Turn up the excitement with this awesome battle arena for your super-cool Beyblade tops. This Super Vortex Beystadium arena was specially designed for super-intense battles -- which is important, because you're about to go all out. Set up your Storm Pegasus and Lightning L-Drago tops to prepare for battle. With its RF tip for aggressive maneuvering, your Storm Pegasus top is a serious mover and shaker. Your Lightning L-Drago top has a unique left-spin that maximizes its attack potential. When these to battle it out head-to-head, there's no telling who the winner will be. Start the spinnin'g with your two Ripcord Launcher tools and keep it going as you chart your battles on the 24 tournament grids.

Metal Fusion Battle Set Ages: 8 years and up What We Think Fun factor: Durability: Ease of assembly: Educational factor: Novelty factor: The Good: Kids must work out strategies and design combinations to ensure victory The Challenging: The arena may not hold up to extended rough play In a Nutshell: An updated version of Battling Tops with more options to keep players engaged

Set includes rip cord-powered launchers, two metal-rimmed tops, and a specialized battle arena. View larger.

The battle arena's concave design facilitates action. View larger.

The trick to Metal Fusion is to build a five-piece top with all the qualities necessary to outlast your opponent. The set contains both a left- and right-spinning top, so you can strategize and create collisions that slow down a fast-spinning top or boost a slower one. Kids will have to use their brains to work out the combinations of spin direction, height, wheel shapes, and tip types that ensure victory.

Strategize and create collisions with these specialized tops. View larger.

Several Play Options
Combatants can choose from several launch techniques to gain advantage over one another. For example, using the Sharpshooter technique, one player launches a top directly at its rival as it enters the stadium. Or using the Shield technique, players make their tops spin faster by launching them in alignment with the arena wall.

Rules of Battle help to ensure fair play, and advanced players can follow Power Spirit Rules to invoke five-second Launch Delay and the weak-hand Reverse Launch rule. With multiple play options, Metal Fusion will keep your kids engaged for hours.

What's in the Box
Metal Fusion Beystadium, two Beyblade tops, two assembly tools, two launchers, two rip cords, rule book, tournament tablet, two online code collector cards, and instructions.