Possible First Look at Transformers Earthrise Bumblebee
Saturday, May 16th, 2020 1:49PM CDT
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Let us know if you'll be replacing your Titans Return Bumblebee with this one (which is double the price) when it comes out.
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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on May 16th, 2020 @ 1:56pm CDT
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Posted by TulioDude on May 16th, 2020 @ 2:50pm CDT
Even if Bee is just a redeco/reshell of Earthrise Cliffjumper, I'll definitely be replacing TR Bee. TR Bee isn't bad by any means, but ER Cliff is much more fun to transform and pose for me, so I'll definitely upgrade.
Titans Return Bee's still staying even if I get ER bee
Duality of man.
Posted by sol magnus on May 16th, 2020 @ 6:16pm CDT
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Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 16th, 2020 @ 11:25pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 17th, 2020 @ 12:04am CDT
Wheeljack would have if he had won the fan poll that gave us Mirage and Impactor.Rodimus Prime wrote:The pessimist in me says Bee will be a heavy retool of Cliffy, but will still look like a scaled-down, more affordable MP. I also thought that he (as well as Wheeljack) should have gotten a Cybertronian version (from MTMTE) in Siege.
Posted by SkyFire Prime on May 17th, 2020 @ 12:30am CDT
Posted by sol magnus on May 17th, 2020 @ 8:37am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:The pessimist in me says Bee will be a heavy retool of Cliffy, but will still look like a scaled-down, more affordable MP. I also thought that he (as well as Wheeljack) should have gotten a Cybertronian version (from MTMTE) in Siege.
Cliffjumper's arms and legs are Bumblebee's arms and legs. Not sure how two toys based off the same general construction would warrant re-inventing the wheel.
EDIT: Going by the promotional image, though, Bumblebee - if he's molded off this image - will be a departure from his own parts and more like the comic book has been portraying him. So - maybe a new mold altogether after all.
Posted by william-james88 on May 17th, 2020 @ 10:13am CDT
SkyFire Prime wrote:That's my screenshot, there's a better pic out there but it's darn hard to find.
Thanks Sky Fire, I will mention you in the news post.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on May 17th, 2020 @ 11:46am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 17th, 2020 @ 12:46pm CDT
I said retooling. They have different heads and torsos as well as different alt modes. Unless Hasbro just decided to paint Cliffjumper yellow in vehicle mode.sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:The pessimist in me says Bee will be a heavy retool of Cliffy, but will still look like a scaled-down, more affordable MP. I also thought that he (as well as Wheeljack) should have gotten a Cybertronian version (from MTMTE) in Siege.
Cliffjumper's arms and legs are Bumblebee's arms and legs. Not sure how two toys based off the same general construction would warrant re-inventing the wheel.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 17th, 2020 @ 12:54pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:I said retooling. They have different heads and torsos as well as different alt modes. Unless Hasbro just decided to paint Cliffjumper yellow in vehicle mode.sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:The pessimist in me says Bee will be a heavy retool of Cliffy, but will still look like a scaled-down, more affordable MP. I also thought that he (as well as Wheeljack) should have gotten a Cybertronian version (from MTMTE) in Siege.
Cliffjumper's arms and legs are Bumblebee's arms and legs. Not sure how two toys based off the same general construction would warrant re-inventing the wheel.
From the image the front of the shoulders match between Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, but of course the arms and legs can't be compared because they're obscured or the side showing is the hollow one.
I call part-sharing akin to PotP Moonracer vs. Siege Chromia.
Posted by sol magnus on May 17th, 2020 @ 1:03pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:I said retooling. They have different heads and torsos as well as different alt modes. Unless Hasbro just decided to paint Cliffjumper yellow in vehicle mode.sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:The pessimist in me says Bee will be a heavy retool of Cliffy, but will still look like a scaled-down, more affordable MP. I also thought that he (as well as Wheeljack) should have gotten a Cybertronian version (from MTMTE) in Siege.
Cliffjumper's arms and legs are Bumblebee's arms and legs. Not sure how two toys based off the same general construction would warrant re-inventing the wheel.
I hear ya, but wouldn;'t it make more sense for Bee/Cliff to be more like Siege Ironhide/Ratchet where they are clearly off the same design, done simultaneously? The only thing I find strange is Cliff having "Bee type" arms, and Bee having (going by the picture) Cliff-type arms. But, those are the arms Bee has in the comic.
I don't know. I'm not trying to argue. It's gonna Be(e) what it's gonna Be(e).
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:From the image the front of the shoulders match between Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, but of course the arms and legs can't be compared because they're obscured or the side showing is the hollow one.
I call part-sharing akin to PotP Moonracer vs. Siege Chromia.
If you look at Bumblebee's right arm, it's three rectangles, rather than rectangle/tube/rectangle.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 17th, 2020 @ 4:03pm CDT
Yes it would, and knowing how prominent Bee is considered to be by Hasbro, I'm surprised that didn't happen. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got a new Cliffy, but I was fully expecting Bee to come first, followed by a Cliffy that was similar in design and maybe even a retool.sol magnus wrote:but wouldn;'t it make more sense for Bee/Cliff to be more like Siege Ironhide/Ratchet where they are clearly off the same design, done simultaneously?
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on May 17th, 2020 @ 6:00pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Yes it would, and knowing how prominent Bee is considered to be by Hasbro, I'm surprised that didn't happen. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got a new Cliffy, but I was fully expecting Bee to come first, followed by a Cliffy that was similar in design and maybe even a retool.sol magnus wrote:but wouldn;'t it make more sense for Bee/Cliff to be more like Siege Ironhide/Ratchet where they are clearly off the same design, done simultaneously?
If anything, this might be the one line where they felt like they can afford to let Bee take a back set to some of the others. Bee is way too prominent in Cyberverse and the movies to pull that off there. And them finally getting back around to Bee at the time when the Netflix series is going to be coming out would make sense to wanting him on the shelves in some form then.
Posted by CobraKai on May 17th, 2020 @ 7:13pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:Even if Bee is just a redeco/reshell of Earthrise Cliffjumper, I'll definitely be replacing TR Bee. TR Bee isn't bad by any means, but ER Cliff is much more fun to transform and pose for me, so I'll definitely upgrade.Titans Return Bee's still staying even if I get ER bee
Duality of man.
Huh. After years of never seeing a post like this, This is the second time I see this post today. The other had to do with My Little Pony crossovers.
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 7:58pm CDT
The weird thing going on with Rodimus is that his appearance has been all over the place. For example, how different does he look from Hot Rod? This range from being a slightly taller Hot Rod with an older face to the comics and toy having quite a different physique. Recently, with the WFC trilogy they've mostly stuck to the animation models as much as they could for the robot mode. So would a new, 'show accurate' Rodimus just end up looking more like a 'Puberty Hot Rod' in robot mode? If so, would he be Leader class with a separate trailer like the toy? There's a problem with that and it's that, unlike Optimus Prime, Rodimus never separate from his trailer in vehicle mode. It's part of his body so to speak to the point that if you look at the G1 toy?
It looks like crap. So, a few theories about an ER (or whatever is the next is called) Rodimus:
-The trailer become part of the legs/torso like Titanium.
-The legs now become a more coherent truck like Optimus. The trailer is a battle station like the toy.
-The vehicle mode can become more Hot Rod-esque. Again, battle station mode.
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:13pm CDT
Skritz wrote:Since people have speculated about an ER Galvatron and Rodimus (or at least, Roddy for next part) I've been wondering about how HasTak would engineer and design a Rodimus figure. We've seen a few modern Hot Rod with a variety of accuracy or lack thereof. We've seen an MP Hot Rod happen twice including the first one which turned into Rodimus. POTP Rodimus ended up looking more like Rodimus body-wise as his smaller Hot Rod figure, aside from the youthful face.
The weird thing going on with Rodimus is that his appearance has been all over the place. For example, how different does he look from Hot Rod? This range from being a slightly taller Hot Rod with an older face to the comics and toy having quite a different physique. Recently, with the WFC trilogy they've mostly stuck to the animation models as much as they could for the robot mode. So would a new, 'show accurate' Rodimus just end up looking more like a 'Puberty Hot Rod' in robot mode? If so, would he be Leader class with a separate trailer like the toy? There's a problem with that and it's that, unlike Optimus Prime, Rodimus never separate from his trailer in vehicle mode. It's part of his body so to speak to the point that if you look at the G1 toy?
It looks like crap. So, a few theories about an ER (or whatever is the next is called) Rodimus:
-The trailer become part of the legs/torso like Titanium.
-The legs now become a more coherent truck like Optimus. The trailer is a battle station like the toy.
-The vehicle mode can become more Hot Rod-esque. Again, battle station mode.
There's a chance it'll just be one cohesive vehicle mode with the "car" unable to separate from the "trailer" without looking weird, like Siege Ultra Magnus/GU Optimus. I would like them to try to make it able to look good separate from the trailer, though.
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:17pm CDT
I know. Weird detail to like about it.
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:21pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:24pm CDT
Posted by aronjlove on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:24pm CDT
Rodimus needs to look like that one truck from the Highwayman TV Show from the '80sSkritz wrote:Still, the Siege 'Cabnus' and Galaxy Convoy at least looked like a coherent and complete vehicle when separated, whereas G1 Rodimus just looked like some weird pogo-man-stick-thing with a car glued at the front. Btw I know its a weird thing to like, but I really like the more orange and smoother, snub-nosed front of the Rodimus vehicle mode, whereas the POTP toy looked more like Hot Rod with a trailer (which it was!).
I know. Weird detail to like about it.
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:33pm CDT
It looks goofy but at least it's distinct, you know? Compared to the rather tame and dare I say almost generic look Hot Rod's head got. I mean, let me put it this way: there was probably a reason why every Hot Rod/Rodimus until fairly recently (where show accuracy became important) had some yellow crest added.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:41pm CDT
G1 Roddy might have worked better if he was fully articulated with a removable Matrix. Since we already have Primes Roddy and I still have the old Fansprojects upgrade kit I'd rather they make Roddy a 100% great Rodimus Prime instead of shoehorning in Hot Rod's alt. mode.
I know there's an episode where Roddy separates from his trailer and look nothing like Hot Rod, but I can't find it for the life of me.
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:46pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 19th, 2020 @ 8:56pm CDT
That truck had a helicopter built into the cab. Now that would be awesome in a TF figure. Have the cab be a triple-changer and let it have a trailer for upgrades.aronjlove wrote:Rodimus needs to look like that one truck from the Highwayman TV Show from the '80s
But actually, PoTP Rodimus, as much of a fail as it was, fits the Highwayman truck almost perfectly. Except for the aforementioned chopper.
Hasbro should take a cue from 3P and make their own version of DX9's Carry.
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on May 19th, 2020 @ 9:13pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 9:58pm CDT
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on May 19th, 2020 @ 10:18pm CDT
Rodimus Prime is the one we definitely need, and IMO he just needs to work like the G1 toy but with more articulation, somewhat better proportions, and a non-partsforming spoiler. Yeah, the cab robot would look weird separated from the camper shell in vehicle mode, but so what? It's a camper! It's not like a semi where the cab is an independent vehicle meant to drive around on its own.
These two are the same way.
Off-topic aside: Maybe Seibertron's next gallery project should be re-taking the vehicle mode photos of Cybertron Optimus, because he missed a noticeable step in the transformation.
Aside from the exposed handsSkritz wrote:Still, the Siege 'Cabnus' and Galaxy Convoy at least looked like a coherent and complete vehicle when separated
Eh, it still looks fairly Rodimus Prime-y to me even with the length, because of something it doesn't have: Hot Rod's prominent engine block.Skritz wrote:Btw I know its a weird thing to like, but I really like the more orange and smoother, snub-nosed front of the Rodimus vehicle mode, whereas the POTP toy looked more like Hot Rod with a trailer (which it was!).
Posted by Skritz on May 19th, 2020 @ 10:44pm CDT
Posted by AcademyofDrX on May 19th, 2020 @ 11:49pm CDT
Hypothetically, a WfC Rodimus should be a standalone figure with separate trailer. As mentioned above, there's no reason to redo the evolution gimmick. Partsforming is standard in WfC, so there's no harm in an independent trailer, and they could create similar play features as with ER Optimus.
With Unicron coming soon and other teases for movie characters like Galvatron, I wouldn't be surprised to see new versions of the Autobot cars, but we still have some of the '85 class to get to.
Posted by william-james88 on May 20th, 2020 @ 12:12am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 20th, 2020 @ 12:45am CDT
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on May 20th, 2020 @ 1:53am CDT
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on May 20th, 2020 @ 4:36am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:What I would love to get is a voyager Scourge to go with Cyclonus and Galvatron, even if Galvatron gets a leader figure. They don't need to bother with Cyclonus, the CW figure is great, even with the torso mode built in.
Eh, not only could a new Cyclonus be more unique, it would also be the first one in like 4 years, and not cost like $60 or whatever the CW one costs right now.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on May 20th, 2020 @ 7:14am CDT
william-james88 wrote:TR Hot Rod is excellent, very happy with him and I have no need to ever get another Hot Rod toy (same goes for Kup and Blurr).
But this is more about Rodimus Prime.
I broke my PotP Roddy out after Zelda and I talked about him on the boards. TBH, he was better than I remembered, but I still have problems with the regular robot mode. I wouldn't mind seeing another try, providing it isn't also trying to be Hot Rod.
Scourge ... I thought the older ones were fine sitting at deluxe, but looking at the scale chart, I guess he really is supposed to be voyager. Maybe I'm just used to looking at him in my collection ... I still dislike CW Cyclonus, so I'd rather have him given the choice.
Posted by ThunderThruster on May 20th, 2020 @ 7:39am CDT
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I wouldn't mind it if Roddy worked like Siege Magnus / the G1 toy. A cap that didn't make sense without the trailer. As long as the trailer turns into a really nice battle station and the cab wasn't too terrible I think it'd be alright.
G1 Roddy might have worked better if he was fully articulated with a removable Matrix. Since we already have Primes Roddy and I still have the old Fansprojects upgrade kit I'd rather they make Roddy a 100% great Rodimus Prime instead of shoehorning in Hot Rod's alt. mode.
I know there's an episode where Roddy separates from his trailer and look nothing like Hot Rod, but I can't find it for the life of me.
Agreed that I'd rather we were given a dedicated Rodimus, preferable with the trailer built-in to his transformation.
As for the episode where we see his trailer "detach", you're thinking of "The Face of Nijika".
Posted by aronjlove on May 20th, 2020 @ 9:37am CDT
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on May 20th, 2020 @ 12:58pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 20th, 2020 @ 1:16pm CDT
Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, not sure if this belongs here or the SELECTS thread, but apparently the leaker that leaked Bluestreak and Ratchet last year got his hands on a new figure... And it's Sleep Mode Optimus Prime. SO that's a thing
... wow, another Netflix spoiler.
Posted by AcademyofDrX on May 20th, 2020 @ 1:41pm CDT
Posted by Autobot N on May 20th, 2020 @ 2:06pm CDT
It's gang molded with other parts, so it'd be hard to get rid of itAcademyofDrX wrote:Does it really need the trailer, they couldn't just give us the cab for $20 less
Posted by Skritz on May 20th, 2020 @ 2:07pm CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on May 20th, 2020 @ 2:12pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:... wow, another Netflix spoiler.
And if so, another pass on a Netflix Leader for me.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on May 20th, 2020 @ 3:13pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 20th, 2020 @ 4:00pm CDT
If it really is Corpse Convoy, you can use the trailer to properly display him laying down and dying. You just need the machines for his lifesigns fading. I think we even have all the characters to complete the whole scene, if we use MP Exosuit as Daniel.AcademyofDrX wrote:Does it really need the trailer, they couldn't just give us the cab for $20 less
Posted by william-james88 on May 20th, 2020 @ 4:01pm CDT
Sentinel_Primal wrote:So, not sure if this belongs here or the SELECTS thread, but apparently the leaker that leaked Bluestreak and Ratchet last year got his hands on a new figure... And it's Sleep Mode Optimus Prime.
We know nothing else aside from this photo at this point in time.