Greetings, fellow Seibertronians! We've known about the second version of Masterpiece Bumblebee for less than a week now. Nonetheless, Takara Tomy is wasting no time in ramping up the hype as best they can. Our own Seiberton.com member, Cyberpath, has tipped us off to a promotional video from Takara Tomy as posted to the Facebook site "
Planet Iacon" by "Singapore Transformers Fans Unite." The video first reminds us that we are entering the 35th year celebration of the Transformers and that the party is kicking off with MP-44 Masterpiece Optimus Prime ver. 3.0! Then they roll right into their announcement of the follow up to the most cartoon accurate Optimus Prime toy they've ever produced, none other than MP-45 Transformers Masterpiece Bumblebee ver. 2.0! Takara Tomy then begins to show off their latest Masterpiece creation alongside stills and video clips from the original G1 cartoon, meant to showcase how screen accurate this new version of Bumblebee is supposed to be to his cartoon appearance in both alt mode and robot mode, very similar to the credo behind making a third Masterpiece version of Optimus Prime. The video also showcases the inspiration for several of the accessories accompanying MP-45, including a Spike Witwicky figure, Bumblebee's signature blaster (with plastic laser blast effect!), interchangeable facial expressions, and even an I
NY license plate! MP-45, confirmed to be an officially licensed Volkswagen product, is slated to come out in September 2019 at the asking price of 13,000 JPY.
The link to the video can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/Planetiacon.stfu/videos/542040579640250/What are your feelings on this new Masterpiece offering from Takara Tomy? This seems to be a divisive issue with fans, so please, let us know what you think in the comments below. As always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers!