Official Images - Transformers Studio Series WWII Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Barricade, Clunker Bumblebee, Crankcase

world war 2 bumblebee kinda looks too clunky and that backpack looks ugly at that angle

Gotta say, Barricade, WW2 Bumblebee and Sideswipe look pretty fantastic, but I can't help but wonder why they've chosen these certain characters to make into ss figures. I'm still desperately looking forward to future figures like DotM Shockwave, Soundwave, Sentinel Prime, and others that I feel like should have been prioritized far before characters like WW2 Bumblebee who had such minimal and insignificant screen time.

Nemesis Primal wrote:We are now up to 9 Studio Series Bees, ladies and gentlemen, 10 if you count the Lucky Draw damaged/rusted Bee that seems virtually the same as this new rusted Bee...

Yeah but fans really wanted that rusty bee after seeing it be only 300 made at first. So now they can get it too. Dont know if it being less exclusive makes it less cool now.

Anyways, some things I wanted to point out for fun

- sideswipe’s weapons store as exhaust pipes
- swords incorporate into the alt-mode the like the original DOTM toy but there's an additional blade that ends up positioned flat under the car to recreate the paired, angled blade look.
- WWII Bee is based off a Humber Light Reconnaissance Car



What was he in the film?

Why would they recolor Crowbar and say he's Crankcase, when Crankcase looks identical to Berserker, who already has a mold that came out just last year? That's just dumb. Can't wait to see this shelfwarming every store (just like Berserker, LOL).

At least the others look good. WW2 Bee is probably buy on sight. Will probably still wait on some comparisons to older versions for 'Swipe and Barricade before I make a decision. Not really feeling a need for Clunker Bee.

Hope we see some voyagers for this wave soon, I'm dying to see a new Bonecrusher.

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:We are now up to 9 Studio Series Bees, ladies and gentlemen, 10 if you count the Lucky Draw damaged/rusted Bee that seems virtually the same as this new rusted Bee...

Yeah but fans really wanted that rusty bee after seeing it be only 300 made at first. So now they can get it too. Dont know if it being less exclusive makes it less cool now.

Anyways, some things I wanted to point out for fun

- sideswipe’s weapons store as exhaust pipes
- swords incorporate into the alt-mode the like the original DOTM toy but there's an additional blade that ends up positioned flat under the car to recreate the paired, angled blade look.
- WWII Bee is based off a Humber Light Reconnaissance Car



What was he in the film?

A quick Google search says he was a Mercedes-Benz 770.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_770

Liking what I see, except for Crankcase's head. They should have gone with Crowbar's body and Berserker's head.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

william-james88 wrote:What was he in the film?

He was an open-top Mercedes-Benz car, tfwiki specifies it as a “cabriolet”.
This isn’t exact, but it’s pretty similar:

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"Cabriolet" is another word for "convertible". It's French.

(With much headache) I went into the source code of the Instagram page and scrolled through all the image files until I found the highest quality images possible for them all. If ya guys wanna see that is.

I wasn't a fan of this Barricade initially, but it's grown on me the more I look at it. WW2 Bee doesn't look too bad either. Sideswipe looks amazing and I dig the deco on "Crankcase" even if it looks nothing like the character. Clunker Bee looks too similar to the original in robot mode to justify buying both.

Hey everyone.

Hope you're enjoying the pics. There might be more reveals today along side Marvel Legends and Star Wars stuffs so if I get more pics I'll post them again. I'll try to post them here but if not just grab them from my Facebook or Twitter.

Cheers!

Ryan