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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:27 am

It sounds as though Japanese fans can look forward to Toys"R"Us Japan exclusive version of Transformers Prime Weaponizer Bumblebee. TFW2005 user dare received the following solicitation from Singapore based hobby shop RoboRobo. According to the product description the figure will feature a "Perfect Gold" deco, light/sound gimmicks, an Arms Micron, weapon, and sticker sheet.

Description: AM Gatling Bumblebee For Japan toys r us
Launch Date: End Nov/Dec 2012
JRP: 8000 Yen

Info:

Leader Class

Perfect Gold coated Bumblebee

Lights and Sound (Push the head, revolving Gatling appear)

1 x Arm Micron (Runner parts)

1 x Weapon

1 x Sticker

Here's an image of Hasbro's Transformers Prime Weaponizer Bumblebee from BotCon 2012, more can be found by clicking here.

by **all_the_primes** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:14 pm

Yay, more shelf warmers are on their way.

Seriously? what is it with the bumblebee stock lately? Nobody buys these things. Too many bumblebees in my opinion.
Hell, I come and visit my local target store after every month or so and they're so many bumblebees since DOTM and Prime.

Hasbro and Takara really needs to step up their games, whether Japanese exclusive or not.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:48 pm

So sick of BB. Combine him with the leftover DOTM figures like jolt, some of those wreckers and some other straglers and my Vancouver stores are clogged.

That bot mode lacks paint so badly.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:17 pm

He looks like crap. Like an oversized legends figure. Also saw nothing but Bumblebees in target today.

by **Doubledealer93** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:45 pm

great.

anyone remember when megatron and optimus prime got leader class toys first and not bumblebee? anyone miss that? how cool would it be to have a leader class megatron for once?? :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:52 pm

Even Japan isn't safe from The Yellow Terror!

*dramatic lightning!*

by **amtm** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:45 pm

The proliferation of Bumblebees is the direct result of Michael Bay and his team ignoring storytelling in favor of whizbangery to the point that no character other than Prime and Bumblebee was developed enough for the audience to care about them. Until that changes, we can look forward to about 10 times as many Primes and Bees as everything else.

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:30 pm

all_the_primes wrote:Yay, more shelf warmers are on their way.

Seriously? what is it with the bumblebee stock lately? Nobody buys these things. Too many bumblebees in my opinion.
Hell, I come and visit my local target store after every month or so and they're so many bumblebees since DOTM and Prime.

Hasbro and Takara really needs to step up their games, whether Japanese exclusive or not.

Oh, I know. I went to Toys R Us the other day. They had no Prime toys, but they DID have THREE, count 'em THREE leader class ROTF bumblebees. I go to wal-mart, and I find Seven Prime RID bummblebees. And I can't even count all the DOTM varients of that little yellow pissant

That dosn't include other shelfwarmers like:
Animated Rodimus
Cybertron 3 pack Ransack, Repugnus, and Scattoshot (yes, Transformers Cybertron, rereleased under the '08 universe banner)
ROTF Mudflap, Jolt, and Stalker Scorpinok

I swear, all thats missing is transquito. I'm starting to think the only way I'm getting airachnaid, knockout and veihicon is by paying insane ebay prices.

News Credits: 1 · by **Flakmaster** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:35 pm

Ack, more Bumbull$h!t.

No matter how many microns, shinies and stickers Takara puts on this thing, the only way to even slightly redeem this mold would be a total retool of the wheel positioning. It would be better a better design to just remove the fake wheels completely and let the transformation be unique to that figure, but no, because the designers only care about detail when it detracts from the figure, they have to give him fake wheels...