Canadian Preorders For Transformers Premium Finish Line Up At Ages 3 and Up

Posted by -Kanrabat- May 14, 2021 at 5:04pm CDT 74,879 views

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Greetings Seibertronians!

Thanks to the Canadian store Age 3 & Up we now have Canadian prices for both the Premium Finish Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. We also have a HUGE lot of CLEAR pictures that are unobstructed by any obnoxious watermarks.

First, we got the Optimus Prime on preorder at 70$CAN. He's based on the voyager Siege mold and he come with his gun and his axe weapon accessory that can also be a shield. Notable differences with the regular release are his green and cracked windshield, plus more battle-worn details. Feast your eyes on the pictures below!

Transformers News: Canadian Preorders For Transformers Premium Finish Line Up At Ages 3 and Up

Next is Bumblebee on preorder for 45$CAN, based on the Studio Series 18 Bee Movie Bumblebee. This Bumblebee come with all the accessories of the original SS18 version. Notable difference in deco is a more "natural" yellow color scheme with more mechanical details highlighted in metal paints of various colors. Look how surprisingly well it turn out with the following pictures!

What do you think of these releases? Are you exited for these fancier toys, or is it just "more of the same"?
Please leave a comment below!

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Comment by william-james88 May 14, 2021

The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat May 14, 2021

Overcracker wrote:Whoever setup Prime, clearly has no idea how an axe is supposed to be held. Why would you attack with the spike at the back, rather than the full blade.

That spike is for piercing armor, while the main blade is for heavy slicing, something that armor may be able to resist. The total force between the two may be same, but the pressure (force per square inch) is greater with the spike.

Anyway, bee looks nice, makes me want a Premium Finish Camaro Bee now.

Which year? :-P

william-james88 wrote:The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.

Hopefully better to pose with improved tolerances.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- May 15, 2021

william-james88 wrote:The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.

That, I'm well aware. After seeing Emgo's video review, the only unpleasant part is to deal with the top shell of the car. Appart that, it doesn't seem too bad.

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Comment by william-james88 May 15, 2021

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:The Bee mold wont be improved though, so it means it will be just as unpleasant to transform.

That, I'm well aware. After seeing Emgo's video review, the only unpleasant part is to deal with the top shell of the car. Appart that, it doesn't seem too bad.

That's right, but it was more than enough for me to hate.

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Comment by Emerje May 16, 2021

Sabrblade wrote:It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.

That's such a strange thing to do. Nobody is going to care if he looks dead and there is that other dark yellow Seeker in the show that looks a little like this. You'd think they'd realize that pic would just cause confusion.

Anyway, decided to go with BBTS, the price is only slightly higher than AmiAmi and for some reason Amazon Japan isn't reducing prices like they usually do.

Emerje

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Comment by william-james88 May 16, 2021

Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.

That's such a strange thing to do. Nobody is going to care if he looks dead and there is that other dark yellow Seeker in the show that looks a little like this. You'd think they'd realize that pic would just cause confusion.

Anyway, decided to go with BBTS, the price is only slightly higher than AmiAmi and for some reason Amazon Japan isn't reducing prices like they usually do.

Emerje

The reduced Amazon japan prices sometimes only kick in a week later

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Comment by Emerje May 17, 2021

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:It's a heavily desaturated Nova Storm.

That's such a strange thing to do. Nobody is going to care if he looks dead and there is that other dark yellow Seeker in the show that looks a little like this. You'd think they'd realize that pic would just cause confusion.

Anyway, decided to go with BBTS, the price is only slightly higher than AmiAmi and for some reason Amazon Japan isn't reducing prices like they usually do.

Emerje

The reduced Amazon japan prices sometimes only kick in a week later

Yeah, but usually they wont take international orders until then, and they're currently taking orders. We'll see.

Emerje

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal May 19, 2021

I'm not really interested in this line yet, but I am curious to see what ends up in here and what it looks like.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- May 19, 2021

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm not really interested in this line yet, but I am curious to see what ends up in here and what it looks like.

No interests because you already own the molds, or the molds are not interesting enough to pay extra?

On my end, I skipped on SS18 because it looked too bland but this version here is just what I needed.

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Comment by Wolfman Jake May 20, 2021

The Studio Series side of this Premium Finish line has my interest. Extra paint details are always appreciated for the live action movie figures. The War for Cybertron Trilogy side of things is far less exciting so far. I don’t really see a need for a show accurate Optimus Prime in my collection, nor for any of the other Siege molds, especially not Megatron and Ultra Magnus.

Soundwave would be interesting, but only if it’s the Netflix mold with better paint apps, like restoring the red pin stripes on his batteries and wrists and color matching his yellow/gold paint on his chest and tape door. Or, if he comes with a Buzzsaw figure at last. I hope Wheeljack’s Netflix version is already close enough to the show that his Premium Finish figure will instead feature a brighter white plastic, his correct racing numbers, and more sponsorship logos and paint details to really make it “premium.” I’d also love a redo of Springer, even if still the Siege mold, without battle damage and with a few more G1 screen accurate touches and on-model color choices, like gray instead of bluish gray plastic, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

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Comment by alekese May 21, 2021

Premium finish Bee and optimus preorders went up on pulse today, June 3 estimate, $35 bee, $54 optimus.

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Comment by william-james88 May 21, 2021

alekese wrote:Premium finish Bee and optimus preorders went up on pulse today, June 3 estimate, $35 bee, $54 optimus.

YOWSE

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Comment by TF-fan kev777 May 21, 2021

Yeah, Prime was always a nope for me, but Bee looked really nice and was a "maybe". Seeing the price confirmed him as "no way in hell".

Edit: Actually seeing the price of deluxe and voyager, the rest of the line is also "no way in hell" for me.

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Comment by Sowndwave76 May 22, 2021

I wouldn't buy any of these figures even if the price wasn't ridiculous...
The decos... I can't decide if I think they're boring... Or just lame.
It's going to be very interesting to see how long this line lasts.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- May 22, 2021

Sowndwave76 wrote:I wouldn't buy any of these figures even if the price wasn't ridiculous...
The decos... I can't decide if I think they're boring... Or just lame.
It's going to be very interesting to see how long this line lasts.

Maybe for Optimus. But if you genuinely say that Bee's paint is "lazy" and "boring", you're not paying attention at all.

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Comment by Sowndwave76 May 22, 2021

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sowndwave76 wrote:I wouldn't buy any of these figures even if the price wasn't ridiculous...
The decos... I can't decide if I think they're boring... Or just lame.
It's going to be very interesting to see how long this line lasts.

Maybe for Optimus. But if you genuinely say that Bee's paint is "lazy" and "boring", you're not paying attention at all.

It looks better than the previous version. So if that means it's 1-2 steps above "lazy" or "boring", cool, I guess.

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Comment by Nemesis Reformatted May 23, 2021

william-james88 wrote:
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin.

Great comparison. Would DC ever stop pushing Batman on us? Don't think so.
But I don't see what the issue is. It means that even though we are comparing 35 year old characters to 80 year old ones, in the eyes of today's kids, both are as popular. That is an amazing achievement for the Transformers brand we love so much.

The issue is that Transformers is about 2 massive armies. Not just 1 character. Same with GI Joe. GI Joe is about 2 armies, not just 1 character Snake Eyes. If DC wants to push Batman that's fine, Batman is just 1 character. But even if Snake Eyes, Wolverine & Bumblebee are popular, that doesn't mean they have to take over the entire franchise. They all became popular as members of a team & they should stay that way. We don't need this artificial PUSHING that Hasbro keeps doing. Bumblebee, Wolverine & Snake Eyes shouldn't have their own movies. My favorite Autobot is Wheeljack, when am I going to get a Wheeljack movie? Why doesn't Hasbro push Wheeljack? He's popular too.

Hasbro has been releasing 50 million toys of Bumblebee every year since 2007. But they refuse make 1 Ransack, Venom, Barrage, Squeezeplay, Fangry, Horri-bull, Joyride, Pointblank or Slapdash. Or any of the Pretenders. And what about 3rd party? They won't make those characters either.

The direction Hasbro took the franchise is just plain stupid! Now everything revolves around Bumblebee. He has his own movie, he has his own toy line, Bumblebee Adventures, now he has another toy line, Buzzworthy Bumblebee. When is this insanity going to end??? There will come a time when everybody finally gets sick & tired of Bumblebee. And I can't wait!

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Comment by ZeroWolf May 23, 2021

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Nemesis Reformatted wrote:I wonder if they'll ever stop pushing Optimus Prime & Bumblebee on us. I wish they would stop trying to turn Optimus Prime & Bumblebee into Batman & Robin.

Great comparison. Would DC ever stop pushing Batman on us? Don't think so.
But I don't see what the issue is. It means that even though we are comparing 35 year old characters to 80 year old ones, in the eyes of today's kids, both are as popular. That is an amazing achievement for the Transformers brand we love so much.

The issue is that Transformers is about 2 massive armies. Not just 1 character. Same with GI Joe. GI Joe is about 2 armies, not just 1 character Snake Eyes. If DC wants to push Batman that's fine, Batman is just 1 character. But even if Snake Eyes, Wolverine & Bumblebee are popular, that doesn't mean they have to take over the entire franchise. They all became popular as members of a team & they should stay that way. We don't need this artificial PUSHING that Hasbro keeps doing. Bumblebee, Wolverine & Snake Eyes shouldn't have their own movies. My favorite Autobot is Wheeljack, when am I going to get a Wheeljack movie? Why doesn't Hasbro push Wheeljack? He's popular too.

Hasbro has been releasing 50 million toys of Bumblebee every year since 2007. But they refuse make 1 Ransack, Venom, Barrage, Squeezeplay, Fangry, Horri-bull, Joyride, Pointblank or Slapdash. Or any of the Pretenders. And what about 3rd party? They won't make those characters either.

The direction Hasbro took the franchise is just plain stupid! Now everything revolves around Bumblebee. He has his own movie, he has his own toy line, Bumblebee Adventures, now he has another toy line, Buzzworthy Bumblebee. When is this insanity going to end??? There will come a time when everybody finally gets sick & tired of Bumblebee. And I can't wait!

If Bumblebee toys didn't sell, they wouldn't get made

kids love Bumblebee, end of story, Transformers are made primarily for kids after all. Also as for the direction hasbro took things, I'd say it worked out brilliantly for them and made a ton of money.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- May 23, 2021

ZeroWolf wrote:If Bumblebee toys didn't sell, they wouldn't get made kids love Bumblebee, end of story, Transformers are made primarily for kids after all. Also as for the direction hasbro took things, I'd say it worked out brilliantly for them and made a ton of money.

Exactly. I'm so sick an tired of hearing people complaining about Bumblebee that I'm actually at the Hospital on my deathbed.

Bumblebee is the "gateway drug" for Transformers. Get the kid interested in the franchise first. Then the kid will notice the rest of that universe and get interested in other characters. Same thing for the Bay movies.

It's thanks to Bumblebee and the Bay movies that we are now in the BEST Transformers times since ever with all these "mini Masterpieces" in both the Generations and Studio Series lines. That includes Movie toys as well. Plus most exclusive repaints are now easy to access and there's more than ever thanks to the Select line.

Jesus. It's like complaining that "dad is never home and always at work" when he's the only one working and supporting the ungrateful family by giving them their super comfortable lifestyle. #-o

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Comment by ZeroWolf May 23, 2021

-Kanrabat- wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:If Bumblebee toys didn't sell, they wouldn't get made kids love Bumblebee, end of story, Transformers are made primarily for kids after all. Also as for the direction hasbro took things, I'd say it worked out brilliantly for them and made a ton of money.

Exactly. I'm so sick an tired of hearing people complaining about Bumblebee that I'm actually at the Hospital on my deathbed.

Bumblebee is the "gateway drug" for Transformers. Get the kid interested in the franchise first. Then the kid will notice the rest of that universe and get interested in other characters. Same thing for the Bay movies.

It's thanks to Bumblebee and the Bay movies that we are now in the BEST Transformers times since ever with all these "mini Masterpieces" in both the Generations and Studio Series lines. That includes Movie toys as well. Plus most exclusive repaints are now easy to access and there's more than ever thanks to the Select line.

Jesus. It's like complaining that "dad is never home and always at work" when he's the only one working and supporting the ungrateful family by giving them their super comfortable lifestyle.

Well put. I get being angry that your favourite characters don't get updates but there's a very large group like that, every toy reveal will disappoint someone. However, this isn't the fault of Bumblebee. Bee sells so we get more figures (better designs, better engineering) across the board. These figures may not be for everyone, but they are for someone. If that leads them to want more. Then I say, good job Bee.

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