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Welcome to the first issue of Battle Tactics with BrightLight!

I’m very excited to bring you this new article which will be published monthly, highlighting battle strategies for you to hone your brawling skills and become a top brawler. And with Baku-Con just around the corner, there’s no better time than now to develop your brawling tactics!

Let’s get this brawl started with my first strategy tip!

Gate Card Placement: Conditional

The order in which you play your Gate cards is almost as important as which cards you choose to play with. Gate cards are unusual as they don’t necessarily do anything outside of a battle. It’s not until they are actually used in a brawl that you will see their full affect. So, you have to strategically think ahead when playing Gate cards.

Using a card more than once is a great battle tactic! Take for example, the Gate card ‘Flybeetle Rescue’ which allows you to put a used Red Ability card into your unused pile. When using this Gate card you need to make sure that by the time a battle begins on the card that you have a Red Ability card in your used pile. If you are using a Red Ability card with a generic use like ‘Try Again’, which allows you to re-roll any Pyrus, Haos, or Subterra Bakugan, then don’t play ‘Flybeetle Rescue’ until you have already used ‘Try Again’. However, if you are using a Red Ability card like ‘Flames of Light’ then you can play ‘Flybeetle Rescue’ first. Then, use the ‘Flames of Light’ to add a Bakugan to the Gate card when your opponent lands on it.

Using Gate cards and Ability cards in a strategic order is critical to claiming ultimate victory on the battlefield and is one of the most basic but necessary tactics to keep in mind.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my first tip and I can’t wait to share more battle tactics with you each month. If you have a strategy that you would like to share with me for a future article, send your tip to community@bakugan.com with the following subject line – “Battle Tactics with Bright Light: My Strategy Tip”!

Brawl on!

~ BrightLight

For more strategy tips, visit the ‘Battle Tactics with BrightLight’ section of the official Bakugan community here

Attention Bakugan Battle Brawlers!

Bakugan and Spin Master take pride in delivering the highest quality Bakugan monsters, Bakugan Battle Gear^TM, and battlefield accessories straight to the people who matter the most… you, the Bakugan Battle Brawler.

With the upcoming release of the recently announced Gundalian Invaders Bakugan and the highly anticipated online game, Bakugan Dimensions^TM, it is more important than ever to pick up your new battlefield arsenal additions from established retailers and distributors.

For a complete listing of retailers and distributors please visit http://www.spinmaster.com/storelinks.html

Please avoid purchasing Bakugan from online auctions, untrustworthy websites, or retailers that are not listed as one of our genuine partners.

Ensuring that you purchase genuine Bakugan product will allow you to participate in future official tournaments and events, guarantee that you can enter your heat-reveal codes into the online game, and give you peace of mind with our exceptional support with Spin Master’s customer service center.

Brawl on!

~ Bakugan and Spin Master

The new term for the Starter Pack is BakuTriad.  Although the label says that they are compatible with the new Battle Gear, only two of the Brawlers in each pack are.  The other Brawler has the DNA for online play, but no connections for Battle Gear.

We just got back from the NBA All-Star Game in Dallas.  On the way home, we found this Haos Brawler.  The packaging says that it is and we quote a “Bakugan Super Assault” Bakuvice.

Bakuvice AKA Clawsaurus - Closed

Bakuvice AKA Clawsaurus - Open

Then we opened it up and saw there is a Red Ability Card called Clawsaurus. The picture sure looks like a Bakuvice.

What do you think?  Do you like it?

OMG!  I don’t know WHERE to start.  I have to start carrying a camera around with me.  I didn’t today, so you will have to wait until tonight for pix.

Here is the deal:  Are you ready?

You can now add weaponry called Battle Gear to your new Brawlers!

The weapons can add G-Power to your Brawler AND there are cards specifically for them. They are BLUE!

These new Brawlers also have something called hidden DNA.  When you rub it, a code gets revealed that will allow you to go online and unleash your Brawler!

Note: THIS JUST IN FROM BAKUGAN.COM!

Season 3: Gundalian Invaders Bakugan Codes – DO NOT SHARE

Attention brawlers!

We would like to notify all brawlers to not share your Bakugan Season 3 Gundalian Invaders ‘heat reveal’ 10-digit codes with anyone else as they are specific to each Bakugan and will be required for future online use. Do not post the code or pictures of your Bakugan online. Once the code has been entered online in the upcoming redemption system you cannot use it again, so please keep your code a secret for your eyes only!

Stay tuned to Bakugan.com as the homepage will feature more information as we draw closer to the release of the online system and the use of the 10-digit ‘heat reveal’ codes that are found on Season 3 Gundalian Invaders Bakugan.

Thank you!

~ The Bakugan Team

Later this evening, I will have pix, and will be able to write at greater length!

I saw the Pyrus, the Aquos and the Darkus Invaders!  You will too!

Rock Hammer Battle Gear

Rock Hammer DNA Side

Pyrus Coredom

Rock Hammer Open

Coredom with Rock Hammer