Bakugan Popularity Grows More Every Day

My son came home from school the other day, begging to go to the store to buy a Bakugan. Like any parent, my first reaction was to ask what that is. I had to Batman comics him repeat it to me a couple of times just so I could pronounce it correctly. A lot of memories came to mind once I found out what Bakugan toys are all about.

Do you remember back when kids played with marbles? I had a lot of marbles, but I never really played the game since it was a little bit before my time. I Barbie and Ken start playing the card game Magic the Gathering when it first came out, and like many others I was 1948 Bowman baseball cards to it for some time. Then a little while later the big trend for kids was to collect pogs. They had a similar concept that marbles did for the most part. Kids everywhere had to have them, but at that time I was a little bit too old to get involved in that trend.

Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh took over the scene for a while, and had kids everywhere collecting, trading, and playing the cards. Since I can remember, kids have enjoyed collecting something that can be played as a game as well and today is no different. While the trends may change the basic need to play a collectible games is still around.

The game that has entered the scene today is Bakugan. It is based on a popular animated TV series and The Falcon you have ever seen it then you understand the basic idea of how the game is played. In the past there have been games that used collectible items such as pogs and marbles, and there have been games that use collectible cards, but this is the first time that they have been combined to use both.

Bakugan games use magnetic cards that are placed on the field, and then toy spheres are rolled over the cards that pop open to reveal a monster inside. When two spheres land on the same card, then they battle each other to see which player wins. The game is very simple to understand so kids of any age can get involved. Don't be surprised if your child asks you for them soon.

Bakugan are one of the toys that kids are asking for, and if your kids haven't asked yet then they probably will soon. It is a great game and easy to learn, but there are a lot of Bakugan toys that aren't necessarily needed to play the game.