Bumblebee Movie Toys Rereleased Through Buzzworthy BB Rise of the Beasts Line

Gonna see lots of empty boxes on Target shelves.

Solrac333 wrote:Gonna see lots of empty boxes on Target shelves.

One steps have been sold like this for half a decade now and there's been no pushback from retailers for this type pf packaging, so theft must be minimal. Plus, there's nothing stopping thieves from just stealing the box. With self checkout, theft has been made really easy, regardless of packaging.

That RofB Optimus Prime Cab mode... always make me think of TMNT's Bebop for some reason.

...so remember when Kingdom Puffer & Road Ranger leaked, and the picture was scuffed because the individual that leaked it had covered it in slurs, so the version that was posted here was photoshopped to remove them? Yeah, uh, they did it again with the Toy Colors Scorponok from the Buzzworthy Legacy 4-pack and this time decided to doxx another leaker with it instead of putting slurs on it. So here's the shopped version of the image that I found: TFW users who saw the original version before it was taken down are attesting to the legitimacy of this being that same photo, and are also saying that the figure has both the show head sculpt attached and the visible mutant head next to it, meaning this stolen sample either came with both heads on accident (like Kingdom Blackarachnia and her "mask") or is going to do the same thing SG Magnus is doing and come with both heads.

So we've now seen leaks for half the 4-pack, just Ransack and Goldbug to go. I'm really hoping this one goes up on Pulse, since I never saw the Kingdom one at my Target and this one is looking better suited to my tastes than the Kingdom one (since the only figure I really wanted in that one was the one that shares my username).

Nemesis Primal wrote:...so remember when Kingdom Puffer & Road Ranger leaked, and the picture was scuffed because the individual that leaked it had covered it in slurs, so the version that was posted here was photoshopped to remove them? Yeah, uh, they did it again with the Toy Colors Scorponok from the Buzzworthy Legacy 4-pack and this time decided to doxx another leaker with it instead of putting slurs on it. So here's the shopped version of the image that I found:

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TFW users who saw the original version before it was taken down are attesting to the legitimacy of this being that same photo, and are also saying that the figure has both the show head sculpt attached and the visible mutant head next to it, meaning this stolen sample either came with both heads on accident (like Kingdom Blackarachnia and her "mask") or is going to do the same thing SG Magnus is doing and come with both heads.

So we've now seen leaks for half the 4-pack, just Ransack and Goldbug to go. I'm really hoping this one goes up on Pulse, since I never saw the Kingdom one at my Target and this one is looking better suited to my tastes than the Kingdom one (since the only figure I really wanted in that one was the one that shares my username).

That dude is 100% a total asshole. It's not the first time he doxxes someone.

Headsculpt looks pretty good

Nemesis Primal wrote:TFW users who saw the original version before it was taken down are attesting to the legitimacy of this being that same photo, and are also saying that the figure has both the show head sculpt attached and the visible mutant head next to it, meaning this stolen sample either came with both heads on accident (like Kingdom Blackarachnia and her "mask") or is going to do the same thing SG Magnus is doing and come with both heads.

So we've now seen leaks for half the 4-pack, just Ransack and Goldbug to go. I'm really hoping this one goes up on Pulse, since I never saw the Kingdom one at my Target and this one is looking better suited to my tastes than the Kingdom one (since the only figure I really wanted in that one was the one that shares my username).

I’m hoping it does come with both heads. Options are great and please more fans. I hope Legacy Sandstorm comes with both heads so fans can recreate his in fiction design. The head shown so far is apparently the wrong one to many.

Nemesis Primal wrote:TFW users who saw the original version before it was taken down are attesting to the legitimacy of this being that same photo, and are also saying that the figure has both the show head sculpt attached and the visible mutant head next to it, meaning this stolen sample either came with both heads on accident (like Kingdom Blackarachnia and her "mask") or is going to do the same thing SG Magnus is doing and come with both heads.

If the latter, then that bugs me even more that Sandstorm uses the Mutant head instead of his true head.

So, to those of you that have picked up Silverstreak/Bluestreak, how's the quality of it? I've heard mixed things about the Datsun mold, but not too much about Silverstreak specifically

Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, to those of you that have picked up Silverstreak/Bluestreak, how's the quality of it? I've heard mixed things about the Datsun mold, but not too much about Silverstreak specifically

This is the only version of the mold I own, so others may have more helpful insight, but everything about him seems good to me. The only thing I would say is that the shoulder guns are slightly loose in their pegholes, but I don't know if that's normal or not and even then it's pretty nitpicky. That, and when I first transformed him, he made a surprisingly/alarmingly-loud click noise when I got the legs in place, but it's been fine since then, and again, that may just be normal, I wouldn't know.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, to those of you that have picked up Silverstreak/Bluestreak, how's the quality of it? I've heard mixed things about the Datsun mold, but not too much about Silverstreak specifically

This is the only version of the mold I own, so others may have more helpful insight, but everything about him seems good to me. The only thing I would say is that the shoulder guns are slightly loose in their pegholes, but I don't know if that's normal or not and even then it's pretty nitpicky. That, and when I first transformed him, he made a surprisingly/alarmingly-loud click noise when I got the legs in place, but it's been fine since then, and again, that may just be normal, I wouldn't know.

Does the plastic and joints feel solid? This is specifically an issue I've had with other Buzzworthy figures but some have had really loose joints and some felt like they had cheaper plastic than mainline releases of the molds

he's no different quality-wise than any of the other Datsun molds. The only one I feel "protective" of is Prowl, and that's down to the inability to replace him. Ironically, he's been transformed more than any of the others.

People who had 'problems' were either saddled with a bad copy or perhaps were ham-fisted handling the toy.

Recently I considered kit-bashing a more accurate Prowl using the Silverstreak legs but I canceled the project, again because of the availability of Prowl should I need a replacement.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, to those of you that have picked up Silverstreak/Bluestreak, how's the quality of it? I've heard mixed things about the Datsun mold, but not too much about Silverstreak specifically

This is the only version of the mold I own, so others may have more helpful insight, but everything about him seems good to me. The only thing I would say is that the shoulder guns are slightly loose in their pegholes, but I don't know if that's normal or not and even then it's pretty nitpicky. That, and when I first transformed him, he made a surprisingly/alarmingly-loud click noise when I got the legs in place, but it's been fine since then, and again, that may just be normal, I wouldn't know.

Does the plastic and joints feel solid? This is specifically an issue I've had with other Buzzworthy figures but some have had really loose joints and some felt like they had cheaper plastic than mainline releases of the molds

Oh, he's great on both accounts there. My copy has a shoulder that's slightly too tight, even.

The only thing that irks me with Silverstreak is the sloppy paint job on the shoulders. They’re cast in white plastic, painted over in blue, but only on the outsides. The way the shoulders are assembled exposes some of the inner shoulder. That would be fine, but the edges on the blue paint are absolute slop. It’s true on almost every copy I’ve seen.

If anyone is looking for Origins Bee, he is absolutely shelfwarming here. These have been here since before Christmas. which is a shame, he is a great toy

I guess this is the place to ask this Target-related question...

Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Here's why I ask...
Less than a week ago, as I was hunting for Kickback, Dragstrip, and Silverstreak, my go-to location had 4 SS86 Kups, and 2 Blurrs. There were also 4 BW Megatrons.
Literally less than 2 days later, ALL 4 Kups and 1 Blurr were gone. ALL 4 Megatrons were gone.
Oh, and during the first visit, there were 5 Buzzworthy Kups...
Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.
Also, both B-127's and that one CJ have been there as long as those 5 Kups as well.
Anyway.

The photos below are from roughly an hour ago.
We stopped by so my son could get a birthday present for a friend.
Surprisingly there are still 5 Buzzworthy Kups... And you can see the lone SS86 Blurr still there, too.

Again, it just seems so unlikely that those 4 SS86 Kups AND 4 BW Megatrons sold in under 48 hours.
I mean, those two stops I made were really pretty close to 36 hours apart.

I get it, it's possible that all 8 of those figures sold... It just seems so unlikely.

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Also, you can't see them all, but this store STILL has 8 SS86 Coronation Starscreams...
I'm already so sick of seeing those...

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:If anyone is looking for Origins Bee, he is absolutely shelfwarming here. These have been here since before Christmas. which is a shame, he is a great toy

If he was to go on sale like Road Rage recently did for only $16 I would definitely buy a second Bee!

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Probably not, for both of those? Distribution centers exist for a reason.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.

Not really that strange, considering how hard it is to tell the difference between them and the fact that the Buzzworthy ones are more expensive at your store according to your pictures. Little Jimmy buying a Kup and/or the parents buying a Kup for Little Jimmy are almost assuredly going to grab the cheaper option unless they have a specific reason not to, and I don't think casual buyers like that are paying attentions to things like the color of his tires.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Probably not, for both of those? Distribution centers exist for a reason.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.

Not really that strange, considering how hard it is to tell the difference between them and the fact that the Buzzworthy ones are more expensive at your store according to your pictures. Little Jimmy buying a Kup and/or the parents buying a Kup for Little Jimmy are almost assuredly going to grab the cheaper option unless they have a specific reason not to, and I don't think casual buyers like that are paying attentions to things like the color of his tires.

Pretty much this ^

ZeroWolf wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know:
Does Target do store-to-store shipping??
And do they fulfill online orders by pulling product from store shelves (not just online order pick-up)?

Probably not, for both of those? Distribution centers exist for a reason.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just a little strange that 4 SS8 Kups would sell and not 1 of the Buzzworthy versions.

Not really that strange, considering how hard it is to tell the difference between them and the fact that the Buzzworthy ones are more expensive at your store according to your pictures. Little Jimmy buying a Kup and/or the parents buying a Kup for Little Jimmy are almost assuredly going to grab the cheaper option unless they have a specific reason not to, and I don't think casual buyers like that are paying attentions to things like the color of his tires.

Pretty much this ^

To add some details:

Target has multiple shipment and store holding options, and their availability varies by product and even store. As others note above, shipping comes from distribution centers, whether ship-to-home or ship-to-store. For some products and stores, you can order online and pick up in-store for products that are on their shelves, but they generally won't ship store-to-store or store-to-home. I'd actually asked in the past when there was a set available at a store pretty far from me.

So all that is to say, one way or another, someone probably did go into that store and buy those.

I was pretty sure Target doesn't do shipping between stores, even within the same city/metro area...
And I even checked endcaps of my go-to store; two other locations, one near my work, one near-ish my home both have had TF on random endcaps of their toys sections...
So it does seem all 8 of those figures I mentioned sold. Just crazy that happened in under 40 hours.
Really kind of makes me think there was scalper-type buying going on as at least part of it.

Sowndwave76 wrote:I was pretty sure Target doesn't do shipping between stores, even within the same city/metro area...
And I even checked endcaps of my go-to store; two other locations, one near my work, one near-ish my home both have had TF on random endcaps of their toys sections...
So it does seem all 8 of those figures I mentioned sold. Just crazy that happened in under 40 hours.
Really kind of makes me think there was scalper-type buying going on as at least part of it.

Certainly possible. If I was going to do toy arbitrage, I would go after retailer exclusives, but it's high risk and you might have to wait for years for the payoff.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I was pretty sure Target doesn't do shipping between stores, even within the same city/metro area...
And I even checked endcaps of my go-to store; two other locations, one near my work, one near-ish my home both have had TF on random endcaps of their toys sections...
So it does seem all 8 of those figures I mentioned sold. Just crazy that happened in under 40 hours.
Really kind of makes me think there was scalper-type buying going on as at least part of it.

Certainly possible. If I was going to do toy arbitrage, I would go after retailer exclusives, but it's high risk and you might have to wait for years for the payoff.

Which also makes this odd... SS86 Kup and BW Megatron have been available from most retailers.
Oh well... I guess it kind of clears out more space for Legacy figures, I suppose!

SS86 Cliff back on Pulse for those who can't find him. At 1PM for everyone. Now, for premium members.

Hello, here is a look at two upcoming Beast Wars mold redecos that will be released in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, so exclusively at Target, as far as we know. There is a to deco of Scorponok which does come with two different heads and a purple redeco of Waspinator said to be named Parasite. We know the toys are real and they are coming but we still await confirmation of the specific names used and the specific way they will be released though the rumour is both of these are in a four pack.

These screenshots come from a video review by prime vs Prime.

Without having seen the video and going by only these pics, it almost kinda looks like Scorponok's mutant head is a mask worn by the robot head. Is this the case, or are they definitely two separate heads that need to be attached and detached to be swapped out?

Great -- another exclusive set that will be impossible to find here (NYC)! Would be nice if the Target to eBay pipeline could be shut down. </rant>

With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

Sabrblade wrote:Without having seen the video and going by only these pics, it almost kinda looks like Scorponok's mutant head is a mask worn by the robot head. Is this the case, or are they definitely two separate heads that need to be attached and detached to be swapped out?

Going just by the photos, my guess is 2 separate heads. For the regular head the "jowls" or whatever has the yellow tips appear to hang down lower than the chin. On the mutant head, the "jowls" appear to be even with the bottom of the chin, so if it was a mask or helmet, I think we would see the yellow tips of the regular head peeking out from under.

SpaceEagle wrote:With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

We don't know if this Scorponok will actually come with alternate heads. Prime vs Prime gets his figures through unknown sources, with no box or instructions, probably test shots stolen from the factory. This means sometimes he gets extra or missing parts. When he got Blackarachnia, he got her with an extra face too, the toy accurate one, which wasn't included in the final product.

These are both looking good, that Scorponok deco looks sooo much better than the retail one.

Rtron wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

We don't know if this Scorponok will actually come with alternate heads. Prime vs Prime gets his figures through unknown sources, with no box or instructions, probably test shots stolen from the factory. This means sometimes he gets extra or missing parts. When he got Blackarachnia, he got her with an extra face too, the toy accurate one, which wasn't included in the final product.

To be fair though, the fact that both Scorponok heads are actually painted here does lead some credence to the fact that it may come with both intentionally. The Blackarachnia face/mask was unpainted.

Egads I wanted to not Luke that Scorpinok but tHt is such a better deco than the show one

Parasite looks cool enough, but that Scorponok, homina homina. I needs him!

Nemesis Primal wrote:These are both looking good, that Scorponok deco looks sooo much better than the retail one.

Rtron wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:With this and SG Magnus, I like HasTak giving us spare heads to let us choose which one we want them displayed with!
I wouldn't mind if they continued this practice, kinda like when Masterpiece toys give us optional faces.

We don't know if this Scorponok will actually come with alternate heads. Prime vs Prime gets his figures through unknown sources, with no box or instructions, probably test shots stolen from the factory. This means sometimes he gets extra or missing parts. When he got Blackarachnia, he got her with an extra face too, the toy accurate one, which wasn't included in the final product.

To be fair though, the fact that both Scorponok heads are actually painted here does lead some credence to the fact that it may come with both intentionally. The Blackarachnia face/mask was unpainted.

That's what I was thinking, too - seems intentionally deco'd out for both heads, so I'd assume both heads being included is intentional. At least, my biggest hunch about this being a "thing" is due to SG Magnus.

As sub-par a figure as Kingdom Scorponok was, this Buzzworthy re-deco is actually kind of tempting because it's mostly black. And as everyone knows, everything is immediately cooler when it's done over in black. It looks more like a proper Emperor Scorpion in those colors..



Except for the red legs of course - but, those could be painted... hm.

I love these toy redecos. They’re really filling out the BW Season 1 characters. Sad that we’ll probably never get any Fuzors or Transmetals, but anything is possible in the future. (Still out here rooting for a real Pretender gimmick comeback) There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

Stormshot_Prime wrote:There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

In due time.

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

In due time.

On that note, a Packrat! Would love a little blue mousey guy.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:There’s only one more I’m hoping for, a Fractyl from Terrorsaur!

In due time.

On that note, a Packrat! Would love a little blue mousey guy.

Also in due time.

Can't imagine that it's a coincidence that their decos match. Assuming the other pair in the box will be a voyager and a deluxe Maximal, I wonder if they'll match as well?

We already had rumors of a toy color Dinobot coming, right?

Dr. Caelus wrote:Can't imagine that it's a coincidence that their decos match. Assuming the other pair in the box will be a voyager and a deluxe Maximal, I wonder if they'll match as well?

The other two are Ransack and Goldbug.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:Can't imagine that it's a coincidence that their decos match. Assuming the other pair in the box will be a voyager and a deluxe Maximal, I wonder if they'll match as well?

The other two are Ransack and Goldbug.

Oh... that sucks.

That Scorponok looks a lot better than the original, the darker colours and lack of yellow are a huge improvement. Parasite looks pretty good too, I am tempted to get this set and Buzzsaw, then have the wasps as the Predacon equivalent of Seekers.

Dr. Caelus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:Can't imagine that it's a coincidence that their decos match. Assuming the other pair in the box will be a voyager and a deluxe Maximal, I wonder if they'll match as well?

The other two are Ransack and Goldbug.

Oh... that sucks.

Interesting how Legacy wave 1 has molds that work for 2 separate characters called Randack.

DeathReviews wrote:As sub-par a figure as Kingdom Scorponok was, this Buzzworthy re-deco is actually kind of tempting because it's mostly black. And as everyone knows, everything is immediately cooler when it's done over in black. It looks more like a proper Emperor Scorpion in those colors..



Except for the red legs of course - but, those could be painted... hm.

Thank you for sharing this pic, I really don't mind making a mess in my pants, really.

I like that they applied the Transmetal colour scheme to Waspinator's Season one design and renamed it.

The underrated Mutant mask, alongside the toy deco of Scorponok, just reminds me how much better the toy design was than the show one. In every way. Sigh

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I like that they applied the Transmetal colour scheme to Waspinator's Season one design and renamed it.

Transmetal colors? That's Universe "Halloween Horrorcon" Waspinator's colors, taken from the BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Parasite toy.

Sabrblade wrote:Transmetal colors? That's Universe "Halloween Horrorcon" Waspinator's colors, taken from the BotCon 2015 Waruder Marauders Parasite toy.

For some reason, at time of writing, I remembered the purple legs and red wings as a default for TM Waspinator? Nevermind

Those colors on Scorp and Waspinator look really nice. Scorponok looks better than his cartoon colors in this case

We have no source on this and it may be fake BUT we did want you to have all the info in case this is the real thing. We knew a Buzzworthy Bumblebee Legacy Dinobot was coming (we were the first to break that news) and now it looks like this is our first look at it. As with the Buzzworthy Terrorsaur, this Dinobot is going for Toy accuracy. That means he comes with the headsculpt that the previous Amazon exclusive Grimlock had. As for the fullness of the pink used, it's too early to judge since we only have one picture and colours can be different depending on lighting.