When Takara Tomy confirmed this July that Beyblade and Ultraman were teaming up for the first time, the reveal landed exactly where fans hoped: on Ultraman Tiga, the 1996 giant who pulled the tokusatsu franchise out of a fifteen-year television silence. The anniversary math made it obvious — 60 years of the Ultraman series (which began airing in 1966) and 30 years of Tiga itself, which ran from 1996 to 1997.
The product, CX-00 Starter TigaRage FT3-60T, hit Japan on September 12, 2026 at ¥2,750 (about US$18). It's a Custom Line (CX) balance-type, right-spin Beyblade, and the whole box is built around one idea: translating Tiga's "type change" into something you can do with your hands.
One bey, three forms
TigaRage is one Beyblade, not three. What makes it special is that the box includes enough differently colored parts to recreate all three of Tiga's forms, the way Daigo Madoka shifts between them mid-battle by flashing the Spark Lens overhead:
- Multi Type — purple and red, his balanced baseline
- Power Type — red and silver, built for strength
- Sky Type — purple and silver, built for speed
Two Lock Chips (red and silver), two Flow Over Blades (purple and red), and two colored outer rings for the Turn Assist Blade let you swap, rebuild, and launch into whichever color scheme you want. Decode the name and it all clicks: F is Flow, T is Turn, 3-60 is the familiar low ratchet, and the trailing T is the Taper bit, wrapped around the Rage Metal Blade and the Tiga Lock Chip.
The color change is cosmetic, strictly speaking — but the Beyblade isn't. The two-piece Turn Assist Blade flips over: contact lugs up for a rapid "barrage" striking pattern, lugs down to deflect incoming hits. Takara Tomy's own stat sheet reflects the trade (attack 30 in barrage mode versus 25 in parry, stamina 45 versus 50), and switching modes means physically flipping the ring, which is very Tiga.
A tray full of familiar parts
For builders, the surprise is how much of this isn't new. The Rage Metal Blade and Flow Over Blade first shipped in CX-15 RagnaRage back in March; the Turn Assist Blade had its debut in the Evangelion deck set. What's exclusive here is the Tiga Lock Chip, the paint jobs, the collab sticker sheet — and the included Winder Launcher styled after the Spark Lens itself, the transformation device Daigo raises to the sky in the show's most iconic beat. There's no stadium in the box; you'll still need a Beyblade X arena.
Chasing the light
Availability was tighter than a normal starter. TigaRage launched through B4 Store, the Ultraman World M78 online shop, and selected Ultraman stores — physical M78 locations didn't carry it — with a two-per-person cap and a planned rollout across eight Asian markets. Demand ran hot enough that M78 Online opened a made-to-order window from September 14 through October 12. It closed a few days ago, and those orders are scheduled to ship around late April 2027. If you spot one at ¥2,750, that's list price, not a bargain and not a scalp.
As a tournament piece, TigaRage leans on known parts rather than breaking new ground, and it knows it's a collectible first. But thirty years on, Tiga's appeal was never really about numbers. It's the balanced hero who changes when the fight demands it. Now he does that in your palm, one ring-flip away — and for Ultraman fans and bladers alike, that's a joy.