New Images of Takara Animated Jetpack Bumblebee
Friday, September 17th, 2010 3:17AM CDT
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Posted by Convotron on September 17th, 2010 @ 4:15am CDT
Posted by griftimus prime on September 17th, 2010 @ 4:45am CDT
Posted by DMSL on September 17th, 2010 @ 5:27am CDT
Posted by Hal7300 on September 17th, 2010 @ 6:30am CDT
Posted by Prime Riblet on September 17th, 2010 @ 6:42am CDT
Posted by Duke of Luns on September 17th, 2010 @ 6:45am CDT
But ya know, this really is a very odd piece of Transformer history. It's an accessory set/power up armor type thing, and you very rarely see that sort of thing associated with Transformers. Outside of Actionmasters and the Tako Tank, I don't think there are any other examples of this inside the Transformers toy line.
Posted by GuyIncognito on September 17th, 2010 @ 6:51am CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 17th, 2010 @ 7:54am CDT
Posted by Rated X on September 17th, 2010 @ 8:07am CDT
Its concepts like this that probally caused the death of the animated line in the USA...
Posted by kirbenvost on September 17th, 2010 @ 8:28am CDT
Posted by Duke of Luns on September 17th, 2010 @ 9:46am CDT
Rated X wrote:It's Buzz Light Year !!!
Its concepts like this that probally caused the death of the animated line in the USA...
It is Buzz! That's hilarious.
But on another note, this figure was never released in the U.S., and no other figures like it were either, so I hardly think it was the death of Animated.
But as I said earlier, concepts like this are very uncommon in Transformers toys, but the concept itself must have some merit. Otherwise, lines like Batman and Spider-Man would have failed LONG ago.
Besides, is this any more ludicrous than Kayak Spider-Man?
Posted by leokearon on September 17th, 2010 @ 11:00am CDT
Posted by Jesterhead on September 17th, 2010 @ 11:09am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:They should paint it blue and make it Glyph
I second this!
Posted by vulgar_wraith on September 17th, 2010 @ 11:11am CDT
Posted by Metallo on September 17th, 2010 @ 11:11am CDT
The lower legs are big improvements IMO. The feet are better and the back of the legs seem more compact.
My biggest gripe is the head. There's something off about the sculpt. The deluxe and activator heads look more cartoon accurate.
I was also hoping Hydrodive BumbleBee would be a bit smaller and more of a middle ground between the deluxe and activator but his size is still an improvement. It may never be sold in the States but if it is all I'd really want changed is a more accurate head and yellow color scheme instead of the gold.
Posted by Blurrz on September 17th, 2010 @ 12:43pm CDT
Metallo wrote:in the States but if it is all I'd really want changed is a more accurate head and yellow color scheme instead of the gold.
If it was going to be released by Hasbro it would have been yellow.
Posted by Flashwave on September 17th, 2010 @ 1:57pm CDT
DMSL wrote:Looks ok but i'd rather have it be flat yellow than that tacky gold. Also why is that carmode so deformed looking?
Hmm. I like the gold on the diver ityself, but meh. I'd wanted it more as a basis for another figure though, Tak ain't worth it for this.
Posted by Metallo on September 17th, 2010 @ 6:39pm CDT
Blurrz wrote:Metallo wrote:in the States but if it is all I'd really want changed is a more accurate head and yellow color scheme instead of the gold.
If it was going to be released by Hasbro it would have been yellow.
Yes we all know that from the early pictures that surfaced online but that of course got canceled or at best put on hold. If Hasbro ever does decide to release it who knows if it'll be in the proper colors. They could release the mold colored differently if they haven't already produced a large run of figures but my gut tells me that it'll be in the colors I want.
Right now all we got is the Takara Tomy version to choose from.
Posted by rpetras on September 18th, 2010 @ 6:52am CDT
I wish it was in the proper yellow and not Takara gold.
I'll be happy to finally have a properly scaled BB for my Animated display.
I've been using activators BB, but his weird arms and the black "shoulders" that stick out in car mode kind of hurt his look.
I definitely feel the pain of paying for a voyager mold for a scout class guy, especially an import.
Hopefully someday Hasbro will release him. Maybe under the universe/generations title.
Posted by Metallo on September 18th, 2010 @ 9:57am CDT
I don't mind that the robot is a bit to short and I like the way the car scales with Ratchet, Blurr, Sentinel and some of the other vehicles. The robot even looks good with some of the Cons like Starscream since they towered over the Autobots. Its just the arms on Activators Bumblebee that hurt his appeal for me.
Posted by Vicalliose on September 19th, 2010 @ 11:28am CDT
Posted by TurbofireJames on September 22nd, 2010 @ 3:45pm CDT