BAKUGAN BUZZ

Let ‘Em Know What You Think- part 1

What if you could be a “product tester” for Spin Master?  What would you change about Bakugan, if anything?  How would you make the products better?  Would you add new features or make up new rules to the game?  How might you change the way they market Bakugan? Maybe you even have a new idea for a marble or a spin-off series.

Bandai, makers of Ben 10, Power Rangers, and Harumika, has done just that.  They recently held a contest and from the entries chose 8-year-old James Childs to join their toy testing team.  Check out his first review found on YouTube:

Okay, he’s just a little guy, but what a great job anyway.  He is the first to try out the new products, he gets to keep the duplicates, and many of the new toys are donated to his local children’s hospital.

So, here’s your chance to share your new ideas with Spin Master.  It’s buried a little deep, but you can submit your inventions to Spin Master through the website.  You do have to be over the age 18 to submit, so if you’re not, get an adult to help out.  Visit the Spin Master website, www.spinmaster.com.  Select Company at the top of the page.  Under About Us choose Company Contacts.  In this pop-up scroll down until you see Inventors.  Just follow that link until you get to the submission form.  Read the fine print- there’s not much- and submit your idea.  The idea doesn’t even have to be a new Bakugan idea.  Maybe you have something completely different in mind.  Never know where it might lead!

New BakuTech, BakuTech Sets, and BakuTech Evolutions!

Haos Bran Shoult	Aquos Saint Aquas

For those of you who keep track of the Bakugan BakuTech series (never mind that it is only available in Japan), this news come as no surprise. There is a new BakuTech! Well, there are two if you include BakuTech Saint Aquas that was released some time ago. The new BakuTech is called Bran Shoult, shown to be mainly a Haos BakuTech Bakugan.

The BakuTech series has also released (let me just reiterate that this can only be bought from Japan, and I'm also frustrated because Idon't live there) two BakuTech sets! One set is called the Silver Dragon Battle Master Set, with three BakuTech Bakugan marked with silver and the letter S after the names: Flare Dragaon S, Destroy Munikis S, and Van Falco S. The other set is the Gold Dragon Perfect Stand Set, and has three BakuTech Bakugan that are armored in gold and ending with the letter G: Flare Dragaon G, Kilan Leoness G, and Gran Panzer G.

Gold Dragon Perfect Stand Set
Silver Dragon Battle Master Set

And get this! Flare Dragaon and Destroy Munikis have evolutions! (Thanks to Bakugan Wikia for the images!)

Flare Dragaon evolution - Glen Dragaon	Destroy Munikis evolution - Zero Munikis

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Spin Master Helps Japan Quake Victims

I’m sure you have heard of the recent tsunami and quake that rocked Japan. It has devastated many lives, families, and homes.  As you can imagine, it’s really hard on the kids.  Talk about having your whole world turned upside down!  In response to the devastating experience, TMS Entertainment of Japan recently streamed four family and children’s movies free, including Bakugan Brawlers.

Taking the aid for quake relief in Japan a step further, Spin Master is donating $100,000 to help bring aid and comfort to the victims of the Japan earthquake.  The money is being donated through Red Cross and Israel’s Forum for International Humanitarian Aid, IsraAID.  Spin Master works with Japan Vistec on the Bakugan brand.

How can you help with the ongoing rescue and restoration efforts in Japan?

• You can donate through such sites as American Red Cross or Kids In Distressed Situations (kidsdonations.org)
• Hold a fundraiser at your school, church, or neighborhood
• Sell a few collectible Bakugans and donate the money to help
  

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Bakugan Dimensions Shut Down on June 30, 2011!

Last Friday was Friday the 13th indeed. Not only did we have a small power interruption in our street that caused me to read this news too late, there's also "this news" --- the news that Bakugan Dimensions will be shut down permanently on June 30, 2011!

Bakugan Dimensions Special Announcement

Hey Brawlers,

On behalf of the entire Bakugan Team, we would like to thank all of our Dimensions brawlers for logging on and battling online with us. We hope you have had as much fun playing the game as we have had. On June 30, 2011 at 10:59PM (PST), all servers will be shut down permanently. The servers will be functioning as normal until this time and we hope you will continue to enjoy the online world of Dimensions until then.

We hope you are excited about the new season of Bakugan and all that it brings - from the all new Mechtogan, Mechtogan T.itans, and BakuNano to Die Cast Bakugan and to the stuff we haven't even announced yet!

We look forward to the next chapter for Bakugan and we thank all of our loyal brawlers and fans who will continue to Brawl On.

Don't forget to visit Bakugan.com for all the latest official Bakugan news and updates.

Thank you,
The Bakugan Team

There's already been lots of complaints concerning the MS Wave 2 Bakugan with no DNA codes. Now there's this. There has also been lots of speculations, like the theory of a manufacturing and distribution problem concerning the Bakugan with no DNA codes and another theory that there might be another online game to replace Dimensions in the future. There are still no facts and no answers to the questions raised by many of you. But we're hoping that Spinmaster and the Bakugan Team will clear things up by giving us answers and announcements in the very near future.

Bakugan’s Mechtanium Dream Team Contest – March 2011 – Winners Announced!

Get ready for this guys... the results are out! The winners for the Bakugan’s Mechtanium Dream Team Contest held during March 2011 has just been announced!

Brawlers were invited to create their own Mechtogan to team up with their favorite Bakugan in the fourth season. The winners for this contest gets awesome exclusive prizes. The Grand Prize winner gets a custom, one of a kind Mechtogan Activator Card that features their winning design. And that's not all! He or she also gets the following Mechtanium Surge Prize Pack: 1 Mechtogan Titan, 2 Mechtogans, 2 BakuSolo, 1 BakuTrinity, 1 Mechtogan Extension Pack, and 2 BakuNano duo packs! Two runner-ups and a lucky randomly selected entry also got the same MS prize pack.

Without further ado, the winners of the Mechtanium Surge Dream Team Contest are...

GRAND PRIZE: DRAGONGIRL9888

RUNNER UP: XREAPERX

RUNNER UP: GROMIT14

RANDOM ENTRY: BRAWLER0425

Congratulations to the winners and SM and the Bakugan Team would like to thank everyone who participated in the contest!

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