New Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee Toyline Sightings + Video Review

I misread that spark armor garbage truck's name as "trash can."

Was there a core class bumblebee listed for kingdom? I know some people were speculating the exo-suit figure will come with an SS G1 dinobot, so maybe both parts of the set are prereleases?

Not overly interested in this line (I’ve never really understood the hype surrounding Bumblebee) but I might try to seek out that core class figure simply for the Exo-Suit Spike.

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:Not overly interested in this line (I’ve never really understood the hype surrounding Bumblebee) but I might try to seek out that core class figure simply for the Exo-Suit Spike.

Same here for me. Anyone know if any more artistic fans have developed a 3D model CAD file for a Bumper replacement head for the "Core Class" Bumblebee of this line? The only other thing of interested to me has been the release of the RotF version of Bumblebee with the Sam Witwicky figure.

I'm really otherwise confused as to why this line even exists, unless Hasbro is just having a lot of difficulty coming up with the next Transformers kids show and feels they need some "simpler" stop-gap products on the shelves to keep up brand recognition and sales until the next iteration of kid-friendly Transformers is ready.

Actually the more I see of it, the more I get annoyed. I was thinking/hoping that with Cyberverse ending, there would be more room on the shelves for WFC and SS, since no new main line has been announced by Hasbro. It's odd because leaks, and eventually promotion, start several months in advance about most lines, and even sub-lines, but THIS seemingly came out of nowhere. It's almost like with no live action movie, and no series to promote- Hasbro was lost, and decided to clog Target shelves with this "filler" that nobody asked for. Why is it this stuff is everywhere now, but Kingdom and SS that most fans have been anticipating are scarce??

As much as I dislike Walmart, the Netflix, and TR Headmasters in Original Series style packaging is pretty creative. Target definitely got the short end of the stick on exclusive sublines this time around.

End cap at a Target in Murrieta, CA. It's on the back end/side, not in the main aisle.

That is one sassy looking Megatron.

So I bought and played with the Buzzworthy Bumblebee and Spike 2 pack. The Bumblebee is very, VERY good. Plus I adore the fact that he come with his small gun that can store under the vehicle. Spike is allright but we can't do much with that design.

What really shock me is the price of the set. 28$CAN plus taxes! A core figure retail for 15$CAN. So what in the actual fok? As if they charge full Core price for the tiny spike figure.

For how much does this set sell for in the USA? Is the price similar to the Canadian one, or are we Cannucks screwed over like we are for Gigawatt?

-Kanrabat- wrote:So I bought and played with the Buzzworthy Bumblebee and Spike 2 pack. The Bumblebee is very, VERY good. Plus I adore the fact that he come with his small gun that can store under the vehicle. Spike is allright but we can't do much with that design.

What really shock me is the price of the set. 28$CAN plus taxes! A core figure retail for 15$CAN. So what in the actual fok? As if they charge full Core price for the tiny spike figure.

For how much does this set sell for in the USA? Is the price similar to the Canadian one, or are we Cannucks screwed over like we are for Gigawatt?

Bee retails for $15 USD, compared to $10 for a standard core class. Definitely seems like Canadians got the short end of this stick.

Tsk.

As if the Canadian dollar is worth 50¢US.

Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to TFW2005 user, Megatron Unicronus, we now know that the recently revealed listing for a power charge Bumblebee in the Target Exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, was indeed just a re-release of the Power Charge Bumblebee from the 2018 Bumblebee Movie toyline. This toys' central gimmick was the sphere in the chest of his robot mode that you could spin to activate lights and sounds. There appears to be no change from its first release.



Will you be tempted to pick one of these up? Did you get one on its first visit to store shelves three years ago?

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Movie accuracy be damned, that big gimmicky Bee is a lot of fun and I highly recommend him.

IMO my best purchase of the Bee Movie line at the time.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Movie accuracy be damned, that big gimmicky Bee is a lot of fun and I highly recommend him.

IMO my best purchase of the Bee Movie line at the time.

A decent Target sale or coupon code might just tempt me to get this for my youngest. I personally don't like the electronics in my collection, but this might be right up her alley.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Movie accuracy be damned, that big gimmicky Bee is a lot of fun and I highly recommend him.

IMO my best purchase of the Bee Movie line at the time.

A decent Target sale or coupon code might just tempt me to get this for my youngest. I personally don't like the electronics in my collection, but this might be right up her alley.

Yup.
Plus the transformation is easy.

I recently added the new Core Class G1 figures from Kingdom to my collection. At first, I was happy to skip them, given that I didn’t really need smaller figures of characters I already have, but I wanted to get some desk toys for myself, and these Core Class figures serve that purpose nicely while also being surprisingly fun and well designed figures in there own right. Since the Decepticons currently out number the lone Autobot in the Core Class of the Kingdom line, I picked up the Buzzworthy Bumblebee 2-Pack of “Core Class” G1 Bumblebee and Exo Suit Spike to keep Optimus Prime company. I am again surprised by how fun a little figure this Bumblebee is! He looks like a nice update of his G1 toy, the transformation is involved, but not frustrating, and everything tabs in VERY well. His robot mode has great articulation for his size, and he even comes with his own pistol accessory that stores out of sight in vehicle mode. The scale is a bit off with the other Core Class G1 characters out so far, but it’s fine by me. He’s still shorter in robot mode compared to the other three, though he really should be quite a bit smaller still. The Spike figure is nothing special, just serving to inflate the MSRP to $14.99 USD, but “Core Class” Bumblebee is worth it, even if you also need to pay an extra $5.00 for a lackluster, barely transforming figurine.

Anyone in ConUS looking to unload their Spike, to cut down the out of pocket cost on Bee, for $7 shipped?
If possible, LMK with a DM.

Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron user, Mindmaster, we've got our first peek at a new figure hitting the Target Exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line!



The images were posted by UK Transformers stockist, In Demand Toys, on their Facebook page. The four images give us a good look at Bee, who transforms into the flying saucer like alt mode as seen in the pilot of the G1 cartoon. He so comes with Energon rods, and what appears to be the jet pack from the Centurion accessory set.

The back of the box says he transforms in 23 steps. The toy appears to be the same size as Deluxe Class Netflix Bee/ Earthrise Cliffjumper.







What do you think of this? Will you be tracking down this Cybertronian alt mode of Bumblebee?

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A jetpack instead of a backpack. Pretty cool

Finally! This is the first Bumblebee in a loooong time that I’m excited for!

I thought I would have to get the so-so 3P figure.

NOW I'M HYPED!

Especially because that line is well stocked at Toys R Us.

Oh! This is unexpectedly welcome. I'm kinda into it. But I passed on Siege Screamer so I'll pass on this. I don't need Cybertronian versions of all the characters, after all.

Maybe there's some hope they'll do Wheeljack and Jazz.

Official toys of those conductors!?! Never thought I'd see the day!

And Bee looks pretty slick too. Now I can stop using Real Gear Robots Longview as Cybertronian Bumblebee. Never got around to transforming WFC/FOC Bee come to think of it...and I'll probably get this before I do.

Oh come on. We all know there's not enough energy in those conductors to last a quartrex.

Bumblevivisector wrote:Official toys of those conductors!?! Never thought I'd see the day!

And Bee looks pretty slick too. Now I can stop using Real Gear Robots Longview as Cybertronian Bumblebee. Never got around to transforming WFC/FOC Bee come to think of it...and I'll probably get this before I do.

Well, that was clever!

Another figure with bad legs, but he's definitely going on my shelve even if he has to partially hide behind stuff

wow, really surprised by this reveal.

I understand it has better engineering, and higher parts count etc.... but in those pics, that BB looks really tiny in deluxe packaging, even worse than Netflix Bee/ ER Cliffjumper etc.... This is the Bee everyone wanted in Siege, but Im guessing it wasn't planned 3+ years ago. I'm guessing it was a figure from the 2022 line they just decided to bump up, and since it wouldn't fit in Kingdom, they had to put it somewhere...

o.supreme wrote:I understand it has better engineering, and higher parts count etc.... but in those pics, that BB looks really tiny in deluxe packaging, even worse than Netflix Bee/ ER Cliffjumper etc.... This is the Bee everyone wanted in Siege, but Im guessing it wasn't planned 3+ years ago. I'm guessing it was a figure from the 2022 line they just decided to bump up, and since it wouldn't fit in Kingdom, they had to put it somewhere...

I don't think it was a 2022 figure, otherwuse they would have just left it there. It was probably always destined to be an exclusive. We've also had rumours of this bee coming out for longer then the wave 5 rumours

I really like the bot mode
Not quite as clean as the ER cliff mold bot mode but I like the way this looks better. Less boring, legs aren't so scrawny

Alt mode doesn't quite fit with my other guys in their earth modes but ill be sorely tempted for this guy

That chest looks like the chest on kingdom tracks though

First Allicon, now this. Hasbro is really hooking me up with toys I've wanted for 35 years!

I'm also hoping for Cybertronian Wheeljack, but even without him, this will fit in well with my Siege collection, especially since I'm double-dipping on Kingdom earth modes.

Just now saw this (after first submitting news on it after it'd already been news'd. Whoops) and all I can say now is FINALLY!

Disguising the back kibble as a jetpack is a neat idea, gotta admit.

ZeroWolf wrote:Will you be tracking down this Cybertronian alt mode of Bumblebee?

Well I don't know if Track down is the right word, more like trip over because there are so many. I mean I know some Target exclusives (ER Thrust and Runabout) were VERY hard to find, but the BB line has had mass quantities. That BB/Daniel 2 pack had to go on sale at 50% off to try to get rid of them. Although the SS 74 seems to have sold well, it wasn't a problem to find. I suspect THIS new Cybertronian BB will be the same. Probably like Netflix BB was for Walmart. Sure you may have some scalpers initially, but Netflix BB was only packed 2 to a case of 8. More than likely this new deluxe will be solid packs, so it shouldn't be hard to find. I'm not saying there won't be scalping going on, or that it won't be popular, but if it is a super scarce item akin to ER Runabout or Thrust, I will publicly apologize and say I was wrong.

Ah, there isn't enough energy in those conducters to last us a QUARTEX....

Damn, that Bee looks nice. The rods, the g1 Cybertronian mode.... ticks all the right boxes.

Guess I'll have to look for one.

At last, a figure from the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line that is actually buzzworthy!

I know the description says the jetpack appears to be from the centurion drone pack, but I will give them props, if that is the case, they painted it, and added a lot more detail.

This toy looks like a bunch of fun. Very excited it's finally on the way!

Looks kinda neat! I wonder if we'll be seeing more from this line soon, there's listings for a Studio Series buzzworthy 2-pack that were found a little while ago.

o.supreme wrote:I know the description says the jetpack appears to be from the centurion drone pack, but I will give them props, if that is the case, they painted it, and added a lot more detail.

It definetely isn't the same jetpack, it looks very different.

Honestly, this toy and the Siege Seeker mold are what I wish the 1984/1985 guys from Siege would have been. A series of Cybertronian alt modes either homaging one we've had on screen, comics and videogames, or giving us freaky new ones, that turn into cartoon-like robot modes. I guess I just like the concept of getting basically the same robot mode from two markedly different alt modes. A shame they didn't go for it. I guess the reason is that those wouldn't be as easy to remold into earth modes.

But now, basically half of siege feels pointless just because of how earth like most of the "cybertronian" modes are. The Datsuns, Countachs, Mirage and Optimus are the worst offenders for me. Megatron, Hound and Soundwave are barely worth it... Megatron even feels a bit more egregious now that the Shattered Glass one exists and has a decent jet mode.

Oh Snizap! Guess I can return Studio Series 'Bee back to Target...

Oooooof. No sir, I don't like it. The fake chest and VW feet, the shin kibble, the weird proportions and the fact that he doesn't fit in at all with Siege (you know, the entire line of figures with Cybertronian alt modes) just kills it for me.

Evil Eye wrote:Oooooof. No sir, I don't like it. The fake chest and VW feet, the shin kibble, the weird proportions and the fact that he doesn't fit in at all with Siege (you know, the entire line of figures with Cybertronian alt modes) just kills it for me.

I mean, everything you mention regarding fake parts is the whole point of this toy/design. Always would be.

william-james88 wrote:

Evil Eye wrote:Oooooof. No sir, I don't like it. The fake chest and VW feet, the shin kibble, the weird proportions and the fact that he doesn't fit in at all with Siege (you know, the entire line of figures with Cybertronian alt modes) just kills it for me.

I mean, everything you mention regarding fake parts is the whole point of this toy/design. Always would be.

That's what I was thinking. Although I don't agree with it 'not fitting in with Siege'.

Evil Eye wrote:Oooooof. No sir, I don't like it. The fake chest and VW feet, the shin kibble, the weird proportions and the fact that he doesn't fit in at all with Siege (you know, the entire line of figures with Cybertronian alt modes) just kills it for me.

You serious here? That's a friggin flying saucer that turn into a bot who pretend to turn into a Beetle. That's the entire point and there's no way to achieve that even at Masterpiece level without fake parts nor shellforming.

He's also not meant to fit in Siege nor the entire WFC trilogy, but rather in SS86. As a "flashback".



Start at 2:00

Like, really.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Evil Eye wrote:Oooooof. No sir, I don't like it. The fake chest and VW feet, the shin kibble, the weird proportions and the fact that he doesn't fit in at all with Siege (you know, the entire line of figures with Cybertronian alt modes) just kills it for me.

You serious here? That's a friggin flying saucer that turn into a bot who pretend to turn into a Beetle. That's the entire point and there's no way to achieve that even at Masterpiece level.


Start at 2:00

Like, really.

My issue is that, compared to Siege (which you'd expect him to "go with") where everyone had a subtly redesigned robot mode to accomodate the cybertronian vehicle modes, he tries way too hard to accomodate the "We didn't have the budget to do separate robot designs" thing of the...5 minutes or so Bumblebee shows up in that form. I'd rather they either adjusted the alt mode a little or made the robot mode reflect what he turns into. I get that they wanted to homage the opening scene but at the same time I'd rather he looked more at home with Siege than stood out as an oddball like this.

Plus I really, really hate faux-parts. I could accept it on the Siege Seekers because it formed a sort of power-core/sensor pod detail on the rear of the jet (and also I just love that mold) but for the most part I'd rather they either made parts that homage the kibble without actually trying to BE the kibble (see RID2001's chest) or alternatively just adjusted the design to make it actually work.

Greetings Seibertronians! It's only been one day since In Demand Toys revealed the existence of Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee Origin Bumblebee, but now, thanks to an anonymous Target employee, we have the Listing as found in the Target computers!



DPCI: 087 16 3816
Price: $22.99

This image not only gives us the DPCI for this saucer shaped Bee, but a date when we can expect to see him turn up at Targets, hopefully nationwide, that date being 08/11.

Looking at the price, it would seem that this is indeed a Deluxe Class figure, but until we have in hand shots, we can of speculate if it's a complete new mold of if it's been retooled from the Earthrise Cliffjumper/Netflix Bumblebee mold.

Addendum: expert analysis from fans has confirmed that the jetpack with Bee is completely different to the one that came with Centurion.

Will you be getting this figure?

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I feel like Buzzworthy gets good distribution for what it is, but MAN I am expecting demand on this to he stupid stupid

Flashwave wrote:I feel like Buzzworthy gets good distribution for what it is, but MAN I am expecting demand on this to he stupid stupid

Let's hope Hasbro will bring back the days of THE HIVE to nip scalping in the bud.

I'm really excited to get more images of Origin Bee and hopefully pick him up. I hope Hasbro has him as a shared exclusive between Pulse and Target to try and minimize over stocking at Brick and Mortar, while maintaining a healthy stock for the fans who want him.

I noticed something kinda cool yesterday about his transformation, it looks like his robot mode chest forms the front grill section in vehicle mode. It's not much, but I do kind of like how it tries to use parts instead of just making his robot mode chest a faux part entirely. I hope we get some repaints/remolds too, like maybe an Animated Wasp inspired version, and maybe through in a Bugbite just because

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I'm really excited to get more images of Origin Bee and hopefully pick him up. I hope Hasbro has him as a shared exclusive between Pulse and Target to try and minimize over stocking at Brick and Mortar, while maintaining a healthy stock for the fans who want him.

I noticed something kinda cool yesterday about his transformation, it looks like his robot mode chest forms the front grill section in vehicle mode. It's not much, but I do kind of like how it tries to use parts instead of just making his robot mode chest a faux part entirely. I hope we get some repaints/remolds too, like maybe an Animated Wasp inspired version, and maybe through in a Bugbite just because

Don't forget the obligatory Cliffjumper!