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News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:41 am

An auction on Taobao would give us our first look at an upcoming Desert Camouflaged redeco of Fast Action Battlers Bumblebee, likely for release in the Transformers Revenge of The Fallen toy line. To view the auction for yourself, please click here.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:45 am

Desert camouflaged Camaro, what will they think of next?

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:24 am

Uh yellow camo YUCK !!! OH MY GOD YOU KILLED BUMBLEBEE, YOU BASTARDS! :-x

This is the worst repaint yet looks like you spilled dark yellow paint on a dull painted bumblebee.

News Credits: 2 · by **Head Shot** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:29 am

Nekoman wrote:Desert camouflaged Camaro, what will they think of next?

I don't think its meant to be a new "camouflage paint job" so much as it is sand and whatever dust/dirt/etc a car or for that matter anything in the desert gets stuck to it. I see this more as bumblebee being dirty from the sand and grime of the desert, and not simply have tan coloured blotches ontop of his existing paintjob.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:41 am

My god that is the silliest and most useless repaint of a ugly looking mold.

News Credits: 4 · by **typh0id** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:53 am

nemesis-prime wrote:Uh yellow camo YUCK !!! OH MY GOD YOU KILLED BUMBLEBEE, YOU BASTARDS! This is the worst repaint yet looks like you spilled dark yellow paint on a dull painted bumblebee.

Well I agree that it's a pretty damn fugly paintjob...But let's be honest here, who really cares? That's a piece of **** figure anyway

[zero-kaiser's YouTube Channel] · by **zero-kaiser** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:55 am

ewwwww... that just looks awful :\

I've never been a fan of FAB's.. but, this..

..I cant decide if it looks like somethings been spilled on it or its had half its paint stripped off.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:01 am

The most brilliant marketing scheme by Hasbro yet! Make something that screams "Epic Fail" so loudly
that people will actually look forward to getting figures like Breakaway and Wheelie.
This makes the fugly twins look appealing. I'm usually very open minded about new releases and try my
best to be non-critical and judgemental about new stuff but this thing is just...so utterly...
damn, that's horrid! #-o

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:41 pm

Wow it looks like some one just crap that out and called it a color. Guess they didnt know that there is actually a yellow camo patter out there and it actually looks cool. Just another pass for me.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:16 pm

Alternate mode looks okay. Like.. actually looks like it's buried in sand. Then there's Robot mode.. Oh god.. Even a fan like me who tries to like all repaints can't even deal with this.

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:21 pm

Pisses me off that they cancel universe line for stupid **** like this :-x

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:34 pm

Anyone else think it looks like a "Buttered Popcorn" Jelly Belly on wheels?

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:51 pm

like an "un lucky draw" jelly belly edition :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:59 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:Anyone else think it looks like a "Buttered Popcorn" Jelly Belly on wheels?

The Jelly Belly at least has something going for it...

Good Taste! :grin:

News Credits: 4 · by **typh0id** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:35 pm

T-Macksimus wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:Anyone else think it looks like a "Buttered Popcorn" Jelly Belly on wheels?

The Jelly Belly at least has something going for it...

Good Taste!

Oh my god NO! Those taste like death.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:50 am

typh0id wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:Anyone else think it looks like a "Buttered Popcorn" Jelly Belly on wheels?

The Jelly Belly at least has something going for it...

Good Taste!

Oh my god NO! Those taste like death.

All right then. In all fairness I'll say that SOME of us like the BP Jelly Belly but so far ALL of us agree that this new paint job suuuuuuccks!

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:02 pm

They should add an "L" to the "ROTF" label on some of these figures.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:04 pm

nemesis-prime wrote:Pisses me off that they cancel universe line for stupid **** like this

They didn't. Just like they didn't "cancel" the Universe line when the first movie toys came out, or when the Animated line came out. It's a fill-in series used to release figures between movie/TV lines. They'll go back to making "Universe" figures after the ROTF line is through.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:04 pm

Head Shot wrote:
Nekoman wrote:Desert camouflaged Camaro, what will they think of next?

I don't think its meant to be a new "camouflage paint job" so much as it is sand and whatever dust/dirt/etc a car or for that matter anything in the desert gets stuck to it. I see this more as bumblebee being dirty from the sand and grime of the desert, and not simply have tan coloured blotches ontop of his existing paintjob.

No, it's clearly supposed to be desert camo. If that was supposed to be dirt, it would be an even bigger failure. But it's clearly an attempt at camo.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:37 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:
Head Shot wrote:
Nekoman wrote:Desert camouflaged Camaro, what will they think of next?

I don't think its meant to be a new "camouflage paint job" so much as it is sand and whatever dust/dirt/etc a car or for that matter anything in the desert gets stuck to it. I see this more as bumblebee being dirty from the sand and grime of the desert, and not simply have tan coloured blotches ontop of his existing paintjob.

No, it's clearly supposed to be desert camo. If that was supposed to be dirt, it would be an even bigger failure. But it's clearly an attempt at camo.

You forgot to say "piss-poor" before "attempt". :grin:

I'll have to show the pic. of this to my kids tomorrow when I go over to my ex-wifes to do some work. I'll let you folks know what a kids reaction is to this...monstrosity.