Sol Blaze V145 AS is a Balance Type Beyblade that appeared in the Metal Fight Beyblade The Movie: VS The Sun - Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader movie. It also makes an appearance in the Metal Fight Beyblade manga, in the special chapter titled Clash of the Titans! Ryuga VS Helios. It is owned by Helios.
It was originally released by Takara Tomy in Japan in August 2010. Bladers could obtain Sol Blaze by pre-ordering movie tickets at a Lawson convenience store. It was later released by Takara Tomy's regional partners Mani Limited (Hong Kong) and Funbox Toys (Taiwan).
Parts Overview[]
Face: Blaze[]
The Face Bolt depicts the Sun, the star in the center of our Solar System. The design is of the scorching-yellow Sun which seems to have an "eye" in the center in a vortex-like shape whilst on a red Face Bolt. The letters S - U - N are embedded in each ray of Blaze’s motif.
The Metal Face Bolt version titled Metal Face Blaze Ver. weighs 4.5 grams, making it the fourth heaviest Face Bolt in the Metal Saga toyline, after Metal Face Heavy (MF-H), Metal Face L-Drago Ver., and the original Metal Face Bolt.
Clear Wheel: Blaze[]
- Weight: 3.0 grams
Has 6 Flame patterns and two fire patterns. It is a bright orange. Blaze features sweeping designs reminiscent of solar prominences, as well as two more traditional flame designs on opposite sides of the Energy Ring.
Metal Wheel: Sol[]
- Weight: 31.7 grams
Sol is painted a metallic red and is separated into four sections, each carrying three leaf-like spikes; each second spike features a yellow highlight for a grand total of twelve spikes. The spikes also have gaps on them from a front-side view. Sol has similarities with Dark due to the design as well as featuring twelve spikes in total. However, just like Dark, Sol is hollow and features no Attack or Stamina potential whatsoever. However, Sol experiences less recoil than Dark due to the spikes being closely packed together which gives it some defense potential.
The original release of Sol is painted red. It can tip other Beys over a little. Deals strong "upper attack".
Track: Variable 145[]
- Weight: 3.6 grams (1.0 grams - little changing plate)
Variable 145 (V145) is made of two parts. One part, a small changing plate can be used to change Sol Blaze into two different modes, "Attack" and "Defense". Variable 145 is outclassed by other Defense Tracks such as 230, TH170, TR145, C145, and UW145. However, it still outclasses Tracks like SW145, WD145, D125, and AD145.
V145 is made of 2 parts. One part, a little changing plate can be used to change Sol Blaze into 2 different modes, "Attack" and "Defenes".
Tip: Around Sharp[]
- Weight: 0.8 grams
Around Sharp (AS) is a Sharp Performance Tip with a free spinning bowl-like ring surrounding it. For Stamina and Defense, it has good Stamina and the bowl helps it to regain its Balance.
Around Sharp is a Sharp Performance Tip with a spinnable bowl-like ring surrounding it. It has good Stamina and the bowl helps it to regain its Balance. It performs like WD but the tip performs like S.
Special Moves[]
- Blaze Execution: Sol Blaze creates an enormous tornado of fire to defeat it's opponent. Similar to L-Drago, Helios's special move goes by its own exclusive name, being called a Scorching Move.
In Combat[]
| Part | Name | Attack | Defense | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face | Blaze | - | ✯✯✯✯✯ | - |
| Clear Wheel | Blaze | - | ✯✯✯✯✯ | - |
| Metal Wheel | Sol | - | ✯✯✯✯✯ | - |
| Track | V145 | - | - | ✯✯✯✯✯ |
| Tip | AS | - | ✯✯✯✯ | ✯✯✯✯✯ |
Other Versions[]
- Blaze Metal Face - A Metal Face Bolt of Sol Blaze only available when a movie ticket to the film is bought directly in the theater.
- Sol Blaze V145AS Eclipse Ver. - A black version of Sol Blaze with orange highlights. Could be obtained by cutting a bar code from Ito En products and sending them by mail. Only a total of 3,000 were made.
- Sol Blaze V145AS Gold Ver. - A gold version of Sol Blaze. Originally obtained as part of a lottery, 100 were originally produced, before being released more widely by Mani Limited and Funbox toys.
- Sol Pegasis V145 R²F - A Pegasis variant of Sol Blaze. It was released by Takara Tomy in Japan as a CoroCoro Comic lottery exclusive, with only 10 of them being produced.
Trivia[]
- Sol is Latin for "sun".
- The Eclipse version of the Sol Fusion Wheel seems to be slightly heavier than the normal Sol Fusion Wheel.
- The Metal Face Bolt of Sol Blaze was also available at the 2010 World Hobby Fair and had a -0.4 grams weight difference with a standard Metal Face Bolt.
- In the anime it was unlocked with the Beyblade Dark Poseidon 145WD.
- Sol Blaze is the first and only "Ultimate" Type so far in Beyblade history.
- In the Beyblade: Metal Masters video game, Sol Blaze is labeled as a Balance-Type.
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