The Energon Pub

by **Deceptiwho?** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:12 am

Guaranteed its a Costco thing no doubt about it..

by **skyline** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:13 am

dang!

Bumblebee sure looks like a yellow ROBOSAIPIEN from that packaging! :grin:

by **fanboy999** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:42 am

from the moment I heard they were doing an ultimate Bumblebee, I'd say Hasbro pretty much had me. Yeah, I dropped $79 on the dude (hard to call him little though given his massive size). I got him home, took him out of his box (no reselling for this fanboy) and have had a blast utilizing his many features. Is it pricey? heck yeah. But for a diehard Transformers fan, it's mighty hard to resist. I said for months I wasn't going to get him, but in the end I succumbed to my primal urges.

News Credits: 1 · by **Switchpoint** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:51 am

Glad I got the first wave figure. I love the box he came in, and he can be easily put back in and displayed MIB.

by **upther** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:40 pm

Looks even uglier to me in that package.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:06 pm

I wonder why the change?

by **tommy tek** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:53 pm

upther wrote:Looks even uglier to me in that package.

Wow everytime i see you comment on something its always negative or pestamistic i wonder if you like anything at all.I never once since i have been here seen you wrote something good about any topic even though thats your opinion.how does it look uglier...how in what way.

by **tommy tek** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:58 pm

Wheeljack35 wrote:I wonder why the change?

Well probably in a few years when the movie line is far gone there going to be worth alot of money.thats why ibought one in this packaging this packaging will be even more money.i wont sell it though.

But to answer your question its simple its one of thos collectors items and plus dust wont get in there.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:33 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:
Elita One wrote:As cute as he is the price is too much for me. Ive seen him in the flesh at the local Target cute lil thing.

Are you 9 feet tall Elita?

My gf lugged him around for a bit after I bought him, and he came up past her knees!

Did some thinking about the packaging, and I really don't like it. Storing the Robovision Prime Octagon was a pain in the butt. The normal Ultimate Bumblebee Box when folded down does not fit in a 52 litre tub, so imagine how much room this would occupy.

Agreed on awkward boxes, thats why I like the origional Ult BB package.

Bubbles domes, and things of that sort realy fo suck to store. I wish they'd just stick with squares and rectangles!

As for Ult BB coming up to your girls knees :???:

I know your from the "Land Down Under" so I just gotta ask, is gravity stronger down there or something!?!

This thing is knee high to my 7 year old niece, just bearly, and she's tiny!

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:11 pm

In the box it came up to her knees, out of box he is just below.

My gf's only about 5'3" (160cm)(did I get that right? We do metric over here), I haven't measured Bumblebee yet (nor thought of till now) but he would have to be around the 35-40 cm mark.

by **Dark JIM** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:54 pm

i saw this at target the battery was out so i didnt buy it

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:09 pm

Dark JIM wrote:i saw this at target the battery was out so i didnt buy it

May not be the battery, the chest piece for Bumblebee has to be in a certain spot for it to hit a certain button to make the sounds.

I first thought that the batteries were dead on the Ultimate Bumblebee figures, but after I bought one I found out about the button/chest alignment issues. About half the Bumblebee's I have seen since have had the problem, some shifting of the chest piece is usually enough to get the figures to work in the stores.

by **TinglingSensation** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:36 pm

fanboy999 wrote:But for a diehard Transformers fan, it's mighty hard to resist. I said for months I wasn't going to get him, but in the end I succumbed to my primal urges.

I was in the same boat. Tonight I finally take the plunge and spend an hour checking two stores to find the Bumblebee with the best paint job. I take it home, giddily open up the box ... and have the disappointment of a bad knee joint. It won't lock, so he always slouches to one side. @$&#%! :-x

News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:40 pm

TinglingSensation wrote:
fanboy999 wrote:But for a diehard Transformers fan, it's mighty hard to resist. I said for months I wasn't going to get him, but in the end I succumbed to my primal urges.

I was in the same boat. Tonight I finally take the plunge and spend an hour checking two stores to find the Bumblebee with the best paint job. I take it home, giddily open up the box ... and have the disappointment of a bad knee joint. It won't lock, so he always slouches to one side. @$&#%!

Ok, this is bad, but... I bought him, opened him transformed him, hated it completely and return it, in prime condition... I even fixed all the twisties and stuff back to perfection.. what a piece of crap!! seriously don't buy it unless you want to get it on clearence for parts to kitbash with..

by **tommy tek** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:57 pm

TinglingSensation wrote:
fanboy999 wrote:But for a diehard Transformers fan, it's mighty hard to resist. I said for months I wasn't going to get him, but in the end I succumbed to my primal urges.

I was in the same boat. Tonight I finally take the plunge and spend an hour checking two stores to find the Bumblebee with the best paint job. I take it home, giddily open up the box ... and have the disappointment of a bad knee joint. It won't lock, so he always slouches to one side. @$&#%!

mine does that to you have to play wityh it a bit and you have to push in those pins and pull freaken hard i mean hard.so much so that it hurts my fingers.