New Galleries: Age of Extinction Generations Lockdown and Movie Advanced AD26 Lockdown

Kind of bums me out that Lockdown isn't a deluxe that unfolds into a voyager. If there was any deluxe that could have used the extra engineering and development dollars, it's Lockdown.

That's not to say I think the AoE figure is bad - just saying.

This is one ugly figure I won't be getting. The car is cool, but the face is just ugly. Saw it at target a few times, wanted to get him but ended up putting it back. Maybe a leader class with a helmet face...even then I will leave as car mode. Such a waste of licensing product

Yeah, I find him a little underwhelming. I'm glad he has the gun face option but he needs more weapons and the flip down mask like in the movie.

His expression is a little too docile too. It looks strange.

Va'al wrote:What's he like in hand, Ryan?

Is it a worthwhile addition to the dinocast?

I really like Voyager Class Slog, especially in dinosaur mode which is considerably (and surprisingly) larger than G1 Sludge. The robot mode is OK. It looks pretty cool if you are into the movie aesthetics. There's something weird with his back/mid section where it plugs in where it seems to come undone fairly easily. Other than that, the only issue I really have with it is that the wrists don't turn. He comes with two giant lances but he is a challenge to pose with the lances unfortunately. I ended up liking it best with the lances attached to his upper back behind his head and using the shoulder blasters like hand guns.

I'll get Lockdown if I happen to see him. But, as it stands, my only concern at this point is Generations. Slog is a pass, and while Drift looks cool (his swords are especially forged in kickassery), I am in no need for him. It was a missed opportunity to just heavily modify Generations Springer. He may had been out of scale with the rest of the Autobots, but it would've been the best solution.

Deluxe Lockdown is pretty good, but he's so small. He actually scales better in both modes, IMHO, with the One-Step Autobot cars (Bee, Drift, Crosshairs) than the Deluxes.

Slog looks like fun, wasn't going to buy him but that pic of him indino mode with one foreleg up and ready to stomp just sold me.

Ryan, in the Slog gallery (super thorough, BTW) there a couple shots of a plastic tub full of AoE toys, what's that?

Does the takara version have painted rear breaks like the hasbro version?

Mindmaster wrote:I'll get Lockdown if I happen to see him. But, as it stands, my only concern at this point is Generations. Slog is a pass, and while Drift looks cool (his swords are especially forged in kickassery), I am in no need for him. It was a missed opportunity to just heavily modify Generations Springer. He may had been out of scale with the rest of the Autobots, but it would've been the best solution.

So you want to see a helicopter with Bugatti parts all over the place?

Uncontrolable_myosin wrote:Does the takara version have painted rear breaks like the hasbro version?

Yes they both do, which I didn't notice on either of them when I did their galleries. That's pretty cool.

One feature on hasbro that is not on takara, the split lamborghini "logo" is painted in gold on the hasbro lockdown chest, and there is some more silver detailing in the shins. Takara painted eyes kind of look bad

I'm really not getting the folks saying Drift should have been a Generations Springer remold. Really? I can see a Classics or IDW-style Drift coming out of Springer... but AoE Drift? There's no way that mold could have captured the character. Or the cool (and licensed!) car mode.

lockdown looks pretty good but that head sculpt is terrible, whoever though making him look like destro was an idiot. Would rather have the visor mask thing like the 1 step & flip ones have or they couldve stopped being cheap & lazy for a second & gave him a flip down visor. Not sure if id pick him up at full price but on sale i would, right now im waiting for the walmart excpusive 2 packs & maybe rattrap.

megatronus wrote:I'm really not getting the folks saying Drift should have been a Generations Springer remold. Really? I can see a Classics or IDW-style Drift coming out of Springer... but AoE Drift? There's no way that mold could have captured the character. Or the cool (and licensed!) car mode.

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Springer works for EVERYBODY!

Sabrblade wrote:Springer works for EVERYBODY!

Oy gevalt!

Cool design, but badly executed by Hasbro.

He should be very tall and lanky and here he is stubby.

I also really hate those arms we are getting with these AOE figures, all have the arms stuck to an altform panel.

megatronus wrote:Kind of bums me out that Lockdown isn't a deluxe that unfolds into a voyager. If there was any deluxe that could have used the extra engineering and development dollars, it's Lockdown.

That's not to say I think the AoE figure is bad - just saying.

I seem to remember Animated Lockdown being Voyager height...unfortunately,mine is currently packed away to verify. I just remember him being so cool AND tall I felt like he was a great toy for the $$$

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Springer works for EVERYBODY!

Oy gevalt!

now THAT needs to be in the cloud series!

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Springer works for EVERYBODY!

Oy gevalt!

now THAT needs to be in the cloud series!

That would be cool in the cloud series, but I don't think it would have worked for AOE. I'll take Generations Drift like that however instead of the silly white guy we've been getting.

Seibertron wrote:

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Springer works for EVERYBODY!

Oy gevalt!

now THAT needs to be in the cloud series!

That would be cool in the cloud series, but I don't think it would have worked for AOE. I'll take Generations Drift like that however instead of the silly white guy we've been getting.

It would have been yeah. Maybe we'll see it somewhere else?

Seibertron wrote:

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Springer works for EVERYBODY!

Oy gevalt!

now THAT needs to be in the cloud series!

That would be cool in the cloud series, but I don't think it would have worked for AOE. I'll take Generations Drift like that however instead of the silly white guy we've been getting.

It also works for him, too.








Also, Version 3.0:

It might be Labor Day weekend in the States, but the worker bees of Seibertron.com are still busy! Check out the first two Bumblebee galleries this weekend featuring none other than Takara Tomy's Movie Advanced AD27 Bumblebee and AD04 High Octane Bumblebee, the counterparts to the Hasbro Age of Extinction Deluxes. Head back later this weekend for 3 more AOE Bumblebee galleries swarming in.


Takara Tomy: Movie Advanced Bumblebee
















Takara Tomy: Movie Advanced High Octane Bumblebee

nice to see some comparison shots of the new bee. seibs, what your opinion of AD27 bee? i honestly really liked hasbros version but felt it needed more paint apps (especially in the arms). would you say hes worth importing?

Can Bumblebee stores his "stars" in his back like the concept art?I'm curious.

Should Bumblebee come with a bottle of honey?

TulioDude wrote:Can Bumblebee stores his "stars" in his back like the concept art?I'm curious.

You bet! Here's an image from the gallery that shows this. There are many other images in the gallery that show it as well.

TulioDude wrote:Can Bumblebee stores his "stars" in his back like the concept art?I'm curious.

Hard to see, but he can:



If only they'd given him some little ball-jointed hinges for the shriuken (Probably mispelled) peg-holes

TulioDude wrote:Can Bumblebee stores his "stars" in his back like the concept art?I'm curious.

I know what you're thinking, and believe me, I don't understand either.

i would like to see a green version called waspinater!

Not a fan of the line in general. There are a few gems, but it seems most of the figures suffer from lazy design/sculpting.

Seriously why can't we just get normal arms and hands, almost all of them have them stuck to the altform panels. On the new Bee they didn't even bother to paint the hands silver or black to bring them out.

Ultra Markus wrote:i would like to see a green version called waspinater!

What about a RED version called Stinger, instead? Maybe with a little reshelling?

Katarn84 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i would like to see a green version called waspinater!

What about a RED version called Stinger, instead? Maybe with a little reshelling?

Why not both?
Really, I wouldn't mind seeing both Wasp(inator) and Stinger become semi-obligatory "evil" repaint/retools of Bumblebee.

After seeing the Takara version of the 2014 camaro concept version of Bumblebee which feature many comparison pics, we get a look an indepth look at the Hasbro version. Unlike the Takara version which is a standalone single figure, Hasbro 'bee comes in a two pack with a redeco version of the Generations Legends Bumblebee. He is also a Toys 'R' Us exclusive. The paint app differences on the Legends Class Bumblebees are very minimal but as an added bonus, the Evolutions 2-pack Legends Class Bumblebee comes with a new weapon for added value. Click on any of the pictures to see the full galleries.

Age of Extinction: Generations Bumblebee














Age of Extinction: Generations Bumblebee

Urgh. I just realized that I mixed up AD02 Evasion Mode Optimus Prime with Hasbro's Evasion Mode Optimus Prime in many of these pictures. You'd really have to mix and match parts from the two figures to make one better version.

Still going to wait until Stinger is released. I'll always choose any car over a Camaro, especially when it's a Pagani

Madeus Prime wrote:Still going to wait until Stinger is released. I'll always choose any car over a Camaro, especially when it's a Pagani

Then you'd best be getting the 1 Step Changer since that's the only Pagani Stinger toy that Hasbro's making.

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Still going to wait until Stinger is released. I'll always choose any car over a Camaro, especially when it's a Pagani

Then you'd best be getting the 1 Step Changer since that's the only Pagani Stinger toy that Hasbro's making.

Keep in mind that while Hasbro has no confirmed plans for a Deluxe Stinger, we have yet to hear from TakaraTomy. Even then, they may just repaint Bumblebee and not reshell him at all and release him as an exclusive to boot.

this is actually a pretty good value, for $17 your getting a $15 deluxe ($18 in most places these days) and a $10 mini commander plus its an exclusive so that adds value down the road. And not to mention when AoE bee is sold on its own at mass retail youll be paying $15-$20. The only downside is that its bumblebee and a downsized AoE deluxe. But in the current market its a good deal. On a side note does anyone else think this version of AoE bee would make a good waspinator repaint? The chest has the whole eye thing going for it & the battle mask gives the head an insect look when its down.

Yes! I also thought he would make a good Waspinator, I thought of it ever since I saw him, I'm already working on him to make him Waspinator too. Just a new paint job and a new molded chin

The Thuggernaut wrote:Yes! I also thought he would make a good Waspinator, I thought of it ever since I saw him, I'm already working on him to make him Waspinator too. Just a new paint job and a new molded chin

Does he need a new molded chin? The new one's mouth/chin area looks very wasp/bee like.

Seibertron wrote:

The Thuggernaut wrote:Yes! I also thought he would make a good Waspinator, I thought of it ever since I saw him, I'm already working on him to make him Waspinator too. Just a new paint job and a new molded chin

Does he need a new molded chin? The new one's mouth/chin area looks very wasp/bee like.

Well he doesn't need one, per-say, but I'd like to do one that would resemble animated since I like the character and would like to keep it for myself

The Thuggernaut wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

The Thuggernaut wrote:Yes! I also thought he would make a good Waspinator, I thought of it ever since I saw him, I'm already working on him to make him Waspinator too. Just a new paint job and a new molded chin

Does he need a new molded chin? The new one's mouth/chin area looks very wasp/bee like.

Well he doesn't need one, per-say, but I'd like to do one that would resemble animated since I like tge character and would like to keep it for myself

Fair enough! Be sure to share some pictures with us when you get it completed. A Waspinator and/or Stinger from Bumblebee would be right up my alley!

Seibertron wrote:

The Thuggernaut wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

The Thuggernaut wrote:Yes! I also thought he would make a good Waspinator, I thought of it ever since I saw him, I'm already working on him to make him Waspinator too. Just a new paint job and a new molded chin

Does he need a new molded chin? The new one's mouth/chin area looks very wasp/bee like.

Well he doesn't need one, per-say, but I'd like to do one that would resemble animated since I like tge character and would like to keep it for myself

Fair enough! Be sure to share some pictures with us when you get it completed. A Waspinator and/or Stinger from Bumblebee would be right up my alley!

I will! It's my first full figure repaint and right now I'm juggling school and work but I'll get it done!

Seibertron wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Can Bumblebee stores his "stars" in his back like the concept art?I'm curious.

You bet! Here's an image from the gallery that shows this. There are many other images in the gallery that show it as well.

Madeus Prime wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Can Bumblebee stores his "stars" in his back like the concept art?I'm curious.

Hard to see, but he can:



If only they'd given him some little ball-jointed hinges for the shriuken (Probably mispelled) peg-holes

Sorry I missed this.I think this is cool.

Our Bumblebee galleries just keep on rolling because you can never have too much of the 'bee. The next Bumblebee gallery we are focusing on is that of the Age of Extinction Leader Class variety. This new Bumblebee is a repaint of the previous Dark of the Moon Bumblebee with out his massive Mech-Tech weapon. The paint apps have been updated to match his new look in Age of Extinction. Age of Extinction Leader Class Bumblebee is said to be hanging out at Costco. Click on any of the images to see the full gallery.

Age of Extinction: Generations Bumblebee

yeap, nothing like the work and love they put on previous movies... shame for AoE toy line, too much movie for this new toys.

I didn't even know this guy would be used again. And guess what? Looking at him, it doesn't matter. He's actually lost paint and about half of his bodyweight.

RhA wrote:I didn't even know this guy would be used again. And guess what? Looking at him, it doesn't matter. He's actually lost paint and about half of his bodyweight.

He did get a new head in return tho

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RhA wrote:I didn't even know this guy would be used again. And guess what? Looking at him, it doesn't matter. He's actually lost paint and about half of his bodyweight.

He did get a new head in return tho

I don't see it. What am I missing here?

RhA wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RhA wrote:I didn't even know this guy would be used again. And guess what? Looking at him, it doesn't matter. He's actually lost paint and about half of his bodyweight.

He did get a new head in return tho

I don't see it. What am I missing here?

The new battle mask:





And I see now it's just repainted. My bad

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RhA wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RhA wrote:I didn't even know this guy would be used again. And guess what? Looking at him, it doesn't matter. He's actually lost paint and about half of his bodyweight.

He did get a new head in return tho

I don't see it. What am I missing here?

The new battle mask:





And I see now it's just repainted. My bad

Depainted*