Beyblade file · Plastic generation

Wyborg

Balance type Ian Papov 2001

Bit-beast: Wyborg · Serpent
Code: A-36
Maker: Takara Tomy
Released: October 2001 (Japan)

parts

special move

notable battles

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The serpent blade of the smallest Demolition Boy, launched from an oversized rifle-style shooter that lets Ian snipe from range. Wyborg burrows and strikes from below, a trick that gives Tyson trouble in their Moscow street fight before Dragoon F pulls out the win. Ian's role in the story is to introduce the Russian team's ruthlessness; Wyborg never gets a World Championship match of its own, since Biovolt benches Ian for the final.

Ian pilots Wyborg among the Demolition Boys, a Balance-type top that first reached Japanese shelves in October 2001 for 780¥. Its build pairs a Wyborg Bit-Chip with a five-gram Double Snake Attack Ring, a fourteen-gram Eight Balance Weight Disk, a right-spin Auto Change Spin Gear and a fifteen-gram Auto Change Base, the last a reworking of the original Dranzer Auto Change Balancer's Base.

Special moves

Called shots

Sand Bind

Notable battles

Where it mattered

Tyson vs. Ian (S1 ep 42)

Debut

First seen

S1 episode 42: Drawn to the Darkness

On file

The record

Type: Balance
Takara Tomy code: A-36
Price as printed: 780円 (Japanese)
Released in Japan: October 2001
First anime appearance: Drawn to the Darkness
Owner (in the story): Ian Papov
Colours: purplegreensilver

Parts

Bit ChipWyborg
Attack RingDouble Snake4.1 g
Weight DiskEight Balance14 Grams
Spin GearRight Spin Auto Change Version
Blade BaseAuto Change Base

Part by part

Parts in detail

A standalone plastics-era release built around the Spin Gear Auto Change System, chiefly notable for introducing the SG (Auto Change Version) core and its dedicated SG Auto Change Base. Collectors treat it as one of the weaker releases of the generation.

Slot	Part	Weight	Spin	Note
Attack Ring	Double Snake	4.1 g	Both	In right spin it suffers extreme recoil that can be only partly tamed, landing as a weaker version of Whale Attacker; in left spin its contact points are poorly placed or obstructed, giving mediocre and inconsistent hits.
Weight Disk	Eight Balance	14.1 g		Outclassed by most common competitive weight disks, especially Ten Balance, with heavier plated copies as the only real (and still niche) alternative.
Spin Gear	Right Spin Gear Shells	1.1 each (2.2 total), plus an optional 1.12g Metal Weight Gear g	Right	Standard shells that can't accept Neo Cores; Neo Shells are usually preferred for that reason, particularly to unlock the Heavy Metal Core in right spin.
Spin Gear	SG (Auto Change Version)	0.57 g	Right	Technically the lightest Spin Gear core on average by about 0.05g. Its lighter weight, paired with regular right or left shell casings without a Metal Weight Gear, in theory produces the lightest possible Spin Gear setup for Spiral Change Base zombie builds, though in practice this makes no measurable difference.
Blade Base	SG Auto Change Base	10.8 g		Technically the heaviest blade base of the generation, but that weight goes to waste on a bulky, recoil-prone design that is either aggressive with poor grip or nearly immobile with little defense; the tip-change gimmick is judged poorly executed. Its clips are the heaviest of any Beyblade base (about 0.47g each), nearly matching SG Metal Sharp Base's clips in weight, though their bulk mostly just protrudes uselessly.

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

The Auto Change Base is meant to switch the Spin Gear's tip from sharp to flat on impact, moving the top from Stamina into an attack mode, though bladers have found the mechanism unreliable — the tip can detach and jam inward, leaving the base stuck permanently in attack mode.