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New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Posted by ZeroWolf Jun 29, 2019 at 2:53pm CDT 33,479 views
Greetings Seibertronians! Today we have new galleries to share with you, created by site owner, Seibertron, and feature two of Flame Toys recent releases, Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker.

Flame Toys hold an official licence from Hasbro/Takara Tomy to be able to produce these highly detailed plastic model kits. They are highly posable but not transformable, and often feature designs straight from the comics.

First up, is Furai Bumblebee, armed with a pistol, his trusty hammer and a helicopter back-pack, enabling him to take the fight to the skies.

Flame Toys Bumblebee (140 images) - Furai Model Kits, Model Kits

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Next up is Furai Thundercracker, a redeco of their previously released Furai Starscream model kit (you can find galleries of Furai Starscream here!).

Flame Toys Thundercracker (90 images) - Furai Model Kits, Model Kits

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

Transformers News: New Seibertron Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker

What do you think of these kits? Will you be taking the plunge with Flame Toys models? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

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Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Decepticon Stryker Jun 29, 2019
Really loving that Thundercracker kit. Bumblebee looks nice too but seems a bit too big for my taste.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 29, 2019
Stargrave wrote:Dude DMax the pics you posted is the reason I’m dying to pick some of these up. I don’t know why but it’s when a fan gets one and poses them just as well as the fancy shots, I’m sold. It’s probably those manuals you use as a background I think it just makes them pop :lol:

Almost all of my shots are taken on my work desk when I'm at the office, so I really hope it's not my work books that make those bots pop!

Bumblebee looks really good, I'm excited to get my hands on him here soon
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman Jun 29, 2019
*gasp* New galleries that aren't BotBots?
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Shuttershock Jun 29, 2019
Is it just me, or does Bumblebee look really out of place with all these skinny-waisted Gurren Lagann-looking guys?
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 29, 2019
Shuttershock wrote:Is it just me, or does Bumblebee look really out of place with all these skinny-waisted Gurren Lagann-looking guys?

I don't think so, the other guys are tall, lanky guys, and he is meant to be short and stocky
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Stargrave Jun 30, 2019
That contrast gives him a great visual role of wielding that hammer I think, it’s almost like the dwarf on the quest: oh this guy? The little guy? Yeah he’s short and tough and typically brandishing a heavy melee weapon - it works for me. These pieces I can just zone out on sometimes it’s like action figure art.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 30, 2019
I saw that Bee kit at EB Games (Canadian Gamestop). It was around 60$CAN. Having spare money I would have gotten him. Especially because he's like a fancy version of Action Master Bee.

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Transformers G1 1990 Bumblebee with Heli-Pack Gallery
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Transformers Flame Toys Bumblebee Gallery

This is pretty awesome.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by JomasterII Jun 30, 2019
OK. I'm literally joining the bloody forums just to say this.

Please.
PLEASE.
PLEASE clean your frickin' nub marks.
They're just... absolutely egregious. Coming from a builder of Gunpla, cleaning your nubs is one of the most important steps in making your models look amazing. Big white stress marks and excess pieces of sprue don't help with the look.

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I know I'm being blunt but I'm really not trying to be rude. I just wanna have the gallery look amazing and really make the kits shine.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Dorkimus Jun 30, 2019
The reason why the model kit bumble looks so different is, that he is actually kind of different line. Some of those kits represent highly stylized versions of the bot in question. Others are more like official IDW versions of the character. Like there are 2 different Prime kits available.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 30, 2019
JomasterII wrote:OK. I'm literally joining the bloody forums just to say this.

Please.
PLEASE.
PLEASE clean your frickin' nub marks.


Aha!
I wholeheartedly understand that such a thing would "trigger" any semi-pro model builders.

If I ever build a model, I'll be sure to use some sand paper and/or a file to get rid of those admittedly unsightly sprue nubs.
Then I'd waste the whole thing with my horrible painting skills. #-o
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by JomasterII Jun 30, 2019
-Kanrabat- wrote:
JomasterII wrote:OK. I'm literally joining the bloody forums just to say this.

Please.
PLEASE.
PLEASE clean your frickin' nub marks.


Aha!
I wholeheartedly understand that such a thing would "trigger" any semi-pro model builders.

If I ever build a model, I'll be sure to use some sand paper and/or a file to get rid of those admittedly unsightly sprue nubs.
Then I'd waste the whole thing with my horrible painting skills. #-o

Even slicing them off with a hobby knife and running your nail over them to remove the stress mark is sufficient to me, but a sanding and polishing job is definitely the pro way to do it!
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman Jun 30, 2019
JomasterII, I understand your feelings. However, the way things currently stand it's kinda a miracle that the kit got built and photographed at all.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Stargrave Jun 30, 2019
Why is it a miracle that got done?
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman Jun 30, 2019
Stargrave wrote:Why is it a miracle that got done?

Because it's not a BotBots toy :-D :P #cheapshot
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Stargrave Jun 30, 2019
Yeah I guess that was cheap.
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 30, 2019
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:JomasterII, I understand your feelings. However, the way things currently stand it's kinda a miracle that the kit got built and photographed at all.


Know what? it should have been built and photographed by a Hasbro photographer. Just to make things hilariously interesting. :lol:
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jun 30, 2019
Dorkimus wrote:The reason why the model kit bumble looks so different is, that he is actually kind of different line. Some of those kits represent highly stylized versions of the bot in question. Others are more like official IDW versions of the character. Like there are 2 different Prime kits available.

I think the difference being spoken about was between Bumblebee and Attack Mode Prime, as they are part of the same "subline" of the stylized versions.

I like the 2-part line too. Giving us IDW Prime, Megatron, and Drift is really awesome. And then we also get these highly stylized ones like Prime, Bee, the Seekers, Devastator, Hound, and Windblade soon.

And this is just me, but more Transformers need handheld melee weapons, especially Hammers and Axes
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Jun 30, 2019
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Dorkimus wrote:The reason why the model kit bumble looks so different is, that he is actually kind of different line. Some of those kits represent highly stylized versions of the bot in question. Others are more like official IDW versions of the character. Like there are 2 different Prime kits available.

I think the difference being spoken about was between Bumblebee and Attack Mode Prime, as they are part of the same "subline" of the stylized versions.

I like the 2-part line too. Giving us IDW Prime, Megatron, and Drift is really awesome. And then we also get these highly stylized ones like Prime, Bee, the Seekers, Devastator, Hound, and Windblade soon.

And this is just me, but more Transformers need handheld melee weapons, especially Hammers and Axes

I completely agree with the last comment, it's one of the reasons I love the deluxe animated battle begins Optimus Prime, I prefer the axe on him then his bigger voyager mold :lol:

Now there's some designs I think will suit Flame Toys stylings :?
Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Stargrave Jun 30, 2019
From the list of exclusives provided by the San Diego Comic Con we've learned that the Flame Toys IDW Prime will be released in the ever iconic always reliable variant of Nemesis Prime! Reliable, you know, as about 98.2% of all Optimus Prime releases get a Nemesis variant. It brings you comfort, like an old friend who is in fact an enemy who's out to destroy you, just like he's always been.

Now per the website the item will be available at the Bluefin booth #301 so get a map, make a plan, then make several alternate routes, then a few more, then just one more, then get over there as soon as you can to pick up the Shadow Daddio before he's gone.

From the SDCC Website listing:
Nemesis Prime IDW Version - Flame Toys SDCC Exclusive
The 8th series of [FURAI MODEL] Nemesis Prime (IDW ver.) is presented as event limited version! - It is 15.5cm height. - This is a modernized and shape optimized IDW Nemesis Prime. - Good articulation with over 40 movable joints, you will set any pose easily. - Model kit is made of hard plastic ABS, it will be good for professional model kit fans to make your own coloring style Nemesis Optimus (IDW ver.). - Joint is made of soft plastic so it will have a stable movable performance. - With different injection color of runner parts and simple assembly design, it will also be good for model kit beginners.
Available at Storm Collectibles/Flame Toys (Bluefin) booth 301!

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Now Robotkingdom currently has the item up for order and is listed as available for $39.90. They also provide a bevy of images of this ebony eliminator of all that is, well, take your pick I mean regardless of which version we all know when Nemesis comes 'round, bots get knocked down.

We've mirrored the images here for your convenience.

From the Robotkingdom description:

"Product Description:
Available Now!
Robot / Figurine Size : Approx. 15.5cm
Material : ABS, POM, PA, PE

Gimmick :
- 8th series of [FURAI MODEL] Nemesis Prime (IDW ver.) is presented as event limited version!
- It is 15.5cm height.
- This is a modernized and shape optimized IDW Nemesis Prime.
- Good articulation with over 40 movable joints, you will set any pose easily.
- Model kit is made of hard plastic ABS, it will be good for professional model kit fans to make your own coloring style Nemesis Optimus (IDW ver.).
- Joint is made of soft plastic so it will have a stable movable performance.
- With different injection color of runner parts and simple assembly design, it will also be good for model kit beginners.
***Photos for reference only, exact product appearance is subject to manufacturer final confirmation.***"


As always enjoy the views and share your thoughts with the Seibertron crew in the forum!

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Re: New Galleries Flame Toys Furai Bumblebee and Thundercracker (view post)
Comment by Wireless_Phantom Jun 30, 2019
I still find it a little odd that he can have the shattered glass autobot symbols
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