Blade Base V3

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This is a new template for making blade bases that I created after getting my first official plastic Gen Beyblade. The most significant change is to the 8-toothed gear slot inside, which is slightly larger and much deeper than before. Older versions of this base cannot physically fit official spin gear cores, but this model can (albeit with a rather tight fit). A more distinct modification is to some parts of the inside, where inward diagonals replace flat roofs so that key, tightly packed parts of the base no longer need supports when printed with the tip pointed upwards. While a considerable amount of supports will still be necessary, they will be much easier to remove. I show physical examples of the SG Sharp base instead of the SG Flat base that is actually modeled here because I already had an SG Flat base printed, even if it used the previous connecting shape. I still provided a model of the SG Flat base because it has what is likely the simplest and easiest to edit shape out of any official blade base. Unlike my other new version models, I cannot provide a comparison image just yet. The official blade base I have, Customize Metal Sharp, completely omits the 8-toothed gear hole in favor of a giant circular hole, which is not the case for most official blade bases. The blade base is the bottom part of a Beyblade. Its primary purpose is to determine how the Bey moves and grips the floor. In general, a wider tip will make a Bey more aggressive, while a thinner tip makes a Bey calmer. Also, it often determines the Bey's height, since nearly every base has a different height. There are two fairly large, rectangular slots on the sides of each base. Two pegs fit into these to keep a spin gear attached. Because pegs are small and easy to lose, it is possible to leave them half-inserted but still tight enough not to fall out on their own. You can freely insert or remove spin gears if both pegs are half-inserted. To attach a spin gear to the blade base, slide the bottom of the assembled spin gear onto the matching space in the blade base. When fully inserted, you should be able to press the pegs of the blade base all the way in to lock the spin gear in place. Two small tabs at the end of the pegs should hook onto the circular bottom lip of the core.