I remember the first one that came into this house…It was a Saturday morning in April last year. We were grocery shopping at the super Wal. My son makes us check out the toy section every time we go. There was a demo lady with a Bakugan display. She was actually packing up for the day. We didn't get to see the demo but my son was watching her pack up for about 5-10 mins. She must have seen him. She took the extra time to show him the poster and she gave it to him along with a pyrus juggernoid and a card. This is when they were still in the little plastic bags. She was very nice, considering there was no bakugan on the store shelves. Ever since then, we've been hooked. lolNow we have quite the collection. With well over 200 bakugan. I haven't collected anything in quite a few years, so when I saw how much my son liked these... well, I might have a few of my own as well.