Beyblade burst launcher license#
In 2002, Hasbro began to sell Beyblade toys internationally (under license from Takara) along with a coordinated country-by-country release of localized versions of the TV series. The toy line was introduced with an accompanying manga series of the same name in 1999. The concept is similar to Battling Tops, a death game developed by Ideal Toy Company in 1968.
Various toy companies around the world have licensed Beyblade toys for their own regions, including Hasbro in Western countries, Sonokong in South Korea, and Takara Tomy for Eastern countries.īoth the toys and their names were inspired by beigoma, a traditional spinning top. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2007, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īeyblade ( ベイブレード, Beiburēdo, diminutive Bey, from the diminutive of beigoma) is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. ( April 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research.