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N.E.S.T. Bumblebee Found at Canadian Gamestops

Posted by william-james88 Jun 2, 2022 at 5:59pm CDT 35,035 views
We now have several confirmed sightings from our own Canadian community members of N.E.S.T. Bumblebee being found at Gamestop. The photo below is of a Gamestop in Montreal. This was supposed to be a Universal Studios exclusive but became a fan channel toy due to the pandemic changing distribution plans. This toy has been available in the US for a while, at Entertainment Earth, and has even been found at random retail outlets like Movie Trading Company stores. The figure is a metallic grey redeco of Studio Series SS-57 Offroad Bumblebee with N.E.S.T logos and it comes with Sam.

N.E.S.T. Bumblebee Found at Canadian Gamestops
N.E.S.T. Bumblebee Found at Canadian Gamestops

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 2, 2022
I still haven't actually seen the deluxe wave with Brawn in stores yet. Just Kups and Blurrs still shelfwarming everywhere.

Have a fun pic

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Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 Jun 4, 2022
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I still haven't actually seen the deluxe wave with Brawn in stores yet. Just Kups and Blurrs still shelfwarming everywhere.

Have a fun pic

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Haven't seen Brawn either. my store is overfilled with Soundwaves, Blurs, Kups, that one Hot Rod and way too many Cybersharks.
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jun 4, 2022
Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Does anybody have Premium Finish Bumblebee Prime, Is it just me or is there some tolerance issues with a few pannels in truck mode?
You may wanna ask in the Premium Finish thread, itself. ;)^


Of course, it would have its own thread.
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Comment by william-james88 Jun 7, 2022
Takara has many new preorders on their end but they are all of toys that have already been revealed. however, that does give us some new images of figures we have not seen too much of yet, like Studio Series voyagers Galvatron and Thundercracker. Takara is usually pretty good at toy photography but according to many fans, these photos are not giving that Galvatron and favours.

We also have more photos of Metroplex, who luckily for Japanese fans is not a TTMall exclusive. In fact none of these are.

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Comment by BIGGUY007 Jun 7, 2022
Galvatron is a solid buy as soon as he becomes available. I might get Thundercracker when he goes on clearance. Metroplex is a solid pass.
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Comment by Solrac333 Jun 8, 2022
BIGGUY007 wrote:Galvatron is a solid buy as soon as he becomes available. I might get Thundercracker when he goes on clearance. Metroplex is a solid pass.


For me it's Thundercracker a must buy, Metroplex when he's on clearance, and Galvatron is a pass.
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Comment by Nexus Knight Jun 8, 2022
Galvatron just continues to look... just so so bad. Like, his onscreen design makes that hard to translate, but this... like he looks so cheap and like they didn't hardly try. The weapons look wonky, the obvious hitch kibble is obvious, the blocky chest is... ick. Hard pass for me.
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 8, 2022
Galvatron looks weird with his boxy chest, but the overall look is very well executed with pretty much no kibbles.
I'm looking forward having him in hand.
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Comment by GrangerPerry Jun 8, 2022
I feel like Takara actually doesn’t like Galvatron and makes him bad on purpose. After SS Megatron being so amazing it’s a bit of a disappointment but he’s much better than previous attempts so I’ll be looking for a sale
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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 8, 2022
GrangerPerry wrote:I feel like Takara actually doesn’t like Galvatron and makes him bad on purpose. After SS Megatron being so amazing it’s a bit of a disappointment but he’s much better than previous attempts so I’ll be looking for a sale

The design is a large part of the issue, and the fact that he's Voyager Class limits things that much further.
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Comment by Barricade.it Jun 10, 2022
Galvatron is simply ugly, even in the alt mode with those two strange things on the back that should maybe be some hooking for the trailer.

Metroplex... simply isn't Metroplex, is a different character. I still ask myself why, when figures get bigger, alt modes look weird and lame.

Thundercracker is great.
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Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 10, 2022
Barricade.it wrote:Galvatron is simply ugly, even in the alt mode with those two strange things on the back that should maybe be some hooking for the trailer.

Metroplex... simply isn't Metroplex, is a different character. I still ask myself why, when figures get bigger, alt modes look weird and lame.

Thundercracker is great.

Seems like you've never seen the pictures of Cybertron Metroplex's alt mode, as it is a very real thing (it's also gigantic) also if the name bothers you, just call him by his Japanese Galaxy Force name ;)^
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Comment by Cyber Bishop Jun 10, 2022
All 3 easy pass for me.
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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Jun 11, 2022
Still excited to get Galvatron, though the arms are a little on the small side. Interested to see how it looks in-hand!

I just finished my work on SS ROTF Starscream, It might be my favorite project I've worked on!
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Re: N.E.S.T. Bumblebee Found at Canadian Gamestops (view post)
Comment by TF-fan kev777 Jun 12, 2022
Holy crap, outstanding work as always. I think my favorite detail is the red on the bot arms, it pops so well.
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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Jun 12, 2022
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Holy crap, outstanding work as always. I think my favorite detail is the red on the bot arms, it pops so well.

Thank you very much! I was surprised when I was looking at renders for reference at just how much red wiring there was in the arms.
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Comment by Rtron Jun 13, 2022
Man, you did the white tatoos and everything. I think no official ROTF Starscream toy has those so far. Great job, as always. Also love the red wiring in the arms, it's always been one of my favourite details from the cgi model for me.
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Comment by Tuned Agent Jun 13, 2022
Dude, the level of detail on this is insane. I especially love the detail around the eyes, those silver lines across his eyes are the kind of thing many customizers probably wouldn't even bother with. Impressive as always! :michaelbay:
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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Jun 13, 2022
Rtron wrote:Man, you did the white tatoos and everything. I think no official ROTF Starscream toy has those so far. Great job, as always. Also love the red wiring in the arms, it's always been one of my favourite details from the cgi model for me.

Thank you! Yeah, It took me a while to find good reference pictures of alt mode, but I finally did after a while! I was initially going to just trace the existing tattoos, but couldn't bring myself to after finding the refernce pictures of the more accurate markings.

Tuned Agent wrote:Dude, the level of detail on this is insane. I especially love the detail around the eyes, those silver lines across his eyes are the kind of thing many customizers probably wouldn't even bother with. Impressive as always! :michaelbay:


Much appreciated, thanks! I actually had to disassemble the head to get in there and repaint the eyes in a brighter red and add the silver lines going across, Starscream's head looks SUPER weird when disassembled!
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 15, 2022
Man, that Starscream looks great E-M-Bee!

Thundercracker looks very nice. I like that toy a good bit, like that he has the gasmask face.

They should have made Galvatron a leader. I think he needed that budget to be done right
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