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Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee

Posted by william-james88 Apr 24, 2023 at 12:28am CDT 55,919 views
Something rather interesting in the Rise of the Beasts line is how it offers alternatives to the Studio Series line, or vice versa, since all toys are coming out all at once, unlike what was originally planned.

For those curious, we have review for the deluxe Bumblebee which is available in a Target exclusive 3 pack and sold on its own. We also have comparison images between that Bumblebee and the SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee, its counterpart in the Studio Series line. Knowing that both are available individually, which you do you prefer and which would you go for?

We thank Chuckdawg 1999 and Whirlkick for the images and reviews. Chuckdawg's review of Bumblebee also looks at the Flex Changers which was released in the US along with the initial wave of ROTB toys.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Here's a unique look at the Japanese releases of the Flex Changers and Deluxe Class Bumblebee. These are exactly the same as the US releases but with stickers on the packaging for the Japanese market. What is different is the price, both figures shipped cost less than what Deluxe Bumblebee goes for on eBay. Flex Changers Bumblebee is really fun and is the definition of a desk toy. Deluxe Bumblebee, unfortunately, doesn't live up to my expectations and doesn't feel fun in my hands, stick with the Studio Series version.

























































Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
Video Reiews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee
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Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Emerje Apr 24, 2023
Studio Series for sure. It isn't perfect, I don't like the legs that much, but it has better scale, is better painted (still annoyed by the lack of symbol on his head) and infinitely better alt mode.

Emerje
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 24, 2023
The undercarriage under the car mode is D8SGUSTANG.
But the fact that both the SS and main line Bees have a vehicle m9de tha5 are the same size, but the main line Bee is 1.5 times BIGGER than the SS one is pretty impressive.

I may be more interested in getting the main Bee than the SS one. The SS already have some undercarriage in vehicle mode with h8s arms anyway. So might as well get a "proper" deluxe rather than a scout pretending to be a deluxe.
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by noctorro Apr 24, 2023
Cool, looks okay if it has a simple transformation and still solid (as in everything sticks in it's place) then it's a a go for me.

Question, will all the movie characters get this "Generations" like mainline release next to the Studio Series?

I noticed Studio Series is overly complicated in transformation and is flimsy, loose torso's and panels that will not peg into place.

I like my bots a little less academic, if the screen accuracy suffers a little because of it no problem. Not going as far as Energon Igniters or Fast Action Battlers, that's way overdoing it + those lines only had 1 scale for all the characters (Bumblebee as big as Constructicon Longhaul etc.).

27 April Trailer 2 guys!
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 24, 2023
noctorro wrote:Question, will all the movie characters get this "Generations" like mainline release next to the Studio Series?


So far, only the :BOT: and :MAXIMAL: will have mainline "normal" figure, and Nightbird who is the only villain.

I would have loved to see what a "voyager" Scourge would have been? :-?
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Overcracker Apr 25, 2023
Found. Prime, but missing a peck. Hoooray for open boxes >:oP :
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Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 25, 2023
No one mentioned that PvP has posted his video review of the big Bumblebee Bird Thing.

So, allow me.

Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Emerje Apr 27, 2023
Overcracker wrote:Found. Prime, but missing a peck. Hoooray for open boxes >:oP :
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I'm honestly surprised we aren't seeing more missing heads in the line so far. Heck, I've knocked off Battle Master Cheetor's feet enough times that I wouldn't be surprised if they just fell off and out of the package on their own.

Emerje
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Overcracker Apr 27, 2023
Emerje wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Found. Prime, but missing a peck. Hoooray for open boxes >:oP :
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I'm honestly surprised we aren't seeing more missing heads in the line so far. Heck, I've knocked off Battle Master Cheetor's feet enough times that I wouldn't be surprised if they just fell off and out of the package on their own.

Emerje



Yep, and it's affecting other lines too. There was an Across the Spiderverse Spider-Punk figure without a head there too.

Also, who just walks by and rips off a window from Prime. Or did it fall off in transit somewhere?
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 27, 2023
Overcracker wrote:Also, who just walks by and rips off a window from Prime. Or did it fall off in transit somewhere?


I'd say so, I once saw a Cyberverse 3-pack at Target with Deluxe Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Cheetor... with the cheetah head popped off. Thankfully the head was still in the box so I popped it back on, just 'cause. Didn't get the set tho...
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Overcracker Apr 27, 2023
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Also, who just walks by and rips off a window from Prime. Or did it fall off in transit somewhere?


I'd say so, I once saw a Cyberverse 3-pack at Target with Deluxe Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Cheetor... with the cheetah head popped off. Thankfully the head was still in the box so I popped it back on, just 'cause. Didn't get the set tho...


At least the head was still in the box. Nice of you to pop it back on. ;)^
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 27, 2023
I saw those big "3 steps" Scourge and Bee at Walmart. Even though I'd like to customise that Scourge into a Skyrim Draugr, no way in hell I'm going to pay the full 23$CAN for it. I'll wait for a 50% off sale, of landing on it at the flea market for 2$.
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 28, 2023
I am loving the toyline right now, and that trailer yesterday made me even more hyped. I hope I start seeing the beyond wave 1 stuff. I now want to get those RotB Scourge toys, as well as the Battlehide repaint.

Man, that trailer really did turn on my desire to own so much RotB stuff.

Anyways, have some pictures of some fun RotB toys.

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Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by Barricade.it Apr 28, 2023
This is another figure which looks better in main line than in SS, IMHO.
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 28, 2023
Barricade.it wrote:This is another figure which looks better in main line than in SS, IMHO.


Which one?
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 30, 2023
This mask is just a fun thing. I like it a lot, and I am glad they tried this transforming mask out. It's fun to get new things like this, and in this case the idea works.

I kinda hope we get more honestly

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Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by william-james88 May 1, 2023
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am loving the toyline right now, and that trailer yesterday made me even more hyped.
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That Optimus Primal is great for what he is. for $17 you get a deluxe figure with what used to be stardard articulation, back when deluxes were $17 plus you get a targetmaster animal. It's good value.

I also bought the voyager Optimus Primal and while obviously that one is better for a movie primal, I really don't feel I am getting as much with how much more it is. It isn't all that more complex. I would have liked if they at least made voyager primal able to be upright in gorilla mode as we see in the trailers since that would highlight the different chest detail, which is the only highlight of the transformation.
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by william-james88 May 2, 2023
Hasbro literally flipped the script on the idea of one steps in the Transformers Rise of the Beasts line with the idea of "energon bands". It's a different type of transformation where elements of the toy become all loose and reconnect into the alt mode (and vice versa). While a new take on the fast conversion idea, it removes any articulation one steps may have had and adds the need to lock in, which young kids (those targeted with these) may find not as obvious. These have been out for a month in the US but have just shown up in Canadian Walmarts. For those curious about how exactly this gimmick works, we have video reviews for you below.





Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- May 3, 2023
That Optimus is way too small, and unpainted. All these molded details, wasted.

But if I find it on sale, that would be a nice repaint project.
Re: Video Reviews for Deluxe ROTB Mainline Bumblebee and Comparison with SS 100 ROTB Bumblebee (view post)
Comment by william-james88 May 3, 2023
-Kanrabat- wrote:That Optimus is way too small, and unpainted. All these molded details, wasted.

But if I find it on sale, that would be a nice repaint project.


Funny how you are waiting for a sale while the market price for this guy is more than double. Primal is even worse. Very surprised by all this.

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