Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz

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As we continue from New York Comic Con 2018, and the special event organised by Hasbro Transformers that Seibertron and megatronus are attending, we have some more toys to show you all from the Transformers: Bumblebee Movie line - the toyline associated with the upcoming live action movie by Travis Knight.

The images mirrored below contain a second look at Shatter in her jet and muscle car mode, in a size class different than the Titan Changer, but also potential confirmation that Blitzwing is indeed a triple changer, as we see him in here in a Megatron-esque tank mode! Plus, some more Optimus Prime, because why not. Check out the images below!

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Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987513)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 4th, 2018 @ 9:16am CDT

I called it. That Optimus Prime is a repaint of the power plus figure without the engine. Blitzwing is the previously released Megatron with a new head. I doubt that's how it'll look in the movie.

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Posted by Migrainelist on October 4th, 2018 @ 9:30am CDT

Does anyone else see the seige meagtron instruction off in the corner?

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987525)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 4th, 2018 @ 9:56am CDT

Wow, the box art for what I'm guessing is Siege Megs looks awesome.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987548)
Posted by Stryker P28 on October 4th, 2018 @ 10:43am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I called it. That Optimus Prime is a repaint of the power plus figure without the engine. Blitzwing is the previously released Megatron with a new head. I doubt that's how it'll look in the movie.

That optimus prime is correctly sold as a power series bumblebee classic camaro with mask and cannon is power series but with normal head and hands he is a power plus series

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987595)
Posted by TulioDude on October 4th, 2018 @ 12:26pm CDT

Here is hoping that Blitzwing toy means he will have a Tank mode in the film and did this one because they didnt have enough reference material at the time.

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Posted by TFmonkeybiz on October 4th, 2018 @ 12:38pm CDT

I don't usually go in for the gimmicky toys, but that Blitzwing actually looks pretty good (to me anyway).

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987627)
Posted by Bronzewolf on October 4th, 2018 @ 1:43pm CDT

While the majority of the Transformers sphere is abuzz (badumtiss) about the War for Cybertron reveals from New York Comic Con, it's worth noting there were Bumblebee toys on display, as well, including Movie Masterpiece VW Bumblebee, and a handful of smaller figures almost resembling one step changers. Included in this line up is Optimus Prime, Shatter in both her car and jet modes, and Blitzwing in his tank mode, for the first time! Check them all out below, with our images provided by our two reporters in the field! Stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest coming out of New York!

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 4th, 2018 @ 5:14pm CDT

I think I'll have to get both of those Shatter toys if she doesn't make it to the SS line. And that Blitzwing didn't turn out too bad either

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Posted by Dinobot-Snarl on October 4th, 2018 @ 6:38pm CDT

My eyes hurt. :-(

BB VW is awesome though.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987702)
Posted by notsoalex on October 4th, 2018 @ 6:52pm CDT

Hot on the trails of the reveals at New York Comic-Con 2018, by our very crew, we now have stock photos for the Bumblebee toys! These stock photos come from Hasbro's Facebook and Instagram. We get to see a better look at our retools Power Plus Shatter (revealed before, Dropkick retool), Power Optimus Prime (retool of Power Plus version}, Power Blitzwing (Megatron head retool), and new mold jet mode Shatter.

We also have a clear stock photo of Entertainment Earth exclusive Autobot Drfit with the Baby Dinobots, a redeco of The Last Knight Drift with new swords and the Baby Dinobots!

Tell us your thoughts in the Pub forums below!

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987706)
Posted by Adimus Prime on October 4th, 2018 @ 7:14pm CDT

Baby Dinobots are such a stupid concept.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 4th, 2018 @ 7:18pm CDT

Adimus Prime wrote:Baby Dinobots are such a stupid concept.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987713)
Posted by no-one on October 4th, 2018 @ 7:34pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Adimus Prime wrote:Baby Dinobots are such a stupid concept.

Well two wrong don't make a right, but three rights make a left 8-}

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987719)
Posted by Agamemnon on October 4th, 2018 @ 8:35pm CDT

carytheone wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Adimus Prime wrote:Baby Dinobots are such a stupid concept.

Well two wrong don't make a right, but three rights make a left

Thank you Gallagher! :APPLAUSE:

I have to admit, some of these look kinda cool....

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987728)
Posted by hausjam on October 4th, 2018 @ 9:21pm CDT

So triple changers now require two completely separate toys. Brilliant!

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987738)
Posted by william-james88 on October 4th, 2018 @ 10:28pm CDT

While there wasn't much in reveals for the Transformers Bumblebee toyline, we did get some rather interesting products. We get our first toy of Blitzwing which happens to be a tank and not a jet. It is a redeco of Megatron with a new head. We also get two toys of Shatter, one of her car mode and another of her jet mode. This is the first jet in the toyline. We also get Optimus who is surprisingly not a simple reaint of the Power Plus Optimus but actually a retool. The front of the cab and the robot mode head are an example of new parts. All these toys are part of the Power class which means they do not come with the energon igniter which is needed to make the gimmicks work and they were all on display at NYCC 2018. We have a gallery for these toys which also includes mroe shots of MPM Volkswagen Bumblebee, Entertainment Earth exclusive Drift (with mini dinobots), and the Bumblebee mask.

You can click on any image below to be brought to the full gallery of these Bumblebee toys.

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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 4th, 2018 @ 10:49pm CDT

hausjam wrote:So triple changers now require two completely separate toys. Brilliant!

I think it has to do with licensed vehicles being used. Rough example, if you were Ford would you want your car to change into a Chevy?

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Posted by Nathaniel Prime on October 5th, 2018 @ 9:32am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
hausjam wrote:So triple changers now require two completely separate toys. Brilliant!

I think it has to do with licensed vehicles being used. Rough example, if you were Ford would you want your car to change into a Chevy?

Interesting answer. That's probably why we haven't got a triplechanging AOE Drift yet. I agree with you that licensing could be an issue here, but would Dodge be willing to let their car turn into a jet too? Hmmm :-?

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987850)
Posted by ciano on October 5th, 2018 @ 1:14pm CDT

Boy, that MP Bumblebee is NOT a Masterpiece figure. So much kibble. And the movie's not even out yet! You see those door wings? The director convinced the corporate overlords to ditch the door wings pretty late into production, so you know this toy was already engineered by the time Bumblebee's design was changed. This seems more cash-grab than Masterpiece to me. I look forward to the inevitable "real" Masterpiece figure that they'll make in 2 or 3 years.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on October 5th, 2018 @ 1:22pm CDT

ciano wrote:Boy, that MP BUmblebee is NOT a Masterpiece figure. So much kibble. And the movie's not even out yet! You see those door wings? The director convinced the corporate overlords to ditch the door wings pretty late into production, so you know this toy was already engineered by the time Bumblebee's design was changed. This seems more cash-grab than Masterpiece to me. I look forward to the inevitable "real" Masterpiece figure that they'll make in 2 or 3 years.

To be fair it does take about 1-2 years to develop the toy, and isn't all transformers a cash grab? I mean when you really get into it?

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Posted by ciano on October 5th, 2018 @ 1:29pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:To be fair it does take about 1-2 years to develop the toy, and isn't all transformers a cash grab? I mean when you really get into it?

Totally, but I also see this cash grab as an art form. I just think it's bad form to design a figure for your highest-end market based on designs that aren't final, with compromises uncommon to the rest of the line. Like, it looks like a fun toy, but I don't think it should say Masterpiece on the box or cost $80.00 necessarily. I mean, it's going to do both, but I just think it cheapens the Masterpiece brand is all. I see it as very similar to a situation that got the Lego community in a huff a few years ago; they released a children's play set in an "Ultimate Collector's Series" line, and fans cried foul because they felt like the company was trying to trick them. This is like that. Ultimately, no one gets hurt, but there's this feeling that they should have done better.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on October 5th, 2018 @ 2:04pm CDT

ciano wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:To be fair it does take about 1-2 years to develop the toy, and isn't all transformers a cash grab? I mean when you really get into it?

Totally, but I also see this cash grab as an art form. I just think it's bad form to design a figure for your highest-end market based on designs that aren't final, with compromises uncommon to the rest of the line. Like, it looks like a fun toy, but I don't think it should say Masterpiece on the box or cost $80.00 necessarily. I mean, it's going to do both, but I just think it cheapens the Masterpiece brand is all. I see it as very similar to a situation that got the Lego community in a huff a few years ago; they released a children's play set in an "Ultimate Collector's Series" line, and fans cried foul because they felt like the company was trying to trick them. This is like that. Ultimately, no one gets hurt, but there's this feeling that they should have done better.

That is very fair and I do understand where you're coming from

the people in charge probably thought it best to strike while the iron was hot and that wings motif helped invoke that this bee was supposed to be the same as in the 2007, so didn't anticipate that Travis would suggest they go. Things never worked that way but they likely don't care, another chance to sell a toy!

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Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on October 5th, 2018 @ 11:32pm CDT

I picked up Energon Igniter Barricade, the Voyager-sized one with the Energon core thing. Fun mold, looks good in bot mode despite the limited articulation.

What's really a hoot is that motorized Energon core! It's fun with Barricde, but stick it on the back of one of the Legends-sized figs, and they just get up and GO! Hilarious!

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Posted by TFmonkeybiz on October 6th, 2018 @ 12:40pm CDT

I managed to find the third series (wtf happened to series two Hasbro?) of the tiny Turbo changes at my local Sainsburys in Ripley in the U.K. Picked one at random who ended up being Ironhide, he's okay, but his arms really like to pop off.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1987993)
Posted by no-one on October 6th, 2018 @ 5:12pm CDT

So this guy is heavy and huge and expensive!

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FINALLY!

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Such a better match.

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Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1988036)
Posted by Va'al on October 7th, 2018 @ 3:50am CDT

Regular source of news from Brazil, Alex Silva / transformersdioaramas, has shared with us his report on the launch event that Hasbro and Ri Happy put together for the new Transformers Bumblebee Movie products in stores, across three cities in the South American country: São Paulo (SP), Recife (PE) and Salvador (BA).

The images mirrored below, from the official report in Portuguese you can read in full here, shows the banner, the freebies, the products on display and for demo, plus the small Bumblebee vs helicopter diorama on display across the three stores, along with the region specific hashtags for the promotional campaign: #invasaoamarela (yellow invasion) and #bumblebeeofilme ( bb the movie ). Check it out!

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Posted by william-james88 on October 7th, 2018 @ 11:14am CDT

Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1988057)
Posted by Ironhidensh on October 7th, 2018 @ 11:29am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?

I'm pretty sure it's the energon igniter one.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1988058)
Posted by Overcracker on October 7th, 2018 @ 11:46am CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?

I'm pretty sure it's the energon igniter one.

There's like 4 different Energon Igniters VW Bumblebees. Care to be a bit more specific? :lol:

FWIW, I think its the Energon Igniters Nitro Bumblebee.

Since the other's don't have the fender shoulder pads.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1988123)
Posted by Va'al on October 8th, 2018 @ 3:02am CDT

Though not specifically toys, we have a number of updates on the upcoming Transformers Bumblebee live-action movie products part of both licensed promotion and collectables, in the run-up to the movie's release in December. With order:

PCO Group - a snack food company - has images and listings of their Bumblebee Movie toppers, featuring Bumblebee, Shatter, and Dropkick mini figures with a little arm articulation.
Online retailer Amazon.com has an updated listing for the Day Dream Bumblebee Movie 2019 wall calendar, featuring some new artwork of the main character.

Bumblebee is hitting the California coast as he headlines his own movie, starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena. Bring Bumblebee home in our 2019 calendar filled with scenes from this first spinoff in the Transformer film universe.Features a full-sized planning grid. Printed on a glossy paper stock suitable for pen and pencil note taking. This calendar is 12" wide x 12" tall when closed and 12" wide x 24" tall when open, and features 13 full-color images. Includes 4 extra planning grids for September through December of 2018, plus full pages for January through December of 2019.
Over on Instagram, Adam Glam have a new set of wall decals and sticker from the movie, featuring both Bumblebee and Decepticon Dropkick, with similar art as the calendar above.

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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on October 8th, 2018 @ 5:21am CDT

Am wanting an advent calendar like I had last year for TLK.

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Posted by william-james88 on October 8th, 2018 @ 5:40am CDT

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Posted by joevill on October 8th, 2018 @ 1:50pm CDT

Unless it goes on clearance, I will be skipping the Bumblebee Soundwave

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 8th, 2018 @ 2:06pm CDT

Overcracker wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Anyone know which bb toy is used in that diorama?

I'm pretty sure it's the energon igniter one.

There's like 4 different Energon Igniters VW Bumblebees. Care to be a bit more specific?

FWIW, I think its the Energon Igniters Nitro Bumblebee.

Since the other's don't have the fender shoulder pads.

It's indeed the Nitro one, the largest one that comes with a Core. Just for convenience, the sizes from small to large:

Speed (Legion-size)
Power (without Core) / Power Plus (with Core) (Scout/Deluxe-size)
Nitro (Voyager-size)

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Posted by Emerje on October 8th, 2018 @ 3:32pm CDT

I guess the news team decided not to pick it up (or maybe they're recovering from NYCC), but Target.com is running a sale. Spend $50 on toys and save $10, spend $100 and save $25. Plus you still get free shipping on orders $35+. Target Exclusive Greatest Hits Bumblebee Cassette Pack and Soundwave are both in stock as well as Power Charge Bumblebee and Tiny Turbo Changers wave 3 among other things. There's a good opportunity to save a lot depending on what you're buying.

Emerje

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Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on October 8th, 2018 @ 4:54pm CDT

Emerje wrote:I guess the news team decided not to pick it up (or maybe they're recovering from NYCC), but Target.com is running a sale. Spend $50 on toys and save $10, spend $100 and save $25. Plus you still get free shipping on orders $35+. Target Exclusive Greatest Hits Bumblebee Cassette Pack and Soundwave are both in stock as well as Power Charge Bumblebee and Tiny Turbo Changers wave 3 among other things. There's a good opportunity to save a lot depending on what you're buying.

Emerje

It’s in-store too, I just picked up some stuff from there!

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Posted by Va'al on October 13th, 2018 @ 9:28am CDT

Thank to Takara Tomy and their official YouTube channel - but also the Facebook page for fan community Transformers Never Die for the mirroring of the clip out of region lock - we have a new promotional clip for the Japanese toy releases (though remember: Hasbro and Takara Tomy Transformers are identical since the unification of the brand in the past year) that will accompany the upcoming live-action Bumblebee Movie!

In the clip, embedded below from the two sources, we get a look at Power Charge Bumblebee, the Legendary Optimus Prime we last reported on here, and the Turbo Changers / Energon Igniters line (with Barricade, OP and BB) - but also the Studio Series line outside of the Bumblebee movie. Check it out below!

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Posted by Nathaniel Prime on October 13th, 2018 @ 2:14pm CDT

Pretty cool commercial. I liked the stopmotion they used ;)^

As for the toys, I might pick up a few Studio Series figures, but definitely that Legendary Optimus Prime

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Posted by Octobotimus on October 13th, 2018 @ 4:56pm CDT

Still, no interest in the upscale aoe prime, might grab that bee though.

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Posted by o.supreme on October 15th, 2018 @ 9:46am CDT

So I finally got the 3 Soundwave Minions set with BB. I agree I like the look of the new Buzzsaw. Initially I thought it was going to be exactly the same as the CW one, and planned on selling it. But now I want to keep it.

Problem is...Now I have 3 birds...all that look unique, but 2 have the same name. This could have been a simple fix...

1. Give it a Bluish color and call it Garboil
2. Give us the Autobot Blue Cassette (Eject)
3. Give it a new unique name...

I was looking through fiction and trying to find if there were any other bird cassettes that would fit it's look, and wasn't able to come up with anything... Sorry I know its a nitpick, but as unique as these guys are, I still don't want to have two Buzzsaw's, and naming one of them something different would go a long way to satisfying my desire to keep them both.

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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:07am CDT

o.supreme wrote:So I finally got the 3 Soundwave Minions set with BB. I agree I like the look of the new Buzzsaw. Initially I thought it was going to be exactly the same as the CW one, and planned on selling it. But now I want to keep it.

Problem is...Now I have 3 birds...all that look unique, but 2 have the same name. This could have been a simple fix...

1. Give it a Bluish color and call it Garboil
2. Give us the Autobot Blue Cassette (Eject)
3. Give it a new unique name...

I was looking through fiction and trying to find if there were any other bird cassettes that would fit it's look, and wasn't able to come up with anything... Sorry I know its a nitpick, but as unique as these guys are, I still don't want to have two Buzzsaw's, and naming one of them something different would go a long way to satisfying my desire to keep them both.

Why does Hasbro have to fix it for you, why not just come up with your own new name and/or headcanon for the CW Buzzsaw? Myself, I'm on the fence between calling TR Buzzsaw Sundor from before he switched sides (yellow is close enough to orange for me), or re-purposing the JG1 name Condor for TR Lazerbeak as a generic bird minion for Soundwave.

I do go the generic rout often with characters that have multiple figures, gives you plenty of cannon fodder for the battles. Don't kill off Buzzsaw when you could easily kill off Condor instead.

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Posted by o.supreme on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:22am CDT

I was just looking for suggestions that's all. I was just disappointed. Hasbro had so many better options, rather than go the completely illogical route to give us a character we already have, but redecoed for no apparent reason.

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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:44am CDT

o.supreme wrote:I was just looking for suggestions that's all. I was just disappointed. Hasbro had so many better options, rather than go the completely illogical route to give us a character we already have, but redecoed for no apparent reason.

Got it, but I actually do see some logic to including Buzzsaw again. I'm assuming for a selection like this, they wanted to use all 3 molds so Eject was out. I think they likely included a redeco of Buzzsaw since he was the "oldest" of the TR style tablets released back in CW as a way to allow anyone who jumped in during TR to obtain a version of him. Combine that with Howlback already being a fairly obscure character, I'm guessing they wanted to use as many familiar names as possible. We're probably pretty lucky they went with Howlback at all and not just a redecoed Ravage instead.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 15th, 2018 @ 4:27pm CDT

I got both Soundwave and the cassette pack, and I'm quite happy with them. Howlback's got a special spot in the collection with all the other lady-bots. And somehow, I'm liking the One-Step more than I should (btw "switchblade" is a misnomer, Hasbro: it's more like a butterfly knife :-B

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Just two nitpicks on either set: Doombox's knees are loose but he can still stand, and Buzzsaw's wheel assembly on the right wing droops a bit because the rivet's in too deep. Plus he's got a slight nick in roughly the same area, a trapped air bubble no doubt. O well.

As for what to do with CW Buzzsaw, repurpose him! It doesn't have to be a cassette, any yellow Decepticon bird will do. May I suggest 2010 Mini-Con Longview?

:EDIT: Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?

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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 5:56pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?

Hmmm, that would be very Hasbro-like to milk one more use out of them. And considering the Siege versions of the cassettes just don't do it for me, I'd be all for another cassette pack further down the Bumblebee movie line.

Edit: Although to do that, they would almost have to re-release Blaster too, wouldn't they?

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Posted by william-james88 on October 15th, 2018 @ 9:55pm CDT

Hasbro is going all out on the upcoming Bumblebee movie with several stores organizing displays filled with a variety of Bumblebee merchandise. We have several examples below. The first comes from our own Jon 3.0 who found a display of mugs, water bottles, lunch boxes and more. You will see that there is merchandise for both Bumblebee in his movie look and his G1 look. That display was found at Ralph's a super market chain in California. This chain belongs to Kroger, so as you can expect, other Kroger stores also had massive displays. You will find an example of a Kroger display from Fort Wayne which was posted by Rookbartley on the TFW2005 forums. Finally, a picture has been circulating online of an in store display looking like an actual Volkswagen Beetle.

If you see cool displays like these, be sure to post them here.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1989401)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on October 15th, 2018 @ 10:20pm CDT

WOW. I really, really hope that after this movie has come and gone, every one of that display in the bottom photo finds its way into the hands of some loving collector.

One of the few policies of Toys'R'Us that I don't miss was the mandate that all displays had to be destroyed rather than given away, starting between the first two Bay movies I believe. I know it was largely mandated by the toy companies, and fully understandable that they didn't want nobodies making a killing by flipping them on ebay for 100% profit, but what a lousy waste. When I think of all those glued-together Lego Sailbarges with the now-banned Slave Leia going directly to the nearest landfill...

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1989443)
Posted by o.supreme on October 16th, 2018 @ 9:11am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote::EDIT: Anyone hoping for an Autobot Cassette set with Steeljaw out of Stripes, Eject and Sunder, possibly with the alternate head, if any?

I'd be happy with just Eject (To me Stripes WAS always Steeljaw but...). I'll happily take any additional reuse of those TR Tablet/Minion molds so long as they continue to be compatible with TR Blaster & Soundwave.

Also, I wonder if Hasbro realizes it's not BB that's really the selling point of this, or the other SS sets with the Dino Cassettes. It's the Cassettes themselves. I appreciate the $30 price point, because that is exactly what you would pay for the 3 legends class on their own. The BB is basically just dead weight. I mean my kids enjoy it enough, but if I didn't have them, or any other nieces/nephews, or friends with small children to give it to- I'd probably have literally thrown it in the garbage.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1989542)
Posted by Survivefan23 on October 17th, 2018 @ 9:41am CDT

I found one at my local Kroger. I picked up Speed Barricade & POTP Liege Maximo. Bumblebee toys were marked down with a discount. POTP weren't.

Re: Tank Mode Blitzwing, Jet Mode Shatter, and More Transformers Bumblebee Movie Toys #NYCC #JoinTheBuzz (1989544)
Posted by Survivefan23 on October 17th, 2018 @ 9:51am CDT

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