MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release

Thursday, June 4th, 2015 3:58AM CDT

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Following in the footsteps of recent Masterpiece releases, Goktimus Prime of OzFormers has revealed that Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee will see an Australian release through Toys 'R Us Australia.

GoktimusPrime via OzFormers wrote:I am now authorised to reveal that we will be getting MP G2 Bumblebee at TRU here. Hopefully he'll be around the $100 mark, same as previous imported MP cars.

If you're Australian and looking to pick the figure up locally, keep an eye out and when you find him let us know!

Credit(s): GoktimusPrime of OzFormers

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Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1694284)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 4th, 2015 @ 5:05am CDT

Optimum Supreme wrote:I've always liked G1/2 Bee with a face mask. It was somewhat disappointing when his pretender form lacked it.

Same. It's one of the reasons I preferred Goldbug to Bumblebee.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1694288)
Posted by fenrir72 on June 4th, 2015 @ 5:35am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:If they do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper, I wonder how they will do the car mode. Will they go for the accurate version of the Porsche or will they leave it superdeformed.
With licensing, it'd have to be real world accurate.
If it's just a red Bee, it certainly won't be a Masterpiece.

Oh, mark my words: there'll be a MP21R, Red Bumblebee. They love their repaints and retools, have shown much Diaclone love, so its just a matter of time. Dunno what he'll be named, but it won't be Cliffjumper

Wasn't CJ called Cliff in Japan?
Yes.

So if MP Cliff(Cliffjumper) is released, he'll be called Cliff just like Bumble (Bumblebee), jus like Cosmos is called Adams.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1694330)
Posted by Rated X on June 4th, 2015 @ 8:24am CDT

I dont understand how one non-Asian country gets both takara and hasbro ? Is there a huge Japanese population down under ? I wouldnt know...

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1694373)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 4th, 2015 @ 9:47am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:So if MP Cliff(Cliffjumper) is released, he'll be called Cliff just like Bumble (Bumblebee), jus like Cosmos is called Adams.

Yes.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1694551)
Posted by Burn on June 4th, 2015 @ 3:52pm CDT

Rated X wrote:I dont understand how one non-Asian country gets both takara and hasbro ? Is there a huge Japanese population down under ? I wouldnt know...

Have you tried Googling your answer? :wink:

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1694795)
Posted by phantom1592 on June 5th, 2015 @ 1:32am CDT

Optimum Supreme wrote:I've always liked G1/2 Bee with a face mask. It was somewhat disappointing when his pretender form lacked it.

Anyone know the story behind the 'facemasks'? Has this always been a concept and I just didn't know about it? Some sort of media that did this?

I think Beast Wars was the first time I saw Optimus go from robo lips to traditional visor for battle...

Prior to that I always just assumed 'toy head' vs. 'cartoon head'. There had been design changes with other toy lines... but this is the first line I saw acknowledge it.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1699678)
Posted by Autobot032 on June 18th, 2015 @ 12:16am CDT

Courtesy of US e-tailer Toy Dojo, we have a new image of the upcoming MP-21G G2 Bumblebee. Coming from the Tokyo Toy Show, which we reported on earlier today, there's a ton of new stuff coming from Takara that's going to wow and impress.

Bumblebee is scheduled for a July release and can be preordered at your favorite retailer right now. After you're done preordering this fantastic figure, check out our gallery of Mp-21 Bumblebee, which you can see right here.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1699688)
Posted by Starsaber468 on June 18th, 2015 @ 12:29am CDT

G1 bumblebee check G1 Goldbug nope G2 Bumblebee check will we get a goldbug? Yes probably ssoon isnce all they need is to replace so.bits of masterpiece bumblebees sections woth blue plastic

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1699690)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 18th, 2015 @ 12:31am CDT

Starsaber468 wrote:G1 bumblebee check G1 Goldbug nope G2 Bumblebee check will we get a goldbug? Yes probably ssoon isnce all they need is to replace so.bits of masterpiece bumblebees sections woth blue plastic

Goldbug needs/deserves his own mold, not a mere remold.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1699699)
Posted by Starsaber468 on June 18th, 2015 @ 12:38am CDT

To me goldbug is a repaint of bumblebee that has a blue head and some blue sections on him and has a face plate and also is the Cooler verison of bumblebee

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1699709)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 18th, 2015 @ 1:00am CDT

Starsaber468 wrote:To me goldbug is a repaint of bumblebee that has a blue head and some blue sections on him and has a face plate and also is the Cooler verison of bumblebee

He's much more than that:

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1700199)
Posted by GrumpyPrime on June 19th, 2015 @ 1:24am CDT

Hi all.

To me it's not goldbug. Only a repaint of bumblebee. The G1 goldbug looks different in robotmode.

I do like the jetpack though.

Ba wip granaa wip ninny ban
GrumpyPrime

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1700208)
Posted by fenrir72 on June 19th, 2015 @ 2:10am CDT

Anyways guys, don't hate TT for maxing out their investment in the mold. Aside from the paint apps, Jetpack, remolded sigil, removal of the Exosuit and addition of the battlemask.this makes this Goldbug to them. If they added the back pack hood, maybe we can call him "the" Goldbug

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1700241)
Posted by shajaki on June 19th, 2015 @ 7:02am CDT

GrumpyPrime wrote:Hi all.

To me it's not goldbug. Only a repaint of bumblebee. The G1 goldbug looks different in robotmode.

I do like the jetpack though.

Ba wip granaa wip ninny ban
GrumpyPrime

Welcome! But you don't seem very grumpy... (which is ok

)

People can use it for whatever they want, but its a perfect G2 BB. They went above and beyond with that molded G2 insignia. Sideswipe only had a sticker

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703360)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 26th, 2015 @ 9:59am CDT

Facebook group Planet Iacon posted some new in-hand photos Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee. In these pictures you can check out MP G2 Bumblebee in all it's metallic paint job glory! You can also see from the pictures the Jetpack and the face-plate accessories that he comes with. Check out the images we've mirror below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703417)
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on June 26th, 2015 @ 12:16pm CDT

As cool as this gold MP Bumblebee is, it should have come with another Goldbug head for added variety. Maybe a 3P can make a blue head, gun, and maybe even limbs. :-?

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703421)
Posted by Randomhero on June 26th, 2015 @ 12:32pm CDT

Then it would be a G2 bumblebee with a stupid blue head. That's not remotely close to what they're going for with this figure. Especially since the body is all bumblebee and not goldbug.

I can't wait to get this guy, 22-23 years later I still have my original G2 and am looking forward to putting them next to each other.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703428)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 26th, 2015 @ 12:56pm CDT

Goldbug deserves his own mold just as Ultra Magnus deserved his.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703449)
Posted by RodimusRex on June 26th, 2015 @ 2:49pm CDT

shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:If they do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper, I wonder how they will do the car mode. Will they go for the accurate version of the Porsche or will they leave it superdeformed.
With licensing, it'd have to be real world accurate.
If it's just a red Bee, it certainly won't be a Masterpiece.

Oh, mark my words: there'll be a MP21R, Red Bumblebee. They love their repaints and retools, have shown much Diaclone love, so its just a matter of time. Dunno what he'll be named, but it won't be Cliffjumper

A Red Bumblebee would be a G2 Hubcap, wouldn't it?

Heck, they could keep the G2 tooling all the way there.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703490)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 26th, 2015 @ 5:18pm CDT

RodimusRex wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:If they do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper, I wonder how they will do the car mode. Will they go for the accurate version of the Porsche or will they leave it superdeformed.
With licensing, it'd have to be real world accurate.
If it's just a red Bee, it certainly won't be a Masterpiece.

Oh, mark my words: there'll be a MP21R, Red Bumblebee. They love their repaints and retools, have shown much Diaclone love, so its just a matter of time. Dunno what he'll be named, but it won't be Cliffjumper

A Red Bumblebee would be a G2 Hubcap, wouldn't it?

Heck, they could keep the G2 tooling all the way there.

Not quite, as Hubcap has a different head and uses the Cliffjumper mold (which, for the record, is not a retool of Bumblebee):

A red MP Bumble would simply be "Bumble Red Version"

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703622)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 27th, 2015 @ 12:59am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:A red MP Bumble would simply be "Bumble Red Version"

Or Stinger.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703649)
Posted by durroth on June 27th, 2015 @ 2:29am CDT

No. Bad Sabr. You go to your room and think about what you've done. :-x

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703693)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 27th, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT

durroth wrote: No. Bad Sabr. You go to your room and think about what you've done.

takara-tomy-masterpiece-mp-21-bumblebee-discussion-t98889s850.php#p1693754

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703816)
Posted by RodimusRex on June 27th, 2015 @ 9:16pm CDT

So, if the issue with Cliffjumper is one of licensing and deformation, I'll throw out a solution, however painful:

Release a retool of Bumblebee as an Audi TT. It looks reasonably close to an SD Porsche and it shares a chasis with the VW bug. It's certainly a better compromise than you'd get by making him a realistic Porsche.

It also comes in a model with a spoiler.

And we have had non-G1 MP releases, right?

The MPMs and soon to be Primal.

So you do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper as an Audi TT.

And you call it Masterpiece Binaltech Cliff. You cheat as close as you can to G1 in robot mode. Masterpiece engineering. But use the Audi TT as the vehicle.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1703911)
Posted by shajaki on June 28th, 2015 @ 8:18am CDT

That's pretty unlikely. The current MP's are going for cartoon accurate robot modes and realistic licensed (classic G1) alt modes. Your only hope for what described is another Binaltech/Alternity line. Though there is a Cliffjumper already in Alternity.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1704203)
Posted by Va'al on June 29th, 2015 @ 6:14am CDT

Adding to the previous batch of in-hand images of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece shiny new G2 redeco of MP-21 Bumblebee, the Facebook page for site sponsor TFSource have uploaded a series of new shots from Dengeki Hobby magazine. Check out what is undoubtedly a golden bug in the mirrored images below!

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1704209)
Posted by Thormind on June 29th, 2015 @ 7:31am CDT

On some pictures there is a G2 logo on his chest and on one foot. Is it going to be like G2 Sideswipe where the logos are stickers and you can chose if you want the G1 or the G2 logo. I really prefer this golden version of him but I don't want any G2 logo in my collection...

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1704271)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 29th, 2015 @ 11:46am CDT

Thormind wrote:On some pictures there is a G2 logo on his chest and on one foot. Is it going to be like G2 Sideswipe where the logos are stickers and you can chose if you want the G1 or the G2 logo. I really prefer this golden version of him but I don't want any G2 logo in my collection...

Which pics had a G2 logo on his foot?

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1704283)
Posted by Thormind on June 29th, 2015 @ 12:13pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Thormind wrote:On some pictures there is a G2 logo on his chest and on one foot. Is it going to be like G2 Sideswipe where the logos are stickers and you can chose if you want the G1 or the G2 logo. I really prefer this golden version of him but I don't want any G2 logo in my collection...
Which pics had a G2 logo on his foot?

http://static.seibertron.com/images/new ... d39c5a.jpg

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1704293)
Posted by Emerje on June 29th, 2015 @ 12:27pm CDT

I don't know for sure if there's a sticker sheet, but I did notice that all of the in-hand pictures have been without Autobot symbols of any kind. Seems pretty likely you'll be able to choose from a sheet.

Emerje

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1704371)
Posted by padfoo on June 29th, 2015 @ 4:59pm CDT

I get so much more of a G1 vibe from this release compared to the previous. I think its the color scheme, ironic because he,s supposedly calling back to the G2 incarnation.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1705002)
Posted by Thormind on July 1st, 2015 @ 6:46am CDT

padfoo wrote:I get so much more of a G1 vibe from this release compared to the previous. I think its the color scheme, ironic because he,s supposedly calling back to the G2 incarnation.

I'm just like you. I think hell fit better in my collection than the first release. Plus i really hated that exo-suit. Most collector i talked to said they bought him but don't display the suit and would have preferred if it had not been included.

The jetpack is a much better accessory imo.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1707604)
Posted by mooncake623 on July 9th, 2015 @ 10:17am CDT

Facebook group Planet Iacon just posted a first look at the Tranformers Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee Asia Exclusive Coin! What you might notice if you look closely at the coin is that they call G2 Bumblebee, Goldbug! What does this mean? Speculate away on the Seibertron.com forums here!
Check out the image below and keep it locked to Seibertron.com for all your SDCC news and updated coming out today!

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1707634)
Posted by shajaki on July 9th, 2015 @ 10:59am CDT

Yay! I love coins, and this means he's out soon!

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1707676)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 9th, 2015 @ 11:43am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:FWhat you might notice if you look closely at the coin is that they call G2 Bumblebee, Goldbug!

Woops. Somebody done goofed up. :lol:

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1710197)
Posted by fenrir72 on July 16th, 2015 @ 12:38pm CDT

G2 BB has some decals included. A homage to the MarvelTFTM adaptation where Don Perlin drew these on his forearms (maybe based on the story boards?)

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1710341)
Posted by mooncake623 on July 17th, 2015 @ 12:02am CDT

Youtube toy reviewer OptimusPrimeSG just posted his video review of the Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-21G G2 Bumblebee! Due to be release this month he will be in everyone's hands very soon. In the meantime check out OptimusPrimeSG review below.

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1710347)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on July 17th, 2015 @ 12:27am CDT

The visor-ed head sculpt is so many kinds of epic, the vehicle mode is still very G1 :SICK:

but stick that head sculpt on the legends target-master version, and I would have bought two (because the epicness would have demanded a

custom, maybe black, with dark purple and gold flames down the side

)

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1710362)
Posted by Bounti76 on July 17th, 2015 @ 3:08am CDT

Masterpiece Glyph from this mold or bust!

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1711913)
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on July 21st, 2015 @ 10:47pm CDT

I saw G2 Bumblebee at ToyArena on Saturday. I'm going to get it tomorrow

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1712334)
Posted by Cobotron on July 23rd, 2015 @ 6:53am CDT

Just got my amiami notification. :KREMZEEK:

This is my first order with them, so here goes the test to see how it all works.
SAL registered shipping came too 990 yen for a total price of $40.37 USD. :shock:

Now we wait.
:WHISTLE:

Re: MP21G Bumblebee to see Australian release (1717824)
Posted by Kyleor on August 13th, 2015 @ 8:11am CDT

Amazon has good pricing (with free shipping) currently on MP-21G:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S4DZ9LK?tag=seibertron07-20&

I got mine from the seller "TYfamily", it was fulfilled by Amazon and was the with coin version.

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