New Images of Takara Hydrodive Bumblebee and Movie Masterpiece Starscream

Damn it. I want that BB but not in gold.

That BB looks like a neat toy design. I would like to see more of him for sure. Rodimus also looks to be almost magenta/dark plum in color. I wonder if it's just the lighting?

Do I see a purple repaint of Rodimus to the left of bee? Wonder who that's gonna be...

Ravage XK wrote:Not so sure that is a new mold for Bumblebee. Just looks like the same old figure with the front end jammed into the blue bubble/wing set. Same with the bot mode. Same old figure with his head in a bubble.

Nope, check out the feet. The old deluxe class mold had the front bumper on a hinge so that his "toes" were posable. This mold doesn't, the front bumper and the rest of the foot is all one piece.

Anyone gonna be calling this guy Goldbug?

Ravage XK wrote:Not so sure that is a new mold for Bumblebee. Just looks like the same old figure with the front end jammed into the blue bubble/wing set. Same with the bot mode. Same old figure with his head in a bubble.

No this is a new mold, this is in fact the new mold Bumblebee that was announced over a year ago by Hasbro to be more in scale with the rest of the line, more show-accurate and be sold at a Voyager price point due to the inclusion of the submarine thing.

MrMunkeepants wrote:so is this the only version of Leader SS that TT will put out? or will it be a separate release like Buster Prime?
has anyone been able to tell if there are any other differences between the paint apps, besides the tattoos?

So far this will be the first but not only release of this mold for Takara, I'm sure we're getting a MP-M01 ROTF version down the line as well.
Paint app wise from what I can tell, the alt-mode looks to be painted to be more accurate to the actual jet, and the bot mode seems to have more detailed paint apps based on the movie design, at least in the arms.
I want both of these it just sucks that this BB is in gold and won't fit into the rest of my TFA collection.

Ravage XK wrote:Not so sure that is a new mold for Bumblebee. Just looks like the same old figure with the front end jammed into the blue bubble/wing set. Same with the bot mode. Same old figure with his head in a bubble.

You would be incorrect good sir. We've been told many times that it is a new mould, more to scale (so smaller than the old deluxe). Pretty sure the transformation is quite different as well as I seem to recall people saying that it no longer had a fake chest/roof.

Anyway, I'd prefer this in yellow rather than gold too. Actually I'd dig it in gold if it had a new Goldbug-style headsculpt. I seem to recall the bio for G1 Goldbug mentioned he was water-tight or something too, so it would be a good fit.

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:That Starscream comes in the old movie packaging?
Sweet.

I don't know if that is actually the case. The ones I saw here were actually in the newer packaging-same as Battle Hooks Prime.

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:

Prime Riblet wrote:

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:That Starscream comes in the old movie packaging?
Sweet.

I don't know if that is actually the case. The ones I saw here were actually in the newer packaging-same as Battle Hooks Prime.

That box in the picture certainly looks like the old movie packaging..
I guess I wouldn't know. I wasn't there.

Sorry-I made a mistake. I was thinking about the Movie Leader rather than the "Masterpiece" version.

Flux Convoy wrote:Damn it. I want that BB but not in gold.

Sigh...yea, pre-order canceled.

g2grimmy64 wrote:

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:

Prime Riblet wrote:

Jacob P. Galvatron wrote:That Starscream comes in the old movie packaging?
Sweet.

I don't know if that is actually the case. The ones I saw here were actually in the newer packaging-same as Battle Hooks Prime.

That box in the picture certainly looks like the old movie packaging..
I guess I wouldn't know. I wasn't there.

Yeah, JPG's right, the TT MP version is in the 2k7 movie-style packaging, which is kinda weird considering the regular MP style box we've seen prior to this, but wth

Ever heard of mock-up packaging? That's where the retailers hastily craft together something what they assume will be close to the actual packaging.

Samurai Bludgeon wrote:Do I see a purple repaint of Rodimus to the left of bee? Wonder who that's gonna be...

Nope, it's the lighting playing tricks.

Flux Convoy wrote:Damn it. I want that BB but not in gold.

I don't mind the gold, really (look at my name). But I'm not so sure about getting him, until there's confirmation about the Hasbro Voyagers getting cancelled.

One more thing: the Japanese name for Hydrodrive Bumblebee is Jetpack Bumblebee. Just thought I'd let you guys know