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Bandit Golem DF145BS or Bandid Goreim DF145BS (バンディッドゴレイムDF145BS, Bandeiddo Goreimu DF145BS) is a Earth Element Defense Type Beyblade that appears in the anime and manga series Beyblade: Shogun Steel. It is Yoshio Iwayama's Beyblade. It was released as a Starter (BBG-20) on August 11, 2012 in Japan, and later in western countries as a Starter Pack (SS-20) in 2014.

Shogun Face Bolt - Golem

Bandid Goreim Motif Close-up

This Metal Face Bolt depicts a rock golem in a defensive position. Being brown in colour, true to its classical element, the golem bears a gladiator-esque helmet for its face with black nothingness yet carrying a bright yellow eye. It then consists of its two rocky arms which are quite jagged and bulky. Its left arm is lastly shown compromising a fist as a symbol for Bandit Golem's type.

Warrior Wheel - Golem

Chromewheel goreim
  • Weight: 29.6 grams[1]

Golem finds the mythical golem namesake atop with the a gladiator-like helmet with two small "ears" pushing out from the "helmet". The golem's head is situated between its two arms where its right arm consists of three square-like "pockets" with cracks and dents from ground designed in them. The right arms ends where it "holds" the Element Wheel's crystal with various earth-enchanted crystals scattered around. Its left however, is detailed even more than its counterpart by bearing an increased amount of armour that is quite burly at that. Interesting though, is that the right arm is shorter than the left as a thin-enough gap in-between both appears.

Golem also features earth-like decals that consist of stones, pebbles, mud and silver spikes. This gives Bandit a camouflaged appearance that the military practice.

Element Wheel - Bandit

Crystalwheel bandid
Main article: Element Wheel - Bandit

Bandit (or Bandid) is a blocky Element Wheel, with a design resembling daggers. Bandit is meant to complement the Golem Warrior Wheel: like Golem, Bandit has block shapes with ridges in between them.

Like other Element Wheels, Bandit is outclassed by the use of two Warrior Wheels in a Synchrome Combination. However, in the WBO's MFB Limited Format, where the Synchrome gimmick is restricted, Bandit is a top tier Element Wheel choice for Attack Combinations when paired with Warrior Wheels such as Wyvern, Zirago, and Pegasus.

There is a minor mold variation with Bandit: the Hasbro release is both lighter and less durable than the Takara Tomy release, due to the material used. As such, the Takara Tomy releases are preferable for competitive use.

Spin Track - Down Force 145

DF145
Main article: Spin Track - Down Force 145

Down Force 145 (DF145) has four upward facing wings protruding from the top of the Spin Track, which aside from giving it extra weight are meant to push air downwards. It is outclassed for use in Stamina combinations. Instead, Spin Tracks such as AD145 and 145 are used.

Performance Tip - Bottom Spike

Main article: Performance Tip - Bottom Spike

Bottom Spike is quite similar to that of Spike. Bottom Spike offers very little movement and as such gives no Attack potential. The pointed tip allows for very little friction between the bottom and the stadium surface, which helps prevent the loss of Spin Velocity. Bottom Spike has decent Stamina, but because the tip is so fine, it experiences the same balance issues that Spike does. Defense, Semi-Defense, and Wide Defense are much better choices.

Releases

Takara Tomy

  • BBG-20 Booster

Hasbro

Appearances

Epicode Episode Title
ZG019 The Strongest Man Defense
ZG020 The Goreim's Iron Wall
ZG023 Break the Iron Wall's Defense
ZG024 The Cruel Begirados
ZG025 Win! The Right to Challenge
ZG026 Fierce Fight! The Synchrome Battle
ZG028 Neo Battle Bladers
ZG029 The DNA Shutdown Coalition
ZG030 Decided! The Best Eight
ZG031 Getting Fired Up! The Finals
ZG033 A Pledge with Friends

Gallery

Toyline

Takara Tomy

Hasbro

Anime

Trivia

  • Bandit Golem is the fourht Beyblade released with the DF145BS combo, with the first three being Virgo DF145BS, Libra DF145BS and Pisces DF145BS.
  • Bandit Golem's anime beast bears a striking resemblance to the monster form of Gorem (Golem in the Japanese version), a Bakugan from the Japanese-Canadian anime, Bakugan Battle Brawlers.
    • Also, Goreim (ゴレイム) and Golem (ゴーレム) share some of the same Japanese characters, even their Romaji names are very much alike. i.e. Goreimu vs. Gōremu
  • Bandit Golem and Berserker Behemoth are the only beys in the Anime to use a "reverse synchrome". Before Kira discarded it, the Synchrome Bey was Golem-Behemoth SR200BWD, but after disposing of it, Yoshio took Behemoth and made Behemoth-Golem DF145BS
  • Although classified as a Defense-type, it doesn't have much defense due to its BS tip.

Name origin

Bandit Golem is based primarily on the Golem. Originating from Jewish mythology, golems were sentient creatures constructed of inanimate matter; though it it most well-know as being a humanoid creature made of rock or stone. In other essence, golems have been featured in countless stories and tales and have also been included in the media. Golem is also known to be servants of evil forces. It is basically a creature that is an embodiment of destruction.

Name origin

In its Japanese name, Goreim is a stylized derivation of the "golem". Interestingly enough though, is that it shares the same case with Saramanda in that whilst Saramanda was a result of a derivation of "salamander", in Japanese, the characters of "r" and "l" carry the exact same sound (while "l" is non-existant), therefore using the former in place for the latter.

Bandid comes from "bandit", lawless people who very much in the same vein as robbers, attacked and had the use of weaponry to obtain their booty. One aspect of Bandid Goreim and its anime beast is that however, it does not seem to show any correlation bandit-wise. The only exception however seems to be that as bandits were usually of the Old West, they wore eye-masks similar to robbers and in the chapter that Bandid Goreim's owner, Yoshio Iwayama debuted in, he is shown in a silhouette with something on his eyes that can be made out as a bandit's eye mask. Despite this, he is never shown to have this later on in the manga or anime.

The weapon on its Japanese packaging that usually relates with their "warrior name" is shown as a labrys, a double-bladed axe. It once again, fails to show any resemblance to a bandit.

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