Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed

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Thanks to the latest Figure King Magazine, posted by the Planet Iacon Facebook page, and a notification from Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have word of a new and very funny new figure for Takara's Movie the Best line: the Dark of the Moon Bumblebee mold repainted in pink to represent Laserbeak! For those who can't remember, in Dark of the Moon Laserbeak transformed into a pink version of Bee to get close to a little girl before killing her father. This toy makes that interesting version of Laserbeak come to life! The figure is looking to cost around 4300 yen, and will be available at the end of July. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891153)
Posted by shajaki on June 21st, 2017 @ 10:40am CDT

Lotta weird stuff coming down the pipe today... :-?

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891154)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on June 21st, 2017 @ 10:42am CDT

I never thought we'd get a toy of this! :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891156)
Posted by Evil Eye on June 21st, 2017 @ 10:47am CDT

D'awwww. That mold looks adorable in pink.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891162)
Posted by Big Grim on June 21st, 2017 @ 11:32am CDT

That's freakin' amazing!

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891171)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on June 21st, 2017 @ 11:56am CDT

ok, so this is Breast Cancer Awareness Bumblebee?

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891176)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 21st, 2017 @ 12:03pm CDT

grimdragon2001 wrote:ok, so this is Breast Cancer Awareness Bumblebee?

that actually really works for me

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891177)
Posted by shajaki on June 21st, 2017 @ 12:04pm CDT

Black Hat wrote:D'awwww. That mold looks adorable in pink.

Really? I think the head sculpt (or just it's paint job) looks kinda terrifying :shock:

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891179)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 21st, 2017 @ 12:08pm CDT

The weirdest thing about this to me was I was rewatching Dark of the Moon least night (yeah, I'm that guy) and when it got to Laserbeak transforming into mini-Bee, I thought "I wonder why this hadn't been made by anyone yet."

So if I think and hope hard enough like I did this, will more Armada homages happen in Generations?

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891184)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 21st, 2017 @ 12:15pm CDT

shajaki wrote:
Black Hat wrote:D'awwww. That mold looks adorable in pink.
Really? I think the head sculpt (or just it's paint job) looks kinda terrifying

Fitting that the same mold had been previously used to make Murderbee. :twisted:

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891185)
Posted by shajaki on June 21st, 2017 @ 12:30pm CDT

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU!!! :shock:

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891186)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 21st, 2017 @ 12:38pm CDT

shajaki wrote::KREMZEEK: THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU!!!

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891227)
Posted by Optimum Supreme on June 21st, 2017 @ 3:52pm CDT

Mindmaster wrote:
So if I think and hope hard enough like I did this, will more Armada homages happen in Generations?

Careful. Think and hope too hard and you'll get Laserbeak as a child's roleplay pink video camera

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891241)
Posted by Evil Eye on June 21st, 2017 @ 5:14pm CDT

shajaki wrote:
Black Hat wrote:D'awwww. That mold looks adorable in pink.
Really? I think the head sculpt (or just it's paint job) looks kinda terrifying

Could be the image, as with the exception of MURDERBEE (already mentioned) Movie Bumblebee's head usually ends up pretty loveable. Though I do notice it has red eyes...

Regardless, I still kinda want it, even if I end up making it a new head on Shapeways and making it into a new character. Elita-1 anyone?

EDIT: Even better idea- give her a completely original head design and call her "Lovebug".

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891400)
Posted by RAR on June 22nd, 2017 @ 4:14am CDT

Does that image mess with anyone else's eyes (like that dress from the other year) I look at it and it swaps from pink to yellow to pink every few seconds - it's really disconcerting.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891467)
Posted by Kurona on June 22nd, 2017 @ 11:09am CDT

Coming from Autobot-Aichi's facebook and courtesy of fellow staff member D-Maximus_Prime, we've got some new images of Laserbeak from Takara's 10th Anniversary line Movie: The Best for you! Referencing that one time in Dark of the Moon where Laserbeak turned into a tiny pink Bumblebee, this Wonder Festival 2017 exclusive is a repaint of that movie's Bumblebee figure. Check out the pictures below and tell us what you think in the forums!

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891494)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 22nd, 2017 @ 12:14pm CDT

I'm really mad at myself for wanting this

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891495)
Posted by Microraptor on June 22nd, 2017 @ 12:14pm CDT

I am pleased they got my letters.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891509)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 22nd, 2017 @ 12:40pm CDT

Surprised this hasn't been done before. It's neat.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891511)
Posted by shajaki on June 22nd, 2017 @ 12:45pm CDT

Black Hat wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Black Hat wrote:D'awwww. That mold looks adorable in pink.
Really? I think the head sculpt (or just it's paint job) looks kinda terrifying
Could be the image, as with the exception of MURDERBEE (already mentioned) Movie Bumblebee's head usually ends up pretty loveable. Though I do notice it has red eyes...

Nope, it's totally the mold, and I think the mold choice was totally intentional. It's pretty smart actually :-?

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891524)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 22nd, 2017 @ 1:11pm CDT

*sees this new amazing but absolutely hilarious figure*

...

Okay,

That is all.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891676)
Posted by Prime Target on June 22nd, 2017 @ 10:50pm CDT

While I do find this somewhat amusing i'm not really into it as much as the Black SDCC exclusive OP.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891776)
Posted by Overcracker on June 23rd, 2017 @ 9:55am CDT

No Laserbeak head accessory. Seems like its a necessity to have for this.

Does anybody know if any of the movie laserbeak toys can lend their head to this BB mold. I would find it hilarious and would totally make me want to get it if it could be done.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891805)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 23rd, 2017 @ 11:45am CDT

A figure only the ones who actually watched the movie would understand :lol:

And I love it!

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891806)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on June 23rd, 2017 @ 11:48am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:A figure only the ones who actually watched the movie would understand And I love it!

Yes, the uninformed would be like "awww it's a cute pink bumblebeeee" and we're like "BEWARE! IT IS PURE EVILNESS!"

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891858)
Posted by Ironhidensh on June 23rd, 2017 @ 2:09pm CDT

I want this figure far more than I thought I would ever want a movie bee.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1891973)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:59pm CDT

SillyMcGilly wrote:*sees this new amazing but absolutely hilarious figure*

...

Okay,

That is all.

Silly you son of a forklift, I showed you Joker's boner in confidence

also that looks cool but my eyes are on Megatronia

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1892378)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 26th, 2017 @ 2:13am CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:A figure only the ones who actually watched the movie would understand And I love it!

Yes, the uninformed would be like "awww it's a cute pink bumblebeeee" and we're like "BEWARE! IT IS PURE EVILNESS!"

"Is your daddy home?"

Beware kids! This may look like a cute Princess Bumblebee in the Bumblegum kingdom, but it's actually a murderer assassin demon in disguise!

DotM was my favorite Bayverse TF movie. Best one by far.

Also dammit Galvy.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1892471)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on June 26th, 2017 @ 1:45pm CDT

SillyMcGilly wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:A figure only the ones who actually watched the movie would understand And I love it!

Yes, the uninformed would be like "awww it's a cute pink bumblebeeee" and we're like "BEWARE! IT IS PURE EVILNESS!"

"Is your daddy home?"

Beware kids! This may look like a cute Princess Bumblebee in the Candy kingdom, but it's actually a murderer assassin demon in disguise!

DotM was my favorite Bayverse TF movie. Best one by far.

Also dammit Galvy.

FTFY

also

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1892521)
Posted by Ironhidensh on June 26th, 2017 @ 6:03pm CDT

Me: Man, that pink Bumblebee looks awesome, I can't wait to get it!

Me: *sees price*

Me: Man, fuck that pink piece of shit.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1892523)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 26th, 2017 @ 6:10pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:Me: Man, **** that pink piece of ****.

Heh, it's sentences like this that make me wish the swear word censor would instead filter the swear words into "slag".

"Man, slag that pink piece of slag." :-P

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1896871)
Posted by Seibertron on July 15th, 2017 @ 10:01pm CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Thanks to the latest Figure King Magazine, posted by the Planet Iacon Facebook page, and a notification from Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have word of a new and very funny new figure for Takara's Movie the Best line: the Dark of the Moon Bumblebee mold repainted in pink to represent Laserbeak! For those who can't remember, in Dark of the Moon Laserbeak transformed into a pink version of Bee to get close to a little girl before killing her father. This toy makes that interesting version of Laserbeak come to life! The figure is looking to cost around 4300 yen, and will be available at the end of July. Stay tuned for more updates!

Are any of the Japanese websites accepting pre-orders on this amazing "Laserbeak" figure?

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1896880)
Posted by william-james88 on July 15th, 2017 @ 10:30pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
Are any of the Japanese websites accepting pre-orders on this amazing "Laserbeak" figure?

None are since this cant be stocked by any of the usual retailers due to its exclusive status in Japan. Its like the LG EX toys like Rhinox and Waspinators which Japanese retailers cant stock. So the only orders available are from retailers outside japan (like TF Source or whoever else). Sorry about that.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1897171)
Posted by Evil Eye on July 17th, 2017 @ 9:08am CDT

A shame this is an exclusive and only comes with a puny pea-shooter instead of the proper MechTech cannon o' justice, as otherwise I'd say this is the best Deluxe Movie Bumblebee ever. As it stands, that honour goes to moldmate MURDERBEE, shortly followed by the less hilarious but incredibly awesome Battle Blade mold.

Seriously though, if I had any excuse to pay the no-doubt extortionate price for it, and I hadn't been put on a self-imposed collecting moratorium until the end of the year, Lovebug here would be mine.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900763)
Posted by Va'al on July 30th, 2017 @ 7:59am CDT

As we knew, one of the Wonderfest 2017 - the one day event in Japan which has just ended - highlights for Transformers movieverse fans was the pink redeco of Bumblebee from the Movie The Best toyline from Takara Tomy, as we had first seen here. Thanks to the official Takara account and Twitter user tagoal, we now have some in-hand images of MB-EX Laserbeak (without tea set, unfortunately), and you can check it out below!

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900768)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 30th, 2017 @ 9:06am CDT

NO tea set?! Dealbreaker!!!!

Hm, have to say that is a delicious looking pink. Like strawberry ice cream. mmmm... i wanna lick this bumblebee.

That seems like quite a large display for such an unusual repaint.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900783)
Posted by Cybertronius Primus on July 30th, 2017 @ 10:52am CDT

Not too shoddy... but what I want to know is what that Squeeks thing is that she's holding. I'm fairly shore I saw it in the magazine this 'bee was first seen in.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900788)
Posted by Va'al on July 30th, 2017 @ 10:55am CDT

Cybertronius Primus wrote:Not too shoddy... but what I want to know is what that Squeeks thing is that she's holding. I'm fairly shore I saw it in the magazine this 'bee was first seen in.

That's part of the non-transforming Metacore line!

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900791)
Posted by Cybertronius Primus on July 30th, 2017 @ 11:01am CDT

Va'al wrote:
Cybertronius Primus wrote:Not too shoddy... but what I want to know is what that Squeeks thing is that she's holding. I'm fairly shore I saw it in the magazine this 'bee was first seen in.

That's part of the non-transforming Metacore line!

Aah... I'll have to enquire Google about that later.

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Posted by Cybertronius Primus on July 30th, 2017 @ 4:03pm CDT

Va'al wrote:
Cybertronius Primus wrote:Not too shoddy... but what I want to know is what that Squeeks thing is that she's holding. I'm fairly shore I saw it in the magazine this 'bee was first seen in.

That's part of the non-transforming Metacore line!

Thanks, I've just googled it and, just to confirm, they're actually called MetaKore. Only a minor difference spelling-wise, and yet as 30 minutes of browsing has found out, a massive content difference. :BANG_HEAD:

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900925)
Posted by Va'al on July 31st, 2017 @ 2:13am CDT

And in addition to the initial in-hand images from Wonderfest 2017 and tagoal, we have some more, more varied in-hand shots from Twitter user chromless of the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie The Best MB-EX Laserbeak - the pink Bumblebee from Dark of the Moon! Check them out mirrored below.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1900932)
Posted by Deathsanras on July 31st, 2017 @ 5:11am CDT

Pink makes the svulpt look more evil.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1901109)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 31st, 2017 @ 7:41pm CDT

It's really tempting me to want to buy it. That pink Bee is evil yet sweet

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1908809)
Posted by Insurgent on September 6th, 2017 @ 6:42am CDT

So, seeing that list of upcoming MB figures, I'm interested in that Megatron. I wonder if it will be the voyager from the first movie? Remoulded to loose the ice effect? I'd hope so, I'd get it in that case.

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1908812)
Posted by Va'al on September 6th, 2017 @ 6:45am CDT

As part of the story about new Takara Tomy Transformers toys from their Legends line (covered here), the same image from Loopaza Megastore also includes several new Movie The Best figures - redecos of previously released Transformers figures in at least one of the two markets.

The list we have below includes the following:

MB-12 Autobot Jazz
MB-13 Bonecrusher
MB-14 Megatron
MB-15 Lockdown
MB-16 Jetfire
MB-17 Optimus Prime Revenge Version
MB-18 War Hammer Bumblebee
MB-19 Hound
MB-20 Nemesis Prime

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1908818)
Posted by shajaki on September 6th, 2017 @ 8:06am CDT

This list brings emotions ranging from happy to sad to confusion....

Based on prices, what can we assume?
3500 Deluxe, 5000 Voyager, 8000 Leader? , 10,000 Leader, 15,000 Leader... +?

From there, what can we assume?

MB-12 Autobot Jazz 3500 - Deluxe. Movie 1 mold. Why not the vastly superior HA mold?? They did it for Soundwave!

MB-13 Bonecrusher 3500 - Deluxe. Movie 1 mold. Rare these days so it's a good choice.

MB-14 Megatron 8000 - Starting to get dicey. Looking at the previous MB figure prices, no Voyagers were priced this high, so I gotta assume Leader. And there's only 3 Megs in that size class. Won't be TLK, ROTF has had multiple releases, so I'm betting on it being Movie 1.

MB-15 Lockdown 3500 - Deluxe. Pretty unexciting.

MB-16 Jetfire 10,000 - ROTF Leader obviously. Interested to see the deco.

MB-17 Optimus Prime Revenge Version 15,000 - I'm at a loss for this one. The only way to justify that price point for me is if it were Leader Prime + Upgrade. Like Jetwing. But that was DOTM. And Buster Prime was DOTM too wasn't it?

MB-18 War Hammer Bumblebee 3500 - Deluxe something. Too many Bee molds for me to speculate which one.

MB-19 Hound 5000 - Voyager AOE? Again, why rerelease a mold (TLK) that's still on shelves?

MB-20 Nemesis Prime 8000 - Leader.... AOE or TLK molds in TLK Nemesis colors. Best guess.

Thoughts?

Re: Takara Tomy Movie The Best Series Laserbeak as Pink Bumblebee Revealed (1908823)
Posted by Insurgent on September 6th, 2017 @ 8:31am CDT

I believe Buster Prime was the first takara release of the rotf leader Prime, for their rotf line. Though I could be mistaken. It was the first time we saw the gas canisters turning into his guns. Makes sense for it to be ROTF mould for the compatibility with Jetfire.

If the megatron is a leader, then it will be movie 1. Has to be. And I will not be interested. Oh well.

I would guess the nemesis will be the tlk in nemesis colours, with the remoulding on the back pack. I imagine that version would gather more interest in owning than the AOE version.

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 6th, 2017 @ 8:34am CDT

Insurgent wrote:I believe Buster Prime was the first takara release of the rotf leader Prime, for their rotf line. Though I could be mistaken.

Takara got the normal, non-Buster version of ROTF Prime before they made Buster.

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Posted by Rated X on September 6th, 2017 @ 8:35am CDT

I wish they released the Deluxe Soundwave Mercedes Benz mold in the best line. I got screwed with a Human Alliance Soundwave thinking it was the deluxe mold. I just keep him on display as a stand alone figure since he looks cool but scale-wise the mold sucks.

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Posted by Microraptor on September 6th, 2017 @ 8:38am CDT

Nemesis will probably be a redeco of Caliber Optimus, and Hammer Bee is likely the new TLK mold.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 6th, 2017 @ 9:08am CDT

shajaki wrote:Based on prices, what can we assume?
3500 Deluxe, 5000 Voyager, 8000 Leader? , 10,000 Leader, 15,000 Leader... +?

I think the higher price tags are or leaders with major accessories.

MB-12 Autobot Jazz 3500 - Deluxe. Movie 1 mold. Why not the vastly superior HA mold?? They did it for Soundwave!

Also confused by this choice.

MB-14 Megatron 8000 - Starting to get dicey. Looking at the previous MB figure prices, no Voyagers were priced this high, so I gotta assume Leader. And there's only 3 Megs in that size class. Won't be TLK, ROTF has had multiple releases, so I'm betting on it being Movie 1.

That would make sense, but the ROTF one is so much more of a beloved design. And the ton of releases never stopped another ROTF Leader Prime, so it could go either way.

MB-17 Optimus Prime Revenge Version 15,000 - I'm at a loss for this one. The only way to justify that price point for me is if it were Leader Prime + Upgrade. Like Jetwing. But that was DOTM. And Buster Prime was DOTM too wasn't it?

This could be to a Jetwing Leader prime made to resemble the end of the second film, hence the name Revenge. We never got a Jetwing Prime combo that was deco'd accurately (with black parts) so this could be it.

MB-19 Hound 5000 - Voyager AOE? Again, why rerelease a mold (TLK) that's still on shelves?

This one is super confusing.

MB-20 Nemesis Prime 8000 - Leader.... AOE or TLK molds in TLK Nemesis colors. Best guess.

I am thinking TLK Calibur Prime in Nemesis colours.

I dont think I will be getting any of these. The fun part of the first set was that many of them were elusive molds/decos. Many of these are far more recent and more easily obtained so I am a bit less excited. That jetfire deco is interesting but I hate that toy so much.

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