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News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sun May 18, 2008 4:55 am

Just occured to me the other day. He's one of the most popular characters, after all...

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:32 am

Hasbro Made a prototype of him as a NewBeatle, VW did not like the idea as one of their cars as a War Toy and did not give them the license.

by **olokin** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:51 am

Maybe the Movie changed VW's perception of BB. He was pretty heroic in the movie. Maybe Hasbro or TakTomy can try again.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:30 am

He's rumoured to be the next Masterpiece after Grimlock and Thundercracker, so if that turns out to be true a BinAlt would be a bit redundent.

That said I've got a 1:24 scale (according to the box anyway, I think it's a little bigger) diecast New Beetle that I picked up a while ago with the intention of turning it into a shell for either the Subaru or Mazda figure, must get around to that one day.

by **bcm77** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:53 am

An MP Bumblebee would be awesome as the alt mode wasn't a dead on recreation of a Beetle so Takara would likely get round any licensing issues. The mold wouldn't take much retooling for Cliffjumper either,maybe they could be the first Masterpiece 2-pack?

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:04 am

The mold would need a lot of retooling to be Cliffjumper, seeing as he transformed into a squished Porsche.

by **JustinRODimus** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:00 pm

a MP bumblebee... as long as it doesnt cost a hundred bucks

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:16 pm

I'd rather he fitted into the scale of the others - so a bin/alt would be best. It'd be stupid to have a 12inch BB standing with a 12inch OP.

by **olokin** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:07 am

seeing as Starscream was 2/3 the size of Prime, I wouldn't worry that a MP BB would be as tall as Prime. An Alt/BT would really be cool though.

News Credits: 2 · by **TFBuyer** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:04 am

JustinRODimus wrote:a MP bumblebee... as long as it doesnt cost a hundred bucks

Well, good luck with that. If they make one, hold on to your wallet.

News Credits: 1 · by **Cascadia** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:43 am

There is more to it than that. VW said ok as long as if the figure does not have a gun but Hasbro would not comply. So, that is why there was no Alt/BT BB. In terms of a MP BB....that would be interesting if they would have to go to VW to get a license or make it look similar to VW Beetle but not 100% accurate.