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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2021 8:56:54 GMT
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Post by Kingoji on Jun 25, 2021 9:13:30 GMT
love him!
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Post by Benn on Jun 25, 2021 9:16:48 GMT
I do like, but at the same time... I have already the Bumblebee's from MP, TR and now ER.
Oh, dilemmas!
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Post by tomwe on Jun 25, 2021 9:31:31 GMT
Is that a Barry Kitson golden comic book Bee on the box? Or something more modern…
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 25, 2021 9:58:48 GMT
Does it shoot missiles??? CAN IT BE???!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Kingoji on Jun 25, 2021 9:59:54 GMT
Is that a Barry Kitson golden comic book Bee on the box? Or something more modern… I suspect it may be a Guido Guidi redraw of the A-Z model. |
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Post by Kingoji on Jun 25, 2021 10:00:33 GMT
Does it shoot missiles??? CAN IT BE???!!! -Ralph Energy conductors. Sorry. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2021 10:01:35 GMT
Backpack and gun are silver in the box back pic, black on toy pic
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 25, 2021 10:01:59 GMT
Does it shoot missiles??? CAN IT BE???!!! -Ralph Energy conductors. Sorry. Oh fuck. -Ralph |
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Post by The Huff on Jun 25, 2021 10:08:35 GMT
I do want that Bumblebee!
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Post by Toph on Jun 25, 2021 10:32:26 GMT
On one hand, I applaud them for actually giving us something that isn't just a Tron VW pretending to be a four million year old alien vehicle, ala the rest of Siege.
On the other hand, it's...not...great. slavish adherence to sunbow... it was bad on starscream, but it's actually ruining what could be a great toy, here. VW parts in robot are awful, and forces his entire vehicle mode to be the worst kibble we've seen in a long time.
And why they make him look like Charlie Brown? What's up with the zigzag?
Edit: OH! That's his front end!
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Post by Jim on Jun 25, 2021 12:14:06 GMT
Looks great! Now do Wheeljack...
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 25, 2021 18:14:52 GMT
Uhhhhhhhhhhh.... Small child would love a "Bumblebee with wings". But based on those pics, I don't think he looks all that great either. Car mode's great, but robot mode? Kibbletastrophy. Like CJ said- too many VW parts in robot mode. Spoiling the broth.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 25, 2021 19:39:50 GMT
Ooh. That Bumblebee isn't quite right in vehicle mode, but that and the Siege Tetrajet would be good together.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 25, 2021 22:26:22 GMT
Come to Daddy!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2021 22:36:41 GMT
I presume the BB above is this mentioned upthread: |
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Post by Benn on Jun 25, 2021 22:46:53 GMT
That box is massive
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2021 8:25:49 GMT
That toy is tiny.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jun 26, 2021 8:29:26 GMT
It is rather a large box. Which does call into question Hasbro's claim to being more environmentally conscious...
But that aside, I love it. Yeah, it's not perfect, but then that's what happens when you take two cartoon models that were really never meant to convert from one to the other. It's as good as we're going to get in an affordable way, and as such I am very happy with it. Slightly disappointed that we never got him as part of Siege, though, but I'm guessing that it's because the aesthetic and/or detailing doesn't quite match that line. Or maybe they just heard me whining incessantly. One of the two. Either way, I've waited 36 years for this, so I'm very happy.
The question now is: Will we get bread van Wheeljack and Croc Jazz also? Jazz seems like a possibility - you could get an approximation of his alt-mode from Arrival from Cybertron by replacing the SS Jazz's backpack/car roof with some different tooling, and maybe a tweak to the legs, and he'd be fine. Wheeljack on the other hand would require a lot more work. But then I never thought we'd get this, so...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 26, 2021 8:37:07 GMT
About the same size as the Cliffjumper BB |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 28, 2021 20:40:36 GMT
And why they make him look like Charlie Brown? What's up with the zigzag? Edit: OH! That's his front end! Preserves the TF as per MTMTE  |
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Post by Benn on Jun 28, 2021 21:04:08 GMT
Oh, that's annoyingly clever.
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Post by Toph on Jun 28, 2021 21:22:48 GMT
And why they make him look like Charlie Brown? What's up with the zigzag? Edit: OH! That's his front end! Preserves the TF as per MTMTE I didn't catch at first that his chest was even used in the alt mode. I'd thought it was entirely faux kibble, like the rest of him. I also never realized that he transformed differently in the cartoon. That's kind of interesting. |
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Post by Llama God on Jun 29, 2021 7:15:51 GMT
Wait. So the toy from the general-availablity, inexpensive line has a non-faux chest that is used as part of its alt-mode, and high-end, collectable, premium-priced "Masterpiece" toys generally... do not, and have to cheat? What a world. I must have this toy.
(Yes, I know - MPs are going for a different aesthetic that it isn't possible to achieve with parts re-use. But all the same, this is cleverer than I was expecting.)
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Post by Stomski on Jun 29, 2021 8:52:40 GMT
Yeah, I was gonna criticise it for having earthmode feet, but it's totally on point with the animation model as they preserved the earth bot mode. Well done designers.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2021 18:01:12 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2021 18:03:06 GMT
Oh that's nice F1617 WFC-K39 Tricranius with Blast Effects (Pulse)
F1618 “Gavaltron Unicron Action Figure Pack”
F1619 TRA GEN BW Vintage Rattrap
F1620 TRA GEN BW Vintage Cheetor
F1621 TRA GEN BW Vintage Optimus Primal
F1622 TRA GEN BW Vintage Trex Megatron
F1623 Buzzworthy Bumblebee Origins Bumblebee
F1624 WFC-K37 Kingdom T-Wrecks
F1625 WFC-K38 Kingdom Red Alert (Tra Gen WFC K deluxe “Red White Emergency Lamborghini”)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2021 19:12:39 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2021 20:31:02 GMT
Looks good!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 23, 2021 6:23:41 GMT
The kibble in robot mode looks rubbish, but Cybertronian mode looks fantastic.
Hmmmm not sure. 'Bumblebee with wings' is a household favourite. Is this going to be readily available or one of those blink and you'll miss the pre-order type situations?
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www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/target-dpci%E2%80%99s-for-upcoming-exclusives-including-kingdom-roadrage.1212953/
Ah - yes, you're probably right. Which makes me a lot less excited about it. But you're right.
