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Huh, a shame the Takara versions seem to be nigh-on identical to the Hasbro versions. I'm sure we'll get better painted premium versions later, but still, disappointing. I will say though, with actual care taken for posing, Berserker looks awesome.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Yeah I just don't get that lousy Bee redeco at all. CAN THEY NOT SEE IT'S CRAPTACULAR?
Show us more of the neeewwww mode Deluxe, ya damn teases...

I fail to understand how taht bee deserves a 2 page spread when its easily the least exciting toy from the entire line.

Epecially when they released this 3 years ago:

william-james88 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Yeah I just don't get that lousy Bee redeco at all. CAN THEY NOT SEE IT'S CRAPTACULAR?
Show us more of the neeewwww mode Deluxe, ya damn teases...

I fail to understand how taht bee deserves a 2 page spread when its easily the least exciting toy from the entire line.

Epecially when they released this 3 years ago:

Yeah, I mean it's a great figure. I have the Hasbro one (with some extra painting) and the oversized Voyager class KO.


I just don't get the fuss they seem to be making when really it's "hey, kids! Remember that nifty Bumblebee figure you got a few years ago? Well now you can buy a crappier version! Woo!"

There sure is a lot of missing paint on that bumblebee on his arms and legs especially.

It's amusing as heck that I could find half a dozen Plus KO's that are better in every respect than that toy - some of them even include metal - I could buy a 35 or 45cm KO Bumblebee on ebay right now for about the same price that would cost to buy from somewhere like BBTS.

I wonder how many people are looking at that Optimus and saying to themselves - oh that will be really cool when KBB or Wei Jiang etc..make a superior overscale KO version (#faceplam).

I would like to get a better look at the new hound toys though - and I am also kinda curious about Onslaught too.

I suppose the only interest to both those Bumblebees is that they are Yellow and not orange - some people may like that as an option.

Emerje wrote:Real scary thing is Takara Tomy probably told them to do it.

I know, I think thats where all of ours fears have been coming from.

And smart thinking about the leaks, they had to provude that magazine pics ahead of time and didnt want to give aeway that megs.

RAR wrote:It's amusing as heck that I could find half a dozen Plus KO's that are better in every respect than that toy - some of them even include metal

Like the one I just posted above. That has a bit of metal.

noctorro wrote:Yo people, my 3 Dreads are locked up. Is Berserker a new mold?
I don't remember those feet looking like that.

Bee isn't very good looking. How about giving Deluxe Leadfoot another go?

beserker is a new mold

Black Hat wrote:Incidentally, is DotM Crankcase worth it? He looks pretty awesome and his giant gun (complete with springy claw gimmick) looks fun, but I hear he has a few issues.

He certainly does, but loose joints isn't his most major one:

1.) His hands are the most troubling. Initial releases have a long middle finger, so it comes as no real surprise that later ones have them snipped... badly. Even later releases, including the Japanese versions, have the hands retooled to remedy that.

2.) His dreads are rubbery and hard to move without breaking the clear plastic hinges, unfortunately you have to do just that for vehicle mode. It's a really tight squeeze to make everything fit.

Even takara couldn't save broadside's jet mode. At least they aren't using stickers for the flight deck which is the only thing that bothers from that alt mode on the hasbro version

Carnivius_Prime wrote:That little non-transforming movie accurate Sqweeks figure shown a couple times on those pages (like posed next to MPM Bee), are we getting that at all in the west?

No. It's from a Japanese toyline called Metalcore that sells tiny, mostly die-cast versions of licensed characters. They did an AOE Prime and Bumblebee a while back.