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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:11 am

The first in-package image of Transformers Prime "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Bumblebee has appeared on the facebook page of the Transformers Galaxy Hong Kong Fans Group. This figure is a brand new mold compared to the currently available "First Edition" Deluxe Bumblebee and features two blasters. Image mirrored below.

by **ShadowGinrai** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:20 am

I like the blue and silver boxes more. Sad to see them go.

News Credits: 8 · by **LiKwid** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:20 am

So is this a Japan exclusive? I have seen 0 Prime figures here in the states so far..

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:26 am

Shadow Wing15 wrote:I like the blue and silver boxes more. Sad to see them go.

Yeah, the silver and blue will look nicer in my garbage than the red will look in my garbage. :-B

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:27 am

Robots in Disguise will be the TF: Prime main line due out Spring 2012.

News Credits: 10 · by **Lapse Of Reason** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:28 am

So which figure is supposed to be more show accurate?

by **Ungie** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:34 am

It doesnt even say Transformers: Prime on the front. For a misinformed shopper it could be just another line of toys and not TF: Prime...

by **TimothyR** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:51 am

LiKwid wrote:So is this a Japan exclusive? I have seen 0 Prime figures here in the states so far..

where do you live? .. prime figures are pretty much everywhere.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:53 am

the blue boxes do look better but theres just to much wasted space in them, that is partly because prime figures are small but its also because hasbro made the boxes to big for the figures. This shape in the current coloring would be better.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:08 am

It should be noted that this pic comes from a damning report on Hasbro's factories.

"Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell"

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642

There's some pretty horrible things in there.

by **noctorro** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:21 am

Autobot032 wrote:It should be noted that this pic comes from a damning report on Hasbro's factories.

"Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell"

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642

There's some pretty horrible things in there.

I know, but same goes for Apple, and I think pretty much any factory in China. It's a crappy situation. Still somebody is making a lot of cash. DOTM deluxes in Holland cost 20 euro's.

Made in China means made in slavery.

Ontopic:
I like the new package, and that they made a complete new mold of Bumblebee, hope they do the same for Arcee! (don't get me wrong, I love the mold and have the pink version, but more molds means more chance of recolours and I need a female sub-group of tf's)

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:30 am

New mold...but why? Unless he were either more show accurate in bot mode or closer to scale, why would two deluxes be necessary? Especially this early on.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:15 am

Autobot032 wrote:It should be noted that this pic comes from a damning report on Hasbro's factories.

"Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell"

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642

There's some pretty horrible things in there.

It's true what they say: ignorance is bliss. If this report is accurate then it certainly casts a dark cloud over one's hobby. I can't help but question the character of whoever came across this report and decided to make use of it as a product catalogue.

On topic: I just hope we get comparison photos of the two editions before the first becomes scarce.

by **Fenrir Prime** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:45 am

Sodan-1 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:It should be noted that this pic comes from a damning report on Hasbro's factories.

"Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell"

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642

There's some pretty horrible things in there.

It's true what they say: ignorance is bliss. If this report is accurate then it certainly casts a dark cloud over one's hobby. I can't help but question the character of whoever came across this report and decided to make use of it as a product catalogue.

On topic: I just hope we get comparison photos of the two editions before the first becomes scarce.

Yeah I got quite the unsettling feeling in my stomach after reading that.

back to the topic: It's cool but I still haven't seen any Prime toys out where I live so I can't get that excited.

by **WolfDawg** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:52 am

Autobot032 wrote:It should be noted that this pic comes from a damning report on Hasbro's factories.

"Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell"

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642

There's some pretty horrible things in there.

Meh, better them then me I guess. Sorry, but I've just never been the type of person to dwell on (or care about) things like that.

On Topic:
I'm guessing this means we'll be getting the full fledged line sometime soon. That's pretty strange because I still haven't found Cliffjumper, Voyager Prime, or Bulkhead. Geez, when are those guys going to start showing up in the U.S.?

by **Court Jester** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:05 am

WolfDawg wrote:Meh, better them then me I guess. Sorry, but I've just never been the type of person to dwell on (or care about) things like that.

Wow... so that makes you some other type of person all together. Merry Christmas, Captain America. Seriously, on topic: Some people are heartless this holiday season and, BTW, screw the new packaging news.

News Credits: 1 · by **adamassc** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:08 am

Autobot032 wrote:It should be noted that this pic comes from a damning report on Hasbro's factories.

"Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell"

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642

There's some pretty horrible things in there.

Those people need the strength of Unions on their side, not a bunch of athletes that aren't happy with the billions they're making chasing balls around.

OT: I suspect the new mold is to seperate the 'regular' release from the first editions. I like this idea, since I opened my first editions.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:13 am

LiKwid wrote:So is this a Japan exclusive?

No. This is the U.S. figure coming in March.

LiKwid wrote:I have seen 0 Prime figures here in the states so far..

Check your local Toys'R'Us.

Lapse Of Reason wrote:So which figure is supposed to be more show accurate?

Difficult to tell right now. We'll just have to get both and judge for ourselves.

Ungie wrote:It doesnt even say Transformers: Prime on the front. For a misinformed shopper it could be just another line of toys and not TF: Prime...

It's probably obscured by the top of the image. It's gotta be on there somewhere.

Flux Convoy wrote:New mold...but why? Unless he were either more show accurate in bot mode or closer to scale, why would two deluxes be necessary? Especially this early on.

To sell toys. To sell Bumblebee. To milk the franchise. Pick one.

by **WolfDawg** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:16 am

Court Jester wrote:
WolfDawg wrote:Meh, better them then me I guess. Sorry, but I've just never been the type of person to dwell on (or care about) things like that.

Wow... so that makes you some other type of person all together. Merry Christmas, Captain America. Seriously, on topic: Some people are heartless this holiday season and, BTW, screw the new packaging news.

Lol, I suppose it does make me some other type of person all together; an honest person. Oh, and merry Christmas to you too. Captain America has always been one of my favorite super heroes aside from Batman (yes, I consider Batman to be a superhero). My brother dislikes him for some reason though.

Oh, and on topic, I'm really looking forward to seeing RID Arcee. Maybe she'll be a little more screen accurate.

by **wilcosu35** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:26 pm

slightly off-topic: i've read that pdf file, and i am appalled at what is happening to those poor chinese workers.
is there anything that we fans can do to make a fist?

by **Vicalliose** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:29 pm

On the subject of the non-first edition figures, I think calling them a "brand new mold" is a bit of a stretch.

As for those Chinese workers... is this really new to anyone? It's the Chinese Socialist Market Economy hard at work. Hasbro's factories are just some of many. Not much we can do to change that outside of discouraging Chinese production altogether, which would only make things worse for those people. Though frankly America is in such a terrible economic downturn I'd rather we take those jobs away and produce the toys here. My words are cold, yes, but myself, my family and my fellow countrymen should always come before strangers, America has poor people too.

Y'know, what really freaks me out is that China has not had another revolution.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:46 pm

Vicalliose wrote:On the subject of the non-first edition figures, I think calling them a "brand new mold" is a bit of a stretch.

Hasbro said it was a new mold at SDCC 2011.

by **ShadowGinrai** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:03 pm

omega666 wrote:
Shadow Wing15 wrote:I like the blue and silver boxes more. Sad to see them go.

Yeah, the silver and blue will look nicer in my garbage than the red will look in my garbage.

I collect and display MISB/MOC Transformers so I like displaying boxes that look nicer.

by **Vicalliose** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:47 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Vicalliose wrote:On the subject of the non-first edition figures, I think calling them a "brand new mold" is a bit of a stretch.
Hasbro said it was a new mold at SDCC 2011.

Going off of the appearance of BB here, all his panel lines look exactly the same. I'd say the changes are probably just some superficial retooling. Then again, if you consider every variation of movie BB to be a "brand new mold"...