blackeyedprime wrote:I guess it's a nod to the old brazillian/portuguese bumper/sedan figure and Hasbro not really having a name to use for it, using Bugbites name to keep the name trade marked.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:The symbols are neat and all, but a faction of one is no faction at all.
Bug Bite isn't the only one sport the Mercenary insignia.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Not regretting my choice. Although it's nice that we're getting another Merc bot. I really dislike one-off "factions". The symbols are neat and all, but a faction of one is no faction at all.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Sentinel_Primal wrote:Bug Bite looks awesome! Also, I like that Wheeljack and Bumblebee now have "evil" versions of themselves.
I wouldn't say "evil", more like "morally ambiguous"
Sabrblade wrote:Bug Bite isn't the only one sport the Mercenary insignia.Gauntlet101010 wrote:Not regretting my choice. Although it's nice that we're getting another Merc bot. I really dislike one-off "factions". The symbols are neat and all, but a faction of one is no faction at all.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I personally am very happy he is a Mercenary. I am planning a Mercenary shelf now that they seem to be showing up more, repurposing some characters who would make sense there.
Exhaust, Doubledealer, Bug Bite and my FOC Soundblaster are headed there for sure. Probably some more, once i start digging around.
Va'al wrote:I keep track of everyone. Backwards.
There are atandarfs to maintain.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Hey, If Mindmaster survived then you should do just fine.
Brokebot wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:I guess it's a nod to the old brazillian/portuguese bumper/sedan figure and Hasbro not really having a name to use for it, using Bugbites name to keep the name trade marked.
If that's the case, they should have slapped it on a recolored Insecticon. At least it would have made sense.
ZeroWolf wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I personally am very happy he is a Mercenary. I am planning a Mercenary shelf now that they seem to be showing up more, repurposing some characters who would make sense there.
Exhaust, Doubledealer, Bug Bite and my FOC Soundblaster are headed there for sure. Probably some more, once i start digging around.
Hope you've got a lockdown planned for that shelf
Ew.Mindmaster wrote:peeshooters
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
o.supreme wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal
Exclusives are sold beginning of September on Pulse... has been that way ever since I joined this site
Makes sense, but since this is an unprecedented time, one would think they would have had a few hundred to a couple thousand Ready to sell live had SDCC actually happened. There wasn't any talk of it at a panel or anything IIRC as there usually would be. Additionally isn't what sells online from Hasbro in past years usually just the "leftovers" of what didn't sell at the Convention?
o.supreme wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal
Exclusives are sold beginning of September on Pulse... has been that way ever since I joined this site
Makes sense, but since this is an unprecedented time, one would think they would have had a few hundred to a couple thousand Ready to sell live had SDCC actually happened. There wasn't any talk of it at a panel or anything IIRC as there usually would be. Additionally isn't what sells online from Hasbro in past years usually just the "leftovers" of what didn't sell at the Convention?
Wolfman Jake wrote:I hope we do eventually get Goldbug from the Bumblebee Netflix version of the mold. Could Hasbro and Takara Tomy do any remolding to the robot form of the figure to distinguish it just a bit more from the "normal" Netflix Bumblebee? I mean, besides the different head sculpt of course. I feel like the head and a premium "golden" paint job won't be quite enough to make it look like more than just a repainted Bumblebee. Maybe they could square off a few of the rounder features on Bumblebee, but then, that would likely compromise the otherwise accurate VW Bettle alt mode.
Jeddostotle7 wrote:reeeeeeeeeeeally hoping against hope that this is a similar (obviously more egregious) case to Rotorstorm having the wrong head, and that the final figure will actually be on the Bumblebee version of the mold. i don't particularly expect it will be, but i'm holding out hope
Wolfman Jake wrote:Jeddostotle7 wrote:reeeeeeeeeeeally hoping against hope that this is a similar (obviously more egregious) case to Rotorstorm having the wrong head, and that the final figure will actually be on the Bumblebee version of the mold. i don't particularly expect it will be, but i'm holding out hope
It’s unlikely. We only see those kinds of errors in computer renders. These are professional photos of real factory product. It’s almost certain that the Bug Bite we get in December will be exactly what we’ve seen here today: a white repaint of Cliffjumper with Bumblebee’s head.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Deadput wrote:That's just a head though, their not going to do a change for the entire body like that.
I didn't watch the reveal of Rotorstorm nor the announcement of the new head but isn't it plausible that the new head was made after the reaction to the initial reveal?
Jeddostotle7 wrote:Deadput wrote:That's just a head though, their not going to do a change for the entire body like that.
I didn't watch the reveal of Rotorstorm nor the announcement of the new head but isn't it plausible that the new head was made after the reaction to the initial reveal?
No, the new head was called out in the product description, and in the mid July stream they revealed the new head, saying it was always meant to have it but the last stream and the stock photos used a prototype that didn't have it for whatever reason. The description of Bug Bite calling out his vehicle mode as a "sports car" instead of a Volkswagen Beetle like Netflix Bumblebee's does put a big damper on my already-small shred of hope, but I am still holding out that tiniest little scrap of hope.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
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