Term · Across generations

Counterfeit Beyblades

Products not made by Takara Tomy or licensed partners like Hasbro and Sonokong turn up across every generation, typically built from cheap plastic with incorrect or missing parts that can damage authentic gear when combined with it. Beyond weak performance, some carry lead or cadmium in their metallic paint, and a handful of old Bakuten Shoot-era fakes packed an explosive pyrotechnic compound that sparks on impact. Spotting one comes down to missing or wrong manufacturer logos, blurry packaging art, absent barcodes, Phillips screws where tri-wing screws or rivets belong, and, on Beyblade X tops, a missing 'Beyblade X' mark on the Gear Chip; legitimate regional importers such as Mani Limited, Funbox Toys and Funskool carry verified stock.

What to know

Not produced by Takara Tomy, Hasbro or Sonokong
Some Metal and Burst Series fakes carry toxic lead or cadmium in their paint and metal
Authentic Burst and X Beyblades use tri-wing screws or rivets; most counterfeits use Phillips screws
Legitimate regional importers include Mani Limited, Funbox Toys, Sheng Tai Toys, NewBoy FZCO, Funskool, Bankee Trading and PT Emway Globalindo

Where it comes up

secondary market
online marketplaces

Named elsewhere on this site

From our own records Tournament reports, testing threads, rules announcements, news and fake or leak checks carrying this name. Each link opens that section with the name already searched for.

July-08-2023: "One Last Hoorah!" tournament reports tournament report · 2023-07-08
Auldey's "counterfeit" Beyblades? community note · 2022-05-03
what do you do with fake beyblades community note · 2019-07-28

Claims We Could Not Check

Attributed, not verified by us

Some early Bakuten Shoot-era counterfeits contained a thin layer of Armstrong's mixture, an explosive pyrotechnic compound, inside an oversized Weight Disk.