Another Chance to Own the Highly Coveted Netflix Bumblebee Toy

And, sold out.

As expected.

Made sure he stood next to Optimus. Got him for $40 in box. Could not find any price better and goven the scarcity of the figure likely caused by that container accident in the Pacific.

There is always a chance they could reissue him in Studio series 86 with Spike.

Oh well...I saw him once in the wild...didn't feel right paying that much for such a tiny figure.

And then Ingo around and pay MORE for an Origins 'Bee at TRU...

ZeroWolf wrote:

Roadbuster wrote:Made sure he stood next to Optimus. Got him for $40 in box. Could not find any price better and goven the scarcity of the figure likely caused by that container accident in the Pacific.

There is always a chance they could reissue him in Studio series 86 with Spike.

All depends on if the agreement with VW allows that,after all, he used the cliffjumper body in the World's Collide set

Which makes me wonder: we know Movie Bumblebee is the main focus of that agreement, with G1 Bumblebee tagging along. VW is no longer in play for future toys since Bumblebee traded in at the end of the Bumblebee movie, but what about reissues? Also, are the licenses company-specific? TakaraTomy has that Perfect Finish Beetle Bumblebee coming out.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Roadbuster wrote:Made sure he stood next to Optimus. Got him for $40 in box. Could not find any price better and goven the scarcity of the figure likely caused by that container accident in the Pacific.

There is always a chance they could reissue him in Studio series 86 with Spike.

All depends on if the agreement with VW allows that,after all, he used the cliffjumper body in the World's Collide set

Which makes me wonder: we know Movie Bumblebee is the main focus of that agreement, with G1 Bumblebee tagging along. VW is no longer in play for future toys since Bumblebee traded in at the end of the Bumblebee movie, but what about reissues? Also, are the licenses company-specific? TakaraTomy has that Perfect Finish Beetle Bumblebee coming out.

Licencing agreements are done at the national level. What may be ok in Japan may not be ok in the US. Hence why Hasbro is importing that toy rather than manufacturing and distributing it themselves.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

Roadbuster wrote:Made sure he stood next to Optimus. Got him for $40 in box. Could not find any price better and goven the scarcity of the figure likely caused by that container accident in the Pacific.

There is always a chance they could reissue him in Studio series 86 with Spike.

All depends on if the agreement with VW allows that,after all, he used the cliffjumper body in the World's Collide set

Which makes me wonder: we know Movie Bumblebee is the main focus of that agreement, with G1 Bumblebee tagging along. VW is no longer in play for future toys since Bumblebee traded in at the end of the Bumblebee movie, but what about reissues? Also, are the licenses company-specific? TakaraTomy has that Perfect Finish Beetle Bumblebee coming out.

The G1 reissue probably was just tagging along since Hasbro specifically reissued him to go with the movie release. But we know it isn't as simple as "Hasbro has the Beetle license" otherwise they wouldn't have had to renegotiate for the Earthrise Bumblebee which took so long to approve it ended up in the Netflix line instead.

Emerje

Sorry it sold out so quickly. My minions were lucky to find one on the shelf a while back, and I posted a review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvbl2SE_SHE

As Bumblebee figures go, this one was pretty good. Yes it was a retool of ER Cliffjumper, but an extensive retool. And since the G1 figures were also very similar, it seemed appropriate. The Netflix figure did a much better job with the paint and the detailing. Not perfect mind you, but still pretty good. It was $19.97 at the time, so we at least escaped the Ebay markups. If you were lucky enough to snag one of the ones mentioned here, kudos. As long as you're not scalpers!

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Here is the link https://toysnowman.com/collections/tran ... per-person

Toy Snowman

-OR-

Toys now, man!

Haha, if you click the link, it's pretty clear which one it is. Also, it's a Canadian retailer so....

But that takes all the fun out of it!

And this kind of stupid BS takes all the fun out of collecting.

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:And this kind of stupid BS takes all the fun out of collecting.

Nah. It's pretty much standard fare since ever.
I could even say that it ironically ADD to the fun. Especially when you happen upon the hard to find thing by chance and finally get it.