Academy Duel Disk

Dado que nem toda a gente leva este jogo a sério, principalmente os mais novos, em que o jogo e o anime se confundem no seu imaginário, aqui fica o último brinquedo lançado nos States - o Academy Duel Disk.

Um Duel Disk Launcher em novo formato, que busca a sua inspiração no Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (é o 3º, apesar de os nossos Toy´r´Us nunca terem recebido a 2ª edição, baseado no Duel Disk dos Doma).

Pelos vistos, o grande problema dos anteriores brinquedos foi resolvido, e este permite já usar cartas com "sleeves" (ainda bem, dado que vocês nem imaginam a quantidade de cartas estragadas que estes aparelhos já me deram cabo, dado que eu e o Miguel, meu filhote, temos dois!!!!!)

Dito isto, aqui fica a opinião de alguém que já o comprou, sabendo eu que terei de comprar uma coisa destas para o Carnaval...

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"Now comes the 3.0 release, the Academy Duel Disk. Surprisingly, it's just as light as the Chaos Duel Disk. Unsurprisingly, it's not as compact, but it's way more compact than the Duel Disk Launcher and arguably the best of the lot in terms of balance.

It still won't retract as fully as in the anime, but again that's probably not even physically possible. Still, the armature fits more snugly than any of its predecessors and all without any springs or toggles.

The tolerances have been relaxed so that sleeved cards fit without binding in any way, while still seating firmly, even in Spell/Trap Card Zone slots, which are now in the trailing edge. I still wouldn't consider risking any truly irreplaceable card in this machine, but at least now it can be used without being almost guaranteed to destroy one or more cards.

There are absolutely no sharp edges or points anywhere on this thing, nor any action in which extremities might be pinched. You can pirouette with it fully extended with no fear of being cited for assault with a deadly weapon. And, with a blue light on the hub and a red light on the armature, people will see it coming in time to get out of your way.

It would appear that the third time is indeed the charm...

That said, the Academy Duel Disk is heir to a fatal flaw common to all of the Duel Disks but only problematic in the Real World: no Fusion Deck Zone!

In the manga/anime, this isn't a bug, it's a feature. There, of course, the Duel Disk projects holograms and Fusion Monsters are projected as needed, whenever the Fusion Material Monster Cards are sent to the Graveyard, so no Fusion Deck was ever necessary. As a result, no place was ever set aside for one.

Of course, there's also no place for a Side Deck, either, since every Match is a single Duel in the manga/anime, so there's never any occasion to even have a Side Deck, much less any provision for accomodating one.

In any case, the Academy Duel Disk resolves all of the problems with the previous models and takes Yu-Gi-Oh! costume play (cosplay) to a whole new level, allowing True Duelists to stand and deliver without fearing for their own personal safety, that of innocent bystanders or, in most cases, even that of their cherished cards. "