Thanks on the Roseville Walmart post. I am loving IDW Optimus and Bee.
Mini review...
Optimus
He colored great and has a great heroic look to him. All the possibility you expert a deluxe to have. He has 2 accessories a gun Optimus's gun without the butt of it and Roller!. What can I say about it other then... It's Roller! A small all terrain vehicle, and the gun is a double barreled cannon... but don't expect much in the way of bot it is a block with a face and up and down possibility in the arms. His alt mode is cool too, looks good and harkens back to g1 Optimus in style and transformation, it's familiar yet new. He is super tiny and fun to transform. For 10 bucks totally worth it. Perfect desk toy.
Bee
Great colors great look, nice to have an almost to scale IDW bee in his RID comic style. His articulation is something to be desired though, not really that great. His shoulder pads get in the way of the ball joint, he in no way can do a side arm pose. His arm guards get in the way of the elbow bend, and he has a tab for transformation that gets in the way of the knee bend. His head does not turn and only bends down because of transform. I would say get him because he is cheap, but if you are looking poseability like Optimus then I would wait for the deluxe. His accessory looks the part in the alt mode being a helicopter, it's cool looking. As well the gun is pretty cool, but the bot again... meh. His alt mode is great looking, nice little cybertronian looking hatch back of sorts. Bonus the transformation is fun and satisfying.
Over all Optimus is the better buy of the two, a lot of time went in to making him and it shows he is a great toy. Bee there are some issues with him but the size and price why not pick him up. There were way worse toys made in the prime line. * Cough * Airachnid * Cough *