B-Daman

B-Daman (ビーダマン, Bīdaman^?) is a marble shooting toy produced in Japan by Takara.

The blaster's design is a humanoid figure at the centre, from which a specially made marble, is launched (but even other marbles of the same size may be used). Different attachments are used to change a B-Daman's accuracy, power, balance, control, and rapid fire. They are customizable and each have a special gimmick.

In the English language Battle B-Daman toys, the marbles are referred to as "B-Dama". In all cases they are simply called "marbles" (Japanese: ビー玉; biidama, hence the name "B-Daman") in Japan.

Depending on how it is played, there are different sets of game rules. In Hasbro's "Battle B-Daman" tournament set, it has the following 10 games:

Unless otherwise stated, the following rules use limited model B-Daman as targets:

Game tournaments are by Hasbro in Canada every summer. Takara hosts many tournaments year round in Japan, much like Beyblade.

B-Daman was first produced in 1993, modeled after Bomberman, and hence was called "Bomberman B-Daman".

Crash B-Daman was first sold in 2005/12/31. This series specialized on shooting. It uses pistol type grip and trigger, making it look vaguely like a pistol. It is also compatible with some Battle B-Daman parts. The pistol grips and triggers vary in both size, color, and functionality. Crash only made 40 models before being canceled. Many import players liked the design, but Japanese parents believed that gun models were too violent for their kids just as their kids can enjoy, handle and be allowed to see guns on TV.

Used simple gimmicks such as delta core, roller core, etc. Only barrels and magazines from Cartridge B-Daman were backwards compatible.

Add the gimmick of firing a Crash weapon from the handle as well as introducing much more complex gimmicks.

The latest series of B-Daman which has a toyline and anime series. It is completely different compared to the previous B-Daman. B-Daman Crossfire was directly followed by B-Daman Fireblast.

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