Super B-Daman/Toy Line

Super B-Daman (JP:スーパービーダマン, Sūpābīdaman) is the third generation of B-Daman toys. Although the first series of Super B-Daman toys retained Bomberman branding and resembled Bomberman-style characters, by the second series the line had fully split off from the Bomberman franchise. Instead, it starred its own original, non-Bomberman designs for the B-Daman mechanical figures as well as a matching setting revolving around human characters competing in sports shooting competitions using B-Daman toys. Though regarded as the third generation, Super B-Daman toy series ran in parallel with those of the second generation, Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden, with the result of both a Bomberman-themed branch and a fully-original branch of B-Daman toys and media running side by side during that era.
With the new sports-style, competition-oriented thematics of the accompanying media, Super B-Daman began a focus on shooting performance and varying shooting functionality that continued forward through the rest of B-Daman history. With the new focus on competitive capabilities, for the first time official materials began to discuss B-Daman explicitly in terms of functional capacities such as shot power, ammunition capacity, fire rate, and ease of grip and operation. To support this style of play, Super B-Daman marked the introduction of Systems and Custom Parts - respectively, a general design plan for all figures in a given series allowing interchangeability of parts among them, and additional equipment that could be added onto nearly any figure in the matching System to modify or expand its base capacities.
Notably, the Super B-Daman era coincided with the heyday of other Japanese "hobby" toys such as Hyper Yo-Yo and Mini 4WD that also emphasized customization and competitive performance, and official promotional materials during Super B-Daman also encouraged B-Daman enthusiasts to improve the performance of their B-Daman through both equipping official custom parts and also original modifications.
In total, six toy series were released during the Super B-Daman generation.
==Toy Series List==
* Super B-Daman Series, featuring Bomberman characters and using the so-called "Bomber System"
* OS Gear Series, using the Over Shell System and partially backwards-compatible to the prior Bomber System releases
* PI Series, using the Plug-In System
* PI-EX Series, using the Plug-In Extend System and being generally an elaboration on the Plug-In System
* R Series, using the Revolution System
* E-Unit Series, using the E-Unit System and being generally an elaboration on the Revolution System
Category:Toy Line Generations