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News Credits: 1452 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:26 am

Ah, the sly, and every so active Transformers Movie toy line collector. You thought you were done getting those funds ready to purchase those Dark Of The Moon Bumblebees, weren't you? Nope, let the emotions run wild as you're going to have to add one more. That's right, another Movie Bumblebee repaint is in the works, and no, not yellow, black, or red (sorry Cliffjumper), we've got pictures of a silver/grey Camaro repaint. This figure still has some notable Bumblebee-like features, and sports a fancy logo to boot. Which Bumblebee mold is being used is still a mystery, although it's likely Battle Blade as that has yet to be reused by Hasbro. Check out the images below!

(Images courtesy of Yahoo Japan member Nihaohuwen)

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News Credits: 19 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:38 am

Well I don't think it looks that great of a color sceheme but I am curious as to what it's about.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:18 am

that is pretty damn ugly

Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:30 am

It's CLEARLY Cannon BB. I had hope for it, but it just got crushed. THANKS, HASBRO!

Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:39 am

Is it me , but does that look like a decepticon insignia on his door? :twisted:

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:16 am

WOW another Bumblebee repaint!

I'm giddy with EXCITEMENT!

... no, wait, that's sarcasm.

News Credits: 33 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:23 am

At least he does'nt look like a dickhead!

Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:57 am

conbot3 wrote:Is it me , but does that look like a decepticon insignia on his door?

It's some kind of symbol, but it's not a decepticon insignia for sure.
On other news, did we really needed another BB? How much cash can you milk out of BB before you have to kill it and eat it? Apparently, to the point of nauseousness.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:43 am

already? they could have at least made it red and called it cliffjumper.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:44 am

Like someone else said, I'm pretty sure that's a repaint of Cannon BB. He has the seats inside and the solid front--the split doesn't go all the way down the front like it does on Battle Blade BB. Plus, the rest of the panel lines seem to match up. That would make it the fourth release of the mold--granted, Battlefield BB and BB from the Rampage Among the Ruins had the battle mask, whereas Cannon BB had the head with the tarsier eyes.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:47 am

Well, thats down right ugly!!

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:00 am

and yet another reason i hope he bites it in dotm. (not likely though)

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:01 am

if it has a different head then i might get it

but im gonna try and stay away from these BBs, i will only get one cus battle blade BB is hell of a lot better than these will ever be.

News Credits: 668 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:13 am

Alright, that's it. This is ridiculous. We've gone past conceivable repaints, redecos, exclusives, etc.

This is nothing but a moneygrab for Hasbro, and it should be looked upon negatively.

It's one thing to pad their line up to keep things going, but this is just bull$#17

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:16 am

Please stop making Bumblebees.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:18 am

Ok there is some things you can and can't do to Bumblebee, making him grey is somthing you can't do.

News Credits: 198 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:32 am

This is a joke, right? April Fools, right Hasbro?

News Credits: 18 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:32 am

bah, just pulled out my cannon bumblebee from the box of shame and compared. the hood on this silver one looks to be all one peice, so it might be retooled, but I was wrong, it totalt is cannon bb -_-

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:33 am

How on earth could Hasbro come some close to gaining themselves a small sliver of redemption and then so totally blow it at the last second? Black and Silver...that works. Black Silver and Yellow detailing... :SICK:

Had they gone with something in the blue range for the detailing and made the arms, legs and head something like a gun-metal grey so that they stood out just enough from the vehicle parts that it's not a solid looking blob, then they would have had something.
Maybe use the blue stripe that should have gone onto the vehicle detail to also highlight some of the bot features (without going overboard) just to spruce it up a bit.
What they have, however, is just freaking hideous. I have no desire to see that thing transformed cause that would just be nightmare inducing.

News Credits: 5 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:02 am

Green windows?

News Credits: 3 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:10 pm

This is absolutley gonna have to stop. DOTM is turning out to be an either hit-or-miss line. i till say ROTF was a much better line.

No more BB...Please no more BB!!! :evil:

News Credits: 2 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:27 pm

Bumblebee once again proves my point about him being the "one bot franchise".

News Credits: 241 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:37 pm

A silver Bumblebee huh? Watch Hasbro call him Bug Bite and fans will be over him even after previously condemning it :lol:

Me? I like him for a whole different reason:

Volks on TFU.info

South American Bumblebee, one color scheme had silver and yellow.

Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:07 pm

Pretty sure that's a black Autobot symbol inside that logo.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:41 pm

Finally, a non-yellow Bumblebee! Just watch it somehow be nearly all yellow in bot mode. :lol:

The odd logo looks like a stylized "A", with a little Autobot symbol near the bottom. Or perhaps an "H", or even a suspension bridge (as seen while driving on it).