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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 31, 2024 23:19:25 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 1, 2024 14:11:26 GMT
Ralph wants a red Bumblebee.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Apr 1, 2024 16:43:17 GMT
If Hasbro wanted to cause chaos, they could retcon the red Bumblebee into a new character, Ladybug.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 1, 2024 17:33:51 GMT
Ladybug is Brad Pitt's character in the wonderful Bullet Train.
He has moves.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 1, 2024 19:39:49 GMT
Great film.
-Ralph
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Post by that_bluestreak on Apr 1, 2024 21:37:26 GMT
i've got a red Bumblebee, its lovely, but somehow not as good as a yellow Bumblebee even though I don't really care for Bumblebees.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 1, 2024 22:46:07 GMT
Bumblebee is a great character. And the G1 toy is outstanding. The little guy, trying to prove himself. Perhaps an overused character design, but nonetheless enduring and endearing.
Interesting his Techspecs specifically mentions Prowl. Optimus Prime fair enough, but to specifically state Prowl too is, to the best of my knowledge, unprecedented. (Understandable though of course.)
I always had trouble with his rank (too high- he's a young'un trying to prove himself) and speed (too low- he's no race car, but Shirley a '6' would be more appropriate).
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 1, 2024 22:46:45 GMT
I think we had a red one back in the day but it broke :-(
First yellow one I had was in the 90s.
Currently own an original, a Key Ring and an updated face Encore
Simple Fun toy.
I think the Movie 3 pack version of the Classics is still my favourite BB though.
The WFC Walmart/Smyths version is nice though and deserves a wider release.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 1, 2024 22:52:37 GMT
Interesting his Techspecs specifically mentions Prowl. Optimus Prime fair enough, but to specifically state Prowl too is, to the best of my knowledge, unprecedented. (Understandable though of course.) So we can explain Red BB as BB suffering from "primus apotheosis". Does that mean Bug Bite is BB emulating Prowl? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 1, 2024 22:57:07 GMT
I don't think I know the answer to that.
But maybe it's across the bay; in Alameda..?
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 1, 2024 23:04:59 GMT
Bumblebee was my first favourite Transformer. After my brother got Goldbug I got the Pretender and the Woolworths reissue. Actionmaster Bee was always on my list but never quite got around to getting one at the time. Never got G2 Bee at the time either, though I got a mosc one a few years ago. It was a euro release that went by another name that Im blanking on. But I did get Gobot Bee when it came out. Love those colours.
Got a red Bee, I guess, from a carboot sale. Im sure I got a Fun4All keybee and the new face encore.
I really want a Green Bee but dont want to pay the going rate. The only G1 US exclusives Ive ever saw on holiday was in 1990 when I saw the reused Pretender classics in a Kmart. I really wish I had grabbed at least one of the four, but I was 8 and the idea of buying toys I already had seemed wrong back then: see G2 Bee and to an extent AM Bee.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 2, 2024 6:31:59 GMT
I understand. I remember first seeing G2 Prime (black trailer) back in the day and thinking it was rubbish as it was: "just an old toy".
Meanswhile, in the last couple of years, I have been rebuying toys lost during Dark Times.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Apr 2, 2024 8:23:12 GMT
I don't remember thinking that the G2 reuses were rubbish, but I didn't buy any of them so... I do remember seeing a Blue Grimlock, green Slag and red Snarl in Woolies and being drawn, but never ended up with any of them.
I do wish I'd bought more of the G2 Minibots when they turned up in Poundland, especially as I was dating a girl who worked there at the time.
BUT on topic (whatever the topic here is), I own three of the original mould Bumblebee, two of which are the keychain version, one of which is signed by Dan Gilvezan. Would love the G2 and Red versions. I've been looking online since the minicon, and the red and yellow variants of Bee and Cliff seem to be around the £40 mark.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 2, 2024 8:37:30 GMT
I did not get a Bumblebee until I bought one for a tenner from the Spacebridge at TFN in 2019. My Cliffjumper, which I got circa 1984, is a yellow one, so I think as a child I didn't see the need for another yellow minibot car, so bee never came up as a necessary purchase. I still think I prefer yellow Cliffjumper more.
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Post by Benn on Apr 2, 2024 9:06:01 GMT
As a kid, I really didn't like the 'wrong' colours on the minibots. Now I want them. Not quite £40 want them, but I'm close.
Would be after a Bumper too, but if Bogatan's right, that's well out of my pay grade.
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Post by Kingoji on Apr 2, 2024 10:57:40 GMT
Even damaged Bumpers go for three figures.
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Post by that_bluestreak on Apr 2, 2024 18:00:50 GMT
Even damaged Bumpers go for three figures. woah  |
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Post by primenova on Apr 2, 2024 18:08:10 GMT
I got the 4 set back in 1992 wasn't it when they had come out at £1 each then the G2 set turned up £1.50 each same 4 characters
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 7, 2024 21:48:40 GMT
New 1984 toy/character tomorrow.... but who?
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 7, 2024 21:51:41 GMT
New 1984 toy/character tomorrow.... but who? PROWL. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 7, 2024 21:56:45 GMT
Predictable as ever.
It *WAS* going to be another minibot tomorrow but I changed my mind on how I wanted to do this during the week and have decided to spread the size classes out over the run. Fortunately, and with only a tinsy bit of fudging, there's some nice recurring patterns you can build with the 1984 toys so I've built a whole new order tonight :-)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 7, 2024 23:02:39 GMT
1984's Transformers Are Forty: Week 2 - JazzFunction: Autobot Special Operations Agent Japan: 6 Meister tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)/toys www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm"Do it with style or don't bother doing it." Jazz loves Earth culture. Always looking to learn more. His knowledge of Earth makes him the indispensable right-hand man to Optimus Prime. Takes most dangerous missions. Very cool, very stylish, very competent. Equipped with photon rifle, flamethrower, full-spectrum beacon, 180db stereo speakers. Creates dazzling, disorienting sound and light shows. Versatile, clever, daring, but prone to be distracted. Strength 5 Intelligence 9 Speed 7 Endurance 7 Rank 8 Courage 9 Firepower 5 Skill 10
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Post by Llama God on Apr 8, 2024 7:10:16 GMT
Ah, last week my favourite (aside from Optimus Prime, who's too obvious), and this week the Conjunx's favourite. Although of the two of us only one of us owns an actual G1 copy of the original character - and it's not me. Clearly I'm the fake fan here...
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Post by The Huff on Apr 8, 2024 7:29:06 GMT
Jazz should be used so much more in fiction and in Transformers in general.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 8, 2024 8:44:30 GMT
Do we need the apostrophe on '1984'? It doesn't quite scan right in my brain.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 8, 2024 8:45:32 GMT
Jazz is one of those toys for me where no remake has quite captured it. Original remains the best Jazz.
-Ralph
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Post by Cullen on Apr 8, 2024 8:51:51 GMT
One of my first TF toys and still one of my favourites. Love Jazz.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 8, 2024 8:52:38 GMT
Jazz is one of those toys for me where no remake has quite captured it. Original remains the best Jazz. -Ralph I think we do because they are the Transformers belonging to 1984. I await @ Grand Moff Muffin's superior judgement |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 8, 2024 8:55:35 GMT
One of my first TF toys and still one of my favourites. Love Jazz. It's Cullen! Hurrah! |
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Post by The Huff on Apr 8, 2024 10:24:02 GMT
I've said it lots before, but wouldn't Man Of Iron make a great film? Or British TV special/series?
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