Images of Brazilian Launch of Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #JoinTheBuzz #BumblebeeOFilme
Sunday, October 7th, 2018 3:52AM CDT
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The images mirrored below, from the official report in Portuguese you can read in full here, shows the banner, the freebies, the products on display and for demo, plus the small Bumblebee vs helicopter diorama on display across the three stores, along with the region specific hashtags for the promotional campaign: #invasaoamarela (yellow invasion) and #bumblebeeofilme ( bb the movie ). Check it out!
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Posted by william-james88 on October 7th, 2018 @ 11:14am CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on October 7th, 2018 @ 11:29am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?
I'm pretty sure it's the energon igniter one.
Posted by Overcracker on October 7th, 2018 @ 11:46am CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:william-james88 wrote:Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?
I'm pretty sure it's the energon igniter one.
There's like 4 different Energon Igniters VW Bumblebees. Care to be a bit more specific?
FWIW, I think its the Energon Igniters Nitro Bumblebee.
Since the other's don't have the fender shoulder pads.
Posted by Va'al on October 8th, 2018 @ 3:02am CDT
- PCO Group - a snack food company - has images and listings of their Bumblebee Movie toppers, featuring Bumblebee, Shatter, and Dropkick mini figures with a little arm articulation.
- Online retailer Amazon.com has an updated listing for the Day Dream Bumblebee Movie 2019 wall calendar, featuring some new artwork of the main character.Bumblebee is hitting the California coast as he headlines his own movie, starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena. Bring Bumblebee home in our 2019 calendar filled with scenes from this first spinoff in the Transformer film universe.Features a full-sized planning grid. Printed on a glossy paper stock suitable for pen and pencil note taking. This calendar is 12" wide x 12" tall when closed and 12" wide x 24" tall when open, and features 13 full-color images. Includes 4 extra planning grids for September through December of 2018, plus full pages for January through December of 2019.
- Over on Instagram, Adam Glam have a new set of wall decals and sticker from the movie, featuring both Bumblebee and Decepticon Dropkick, with similar art as the calendar above.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 8th, 2018 @ 5:21am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on October 8th, 2018 @ 5:40am CDT
Posted by joevill on October 8th, 2018 @ 1:50pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2018 @ 2:06pm CDT
Overcracker wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:william-james88 wrote:Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?
I'm pretty sure it's the energon igniter one.
There's like 4 different Energon Igniters VW Bumblebees. Care to be a bit more specific?
FWIW, I think its the Energon Igniters Nitro Bumblebee.
Since the other's don't have the fender shoulder pads.
It's indeed the Nitro one, the largest one that comes with a Core. Just for convenience, the sizes from small to large:
Speed (Legion-size)
Power (without Core) / Power Plus (with Core) (Scout/Deluxe-size)
Nitro (Voyager-size)
Posted by Emerje on October 8th, 2018 @ 3:32pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on October 8th, 2018 @ 4:54pm CDT
Emerje wrote:I guess the news team decided not to pick it up (or maybe they're recovering from NYCC), but Target.com is running a sale. Spend $50 on toys and save $10, spend $100 and save $25. Plus you still get free shipping on orders $35+. Target Exclusive Greatest Hits Bumblebee Cassette Pack and Soundwave are both in stock as well as Power Charge Bumblebee and Tiny Turbo Changers wave 3 among other things. There's a good opportunity to save a lot depending on what you're buying.
Emerje
It’s in-store too, I just picked up some stuff from there!
Posted by Va'al on October 13th, 2018 @ 9:28am CDT
In the clip, embedded below from the two sources, we get a look at Power Charge Bumblebee, the Legendary Optimus Prime we last reported on here, and the Turbo Changers / Energon Igniters line (with Barricade, OP and BB) - but also the Studio Series line outside of the Bumblebee movie. Check it out below!
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on October 13th, 2018 @ 2:14pm CDT
Posted by Octobotimus on October 13th, 2018 @ 4:56pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on October 15th, 2018 @ 9:46am CDT
Problem is...Now I have 3 birds...all that look unique, but 2 have the same name. This could have been a simple fix...
1. Give it a Bluish color and call it Garboil
2. Give us the Autobot Blue Cassette (Eject)
3. Give it a new unique name...
I was looking through fiction and trying to find if there were any other bird cassettes that would fit it's look, and wasn't able to come up with anything... Sorry I know its a nitpick, but as unique as these guys are, I still don't want to have two Buzzsaw's, and naming one of them something different would go a long way to satisfying my desire to keep them both.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:07am CDT
o.supreme wrote:So I finally got the 3 Soundwave Minions set with BB. I agree I like the look of the new Buzzsaw. Initially I thought it was going to be exactly the same as the CW one, and planned on selling it. But now I want to keep it.
Problem is...Now I have 3 birds...all that look unique, but 2 have the same name. This could have been a simple fix...
1. Give it a Bluish color and call it Garboil
2. Give us the Autobot Blue Cassette (Eject)
3. Give it a new unique name...
I was looking through fiction and trying to find if there were any other bird cassettes that would fit it's look, and wasn't able to come up with anything... Sorry I know its a nitpick, but as unique as these guys are, I still don't want to have two Buzzsaw's, and naming one of them something different would go a long way to satisfying my desire to keep them both.
Why does Hasbro have to fix it for you, why not just come up with your own new name and/or headcanon for the CW Buzzsaw? Myself, I'm on the fence between calling TR Buzzsaw Sundor from before he switched sides (yellow is close enough to orange for me), or re-purposing the JG1 name Condor for TR Lazerbeak as a generic bird minion for Soundwave.
I do go the generic rout often with characters that have multiple figures, gives you plenty of cannon fodder for the battles. Don't kill off Buzzsaw when you could easily kill off Condor instead.
Posted by o.supreme on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:22am CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:44am CDT
o.supreme wrote:I was just looking for suggestions that's all. I was just disappointed. Hasbro had so many better options, rather than go the completely illogical route to give us a character we already have, but redecoed for no apparent reason.
Got it, but I actually do see some logic to including Buzzsaw again. I'm assuming for a selection like this, they wanted to use all 3 molds so Eject was out. I think they likely included a redeco of Buzzsaw since he was the "oldest" of the TR style tablets released back in CW as a way to allow anyone who jumped in during TR to obtain a version of him. Combine that with Howlback already being a fairly obscure character, I'm guessing they wanted to use as many familiar names as possible. We're probably pretty lucky they went with Howlback at all and not just a redecoed Ravage instead.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 15th, 2018 @ 4:27pm CDT
Just two nitpicks on either set: Doombox's knees are loose but he can still stand, and Buzzsaw's wheel assembly on the right wing droops a bit because the rivet's in too deep. Plus he's got a slight nick in roughly the same area, a trapped air bubble no doubt. O well.
As for what to do with CW Buzzsaw, repurpose him! It doesn't have to be a cassette, any yellow Decepticon bird will do. May I suggest 2010 Mini-Con Longview?
:EDIT: Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 5:56pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?
Hmmm, that would be very Hasbro-like to milk one more use out of them. And considering the Siege versions of the cassettes just don't do it for me, I'd be all for another cassette pack further down the Bumblebee movie line.
Edit: Although to do that, they would almost have to re-release Blaster too, wouldn't they?
Posted by william-james88 on October 15th, 2018 @ 9:55pm CDT
If you see cool displays like these, be sure to post them here.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:20pm CDT
One of the few policies of Toys'R'Us that I don't miss was the mandate that all displays had to be destroyed rather than given away, starting between the first two Bay movies I believe. I know it was largely mandated by the toy companies, and fully understandable that they didn't want nobodies making a killing by flipping them on ebay for 100% profit, but what a lousy waste. When I think of all those glued-together Lego Sailbarges with the now-banned Slave Leia going directly to the nearest landfill...
Posted by o.supreme on October 16th, 2018 @ 9:11am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?
I'd be happy with just Eject (To me Stripes WAS always Steeljaw but...). I'll happily take any additional reuse of those TR Tablet/Minion molds so long as they continue to be compatible with TR Blaster & Soundwave.
Also, I wonder if Hasbro realizes it's not BB that's really the selling point of this, or the other SS sets with the Dino Cassettes. It's the Cassettes themselves. I appreciate the $30 price point, because that is exactly what you would pay for the 3 legends class on their own. The BB is basically just dead weight. I mean my kids enjoy it enough, but if I didn't have them, or any other nieces/nephews, or friends with small children to give it to- I'd probably have literally thrown it in the garbage.
Posted by Survivefan23 on October 17th, 2018 @ 9:41am CDT
Posted by Survivefan23 on October 17th, 2018 @ 9:51am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on October 17th, 2018 @ 9:54am CDT
Survivefan23 wrote:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1197972683690825&set=pcb.1197972807024146&type=3&theater
That link is private and can not be seen.
If it is an image, you have to download it on your device and upload it onto this forum.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 17th, 2018 @ 12:35pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?
I'd be happy with just Eject (To me Stripes WAS always Steeljaw but...). I'll happily take any additional reuse of those TR Tablet/Minion molds so long as they continue to be compatible with TR Blaster & Soundwave.
How about another, lighter blue, Ravage or Stripes as Raindance, and a red Rumble as Grand Slam?
Posted by o.supreme on October 17th, 2018 @ 12:40pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 20th, 2018 @ 10:59am CDT
Gave it the gun from a TFP Bee of same size
Took it with me to rehearsal of one of the three plays I'm currently doing (this be before I realised the back part could actually click down a bit seperating panel from behind the back of the head. I just didn't even assume it could do that. )
Fun little figure. I added a lil extra paint on the legs and hands and feet (and that panel behind the head to help define the head more in the first pics). He has knee articulation from transformation but it looks pretty bad when the knees are bent. Still overall it's a fun lil figure.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 21st, 2018 @ 8:04pm CDT
Still bummed I have yet to see Soundwave in stores. I really want to find him!
Posted by leokearon on October 23rd, 2018 @ 11:06am CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 23rd, 2018 @ 2:59pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 23rd, 2018 @ 5:37pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The Bumblebee movie line seem to have reached saturation around here, now both Target and Walmart have the full range. I got myself, you guessed it, Speed Series VW Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, to go with their RotF and DotM predecessors (via their TLK redecos). It yielded something interesting: Speed Series VW 'Bee is actually taller than the DotM Legion!
Yeah I noticed Bee being taller than TLK Megatron and Dragonstorm. But then I don't even think of these lil things having any logical scale. They're not the 'proper' represantation of the characters on my shelves. They're just fun simplistic minature TF figures to carry about in your pocket to take out and play about with when needing an easy distraction from tedious or anxious situations.
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 23rd, 2018 @ 5:49pm CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 23rd, 2018 @ 5:54pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I like the way ss vw bee is looking at the speed series bee, as if to say: "what's going on?"
Maybe he's pondering the fact they're a lot closer in height than a Legends-style and Deluxe scale figure used to be.
And damn I just noticed tiny Bee has lot of bit of my yellow paint from this right knee. Likely cos I've carried him about with me loads in the past week or so. I shall top up that paint when I have time.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 23rd, 2018 @ 9:08pm CDT
The Bumblebee movie toys seem to have found their way to pretty much every corner of the world, and with people finding the Bee movie toys relatively easy, we hope you are finding your own figures you want from the line. Let us know your thoughts on this Irish deal below, and if you intend to pick up any Bumblebee movie figures and if you have, what you think of them!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 24th, 2018 @ 6:20pm CDT
This new figure is an entirely new mold taking cues from the Age of Extinction Evasion Mode Optimus Prime, but upsized and reworked to have some unique new touches to the design. The figure also sports a nice coat of chrome paint over several components. Included in the images are comparisons to the MPM-06 Bumblebee, the MP-10 Optimus Prime mold, and the Age of Extinction Evasion Mode Prime.
Blacklai notes that a lot of the joints on the figure are ratcheted, his hands open, the gun he comes with can store on his back, he has the option of a faceplate or no faceplate, and the gun even stores under the truck mode! He goes on to say that this is the best official version of the cab over movie Prime.
Check out a sample of images below, and you can click any one of the images to view the full gallery of shots. Let us know what you think of him in the comments section below!
Posted by fruityrobo on October 24th, 2018 @ 6:43pm CDT
Posted by dragons on October 24th, 2018 @ 8:25pm CDT
fruityrobo wrote:definitly looks nice. I might be picking it up. now i just have to wait for a review from youtube
Forget review if I still bought toys I buy all it is same figure with new head and some minor new transformation if you like first figure you will like this figure don’t need review if you own original
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on October 24th, 2018 @ 8:40pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 24th, 2018 @ 8:50pm CDT
fruityrobo wrote:definitly looks nice. I might be picking it up. now i just have to wait for a review from youtube
Just waiting on Amazon Japan.
Posted by Lucky Logician on October 24th, 2018 @ 10:29pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 24th, 2018 @ 10:46pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on October 24th, 2018 @ 11:18pm CDT
dragons wrote:fruityrobo wrote:definitly looks nice. I might be picking it up. now i just have to wait for a review from youtube
Forget review if I still bought toys I buy all it is same figure with new head and some minor new transformation if you like first figure you will like this figure don’t need review if you own original
That is nowhere near the original toy. Yes, it shares some deign cues as they originate from the same source material. But its bigger for one. The back and chest are in totally different places, and literally all of the limbsa are different. It’s not just an upsizing
Posted by blacklai on October 24th, 2018 @ 11:23pm CDT
Posted by Octobotimus on October 24th, 2018 @ 11:47pm CDT
Posted by bacem on October 25th, 2018 @ 12:26am CDT
Flashwave wrote:dragons wrote:fruityrobo wrote:definitly looks nice. I might be picking it up. now i just have to wait for a review from youtube
Forget review if I still bought toys I buy all it is same figure with new head and some minor new transformation if you like first figure you will like this figure don’t need review if you own original
That is nowhere near the original toy. Yes, it shares some deign cues as they originate from the same source material. But its bigger for one. The back and chest are in totally different places, and literally all of the limbsa are different. It’s not just an upsizing
actually, the transformation is pretty much the same, with few extra steps here and there. here's the transformation video.
Posted by hausjam on October 25th, 2018 @ 1:13am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 25th, 2018 @ 2:48am CDT
That pic shows one of the things I hate about certain figures, where the hands are obscured, particularly on any side that restricts certain accessories. AoE Evasion Prime's hands are blocked from below so if I wanted to have him hold a long staffed weapon like an axe he can't do it. That new version has completely unblocked hands and it's a vast improvement. Also as a bonus has nicer looking panels on the underneath of the forearm too.
I don't think I'll get the new figure though cos price/size/doesn't really go with anything in my (now mostly Studio Series) Transformers collection but it's certainly an upgrade in a lot of ways.
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 25th, 2018 @ 4:08am CDT
blacklai wrote:
Question, is that a transforming shield? Or just another tf put in a shield like form?
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 25th, 2018 @ 4:51am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:blacklai wrote:
Question, is that a transforming shield? Or just another tf put in a shield like form?
That's the shield/backpack from Calibur Optimus Prime (the figure on the right). It transforms into part of his truck mode.