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Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee

Transformers News: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee

Monday, March 29th, 2010 9:58PM CDT

Categories: Cartoon News, Toy News, Reviews
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a gold bee.

One of the newest Takara Transformers, Animated TA-02 Bumblebee, has gotten into the hands of Japanese collector Raigers. We get pictures of the packaging in all of it's entirety and the figure itself in front of an Animated background. Major differences between the Hasbro version include the shiny paint job, the red Autobot Logo, and the black stripe in robot mode on the right of Bumblebee's chest. See the figure for yourself below.

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You can check out the rest of Raiger's pictures here. If you're interested in the figure feel free to order it off site sponsor BigBadToyStore or RobotKingdom.

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Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059525)
Posted by Amelie on March 29th, 2010 @ 10:02pm CDT
My eyes! It shines with the strength of a thousand suns! :shock:

That's pretty damn awesome, though. I really wish I had got into Animated when I had the chance.

:edit: Japanese QA + Gold plastic = GPS all over again?
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059528)
Posted by Nujevad on March 29th, 2010 @ 10:18pm CDT
It's unlikely that it'll suffer from GPS, since the plastic itself is not gold but merely painted as such. What would most likely occur would be paint flaking.

Also, I'm disappointed with Takara that the stingers are still sticking out. Didn't they fix the problem already with the Elite Guard repaint?
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059529)
Posted by Amelie on March 29th, 2010 @ 10:25pm CDT
Nujevad wrote:I'm disappointed with Takara


Those are dangerous words around here - could start a flame war. :P

Thanks for the knowledge on the paint apps, though. I'm considering some animated figs for a bit of fun, but at the same time didn't want something nasty to happen later.
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059538)
Posted by ang3l3s on March 29th, 2010 @ 10:45pm CDT
WHats not to like???
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059541)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2010 @ 10:48pm CDT
How appropriate for him to be photoed with Kicker. ;)
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059595)
Posted by Neurie on March 30th, 2010 @ 6:01am CDT
my Starscream/BB two pack shipped today with Cliffjumper, so should have them next week along with my monochrome Donald Duck.

BB looks different enough for me. Only other Takara stuff im getting is Arcee( as she will not be released in the UK) and Blackout as it seems Takara will be the only release for that mold now.
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059625)
Posted by Julie85 on March 30th, 2010 @ 7:48am CDT
Looks awesome! I'm going crazy waiting for BBTS to ship mine.
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059655)
Posted by --B-- on March 30th, 2010 @ 8:42am CDT
Look everybody, it's TFA Goldbug!!

Looks nice, but no thanks!
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059722)
Posted by rpetras on March 30th, 2010 @ 10:57am CDT
--B-- wrote:Look everybody, it's TFA Goldbug!!

Looks nice, but no thanks!



I'm thinking about getting him for exactly that reason :D
Re: Extensive Look at Takara Animated TA-02 Bumblebee (1059766)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 30th, 2010 @ 12:29pm CDT
--B-- wrote:Look everybody, it's TFA Goldbug!!

This is Goldbug:
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This is G2 Bumblebee:
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Which of these two does JTFA Bumblebee resemble more?

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