The Energon Pub

Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:18 pm

I just got Generations Bumblebee and Blazemaster... and Bumblebee's car mode blows gopher chunks. Even with it (briefly) all tabbed together, the rear end is horribly irregular, the rear fenders actually extend past the rear "bumper" almost as far as the tire axles, and in heneral the car mode looks like utter crap.

Robot mode is decent, and Blazemaster is much better than Roller when it comes to both robot and gun modes, but that yellow car mode just sucks beyond belief.

Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:14 pm

Still waiting to find him myself. Long as the bot mode looks ok ill probably get it since I display most of my stuff in bot mode anyway.

News Credits: 15 · Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:57 pm

So...what are we discussing here? How crappy a figure T30 Legends Bee is or which Bumblebee in Transformers history had the worst vehicle mode? The title and the post conflict and confuse.

Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:01 am

Sorry. My post is mainly grumping about T30 Legends Bee. I seriously doubt there's a Bumblebee anywhere with a worse vehicle mode.

News Credits: 9 · Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:04 am

This one is rather poor:

Giant hinges on the side!

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:44 am

I don't know which is THE worst, but it's definitely one of the many, many movie incarnations.

You can't be too critical of Legends figures. Their flaws are more excusable.

Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:01 pm

I vote that it's not Nitro Bumblebee, the mold is quite nice, for being a sci-fi upgraded camaro. :lol:

I can't think of any deluxe-scale or bigger Bees that are overtly bad, honestly.

Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:47 pm

Seriously, it is bad even for a Legend class - or Legion Commander class, technically. I have not only never seen a Bumbles with a worse alt mode, I have almost never seen a Legion / Legend class with a worse alt mode.

Trust me, when you get it, you'll see what I mean. It's even worse than that one, Mykltron.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:37 pm

I just opened mine, and I don't think the alt mode is that bad. I think it's just... OK. I prefer it to some of the Movie Legend BBs, like the one pictured above.

But I didn't buy it for the alt mode anyway.

News Credits: 9 · Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:10 am

I've just looked at the gallery on the figure in question and I think my nomination is worse. At least the new figure has flaws at the back where flaws are often tucked away. The movie figure has hinges visible from every angle.

Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:40 am

GuyIncognito wrote:I don't know which is THE worst, but it's definitely one of the many, many movie incarnations.

You can't be too critical of Legends figures. Their flaws are more excusable.

Yeah, I don't mind the alt mode either - I kind of dig that it's based off the deluxe, Cybertron one we saw earlier.

Given that, I'm sick of seeing 5 scales of BB per mold. It's really unnecessary! But I guess it's a great way to cut down on engineering costs/design work? :???: