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Movie Deluxe Bumblebee

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Movie Deluxe Bumblebee

Postby megatroptimus » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:10 am

CAR MODE

It's the old '74 Camaro. Painted windows, some dirt effects, black stripes, silver rims, silver headlights, silver trim on the front bumper, painted brake lights. It's like an unkidified version of Energon Hot Shot or Armada Hot Shot. Had to fix the hood on mine as it didn't want to stay in place (locking tabs were too thin). A few drops of superglue and it was ready to go.

TRANSFORMATION

Some interesting stuff going on here as Bumblebee has both flipchanging and automorph gimmicks. You start by detaching the guns from the undercarriage. Then, under the car, you flip up the little panel with the Autobot insignia to unlock the front portion of the vehicle. Then you push the button on the hood and the chest with flip down and automorph at the same time (headlights move forward and to the center over the front grill). Turn the head around. Move the arms up laterally until the wheels lock on the shoulders. Fold down and pose the arms. Open the doors and lift the whole windshield/doors piece to form the "wings" behind Bumblebee. To form the legs, split the rear of the car in two. Rotate the bumper completely under the car and slide it to the rear by holding it parallel to the car. This will activate the automorph feature and move the rear window down and the knee guard up. Once you're done, fold down the feet and repeat for the other leg. Then you can attach the guns to the shoulders or the fists. Missiles are spring-loaded. The transformation is very fun and very smooth.

ROBOT MODE

Very good poseability. Head is on a ball joint and can rotate on 360 degrees and tilt up and down. Ball joints for the shoulders and elbows. Fists can rotate on 360 degrees. Ball joints for the hips. Joints for the knees (forward-backward) and the feet (up/down). Robot mode brings some more black and blue detailing. I for one love the headsculpt. There's a number on the waist area that says "4NZZ454". Dunno what it refers to.

Overall, a very nice figure. I wish Barricade had that kind of poseability. I prefer Barricade's look, but for playability, Bumblebee takes the win.

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Postby LioBreaker » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:36 am

Thanks for the helpful review/pics. It certaintly sounds like fun with him when it comes to playability. Maybe it's me but his face reminded me of some of those from beast war (ye with those bulging eyes) which I'm not too crazy about and the crotch area looks weird.
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Postby Danish-Liokaiser » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:10 am

Clap Clap* :D

Very interesting rewiev on the little guy we all love!
I didn't thought in the beginning that the Deluxe class figs had Auto-Morph tech.
Thank you for revealing that :D
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Postby megatroptimus » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:19 am

Barricade doesn't automorph (he has a spring-loaded arm for punching action) but Brawl does (chest area).
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Postby megatroptimus » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:18 pm

Autobots...

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Postby Hotrod » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:30 pm

Not bad at all. I kind of like this version of Bumblebee. Front paged and credited!
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Postby Ninja Sixshot » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:31 pm

looks pretty nice. and of course you show off your awesome haul. that black face is kind of creepy
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Postby Nemesis_Apoc » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:42 pm

that's cool
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Postby megatroptimus » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:44 pm

On the deluxe packaging, Bumblebee's face is mostly silver with black accents, his missiles are purple and the windows appear to be translucent.
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Postby jonusjaxon » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:10 pm

MINE!!!
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Postby ShGarland_1383 » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:20 pm

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I could see myself getting deluxe Bumblebee, but I honestly like ultimate better. Surprises me that I might actually get that one (especially with the $90 price tag), but if I can only get one I'd go ultimate.
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Postby Fang Wolf » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:10 am

*sniffles* I never wanted to say this, but like the Alts, it's grown on me. Looks great, what I have wanted from HotShot for so long.
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Postby Fang Wolf » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:15 am

*sniffles* I never wanted to say this, but like the Alts, it's grown on me. Looks great, what I have wanted from HotShot for so long.
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Postby NightFall » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:48 am

Kinda OK. I wait until it's in the sale's bin thoug, I just don't want them that much, maybe it's the colors? I guess I have to see them in person before I buy. I think Bumblebee will win me over thoug, gotta love him, :)
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Postby Phoenix_306 » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:54 am

Hi - don't know if this has been reported anywhere else, but just been looking on Play.com and they have a listing for a Swindle deluxe sports car? Is this a yet another decepticon? the autobots are gonna be well outnumbered! lol
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Postby hot rod 907 » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:34 am

preaty decent fig
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Postby Phenotype » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:29 am

Why does Rachet look green in that picture?
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Postby jgilkinson » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:32 am

now we just need jazz
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Postby megatroptimus » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:54 pm

Phenotype wrote:Why does Rachet look green in that picture?


He is green.
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Postby Overcracker » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:03 pm

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Phoenix_306 wrote:Hi - don't know if this has been reported anywhere else, but just been looking on Play.com and they have a listing for a Swindle deluxe sports car? Is this a yet another decepticon? the autobots are gonna be well outnumbered! lol

I don't think we've heard anything, about a Swindle.

In any case here's the link to Play.com's item listing:

Transformers 2007: Swindle Sports Car

It's got a movie poster for an image, so i guess we'll have to wait to find out what that is.
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Postby Hairball178 » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:36 pm

Someone commented on the buggy eyes, and I just remembered how Bumblebee was drawn in the old TF coloring books. The mouth's all wrong, but he had those goofy big eyes.

It looks like I may invest some money in some of these TF movie toys after all...I'm sold on Bumblebee, Barricade, and Blackout.
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Postby City Commander » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:41 pm

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Nice. But my money is set on completing older series' collections this year.
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Postby Redimus » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:01 pm

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Probably my fav movie toy I've seen so far. Not that the competition is exactly stagering...
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