Transformers Generations Selects Bug Bite Revealed

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Why they decided to use Cliffjumper instead of Bumblebee is unknown,

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's only recently that Volkswagen has been a lot less uptight about licensing their cars out to toys that "represent war." Might be harder to convince them to let Hasbro and Takara Tomy use a VW Beetle as bad guy (or morally ambiguous mercenary) as opposed to a definitively good guy.

blackeyedprime wrote:I guess it's a nod to the old brazillian/portuguese bumper/sedan figure and Hasbro not really having a name to use for it, using Bugbites name to keep the name trade marked.

Tuned Agent wrote:Maybe HasTak would have had to pay additional licensing fees to use the Bee tooling again for Bug Bite since it has a licensed VW alt mode? Though I'm not really sure how that works.

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's only recently that Volkswagen has been a lot less uptight about licensing their cars out to toys that "represent war." Might be harder to convince them to let Hasbro and Takara Tomy use a VW Beetle as bad guy (or morally ambiguous mercenary) as opposed to a definitively good guy.

AcademyofDrX wrote:I think it's a callback to the original coloration for Hubcap, though the licensing explanation is also plausible.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Why they decided to use Cliffjumper instead of Bumblebee is unknown,

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's only recently that Volkswagen has been a lot less uptight about licensing their cars out to toys that "represent war." Might be harder to convince them to let Hasbro and Takara Tomy use a VW Beetle as bad guy (or morally ambiguous mercenary) as opposed to a definitively good guy.

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's only recently that Volkswagen has been a lot less uptight about licensing their cars out to toys that "represent war." Might be harder to convince them to let Hasbro and Takara Tomy use a VW Beetle as bad guy (or morally ambiguous mercenary) as opposed to a definitively good guy.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Bug Bite looks awesome! Also, I like that Wheeljack and Bumblebee now have "evil" versions of themselves.

o.supreme wrote:Also the nature of pre-orders is highly unpredictable. Even though HotHouse is sold out for the moment on Pulse, no doubt more will come. Also, much older Selects pre-orders still have quantities available

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Also the nature of pre-orders is highly unpredictable. Even though HotHouse is sold out for the moment on Pulse, no doubt more will come. Also, much older Selects pre-orders still have quantities available

Honestly, I think it is only the modulators/weaponizers on Pulse that sell out fast since they are army builders for some. Really, Centurion Drone, Greasepit and Hothouse are the only ones I can think of that went fast.

o.supreme wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Also the nature of pre-orders is highly unpredictable. Even though HotHouse is sold out for the moment on Pulse, no doubt more will come. Also, much older Selects pre-orders still have quantities available

Honestly, I think it is only the modulators/weaponizers on Pulse that sell out fast since they are army builders for some. Really, Centurion Drone, Greasepit and Hothouse are the only ones I can think of that went fast.

wow that is odd. Those are all the ones I purchased, but not because they are potential "Army Builders" but because they have the ability to build cities (and the drone being a weaponizer, though not associated with a Titan, I figured I have all the others so what the heck, but most people are getting it for the weapons pack anyway).

So of the 3 left we pretty much know it will be Voyager G2 Megs, Roritchi and... "". Roritchi is the only one I want. I'm hoping the last one is a bit of a surprise, not Ratchet as some are speculating.

Has there been an official method of reveal for the Quintesson Pit of Judgement yet? That may be the 5th one...

o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal

o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal

Exclusives are sold beginning of September on Pulse... has been that way ever since I joined this site

ZeroWolf wrote:

o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ore/45016/ it got revealed on the Fans First Friday

o.supreme wrote:Has there been an official method of reveal for the Quintesson Pit of Judgement yet? That may be the 5th one...

blackeyedprime wrote:I guess it's a nod to the old brazillian/portuguese bumper/sedan figure and Hasbro not really having a name to use for it, using Bugbites name to keep the name trade marked.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:The symbols are neat and all, but a faction of one is no faction at all.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Not regretting my choice. Although it's nice that we're getting another Merc bot. I really dislike one-off "factions". The symbols are neat and all, but a faction of one is no faction at all.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Bug Bite looks awesome! Also, I like that Wheeljack and Bumblebee now have "evil" versions of themselves.

I wouldn't say "evil", more like "morally ambiguous"

Sabrblade wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Not regretting my choice. Although it's nice that we're getting another Merc bot. I really dislike one-off "factions". The symbols are neat and all, but a faction of one is no faction at all.

Bug Bite isn't the only one sport the Mercenary insignia.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I personally am very happy he is a Mercenary. I am planning a Mercenary shelf now that they seem to be showing up more, repurposing some characters who would make sense there.

Exhaust, Doubledealer, Bug Bite and my FOC Soundblaster are headed there for sure. Probably some more, once i start digging around.

Brokebot wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:I guess it's a nod to the old brazillian/portuguese bumper/sedan figure and Hasbro not really having a name to use for it, using Bugbites name to keep the name trade marked.

If that's the case, they should have slapped it on a recolored Insecticon. At least it would have made sense.

ZeroWolf wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I personally am very happy he is a Mercenary. I am planning a Mercenary shelf now that they seem to be showing up more, repurposing some characters who would make sense there.

Exhaust, Doubledealer, Bug Bite and my FOC Soundblaster are headed there for sure. Probably some more, once i start digging around.

Hope you've got a lockdown planned for that shelf

Mindmaster wrote:peeshooters

o.supreme wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal

Exclusives are sold beginning of September on Pulse... has been that way ever since I joined this site

Makes sense, but since this is an unprecedented time, one would think they would have had a few hundred to a couple thousand Ready to sell live had SDCC actually happened. There wasn't any talk of it at a panel or anything IIRC as there usually would be. Additionally isn't what sells online from Hasbro in past years usually just the "leftovers" of what didn't sell at the Convention?

o.supreme wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:But SDCC (from home) already happened July 23-26....there was no reveal

Exclusives are sold beginning of September on Pulse... has been that way ever since I joined this site

Makes sense, but since this is an unprecedented time, one would think they would have had a few hundred to a couple thousand Ready to sell live had SDCC actually happened. There wasn't any talk of it at a panel or anything IIRC as there usually would be. Additionally isn't what sells online from Hasbro in past years usually just the "leftovers" of what didn't sell at the Convention?

Wolfman Jake wrote:I hope we do eventually get Goldbug from the Bumblebee Netflix version of the mold. Could Hasbro and Takara Tomy do any remolding to the robot form of the figure to distinguish it just a bit more from the "normal" Netflix Bumblebee? I mean, besides the different head sculpt of course. I feel like the head and a premium "golden" paint job won't be quite enough to make it look like more than just a repainted Bumblebee. Maybe they could square off a few of the rounder features on Bumblebee, but then, that would likely compromise the otherwise accurate VW Bettle alt mode.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:reeeeeeeeeeeally hoping against hope that this is a similar (obviously more egregious) case to Rotorstorm having the wrong head, and that the final figure will actually be on the Bumblebee version of the mold. i don't particularly expect it will be, but i'm holding out hope

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Jeddostotle7 wrote:reeeeeeeeeeeally hoping against hope that this is a similar (obviously more egregious) case to Rotorstorm having the wrong head, and that the final figure will actually be on the Bumblebee version of the mold. i don't particularly expect it will be, but i'm holding out hope

It’s unlikely. We only see those kinds of errors in computer renders. These are professional photos of real factory product. It’s almost certain that the Bug Bite we get in December will be exactly what we’ve seen here today: a white repaint of Cliffjumper with Bumblebee’s head.

Deadput wrote:That's just a head though, their not going to do a change for the entire body like that.

I didn't watch the reveal of Rotorstorm nor the announcement of the new head but isn't it plausible that the new head was made after the reaction to the initial reveal?

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

Deadput wrote:That's just a head though, their not going to do a change for the entire body like that.

I didn't watch the reveal of Rotorstorm nor the announcement of the new head but isn't it plausible that the new head was made after the reaction to the initial reveal?

No, the new head was called out in the product description, and in the mid July stream they revealed the new head, saying it was always meant to have it but the last stream and the stock photos used a prototype that didn't have it for whatever reason. The description of Bug Bite calling out his vehicle mode as a "sports car" instead of a Volkswagen Beetle like Netflix Bumblebee's does put a big damper on my already-small shred of hope, but I am still holding out that tiniest little scrap of hope.

Flashwave wrote:So this is a RESOUNDING no from me.

It was going to be tough to convince me to shelve the Botcon Bugbite. That tribal deco is just awesome and the figure is still really good. Had this been the proper Bumblebee mold, I probably would have gotten it because of the VW, but its another use of the Cliffjumper mold and that does absolutely nothing for me. Funny, Cliffy finally gets his own tooling and he is forced to pimp out for everybody. Thank you Hasbro for saving me $20