Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee Deluxe Class Silverstreak Found at US Target

Glad to see he's not a red card exclusive as rumors suggested, but they really did just go "Well, we ran out of Bees, just throw whatever in", didn't they?

Wait, they call him Bluestreak with the Black and silver colorschem, and Silverstreak with the blue and silver? And he's released in the Bumblebee line?

But whatever, I love that design and color scheme to much to pass.

Blastback wrote:Wait, they call him Bluestreak with the Black and silver colorschem, and Silverstreak with the blue and silver?

They call him Bluestreak with the black and silver color scheme because that was the name they chose for him in G1 (in reference to the expression "to talk a blue streak") and that was the Diaclone Fairlady color scheme the G1 cartoon used for him (whereas the toy used an adulterated all-silver version for whatever reason). Now, they may have meant to use the blue-sided scheme, since that would have added another layer to the name and it is the one featured in the catalog and his instructions, but they didn't. Despite many playground rumors to the contrary.

Calling him Silverstreak (originally a lawyer-friendly substitute name, akin to the likes of "Trailcutter") with the blue-sided color scheme is somebody's idea of a joke, and IMO it's a pretty hilarious. And it's not like it doesn't fit.

Blastback wrote:And he's released in the Bumblebee line?

Because "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" is in practice an odds-and-ends line. It's just that "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" sounds snappier than "The Transformers: Odds and Ends".

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Blastback wrote:Wait, they call him Bluestreak with the Black and silver colorschem, and Silverstreak with the blue and silver?

They call him Bluestreak with the black and silver color scheme because that was the name they chose for him in G1 (in reference to the expression "to talk a blue streak") and that was the Diaclone Fairlady color scheme the G1 cartoon used for him (whereas the toy used an adulterated all-silver version for whatever reason). Now, they may have meant to use the blue-sided scheme, since that would have added another layer to the name and it is the one featured in the catalog and his instructions, but they didn't. Despite many playground rumors to the contrary.

Calling him Silverstreak (originally a lawyer-friendly substitute name, akin to the likes of "Trailcutter") with the blue-sided color scheme is somebody's idea of a joke, and IMO it's a pretty hilarious. And it's not like it doesn't fit.

I'm familiar with where the Silverstreak name comes from, it's just wierd that that's the name they role with when they relese him with the blue paint job.

And it gave me a chance to use this smiley. Don't get enough of those.

Blastback wrote:I'm familiar with where the Silverstreak name comes from, it's just wierd that that's the name they role with when they relese him with the blue paint job.

That's the whole joke of the name's use. They're using the opposite name for the opposite color scheme, on purpose, to make that joke.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Glad to see he's not a red card exclusive as rumors suggested

While part of me agrees as I don't particularly care for Exclusives, that step does help in it not selling out as fast only to immediately be offered by the 3rd party sellers for double.

I hope it's like Origin Bee where it might be scarce in teh beginning it actually winds up being very plentiful later on.

Weeeell after some deep pondering I've decided to keep my Collector's Club Bluestreak as my Neo-G1 stand in. Yeah it sux that he is missing the door wings which was lame for that line but it's to the difference that I dig him so 'nuff said!

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Because "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" is in practice an odds-and-ends line. It's just that "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" sounds snappier than "The Transformers: Odds and Ends".

You legit got me to laugh out loud with this one; nice work!

I checked tonight and didn't see him. My local store still has around a dozen Origin Bees and at least 6 SS86 Kup figures yet, plus the new BB Kup. Might be a bit before I see him

Yeah I’ve been meaning to ask if the Buzzworthy Kup & Cliffjumper have been difficult for people to find…
As far as I know, my Target has only had them the time I saw them. There were 3 of each based on 3 B-127’s. There were two of each of them, & I took one of each.
I go to Target a lot, & haven’t seen them since.
Not any B-127’s either.
Today there were 8-9 Origin Bee’s, & that was it for that line minus the Megatron multi-pack things… 6-7 of those.

I would’ve thought with the work they put into those repaints, they would be really plentiful.
But maybe not?

Sowndwave76 wrote:Yeah I’ve been meaning to ask if the Buzzworthy Kup & Cliffjumper have been difficult for people to find…
As far as I know, my Target has only had them the time I saw them. There were 3 of each based on 3 B-127’s. There were two of each of them, & I took one of each.
I go to Target a lot, & haven’t seen them since.
Not any B-127’s either.
Today there were 8-9 Origin Bee’s, & that was it for that line minus the Megatron multi-pack things… 6-7 of those.

I would’ve thought with the work they put into those repaints, they would be really plentiful.
But maybe not?

My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

I checked five Targets yesterday. No Silverstreak, but I did find Legacy Bulkhead! He was the only legacy figure on the shelf, and the top of the box was a little damaged, but the figure itself was fine.

Is Silverstreak just his own solid case assortment like Origins Bumblebee? They must be a separate thing altogether from the Deluxe Class cases that are mostly Studio Series repaints? Also, Cliffjumper is definitely the rarest find right now. I only found one by asking a kind employee to check the stock room. I’ve never seen one on the pegs, but I’ve seen a few Kups and even more B-127s.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I checked five Targets yesterday. No Silverstreak, but I did find Legacy Bulkhead! He was the only legacy figure on the shelf, and the top of the box was a little damaged, but the figure itself was fine.

Is Silverstreak just his own solid case assortment like Origins Bumblebee? They must be a separate thing altogether from the Deluxe Class cases that are mostly Studio Series repaints? Also, Cliffjumper is definitely the rarest find right now. I only found one by asking a kind employee to check the stock room. I’ve never seen one on the pegs, but I’ve seen a few Kups and even more B-127s.

Speaking of Cliffy, did you already sell your ER Cliffjumper?

sol magnus wrote:My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

Interesting... I really would've thought it was a case of 2, 2, and 2...
If it's packed how you listed it, that means there was 6 B-127's on the pegs, and when I bought CJ and Kup there were only 3...
Obviously it's possible, but it seems odd that Cliffjumper would be the single when Kup has already been repacked in SS86.

Either way, again, I'm a little surprised those 2 have been at all difficult to get a hold of.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I checked five Targets yesterday. No Silverstreak, but I did find Legacy Bulkhead! He was the only legacy figure on the shelf, and the top of the box was a little damaged, but the figure itself was fine.

Congrats on finding Bulkhead! This is good news that these figures are showing up in stores...
And being just a couple states south of you, I'll definitely be on the hunt this week and next.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Is Silverstreak just his own solid case assortment like Origins Bumblebee?

I'm also wondering this... Like the others (CJ & Kup), I figured this guy would be relatively easy to find... Origins Bee has been basically overflowing in my area for a while now, so fingers crossed this means the same for Silverstreak.
I've decided I'll get him if I see him, especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

Interesting... I really would've thought it was a case of 2, 2, and 2...
If it's packed how you listed it, that means there was 6 B-127's on the pegs, and when I bought CJ and Kup there were only 3...
Obviously it's possible, but it seems odd that Cliffjumper would be the single when Kup has already been repacked in SS86.

I'm just reporting what was there when I picked up mine. Somebody very well could have just bought Cliffjumper and left everything else, but there were 3 B-127s on that day. Could have been the leavings of a second case. Until I see them putting it out or seeing a case some way I wouldn't call it gospel.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

Interesting... I really would've thought it was a case of 2, 2, and 2...
If it's packed how you listed it, that means there was 6 B-127's on the pegs, and when I bought CJ and Kup there were only 3...
Obviously it's possible, but it seems odd that Cliffjumper would be the single when Kup has already been repacked in SS86.

Either way, again, I'm a little surprised those 2 have been at all difficult to get a hold of.

I think you are both off a little bit, deluxes come 8 to a case, so the split is most likely 2, 3 and 3, we just don't know for sure who was shorted. My guess is on Cliff only being 2 per case, based on his lack of sightings.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Speaking of Cliffy, did you already sell your ER Cliffjumper?

I have. Sorry

Nemesis Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Silverstreak's been found at retail.

In the US, or elswhere?

The US, I should have specific, my bad. TFW article says Chicago.

Annnnd they're already up on eBay for $75+ Gotta love it.

Crazy thing, cliff and Bee went quickly, and now all that's left at my local target are 6 SS86BB Kups, alongside 4 of his retail release still.

I will check for Silverstreak again Friday

Made a stop by Target early this afternoon...
They had 2 Kups, 1 CJ, and 1 B-127...

Yesterday they didn't have any of these.
Is there any chance a case is only 4 figures???
I know it's possible, but seems little unlikely that these same 4 figures all sold in under 24 hrs.
But I guess a case could be 4 Kups, 2 CJ's, and 2 B-127's.

I'll definitely be going back sooner than later to look for Silverstreak.

I might snag Silverstreak, might not.

I'll definitely snag Horri-Bull when he happens, as I'm sure he's going to in the wake of Fangry happening. He's a simple matter of giving the Skullcruncher mold a new beast head, hindlegs, and tail.

Sowndwave76 wrote: especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

If ever there were a bot more deserving of reissue, surely it's this one?

Till-all-R1 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote: especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

If ever there were a bot more deserving of reissue, surely it's this one?

Yes, ER Sunstreaker reeeally needs a reissue. Which is why I say the Wheeljack and Cheetor repacks in Legacy are wastes of slots. Most people who want those two have them already and if they don't... those two are tolerably priced online. Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker OTOH...

Till-all-R1 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote: especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

If ever there were a bot more deserving of reissue, surely it's this one?

Right?!?
& this isn’t coming from someone who is a ginormous fan of that character…
Early on after the initial release I could’ve bought him on line…
But I was expecting to see him at least once in a store. Which never did happen
(Along with almost that entire wave… I saw Smokescreen once at Aldi).

I never saw it at retail, and it seemed to only last a very short time on Pulse because I was waiting on it until I could total enough to get free shipping and by the time that happened he was gone.

I totally expect a reissue at some point because this is Hasbro, but I'm a bit surprised at how long it's taking versus other quick repacks like Arcee!

It occurred to me a while back that it might be possible for HasTak to do a de-licensed reshell of JP93 as Armada Red Alert




If so, which line do people think it's more likely to happen in: this, or the Velocitron line?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:It occurred to me a while back that it might be possible for HasTak to do a de-licensed reshell of JP93 as Armada Red Alert




If so, which line do people think it's more likely to happen in: this, or the Velocitron line?

I mean, if those are the options then I would probably say Velocitron (assuming there will be more than one wave of it, anyway), but honestly I would prefer Red Alert just a new mold in mainline Legacy. He shares a name with a G1 guy so he can bank in on the name recognition (and said G1 guy was an exclusive in his last appearance, so it's not like he was just on shelves), he was definitely one of the main characters of the trilogy seeing as how he was one of the few to actually get to be in more than one series/part, and I'm sure they could find someone he could share the mold with (obvious repaints like Cannonball, maybe retool into an RiD15 Strongarm?).

Yes I know Cannonball was a Cybertron Red Alert repaint and not an Armada one

Checked Target, no Silverstreak yet. But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while. There were also yet 2 more Kups compared to Tuesday, so I guess another wave came and the Bee and cliff were bought, or they were hidden somewhere

Sowndwave76 wrote:Made a stop by Target early this afternoon...
They had 2 Kups, 1 CJ, and 1 B-127...

Yesterday they didn't have any of these.
Is there any chance a case is only 4 figures???
I know it's possible, but seems little unlikely that these same 4 figures all sold in under 24 hrs.
But I guess a case could be 4 Kups, 2 CJ's, and 2 B-127's.

I'll definitely be going back sooner than later to look for Silverstreak.

No case of 4 figures. I've seen a number of stores just put out 4 at a time for whatever reason, which might be what you saw.

Sowndwave76 wrote:(Along with almost that entire wave… I saw Smokescreen once at Aldi).

FYI - Smokescreen was wave 2 with Allicon Arcee and Airwave. Wave 3 was Fasttrack, Runamuk, Trailbreaker and Sunstreaker.

Yeah, that's right...
Smokescreen was the only figure I saw from both waves 2 AND 3.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while.

Feel free to send one to New Zealand, I have no idea when we're getting him!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Checked Target, no Silverstreak yet. But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while.

That may not mean anything. The store I found my Silverstreak at had a peg of 4 streaks and a separate peg of 4 origin Bees.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Checked Target, no Silverstreak yet. But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while.

That may not mean anything. The store I found my Silverstreak at had a peg of 4 streaks and a separate peg of 4 origin Bees.

I've noticed over the last year or so that you usually find stuff in stores sooner than most of us do. I'm still looking for Buzzworthy Bluestreak,

My Target still doesn't have any of the new Buzzworthy stuff. Just some leftover Origin Bees, one Cyberverse Megatron with the helicopter armor, one Mega 1-Step Bumblebee from AOE, and one Bumblegrim crash combiner.

Though, I did find something I hadn't ever seen in stores: the big Cyberverse Volcanicus toy.

Grabbed Silverstreak in Baltimore from a solid case.

So here's the 4th use of the Datsun mold, of which I am a mark. Well, for the Datsun 280zx, not the mold. But I love my Datsun guys.



In my headcanon, Bluestreak becomes Silverstreak after the war is mainly over, having been damaged but repaired and gotten over his trauma from the destruction of Praxis. With a new lease on life and a new paint job, he re-dubs himself Silverstreak - a much more confident and slightly less talkative warrior and friend to Bumblebee.

sol magnus wrote:So here's the 4th use of the Datsun mold, of which I am a mark. Well, for the Datsun 280zx, not the mold. But I love my Datsun guys.

Fifth use, actually. You’re probably forgetting about Barricade.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

sol magnus wrote:So here's the 4th use of the Datsun mold, of which I am a mark. Well, for the Datsun 280zx, not the mold. But I love my Datsun guys.

Fifth use, actually. You’re probably forgetting about Barricade.

Indeed I was. Thank you, sir! Sorry, Barricade.

Looks good, I can't wait to get him. Now that Skids is on the way, he's the only one I'm missing out of my '84-'85 Autobot lineup. Unfortunately my Target has no orders for new Buzzworthy figures for a couple of weeks.

Looks great! I don't know why I feel compelled to buy this one now after seeing it, I was perfectly content with passing on 5th repaint. I'm also curious why they keep using this mold with all the complaints people seem to have against it.

Till-all-R1 wrote:Looks great! I don't know why I feel compelled to buy this one now after seeing it, I was perfectly content with passing on 5th repaint. I'm also curious why they keep using this mold with all the complaints people seem to have against it.

Can't imagine.

Although, examining him, I can see I'm going to need another one to take the legs apart and surgically graft to Prowl.

sol magnus wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Looks great! I don't know why I feel compelled to buy this one now after seeing it, I was perfectly content with passing on 5th repaint. I'm also curious why they keep using this mold with all the complaints people seem to have against it.

Can't imagine.

Although, examining him, I can see I'm going to need another one to take the legs apart and surgically graft to Prowl.

Or you could paint Prowls' legs. You'd have to do that anyway if you wanted them to properly match, since his legs are silver (or if you go the Roger Rabbit-former route, gray-cheaply-standing-in-for-silver) rather than white.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Looks great! I don't know why I feel compelled to buy this one now after seeing it, I was perfectly content with passing on 5th repaint. I'm also curious why they keep using this mold with all the complaints people seem to have against it.

Can't imagine.

Although, examining him, I can see I'm going to need another one to take the legs apart and surgically graft to Prowl.

Or you could paint Prowls' legs. You'd have to do that anyway if you wanted them to properly match, since his legs are silver (or if you go the Roger Rabbit-former route, gray-cheaply-standing-in-for-silver) rather than white.

I know it wouldn't be perfect if they weren't silver, but at a glance it looks much better in uhh...anime white...as it were. I'm not really a painter, so that's probably not going to work out too well.

Yeah same here, if you don't use an air brush then I'm going to get lines.

sol magnus wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

sol magnus wrote:So here's the 4th use of the Datsun mold, of which I am a mark. Well, for the Datsun 280zx, not the mold. But I love my Datsun guys.

Fifth use, actually. You’re probably forgetting about Barricade.

Indeed I was. Thank you, sir! Sorry, Barricade.

How about the ninth use? The Siege mold was retooled slightly into Earthrise so this is the ninth overall.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

sol magnus wrote:So here's the 4th use of the Datsun mold, of which I am a mark. Well, for the Datsun 280zx, not the mold. But I love my Datsun guys.

Fifth use, actually. You’re probably forgetting about Barricade.

Indeed I was. Thank you, sir! Sorry, Barricade.

How about the ninth use? The Siege mold was retooled slightly into Earthrise so this is the ninth overall.

Nah.

TFWIKI wrote:Part of wave 2 of Earthrise Deluxes, Smokescreen transforms into a car none-too-dissimilar from a Datsun. He shares much of his transformation engineering with the Siege Prowl mold, but is a completely new mold.

Silverstreak is now in stock on pulse, as are the legacy core class figures and a restock of the kup/cliff/b-127 buzzworthy deluxe wave. Buzzworthy figures are currently premium exclusive, will probably become available to general public at 1.

alekese wrote:Buzzworthy figures are currently premium exclusive, will probably become available to general public at 1.

Probability of Silvertreak selling out before that happens 100%

o.supreme wrote:

alekese wrote:Buzzworthy figures are currently premium exclusive, will probably become available to general public at 1.

Probability of Silvertreak selling out before that happens 100%

I just scored 1.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

alekese wrote:Buzzworthy figures are currently premium exclusive, will probably become available to general public at 1.

Probability of Silvertreak selling out before that happens 100%

I just scored 1.

Darn time zone shenanigans...I was thinking it would be 1pm PT
which is in 3 hours. So they only gave premium members a 1 hour head start... that's not so bad. I hope everyone who wants one gets one now that it's available to all.