Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand

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TFyuki strikes again! Aboard his twitter train are some new shots of Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee in and out of package. Not only do we get to see him in both his car and bot mode, but also hanging out with (we can only assume at this point) Yuki's best friend MP-24 Starsaber. This TAV figure is the same Warrior Class Bumblebee we recently started seeing on shelves from the new Robots In Disguise line, only with a few additional paint applications. Keep scrolling to see the pics, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662097)
Posted by steve2275 on March 12th, 2015 @ 9:34am CDT

cute couple

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662108)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 12th, 2015 @ 10:30am CDT

That's one fine looking Griffin Motors 1995 Windblazer.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662111)
Posted by Cobotron on March 12th, 2015 @ 10:35am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:That's one fine looking Griffin Motors 1995 Windblazer.

Nice Blades! If they combined would they form Windsaber or Starblazer? Or your new name Saberblaze. :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662114)
Posted by hinomars19 on March 12th, 2015 @ 11:04am CDT

I concede, this line does nothing for me. Ah well.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662212)
Posted by Siger on March 12th, 2015 @ 5:32pm CDT

Starsaber's awesome! What is that yellow POS in front of him? Watch where you step Star!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662236)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 12th, 2015 @ 7:26pm CDT

I wonder how much the Japanese RiD deluxes will go for, shipping included? The Hasbro ones are now 20$CAN+tx locally. It's a bit frustrating to pay that much for a half-painted figure.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662283)
Posted by william-james88 on March 12th, 2015 @ 10:00pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder how much the Japanese RiD deluxes will go for, shipping included? The Hasbro ones are now 20$CAN+tx locally. It's a bit frustrating to pay that much for a half-painted figure.

About the same price is you chose SAS shipping and get the preorders here (when they will show up for the next batch)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662327)
Posted by Lockdownhunter on March 13th, 2015 @ 2:20am CDT

Not bad at all!I like it!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662441)
Posted by shajaki on March 13th, 2015 @ 12:21pm CDT

It appears theres no stopping TFyuki, who follows up with yesterdays reveal with some more Transformers Adventure Figures! Coming at us today is TAV-03 StrongArm, and TED-03 Sideswipe. And if that weren't enough, thanks to retailer Mandarake we also have shots of TED-01 Bumblebee and TED-02 Grimlock. The Takara Tomy TED (Transformers Easy Dynamic) line is better known stateside as 1-Step changers from the new Robots in Disguise cartoon, premiering this Saturday in the States on Cartoon Network. See the pics below!

Should you be inspired by all this RID news then check out Seibertrons growing gallery of Hasbro's rendition of these figures (and more) right here!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662444)
Posted by steve2275 on March 13th, 2015 @ 12:54pm CDT

society of strongarm

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662447)
Posted by Cobotron on March 13th, 2015 @ 12:59pm CDT

shajaki wrote:

CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ!!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662450)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on March 13th, 2015 @ 1:03pm CDT

That's a lot of Strongarm right there. Looks awesome too, makes me wish the takara version wasn't so expensive.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662457)
Posted by sol magnus on March 13th, 2015 @ 1:58pm CDT

What? No Star Saber?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662462)
Posted by william-james88 on March 13th, 2015 @ 2:19pm CDT

sol magnus wrote:What? No Star Saber?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662464)
Posted by sol magnus on March 13th, 2015 @ 2:23pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:What? No Star Saber?

I jest, but in all sincerity, Star Saber is an awesome figure. He should be proud of it. I just think he might be a tad overboard with the (self)promotion. >:oP

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662473)
Posted by william-james88 on March 13th, 2015 @ 3:09pm CDT

I am still really curious as to the other decos that have yet to be revealed. Like Drift, the insecticons, lockdown and the mysterious steeljaw redeco that comes in a two pack with strongarm. Dont know what's taking so long to show them, they are due out in june (3 months).

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662475)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 13th, 2015 @ 3:18pm CDT

And we finally have the origin of the TED## designation:

Transformers Adventure Easy Dynamic Series

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662532)
Posted by Lucky Logician on March 13th, 2015 @ 8:43pm CDT

shajaki wrote:

Kinda reminds me of the scene in Death Note when the red sports car gets cornered by the cops.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662534)
Posted by Madeus Prime on March 13th, 2015 @ 8:53pm CDT

Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:

CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ!!

For some reason every time I look at this, those awkward screencaps from way back when flash in my mind.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662663)
Posted by shajaki on March 14th, 2015 @ 10:55am CDT

TFyuki's never ending Twitter feed brings us some more Transformers Adventure figures. For today's sampling we get to see TAV-02 Grimlock and TAV-05 Fixit, but MP-24 Starsaber was strangely absent. Don't be confused by Takara Tomy's TAV designation for Fixit though. Hasbro's Fixit is actually from the 1-Step line while Grimlock is a Warrior Class figure. Keep scrolling to see the images, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662669)
Posted by william-james88 on March 14th, 2015 @ 11:09am CDT

shajaki wrote:

The differences for Strongarm were very apparent but I dont see any for Grimlock.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662674)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 14th, 2015 @ 11:33am CDT

I actually feel that Hasbro's Fixit has the more show-accurate colors. Deeper orange and light gray, instead of the lighter orange and dark gray seen here.

william-james88 wrote:The differences for Strongarm were very apparent but I dont see any for Grimlock.

Yeah, Grimlock's differences are extremely minor. His dino mode eyebrows and toes are painted black like in the cartoon, whereas the Hasbro toy left both unpainted.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662741)
Posted by Autobot032 on March 14th, 2015 @ 3:36pm CDT

Ugh. The Takara versions give you nothing over the Hasbro ones, especially on Fixit. I think Fixit looks better with silver, instead of black, plastic. Grimlock...maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing a single change at first glance...

It's actually worth it to save the money and just buy domestic, here in the States. =\

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662747)
Posted by william-james88 on March 14th, 2015 @ 3:59pm CDT

Autobot032 wrote:Ugh. The Takara versions give you nothing over the Hasbro ones, especially on Fixit. I think Fixit looks better with silver, instead of black, plastic. Grimlock...maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing a single change at first glance...

It's actually worth it to save the money and just buy domestic, here in the States. =\

One thing you might not have noticed, if you will look at the beast mode feet, the toe nails are painted black on the takara while left unpainted on the hasbro one. If you did notice, then sorry.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662749)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 14th, 2015 @ 4:02pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Ugh. The Takara versions give you nothing over the Hasbro ones, especially on Fixit. I think Fixit looks better with silver, instead of black, plastic. Grimlock...maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing a single change at first glance...

It's actually worth it to save the money and just buy domestic, here in the States. =\

One thing you might not have noticed, iif you will look at the beast mode feet, the toe nails are painted black on the takara while left unpainted on the hasbro one. If you did notice, then sorry.

The key difference between the Hasbro and TakaraTomy versions lies in the symbols used for the Apps: Hasbro's use only two colors, while TakaraTomy's have a few more. The Grimlocks shown are both TakaraTomy: you just can't see the black dino toes because they aim backwards in robot mode (the lower arms turn 180).

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1662802)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 14th, 2015 @ 8:15pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:His dino mode eyebrows and toes are painted black like in the cartoon, whereas the Hasbro toy left both unpainted.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1663383)
Posted by Mechafei on March 16th, 2015 @ 1:54pm CDT

Look at those white stressmarks on the arms, you just know they're about to explode :-?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664357)
Posted by mooncake623 on March 19th, 2015 @ 8:29am CDT

March 21st will be a busy day for Takara Tomy in Japan. With Masterpiece Star Saber and Exhaust Cloud Hellwarp and Roadbuster and the first wave of Transformers Adventure all due to be released on the same day! And thanks to Hisashi Yuki we get some new in package photos of Transformers Adventure Wave 1! Check out the images we've mirrored below and keep your eyes peel for those instock emails from your online retailer of choice!

And remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664377)
Posted by Jones on March 19th, 2015 @ 9:44am CDT

That's a messed up name, right there.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664378)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2015 @ 9:47am CDT

Jones wrote:

Wait, why did they change they change the parsing of "Knock Out" to "Knockout"? They left it alone for "Medic Knock Out", so why the change for "Bloody Knockout"?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664379)
Posted by Cobotron on March 19th, 2015 @ 9:52am CDT

Bloody Knockout!? That is messed up!
Is he a repaint a Beast Hunters version of Knockout? Didn't know there was a BH version. As a big fan of Bluestreak, this paint job is really doing it for me. Might have to scoop this one up.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664384)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 19th, 2015 @ 10:19am CDT

Mechafei wrote:Look at those white stressmarks on the arms, you just know they're about to explode

Those aren't stress marks: they are exposed catches for the soft ratchet joints. I just found out about them when looking at RID 2015 Grimlock in packaging, and having them exposed may have been a bad idea. I've seen multiple reports on the catches detaching or breaking, leaving Grimlock with a limp arm.

Jones wrote:

That's a messed up name, right there.

Well, he was the Decepticon Medic, and you know how mad doctors can get at times

Doesn't stop me from wanting him, I've been waiting for BH retool redecos that don't look like the original figure with new armor parts (looking at you, Ratchet).
With Ultra Magnus on the way later, that only leaves Sharkticon Megatron and Prowl.

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, why did they change they change the parsing of "Knock Out" to "Knockout"? They left it alone for "Medic Knock Out", so why the change for "Bloody Knockout"?

Mistake? What counts is that the name in Kana remains the same. Japanese uses no spaces between words in the same sentence, it's a long string of characters and kana, so it's up to the reader himself to discern the words. The only exception is the "forced space", denoted by ".", but it's usually only used for "the" which is a single kana (ザ za).

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664391)
Posted by Seibertron on March 19th, 2015 @ 10:54am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Those aren't stress marks: they are exposed catches for the soft ratchet joints. I just found out about them when looking at RID 2015 Grimlock in packaging, and having them exposed may have been a bad idea. I've seen multiple reports on the catches detaching or breaking, leaving Grimlock with a limp arm.

I fixed two RID 2015 Deluxe Grimlocks by removing the pins in the elbow joint, removing the catch, applying super glue to the bottom of the catch to get the piece to stay attached inside his upper forearm, reassembling the figure, and problem solved! I should get another one to do a preventative repair video.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664395)
Posted by Cobotron on March 19th, 2015 @ 11:14am CDT

Seibertron wrote: I should get another one to do a preventative repair video.

That would be helpful and AWESOME! Yes, please, and thank you.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664447)
Posted by STngAR on March 19th, 2015 @ 3:22pm CDT

After seeing the out of package Knockout, I'm starting to dislike that RID sticker

:MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664456)
Posted by kaijuguy19 on March 19th, 2015 @ 3:50pm CDT

I hope we can get a closer look into the packages for TF Adventure Swoop and Slag/Slug because I love how despite they have the Animated designs they way they're drawn and painted in different colours reallt make them feel like they belong into the world RID15/TF Adventure. Knockout and Dreadwing's art looks cool too.

I can imagine how the upcoming TF Adventure Lockdown's packaging art will look like.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664459)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2015 @ 4:10pm CDT

Ladies and gentleman, after all these years, we finally have an official English spelling for the name "Greejeeber". :-B

Behold:

https://twitter.com/Alfes2010/status/578448925423636480

https://twitter.com/Alfes2010/status/578449265694900224

"GREGEVOR" #-o

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664462)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 19th, 2015 @ 4:32pm CDT

Gregevor... that's one way of translating the name グリジバー (gurijibā). For all it's worth, it looks better than "Greejeeber", but it loses the pun ("Green Jeep"). Apparently it flew by the translator as well. :lol:

Take note the translation only goes for the RID 2015 one, not RID Rollbar whose Japanese name is the same, but was never properly romanised.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664470)
Posted by Emerje on March 19th, 2015 @ 5:50pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:"GREGEVOR"

Is his primary function "Greg Sepelak eater"?

I can't quite tell from pics I've seen, is the art trying to make the Strongarm mold look male for Greejeeber? I had just assumed it was a female take on the character.

Emerje

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664476)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2015 @ 6:05pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:"GREGEVOR"

Is his primary function "Greg Sepelak eater"?

I can't quite tell from pics I've seen, is the art trying to make the Strongarm mold look male for Greejeeber? I had just assumed it was a female take on the character.

Emerje

Until we get its bio, there's no telling which gender Gregevor is supposed to be. *shrug*

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664534)
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2015 @ 11:41pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Ladies and gentleman, after all these years, we finally have an official English spelling for the name "Greejeeber".

"GREGEVOR"

Care to explain? I dont get the history part of it or why it wasnt official before.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664542)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 20th, 2015 @ 12:22am CDT

Wow. Thought Roadbuster was released long time ago. I wonder when BBTS will get their stock in

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664616)
Posted by noctorro on March 20th, 2015 @ 8:38am CDT

Jones wrote:

That's a messed up name, right there.

Holy Smack Jones!
I'm making it amission to get him just for that package!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664617)
Posted by noctorro on March 20th, 2015 @ 8:41am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Ladies and gentleman, after all these years, we finally have an official English spelling for the name "Greejeeber".

Behold:

https://twitter.com/Alfes2010/status/578448925423636480

https://twitter.com/Alfes2010/status/578449265694900224

"GREGEVOR"

I hope the next Transformers's called "ERMEGHERD"

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664633)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 20th, 2015 @ 9:43am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Ladies and gentleman, after all these years, we finally have an official English spelling for the name "Greejeeber".

"GREGEVOR"

Care to explain? I dont get the history part of it or why it wasnt official before.

Like the Beast Wars lines before it, Car Robots used no English for the boxes except for the faction names (Cybertron and Destronger), so the names were never given official English translations. Fortunately most were pretty straightforward as they used whole English words in the names, but the more "nonsensical" ones were a little bit harder to effectively translate. The Commandos/Combatrons are especially guilty of that. Here are the names with the most common unofficial translation in bold, plus a few (not always correct) variations:

Mega-Octane: ドルレイラー Dorureirā, Dolrailer, Dual-Railer
Armorhide: ダンガー Dangā, Dangar, Danger (pun on "tanker")
Ro-Tor: ヘプター Heptā, Hepter
Movor: シャトラー Shatorā, Shuttler
Rollbar: グリジバー Gurijibā, Greejeeber, Greenjeeper

Ruination: バルディガス Barudigasu, Baldigus, Vuldigus (probably from "Bruticus")

Not as bad Cohrada/Corahda and Rartorata, which is fortunate. :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664703)
Posted by william-james88 on March 20th, 2015 @ 12:10pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:[
Not as bad Cohrada/Corahda and Rartorata, which is fortunate.

Thanks, that Cohrada still gives me a headache.

Anyways...

here are some new pics of the upcoming toys

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664711)
Posted by Kyleor on March 20th, 2015 @ 12:29pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:[
Not as bad Cohrada/Corahda and Rartorata, which is fortunate.

Thanks, that Cohrada still gives me a headache.

Anyways...

here are some new pics of the upcoming toys

That Ultra Magnus looks exactly like the RiD Beast Hunters version but with a gold headed hammer.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Adventure TAV-01 Bumblebee In Hand (1664719)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 20th, 2015 @ 12:45pm CDT

Kyleor wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:[
Not as bad Cohrada/Corahda and Rartorata, which is fortunate.

Thanks, that Cohrada still gives me a headache.

Anyways...

here are some new pics of the upcoming toys

That Ultra Magnus looks exactly like the RiD Beast Hunters version but with a gold headed hammer.