First Look at Bumblebee Design in Rise of the Beasts Along with new Merchandise

Posted by william-james88 Jun 8, 2022 at 9:26pm CDT 40,406 views

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As is the case with almost every pop culture movie, the first look at new designs and characters is through the merchandise and Transformers 7 Rise of the Beasts (ROTB) is no different. Thanks to some slipper boots and pajamas, we have our first look at the Bumblebee design from ROTB. Of course we don't know how different it will look in the final film but this is the design Hasbro gave companies that licensed their brand for film related products. The look is very much a mix of what we saw in the Bumblebee film mixed with elements from the first Michael Bay film, going hand in hand with the statements of the director that his movie is a bridge between the different films, at least stylistically. Bad news for fans hoping to be done with Bayverse designs, but that was never going to be the case, as we saw that from the earlier product reviews. Of course, inspiration from Bay's live action films does not mean that the story or approach would be the same, since this is a different director and this film takes place in a different era.

We have another product shown featuring many faction symbols. It is important to note that the Predacon symbol is not there, which could hint at how little that faction is involved with the film. Remember, there have been no confirmation of any Predacon character being in the film so far. The listings for the various apparel come from BIG W.

Transformers News: First Look at Bumblebee Design in Rise of the Beasts Along with new Merchandise

First Look at Bumblebee Design in Rise of the Beasts Along with new Merchandise

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 8, 2022

If the orange faction symbol is not "predacon" (it's clearly not), what faction will it represent? :-?

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Comment by Dr. Caelus Jun 8, 2022

-Kanrabat- wrote:If the orange faction symbol is not "predacon" (it's clearly not), what faction will it represent?

One would assume "Terrorcon".

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Comment by william-james88 Jun 8, 2022

-Kanrabat- wrote:If the orange faction symbol is not "predacon" (it's clearly not), what faction will it represent?

Terrorcon

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Comment by SpaceEagle Jun 8, 2022

I've said it before and I'll say it again...I'm still a bit bummed Bee's gonna keep the same face. I still don't think it's the worst of all the Bayverse designs, I just like a lot of the other interpretations much more. Especially since I was hoping we'd get something more G1-y (not saying everything must be Geewun), because I think going for a hybridisation of the cartoon eyes and helmet with the toy's faceplate would more or less give us the same Bayverse Bumblebee (BBB) face but more in-line with what the BB movie gave us for the other characters. (At least, in my opinion.)

But I know this is THE iconic Bumblebee noggin so I am not even remotely surprised we're still getting it. :-P

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 9, 2022

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If the orange faction symbol is not "predacon" (it's clearly not), what faction will it represent?

Terrorcon

But why? Why "Terrorcon" and and not "Predacon" ? :???:

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Comment by TulioDude Jun 9, 2022

He looks good! I like that they kept some of the Bumblebee movie parts, like his arms and feet.

I wonder if he will have the car doors on his back or if it will be like before, where the merchandise was based on the concept art.

Day 891 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

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Comment by Emerje Jun 9, 2022

I like that they're incorporating more yellow into Bumblebee's face and filled it in a bit. Always thought all the gray metal and open spaces was a little too "cold" and skeletal for such cheerful bot.

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If the orange faction symbol is not "predacon" (it's clearly not), what faction will it represent?

Terrorcon

But why? Why "Terrorcon" and and not "Predacon" ?

Because they're not Predacons?

Nightbird, Battletrap and Scourge.

Though I seem to remember it being said that they have beast modes as well, or at least Nightbird does? :-?

Emerje

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 9, 2022

Wait... They are the Terrorcons.
It's the name of a combiner team.

So..... :-?

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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 9, 2022

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wait... They are the Terrorcons.
It's the name of a combiner team.

So.....

Wouldn't get your hopes up :lol:

the terrorcons also referred to the drones from Energon and I think the zombies from TF Prime

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Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 Jun 9, 2022

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Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 Jun 9, 2022

ZeroWolf wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Wait... They are the Terrorcons.
It's the name of a combiner team.

So.....

Wouldn't get your hopes up the terrorcons also referred to the drones from Energon and I think the zombies from TF Prime

No, the Terrorcons are scourge, Nightbird, and whatever the other's names were.

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Comment by TulioDude Jun 9, 2022

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Wait... They are the Terrorcons.
It's the name of a combiner team.

So.....

Wouldn't get your hopes up the terrorcons also referred to the drones from Energon and I think the zombies from TF Prime

No, the Terrorcons are scourge, Nightbird, and whatever the other's names were.

ZeroWolf was just refering to the previous uses of the Terrorcon name.

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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 9, 2022

TulioDude wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Wait... They are the Terrorcons.
It's the name of a combiner team.

So.....

Wouldn't get your hopes up the terrorcons also referred to the drones from Energon and I think the zombies from TF Prime

No, the Terrorcons are scourge, Nightbird, and whatever the other's names were.

ZeroWolf was just refering to the previous uses of the Terrorcon name.

Exactly this ^

Just because the G1 Terrorcons combined, doesn't mean the Rise of the Beasts ones will basically, as the Terrorcons name has been used before.

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Comment by AllNewSuperRobot Jun 9, 2022

Also considering "Devastator". Personally, I'm not really like keen on the idea of seeing another Live Action Gestalt.

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Comment by First-Aid Jun 9, 2022

That BB looks like TF1 Bee had a baby with VW Bee. Smoother lines than the first Bay movie from what I can see.

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Comment by william-james88 Jun 9, 2022

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:If the orange faction symbol is not "predacon" (it's clearly not), what faction will it represent?

Terrorcon

But why? Why "Terrorcon" and and not "Predacon" ?

Because predcons are known as evil beasts and they arent the villains in this film. Instead, the villains are a group of 3 bots that used to be from different factions and came together to make their own called the Terrorcons. Their leader is Scourge.

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Comment by william-james88 Jun 9, 2022

Believe it or not, we are just two weeks away from the original release date of the Transformers Rise of the Beasts movie, before it got moved to 2023. Well, instead of the film, Hasbro is giving us our first "official" look at how Bumblebee will look like in the beginning of the film. At the end of the Bumblebee movie, he became a 70's Camaro so that is the same alt mode he will have in the beginning of the film, and we've seen it on set many times. However, this is our best look yet at his robot mode. It was revealed on the official Transformers page of the Russian social media site VK. What is odd is that alongside it we also have a render of Optimus Primal which is just a stylized version of the original toy in 2d while Bumblebee is an actual 3d model.
Bumblebee does change form later in the film into an offroad vehicle and his robot mode kibble changes accordingly as we have already seen in the toys.

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Comment by BERSEKAEL Jun 9, 2022

sholdnt bee look like a beetle rather than mustang? than reshape happened in the 1st bayverse movie

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 9, 2022

BERSEKAEL wrote:sholdnt bee look like a beetle rather than mustang? than reshape happened in the 1st bayverse movie

william-james88 wrote:At the end of the Bumblebee movie, he became a 70's Camaro so that is the same alt mode he will have in the beginning of the film, and we've seen it on set many times.

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Comment by bluecatcinema Jun 9, 2022

Looks like they've designed Bumblebee in an "intermediate" form, one that's between the original movies and his own solo film.

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