks to its now-fully-circular shape).

The Takara Flying Defence's width makes it too large to be thrown out of stadiums like Tornado Balance Type S; the Hasbro mold removed the flying ability and the three attack points, becoming a fully circular ring nearly impossible to steal spin from when paired with a low base.

Verdict as the draft gives it: Called of no competitive use and worth buying only for collectors.

Attack Ring: Flying Defence, 7 grams, 8.84cm (3.50 inches) wide on the Takara mold
Weight Disk: Eight Balance (see Balance Weight Disks)
Blade Base: SG Sharp Base (see SG Sharp)

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

In the card games