Crush Gear

If you combine a Beyblade with a Tamiya car, you will get a Crush Gear. This was technically released in 2001, but babies born in the 1990s enjoyed this so much. An anime was also released together with the game, where the characters basically crush each other’s gears. It was a fight that would lead to the eventual destruction of the other car, hence the name.

While the anime became popular in Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, the toy got acceptance pretty much worldwide. In hindsight, the game and the anime were actually violent and we should rethink about having small kids play it. To some degree, it would have been better if the game focused on building the toy or modifying the gears. It was fun though and perhaps it acted as a stress reliever, too.