• ceenoteEnglish
    242·
    9 months ago

    Step up your parenting game: Study metallurgy.

  • RandomStickman@fedia.io
    152·
    9 months ago

    I remember kids with meter long rip cords and giant knock offs and extra large metal disks that terrorised the playground back in the day lol. There were also kids with knock off metal disks with flints that spark when 2 bayblades hit each other so that was cool.

    • fartographerEnglish
      108·
      9 months ago

      I remember one kid saying he was going to attach razor blades or sharpen the fins on his Beyblade. I also remember seeing him crying the nurse’s office the next day with his hand bandaged.

      • ValmondEnglish
        78·
        9 months ago

        And they say you learn nothing valuable in school. Smh my head.

      • AeaoEnglish
        27·
        9 months ago

        Knew a guy who sharpened his fingernails before a fight. Realized his mistake when he hit someone with his fist and cut himself up. Poor planning .

  • mcforest@feddit.orgEnglish
    79·
    9 months ago

    I remember those fake beyblades that were completely made out of metal. Those things were dangerous. Never used my original beyblades against those death machines.

    • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
      25·
      9 months ago

      The duality of man -

      Wholesome: dad gets involved with his kid’s hobby and helps him win

      Not wholesome: kid shows up to play with a rigged beyblade someone else made for him, in order to participate in a one-sided competition, predictably breaking the other kid’s toy

  • idunnololzEnglish
    27·
    9 months ago

    As a kid, my friends also realized this. We started using glue guns to glue more weight disks on our beyblades. It turned into an arms race lmao. It didn’t get super crazy since people didnt own that many beyblades but I do remember i had a beyblade with 3 weight disks.

  • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    Lol nice. I wonder if he used tungsten carbide blanks. Probably densest cheap metal if lead isn’t an option. Would need diamond cutting discs/bits to fit it tho.

    Edit: probably for the best that I didn’t become a parent lol

    • Sunforged@lemmy.mlEnglish
      141·
      9 months ago

      I watched a video where some crafters used tungsten powder mixed in an epoxy for a really great effect. Get that heavy and metallic look of tungsten but easy to cast like epoxy.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      51·
      9 months ago

      But lead would be an option. Just don’t lick it and it’s fine.

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        Haha exactly! That would’ve been my mistake. Helping them trounce other kids would’ve felt natural, much easier than helping them become a better person.

          • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Well yeah, and winning’s great if it’s theirs. Sorry I’m bad at explaining. It was my first attempt.

            I meant that, given my disposition (competitive bitch, often lucky, won more than my share) I would’ve fought the kid’s battles too often, compounded my winnings into theirs, and failed to let them learn to fight for themselves, for others. I’d have created the privileged rivals of my youth instead of helping other’s children succeed. I think.

            E: they’d be no more than primary school age today, so maybe I’d have grown up enough in time to fix my mistakes. Just seems like a gamble when a child deserves better.

  • MehBlahEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    Its funny. I had never heard of Beyblades before last year. A kid/young man came it with his improved beyblades designs he had done in tinkercad. I helped him with how to 3d print them. Somewhere he still competes with them. He is twenty or so.

    • hayvan@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      My young colleagues (early 20s, I’m in 40s) found some real cheap beyblades in nearby Lidl, set up an arena and started fighting at breaks. They asked if we could 3d print custom parts. I’m not that interested in participating but I’m very interested in engineering the shit out of them.

  • GiraffeNeckInKnot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    When I was a kid, my parent found some cheap china beyblade kit box, it came with random stuff to make beyblade. One of the stuff was kinda heavy metal core and it had 4 small plastic bits sticking out, and they CUTS. I fucked up couple of my other beyblades before I notice the damages.