If you are grandma with grandsons, there is a new language to learn, Bakugan and Pokemon, and they make the best visit presents. Japan is the source of these three crazes.
This Grandma was able to hand down the Bakugan, Pokemon, and BeyBlade collections from the eleven year old grandson to the seven and four year old grandsons. The seven year old became the first in his school to pass the crazes along. I love when my almost four year old grandson talks “water types” and ‘fire types” with such seriousness.
Bakugan
Bakugan are marble type toys that are produced by Sega and Nelvana Industries. There are six different types of Bakugan: Pyrus, the Fire Bakugan; Darkus, the Dark Bakugan; Aquos, the Water Bakugan; Haos, the Light Bakugan; Subterra, the Earth Bakugan; and Ventus, the Air Bakugan. There are over thirty different Bakugan monsters, in each of the different catagories. There are cards called Gate Cards, and when a Bakugan is rolled on the Cards, the Bakugan ‘stands’ on the card, activating it. Ability Cards increase the Bakugan Power Levels, or G Power.
The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them. Wikipedia can educate grandma about Bakugan and how to play.
Amazon carries the full collections. The DVDs start at $3 and the toys start at $5 each.
Pokemon
“Pokémon” is short for the original Japanese title of “Pocket Monsters.” According to Wikipedia, “Pokemon is a media franchise owned by The Pokémon Company, and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995. It is centered on fictional creatures called “Pokémon”, which humans capture and train to fight each other for sport.” Wikipedia can educate grandma about Pokemon and how to play:
Pokemon cartoons are favorites, and the card collections are traded and battled. There are plush toys too to collect.
BeyBlades
According to Wikipedia, “Beyblade, known in Japan as Explosive Shoot Beyblade is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki to promote sales of spinning tops called “Beyblades.” Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from January 2000 to December 2003, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankobon by Shogakukan. The series focuses on a group of kids who form teams with which they battle one another using Beyblades.”
These are weighted and spun and the beyblade left standing and spinning wins. You can buy individual beyblades and battle stadiums.
Japan has brought us present gifts inspire eight years of grandsons’ interest and collections to be saved and handed down. They are trying to appeal to girls as well, especially Pokemon, who has girl characters on the cartoons. However, it is the grandsons who are hooked. . .
And will love that grandma can speak their language after learning about Bakugan, Pokemon and BeyBlades.
Joy,
Mema
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