Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video

Thursday, September 13th, 2018 4:23PM CDT

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Thanks to a video posted and since taken down by Kevin Liu on Youtube, but reuploaded in a mirrored format, we have video and images of the new Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee! This new masterpiece figure is an all original mold, transforming from a Volkswagen Beetle to Bumblebee's robot mode from the new Bumblebee movie, or a robot close to it, seeing as how it still has the door wings he appears to lack in the movie. The figure comes with a battle mask that is attached by lifting up on the center piece of his head, removing his scalp, and placing the battle mask in its place. He also comes with his gatling gun and his sword arm, all of which can store on his back, including his mask.

Check out the embedded video and images taken from the video below, and let us know what you think!

Transformers News: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed

Credit(s): Kevin Liu @Youtube, Daimchock @Youtube

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Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983752)
Posted by Octobotimus on September 13th, 2018 @ 4:27pm CDT

Before any posts on "wtf why are there wings !!!" the wings in the movie mass shift to impossible degrees (seriously they end up smaller than the tires) so those probably wouldn't have been possible to pull off. also.... almost all the art has him with wings, so no wings was probably a last minute change, thus the mp still having them. outside of the wings however, this bee looks amazing and pretty darn accurate, cant wait to get it!

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983753)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on September 13th, 2018 @ 4:38pm CDT

He looks better with the wings anyways in my opinion and this figure looks very nice. Similar in some ways to the Studio figure but obviously with some nice improvements given the size and complexity of a MPM figure. And I love that shading on the vehicle mode of the reddish-orange to the yellow. I may try replicate that on my Studio figure if it even frickin' turns up. If my health crud allowed me to have a proper job and income I'd probably start buying MPMs and would certainly get this but for now the Studio Series figures suit me just fine.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983754)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on September 13th, 2018 @ 4:51pm CDT

OH LORD THANK YOU!!! I AM SO HAPPY!!! LOOK AT THAT INCREDIBLE PAINT, OH MY GOOOOSH

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983755)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on September 13th, 2018 @ 4:57pm CDT

The alt-mode paint is a little wonky, but other than that I think he looks great! I’m really digging that plasma cannon.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983756)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on September 13th, 2018 @ 5:02pm CDT

And here I was thinking "well, at least the Masterpiece toy will get it right and not have the wings!"

Oh well. Means all I have to buy for this line is Optimus and some Decepticons!

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983757)
Posted by -Crossfire- on September 13th, 2018 @ 5:13pm CDT

Holy moly that looks good! I think I'll be satisfied with the Studio Series figure but I'm really digging this one too. I'd love to see a comparison between this, the SS fig, and Masterpiece G1 Bee.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983760)
Posted by william-james88 on September 13th, 2018 @ 5:33pm CDT

Looks just like the deluxe rather than bee in the actual film. Easy pass

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983761)
Posted by Acolyte on September 13th, 2018 @ 5:51pm CDT

Well, geez. Never been over the top about the apparent Bumblebee fetish that must sell like hot cakes because this is probably the 17th movie Bee I've seen, but that is a DARLING paint job. A true work of art. Kudos to the designers - more like this please! ;)^

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983776)
Posted by Dinobot-Snarl on September 13th, 2018 @ 6:54pm CDT

Well done. Well done indeed. :APPLAUSE:

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983791)
Posted by Emerje on September 13th, 2018 @ 7:51pm CDT

For both the SS and MP version to have the same wings you have to believe that was a trait that the design had at some point in the movie production. I think he looks better with the wings, personally, so I'm very happy with the way this turned out.

And to think, he's identical in ever way to the OSKO, who'd have thought?

Emerje

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983793)
Posted by dragons on September 13th, 2018 @ 8:05pm CDT

He looks better with wings on he looks weird without wings on his back almost gobot looking, iron giant,

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983828)
Posted by Agent 53 on September 14th, 2018 @ 12:05am CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:He looks better with the wings anyways in my opinion and this figure looks very nice. Similar in some ways to the Studio figure but obviously with some nice improvements given the size and complexity of a MPM figure. And I love that shading on the vehicle mode of the reddish-orange to the yellow. I may try replicate that on my Studio figure if it even frickin' turns up. If my health crud allowed me to have a proper job and income I'd probably start buying MPMs and would certainly get this but for now the Studio Series figures suit me just fine.

I agree, the wings on him. Either way he looks awesome. Note to self: add to cart.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983844)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on September 14th, 2018 @ 1:32am CDT

Not sure where to put this but I thought it interesting and sorta related to this figure?
Beetle: Volkswagen's iconic car comes to the end of the road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45516677

And yeah given that even the huge models of Bee at events and stuff have the wings, the removal of them was likely a late change by the movie makers and didn't really think about where those parts could feasibly hide away but as I said I do far prefer them on him (despite my usual dislike of kibble).

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983846)
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 14th, 2018 @ 1:41am CDT

If he has wings he should be able to rollerskate...

I like the wings and it gives Hasbro the option of doing a tampax licensed figure

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983853)
Posted by Emerje on September 14th, 2018 @ 2:36am CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Not sure where to put this but I thought it interesting and sorta related to this figure?
Beetle: Volkswagen's iconic car comes to the end of the road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45516677

Saw this in the news, I didn't even know they still made Beetles.

Emerje

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983920)
Posted by galvatron00 on September 14th, 2018 @ 12:41pm CDT

I think this looks pretty good. Makes me want to really track down the MPM3 and hope for an MPM of the Classic Camaro :ic$:

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983932)
Posted by Va'al on September 14th, 2018 @ 2:08pm CDT

In other Transformers Bumblebee Movie news, we have another look at the Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee toy from the upcoming movie and the toyline resulting from the collaboration of both Transformers toymakers Hasbro and Takara Tomy. This time, we have a stop motion animation clip of the figure in both modes, as shared by the official Hasbro Transformers Singapore Facebook page - though there is no full credit as yet, and different sources are claiming that this is either fan commissioned or made by director Travis Knight's Laika studios.

In either case, you can check it out below, and let us know what you think!

Coming soon in October - Movie Masterpiece Bumblebee - VW Version (MPM-7)!

Vehicle mode features Bumblebee’s accurate, officially licensed vehicle from the new TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEBEE™ film: 1967 Volkswagen Beetle (with exclusive, weathered deco).

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Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983980)
Posted by Brokebot on September 14th, 2018 @ 8:59pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Not sure where to put this but I thought it interesting and sorta related to this figure?
Beetle: Volkswagen's iconic car comes to the end of the road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45516677

Saw this in the news, I didn't even know they still made Beetles.

Emerje

That's the "new" Beetle they introduced in '98. Pretty much a Beetle in name only. The classic Bumblebee Beetle ended production in 1979.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983988)
Posted by Steelshift on September 14th, 2018 @ 10:13pm CDT

This looks pretty awesome but, I seriously wish they made a masterpiece of this beauty...

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1983992)
Posted by TulioDude on September 14th, 2018 @ 10:25pm CDT

It looks likes a fine toy.

The little video of Hasbro showcasing it was very fun!It may be the first a Transformer ever made Michael Jackson's dance movies in offical media!

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1984010)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on September 15th, 2018 @ 12:43am CDT

Wow, this animation looks awesome! Bee looks great too, might just pick him up when I find him in stores, seeing as how the rest of the movie masterpieces will be released at regular retail instead of TRU exclusives. Great job Hasbro! ;)^

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1984014)
Posted by Emerje on September 15th, 2018 @ 1:08am CDT

Brokebot wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Not sure where to put this but I thought it interesting and sorta related to this figure?
Beetle: Volkswagen's iconic car comes to the end of the road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45516677

Saw this in the news, I didn't even know they still made Beetles.

Emerje

That's the "new" Beetle they introduced in '98. Pretty much a Beetle in name only. The classic Bumblebee Beetle ended production in 1979.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, I thought they stopped making those years ago. I hadn't noticed any new ones on the road in a while, though I did just happen to see an orange and black one today so I guess they're out there.

Emerje

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1984138)
Posted by Sidewalkdancer on September 15th, 2018 @ 9:40pm CDT

Sailstrom wrote:This looks pretty awesome but, I seriously wish they made a masterpiece of this beauty...

This Is a masterpiece my bro.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1984215)
Posted by DeadCaL on September 16th, 2018 @ 12:51pm CDT

None of the videos featured in this thread seem to be working

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1984236)
Posted by william-james88 on September 16th, 2018 @ 2:35pm CDT

Sidewalkdancer wrote:
Sailstrom wrote:This looks pretty awesome but, I seriously wish they made a masterpiece of this beauty...

This Is a masterpiece my bro.

Sailstorm was referring to the alt mode Bee has at the begining of the AOE film.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985460)
Posted by Va'al on September 23rd, 2018 @ 1:17am CDT

Via the official social media accounts for Transformers - both on Weibo and Facebook - we have a whole new batch of stock imagery for the next Takara Tomy and Hasbro Transformers collaboration in the Movie Masterpiece Series: MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee, right out of the new live action movie due in December!

Check out below as Notrab and Hasbro photography show off this die-cast, highly articulated, super spotlight hogging nee Bee in both his robot and vehicle mode - including his Goku cosplay! Hasbro's announcement on Facebook also indicates that this item will be available on Amazon.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985466)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on September 23rd, 2018 @ 2:40am CDT

I like it way more than the actual film model. Is nice.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985496)
Posted by Dinobot-Snarl on September 23rd, 2018 @ 7:47am CDT

Love the figure, the paint job and posability. Just can't deal with his back. Not that I would display him from that end :lol:

, but it just irks me.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985521)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 23rd, 2018 @ 10:17am CDT

Anyone who follows Death knows I'm no huge fan of the Bumblebee figure glut. But even I'll admit, this one looks like it doesn't suck.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985618)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 23rd, 2018 @ 11:59pm CDT

He's got die-cast? :shock:

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985649)
Posted by Amelie on September 24th, 2018 @ 5:06am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:He's got die-cast?

I actually hate die-cast. And rubber tyres. I don't feel like it adds to the value of the toy at all and I say this as a life-long G1 Vintage collector.

Toy gets an A+ from me. Looks solid, but its got basically nowhere to go in my collection. Shame

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985655)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 24th, 2018 @ 5:59am CDT

Amelie wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:He's got die-cast?

I actually hate die-cast. And rubber tyres. I don't feel like it adds to the value of the toy at all and I say this as a life-long G1 Vintage collector.

Toy gets an A+ from me. Looks solid, but its got basically nowhere to go in my collection. Shame

I'm more of a die-cast if its needed kind of guy and rubber tires are indeed a pain for us G1 vintage collectors (rubber rot :-(

)

I'm just surprised Hb/Takara is applying die-cast. As far as I know, aside from Megs, Op,SS, UM,SW, the rest of the cars don't seem to have die-cast. Even G1 B has no die-cast. That's why I'm surprised.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1985788)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 24th, 2018 @ 4:26pm CDT

See, I love it, it looks great, and I have it on Pre-order and really looking forward to getting this bad boy. (I'm planning to get all the MPMs cause movies are the best).

But, I wish they had waited a year or 2 for this. I feel like seeing the final movie design would have benefited this figure a lot. But it looks cool as is, but not spot on screen accuracy.

Also, MPM Shatter and Dropkick when?

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986745)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 29th, 2018 @ 12:26pm CDT

Is there a link to a listing on Amazon US?

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986766)
Posted by Ironhidensh on September 29th, 2018 @ 3:20pm CDT

Chosen Prime says I should be getting this next week. Cool.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986801)
Posted by nycPrime on September 29th, 2018 @ 7:24pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is there a link to a listing on Amazon US?

Only a 3P seller unfortunately

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPKCCC1/re?tag=seibertron07-20& ... ords=mpm-7

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986840)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 30th, 2018 @ 1:12am CDT

nycPrime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is there a link to a listing on Amazon US?

Only a 3P seller unfortunately

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPKCCC1/re?tag=seibertron07-20& ... ords=mpm-7

Good enough for me, thanks.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986888)
Posted by Ironhidensh on September 30th, 2018 @ 10:12am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
nycPrime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is there a link to a listing on Amazon US?

Only a 3P seller unfortunately

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPKCCC1/re?tag=seibertron07-20& ... ords=mpm-7

Good enough for me, thanks.

Listen, your money is your money, but please, don't spend double the price on this guy. Just go to one of the retailers on the side of this page.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986890)
Posted by nycPrime on September 30th, 2018 @ 10:14am CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
nycPrime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is there a link to a listing on Amazon US?

Only a 3P seller unfortunately

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPKCCC1/re?tag=seibertron07-20& ... ords=mpm-7

Good enough for me, thanks.

Listen, your money is your money, but please, don't spend double the price on this guy. Just go to one of the retailers on the side of this page.

I'm guessing he's setting up a Camel alert

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986919)
Posted by Va'al on September 30th, 2018 @ 2:12pm CDT

Though the first reveal of the Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee was effectively through a video review of the figure, the original video was in Mandarin - we now have an English language version of the clip, so you can watch again and complement the really nice images we saw a while back too.

Check out the embedded clip below, courtesy of regular YouTube reviewer Chefatron, showing off the die cast parts, the accessories, and size comparisons with other Masterpiece editions of Bumblebee (movie and classic look), with some particular emphasis on the transformation, apparently. Let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1986999)
Posted by Chefatron on October 1st, 2018 @ 2:02am CDT

thanks a bunch for featuring my video review of MPM-7 Bumblebee. i really appreciate it! :-)

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987025)
Posted by President-prime on October 1st, 2018 @ 8:09am CDT

Great review. Thank you

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987046)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 1st, 2018 @ 11:14am CDT

Nice.

Also likely a PrimeVsPrime review coming soon cos he just got his figure this afternoon too. I'm gonna be adding some extra silver and yellow paint to my Studio version to try match it cos I'm too poor for masterpieces and masterpiece scale collecting.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987116)
Posted by nycPrime on October 1st, 2018 @ 7:50pm CDT

I was looking forward to this figure. It looks nice in bot mode and I love the G1 alt mode. But that transformation looks painful. Just might have to pass.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987120)
Posted by Ironhidensh on October 1st, 2018 @ 8:10pm CDT

Well, he shipped from chosen prime. I should have him in hand by Friday.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987164)
Posted by nycPrime on October 2nd, 2018 @ 6:48am CDT

Transformers Official Hasbro-Takara Tomy Collaboration Masterpiece Movie Series Bumblebee MPM-7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D4WNG61/re?tag=seibertron07-20& ... SBbJ7T7XBB

$80 from Amazon plus tax.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987228)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 2nd, 2018 @ 3:38pm CDT

Another review. This time by PrimeVsPrime (as i had mentioned above)

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987256)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 2nd, 2018 @ 6:08pm CDT

Hmm, $86ish after tax, $90 at TFsource and it gets me free shipping with the Flame Toy kits. I'll keep the pre-order there.

Looks like fun though, looking forward to it

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987266)
Posted by nycPrime on October 2nd, 2018 @ 7:02pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Hmm, $86ish after tax, $90 at TFsource and it gets me free shipping with the Flame Toy kits. I'll keep the pre-order there.

Looks like fun though, looking forward to it

I hear ya D-Max. It's almost $90 for me after tax. But I don't have enough stuff to order to get free shipping at the other sites. Plus I don't even know if I really want it, so I figured I'll just keep my PO with Amazon and give myself some time to decide. Basically doing the same thing with Throne of the Primes at Amazon JP.

Re: Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-7 Volkswagen Bumblebee Revealed with Pictures and Video (1987314)
Posted by nycPrime on October 3rd, 2018 @ 6:45am CDT

It's now available for shipping to the US through Amazon JP. I find it hilarious that it's cheaper from Japan ($80) than the US ($87) and I should get it 2 weeks faster. No brainer in my book. But do I really want it? All the video reviews mention the crazy hard transformation, which I'm not a huge fan of.

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