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News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:39 pm

Seibertron.com member RodimusConvoy13 has just tipped us to some new preorder listings that have appeared on site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store's website.

Two new preorder pages for Transformers Animated Hydrodrive Bumblebee and Golfire Grimlock are now available. Hydodrive Bumblebee is priced at $29.99 USD while Golfire Grimlock has a preorder price of $23.99 USD. Both figures are scheduled for a March 2009 release date.

No official images of the figures are available at this time.

To view Hydrodrive Bumblebee's listing, click here and to view Golfire Grimlock's, click here.

by **culturemagnet** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:51 pm

no pics? meh.. not pre-ordering without seeing it fo sho..

by **Technically weird** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:04 pm

ANOTHER repaint? These should be repainted into figures with new names, not random name prime, or Super duper robot name.

by **Hard Hacker** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:08 pm

Technically weird wrote:ANOTHER repaint? These should be repainted into figures with new names, not random name prime, or Super duper robot name.

I don't think these are redecos. They're both priced quite high, whereas redecos are typically the same price, added to the fact that nobody knows that they look like.

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:14 pm

What the hell does "Golfire" mean? :shock:

by **Swiftpaw** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:16 pm

ANOTHER Bumblebee? What the slag is Hasbro thinking? Why the hell is it always the crappier molds in a series that get repeatedly repainted? And then they wonder why they end up shelf warming.

If you're going to reuse a crap mold, AT LEAST MAKE IT A NEW CHARACTER. Where's our Cliffjumper? Or Hubcap? Or anyone else that traditionally has a similar form to Bumblebee?

At least Grimlock is an awesome enough mold to deserve reuse. Bet this will be a 'more G1 accurate' repaint, maybe with more shiny gold on the chest and such to reflect it.

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:17 pm

Hydro whatever Bumbleebee could be a repaint of the Shelfwarmer Cyber Speed BB. I think I read somewhere that they were repainting it. No idea of Grimlock though.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:24 pm

Grimlock is priced about the same as voyager Grimmy, so I bet he is a repaint.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:27 pm

Bumblebee shouldn't be a repaint of the deluxe, as the price is almost $30.00. As someone else posted could be a repaint of that Powerbot/Cyberspeed thing, price seems about right. Grimlock will most likely be a straight repaint of the original voyager.

by **Omnitrixprime** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:51 pm

that bumble bee must be good cuz the deluxe isnt cool :sad:

but that grimlock sounds coool

so cool they r going to repaint it

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:58 pm

Swiftpaw wrote:ANOTHER Bumblebee? What the slag is Hasbro thinking?

Their thinking Bumblebee is popular, and he is.

Why the hell is it always the crappier molds in a series that get repeatedly repainted? And then they wonder why they end up shelf warming.

This is a Voyager class toy. TFA Bumblebee was an Deluxe.

News Credits: 19 · by ***Soundwave*** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:01 pm

I knew it was supposed to be "HydroDrive" and not "Hydrodive" as people were thinking with a submarine or something. That would be extremely dumb.

by **roboleadr** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:09 pm

I followed the link to BBTS for the Bumblebee, wait... I think I saw... WHAT!!! VOYAGER CLASS?!?! FOR BUMBLEBEE?!?!

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:23 pm

Golfire? It's probably something to do with fire but the first thing that came into my mind was Grimlock hanging around a golf club practicing his putting...

Obviously Snarlag would be his caddy, and Swoop would hunt for lost balls.

Wow, there could be a whole team of golf themed dinobots.

But would he be as good as Gee Dubya?

"Me Grimlock, say now watch this drive!" *Swings and smashes the ball, taking up half the green with it.*

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:06 pm

big bad toy store just makes me laugh soemtimes with there ourages prices or there descriptions

Safety Warning: This Product is for Adult Collectors. It may contain sharp points, small parts that are choking hazards, and other elements that are not suitable for children under 16 years of age.

not suitibale under 16 years old i had no ieda teenagers where such small kids that didint know any better to know how to play with there toys or the difernce between colltor items & statues.

how dissapointing i clikcked the link expecting to see pictures & nothing wander how bad there going to look with this new paint job cant be worse than the ultra magnus repaint

News Credits: 1 · by **Venomous Prime** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:11 pm

dragons wrote:how dissapointing i clikcked the link expecting to see pictures & nothing wander how bad there going to look with this new paint job cant be worse than the ultra magnus repaint

First Gen wrote:Seibertron.com member RodimusConvoy13 has just tipped us to some new preorder listings that have appeared on site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store's website.

Two new preorder pages for Transformers Animated Hydrodrive Bumblebee and Golfire Grimlock are now available. Hydodrive Bumblebee is priced at $29.99 USD while Golfire Grimlock has a preorder price of $23.99 USD. Both figures are scheduled for a March 2009 release date.

No official images of the figures are available at this time.

To view Hydrodrive Bumblebee's listing, click here and to view Golfire Grimlock's, click here.