Walmart Exclusive Retro Generations Line Revealed with Preorders

I'm glad people will be able to get this version of Bee, but no battle mask? Not even a separate head? When it has 86 Bee to compete with?

Well, it's not for me anyway (already have the first release).

Oh my.

Oh my my my my my.

Those look good. Like, really good.

And I'm usually a stickler for show-accuracy.

Well there you go, that explains the weird Brawn and Seaspray listings.

Look at all that plastic packaging! (clutches pearls) What would Greta Thunberg say?? (reels to fainting couch)

Love these. Missed BB. Will buy!

Man, I absolutely love these! The figures and the cards are so nice looking. Ended up ordering two of each, one to open, open to display MOC. Just have to hope Walmart ships them in proper sized boxes and they don't get mangled. Probably wishful thinking, I know.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Well there you go, that explains the weird Brawn and Seaspray listings.

yeah, though where or "what" Seaspray comes from remains a mystery. I'm thinking a heavy Cosmos retool since their arms and feet end up in basically the same place, but ideally it would be another new mold.

Emerje

Seibertron wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I'm glad people will be able to get this version of Bee, but no battle mask? Not even a separate head? When it has 86 Bee to compete with?

Well, it's not for me anyway (already have the first release).

I don't understand why this Bumblebee doesn't have the proper head for that packaging, especially since Gears does. It's really weird. If Gears had his normal non-toy head, I'd give Bumblebee a pass but since they gave Gears the right head, it just really makes Bumblebee not seem right.

The running theory is that the head was kept the same as a sort of "apology" or "second chance" for those who missed out on Netflix Bumblebee. Which, if that is the case, kinda makes this a rather lukewarm attempt since Hasbro would be trying have their cake and eat it too by trying to appeal both to toy-accuracy fans and those who wanted Netflix Bumblebee, instead of just giving the full effort of toy-accuracy like they did for Gears.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I'm glad people will be able to get this version of Bee, but no battle mask? Not even a separate head? When it has 86 Bee to compete with?

Well, it's not for me anyway (already have the first release).

I don't understand why this Bumblebee doesn't have the proper head for that packaging, especially since Gears does. It's really weird. If Gears had his normal non-toy head, I'd give Bumblebee a pass but since they gave Gears the right head, it just really makes Bumblebee not seem right.

The running theory is that the head was kept the same as a sort of "apology" or "second chance" for those who missed out on Netflix Bumblebee. Which, if that is the case, kinda makes this a rather lukewarm attempt since Hasbro would be trying have their cake and eat it too by trying to appeal both to toy-accuracy fans and those who wanted Netflix Bumblebee, instead of just giving the full effort of toy-accuracy like they did for Gears.

Seems like it should just be two different releases at that point, but the "toy accurate" Bumblebee should have the mask. If they want to release the other version, that's fine, then do that. It's Bumblebee. I'm sure there's plenty of room for both figures to be made. As it is, I'm not a fan of the decision they made. I really have always liked both heads for Bumblebee. If you're doing a toy homaged line with modern figures, then it should have the toy head. Seems like someone did too much thinking about this and ended up making the wrong choice.

Or simpler answer ... there was never a battle mask toy head made for this mold and it's just not in the budget. But we all know that's a BS answer to "we just didn't feel like doing this" properly.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Or simpler answer ... there was never a battle mask toy head made for this mold and it's just not in the budget. But we all know that's a BS answer to "we just didn't feel like doing this" properly.

There is the Goldbug head. That might have been preferable:

That's Goldbug's head. It's very distinct amd very different from the toy Bumblebee battle mask head. I'd be just as irked if they had tried to pass that off as the battle mask as I am about the cartoon head.

It's also possible they went with basing it on the last Bumblebee reissue.



Wish he had the blue eyes.

Emerje