Bakugan Toys
There are many Bakugan Toys out there, Battle packs, Booster packs, Starter packs, Card Booster pack the Battle Arena and the Bakugan launcher, there is even a special collectors case to keep the Bakugan toys in. There are also many types of Battle Warriors and they all have different scoring points.
It will depend on your child's involvement in the game already as to which
Bakugan toy you would buy. If your child is a newbie and have friends who
already have Bakugan toys then I would suggest at least a Bakugan Starter pack.
But if your child is the first in your street or his class to get them then I
would suggest a Bakugan Battle pack so they can play with the friends that don't
yet have their own. They don't need an arena to play the game or a launcher they
just make the game more real and enjoyable.
Bakugan Toy Review
Bakugan is quickly becoming the latest hit in anime character battle games. It has been selling quickly in toy stores across the U.S. and Canada, and has been named one of the top toys of 2008 by Time Magazine and Newsday.
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Much like Pokemon, Bakugan features both a cartoon show and a competitive card
game, with many accessories to accompany it. The show is on Cartoon Network and
it features the cards and marble characters who are portrayed as beings from
another dimension.
The game components that I received for review include:
- The Bakugan Battle Arena
- A Bakugan Starter Pack in red, which includes three red Bakugan marbles, three character cards, and instructions outlining how to play the game
- Five additional Bakugan marbles and character cards in blue, green, brown, red, and grey
Each card represents a Bakugan Battle Brawler character. Each Bakugan piece consists of a marble that is rolled across the battle arena until it lands on a Bakugan card, thereby unlocking and transforming the playing piece into a particular fighting position. When two marbles from opposing players land on the same card, there is a simulated 'battle' that determines which player captures that particular card. There are numbers on the marble pieces as well as on the cards that indicate the scoring. A quick series of scoring calculations from the numbers on the cards and marbles determines who wins each battle, and ultimately, the game.
When Spin Master toys sent me the latest Bakugan Battle Brawlers game and
accessories for review, I went directly to the experts closest to me — my
daughter and my nephew. My four-year-old daughter played the game with me first.
Although the math involved in keeping score of the battle rankings was a bit
beyond her at this age, it certainly wouldn't pose a problem for older kids, and
it didn't interfere with her enjoyment of competitively shooting marbles across
the battle arena game board until they landed on a card and opened up into a
Bakugan character. She now asks to play Bakugan constantly, and has told all of
her friends about her new game.
My nephew, being a fan of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, ventured his opinion that the
Bakugan toys were likely a knock-off of the predecessors in this genre. However,
the jury is still out since he has not actually watched much of the show or
played the game yet. We'll have to see what happens when his younger cousin
attempts to eagerly corner him into a Bakugan battle brawl the next time they
see each other.