New In Hand Photos of Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee

Posted by mooncake623 Jun 26, 2015 at 10:00am CDT 19,455 views

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Facebook group Planet Iacon posted some new in-hand photos Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee. In these pictures you can check out MP G2 Bumblebee in all it's metallic paint job glory! You can also see from the pictures the Jetpack and the face-plate accessories that he comes with. Check out the images we've mirror below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

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Re: New In Hand Photos of Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee (view post)

Comment by AutobotAlvaron Jun 26, 2015

As cool as this gold MP Bumblebee is, it should have come with another Goldbug head for added variety. Maybe a 3P can make a blue head, gun, and maybe even limbs. :-?

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Comment by Randomhero Jun 26, 2015

Then it would be a G2 bumblebee with a stupid blue head. That's not remotely close to what they're going for with this figure. Especially since the body is all bumblebee and not goldbug.

I can't wait to get this guy, 22-23 years later I still have my original G2 and am looking forward to putting them next to each other.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 26, 2015

Goldbug deserves his own mold just as Ultra Magnus deserved his.

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Comment by RodimusRex Jun 26, 2015

shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:If they do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper, I wonder how they will do the car mode. Will they go for the accurate version of the Porsche or will they leave it superdeformed.
With licensing, it'd have to be real world accurate.
If it's just a red Bee, it certainly won't be a Masterpiece.

Oh, mark my words: there'll be a MP21R, Red Bumblebee. They love their repaints and retools, have shown much Diaclone love, so its just a matter of time. Dunno what he'll be named, but it won't be Cliffjumper

A Red Bumblebee would be a G2 Hubcap, wouldn't it?

Heck, they could keep the G2 tooling all the way there.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jun 26, 2015

RodimusRex wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:If they do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper, I wonder how they will do the car mode. Will they go for the accurate version of the Porsche or will they leave it superdeformed.
With licensing, it'd have to be real world accurate.
If it's just a red Bee, it certainly won't be a Masterpiece.

Oh, mark my words: there'll be a MP21R, Red Bumblebee. They love their repaints and retools, have shown much Diaclone love, so its just a matter of time. Dunno what he'll be named, but it won't be Cliffjumper

A Red Bumblebee would be a G2 Hubcap, wouldn't it?

Heck, they could keep the G2 tooling all the way there.

Not quite, as Hubcap has a different head and uses the Cliffjumper mold (which, for the record, is not a retool of Bumblebee):

A red MP Bumble would simply be "Bumble Red Version"

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 27, 2015

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:A red MP Bumble would simply be "Bumble Red Version"

Or Stinger.

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Comment by durroth Jun 27, 2015

No. Bad Sabr. You go to your room and think about what you've done. :-x

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 27, 2015

durroth wrote: No. Bad Sabr. You go to your room and think about what you've done.

takara-tomy-masterpiece-mp-21-bumblebee-discussion-t98889s850.php#p1693754

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Comment by RodimusRex Jun 27, 2015

So, if the issue with Cliffjumper is one of licensing and deformation, I'll throw out a solution, however painful:

Release a retool of Bumblebee as an Audi TT. It looks reasonably close to an SD Porsche and it shares a chasis with the VW bug. It's certainly a better compromise than you'd get by making him a realistic Porsche.

It also comes in a model with a spoiler.

And we have had non-G1 MP releases, right?

The MPMs and soon to be Primal.

So you do a Masterpiece Cliffjumper as an Audi TT.

And you call it Masterpiece Binaltech Cliff. You cheat as close as you can to G1 in robot mode. Masterpiece engineering. But use the Audi TT as the vehicle.

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Comment by shajaki Jun 28, 2015

That's pretty unlikely. The current MP's are going for cartoon accurate robot modes and realistic licensed (classic G1) alt modes. Your only hope for what described is another Binaltech/Alternity line. Though there is a Cliffjumper already in Alternity.

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Comment by Va'al Jun 29, 2015

Adding to the previous batch of in-hand images of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece shiny new G2 redeco of MP-21 Bumblebee, the Facebook page for site sponsor TFSource have uploaded a series of new shots from Dengeki Hobby magazine. Check out what is undoubtedly a golden bug in the mirrored images below!

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Comment by Thormind Jun 29, 2015

On some pictures there is a G2 logo on his chest and on one foot. Is it going to be like G2 Sideswipe where the logos are stickers and you can chose if you want the G1 or the G2 logo. I really prefer this golden version of him but I don't want any G2 logo in my collection...

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 29, 2015

Thormind wrote:On some pictures there is a G2 logo on his chest and on one foot. Is it going to be like G2 Sideswipe where the logos are stickers and you can chose if you want the G1 or the G2 logo. I really prefer this golden version of him but I don't want any G2 logo in my collection...

Which pics had a G2 logo on his foot?

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Comment by Thormind Jun 29, 2015

Sabrblade wrote:
Thormind wrote:On some pictures there is a G2 logo on his chest and on one foot. Is it going to be like G2 Sideswipe where the logos are stickers and you can chose if you want the G1 or the G2 logo. I really prefer this golden version of him but I don't want any G2 logo in my collection...
Which pics had a G2 logo on his foot?

http://static.seibertron.com/images/new ... d39c5a.jpg

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Comment by Emerje Jun 29, 2015

I don't know for sure if there's a sticker sheet, but I did notice that all of the in-hand pictures have been without Autobot symbols of any kind. Seems pretty likely you'll be able to choose from a sheet.

Emerje

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Comment by padfoo Jun 29, 2015

I get so much more of a G1 vibe from this release compared to the previous. I think its the color scheme, ironic because he,s supposedly calling back to the G2 incarnation.

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Comment by Thormind Jul 1, 2015

padfoo wrote:I get so much more of a G1 vibe from this release compared to the previous. I think its the color scheme, ironic because he,s supposedly calling back to the G2 incarnation.

I'm just like you. I think hell fit better in my collection than the first release. Plus i really hated that exo-suit. Most collector i talked to said they bought him but don't display the suit and would have preferred if it had not been included.

The jetpack is a much better accessory imo.

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Comment by mooncake623 Jul 9, 2015

Facebook group Planet Iacon just posted a first look at the Tranformers Masterpiece G2 Bumblebee Asia Exclusive Coin! What you might notice if you look closely at the coin is that they call G2 Bumblebee, Goldbug! What does this mean? Speculate away on the Seibertron.com forums here!
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