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Via this eBay auction we have a look at the Generations Deluxe Bumblebee toy, being released as a part of the 30th anniversary sub-series and based on his appearance in the Mike Costa ongoing series. What you see here is a mold-test prototype – a pre-production figure in whatever plastic colors were available at the time to test the mold, the fit of parts, and so forth. While no indication of the final toy, it does give a bit of an idea of what the final toy is going to be like, with a glimpse of how certain parts of the transformation will function.
AMG
Love the head sculpt.
slugslinger2004
Wow, Bee looks nice! Thanks for the pics cz!
cobra zartan
Mine finally arrived today, I like him mistransformed with the car doors along by his side.
Heres a few shots.
Starfire22
Want. Bye-bye Classics Bumblebee! You have served me well over the years, but it's time we both went our separate ways… It's not you…it's me.
Autovolt 127
That is their only mistake. Only. They could not have waited for the wave after Blitzwing and Springer could they?
Fort Max
It's the only one of the IDW gennys I'm not sure about and even then it's not that bad, I'm just not enthralled by the thought of a new bumblebee.
mizuki088
Jumper is next
cobra zartan
Stupid post office didnt drop mine off today…another days wait
Skrunklemin
Looks great, but I'm disappointed by what looks like a half-assed transformation :\
I definitely have to support the IDW stuff though.
Yobuster
looking good, every aspect of the toy seems like a perfect fit.
KnightHawkke
you know, with a little work, I think that could be the back to the future Delorean.. in theory anyway.
Megatron31
i kinda liked that design for BB, not sure where i would find a place for it in my collection but i will likely end up buying it. but it has a lot of remold potential even a deluxe windcharger could come out of this mold which i think i would honestly take especially with the fake hood chest it could be redone along with the head and give us a really good windcharger.
Star Saber
Man so not used to seeing Classics Bee so lean. ah welll the mold could be useful. They could retool him into Chromedome
tusko
I think it looks awesome. I like the transformation, as much as I can tell from a few pictures…. these 30th anniversary toys, have nice proportions and the muscle car looks great. I'm also thrilled to see the IDW comic designs brought to life. I can't wait to pick this up!
Grimwing
IDW generally does work out the transformations so they can do those wide panel conversion shots. I think the movie universe is more guilty of doing this without consideration for how HasTak are going to make transforming toys of cheating models. .
perfect Transformation to the source material is not always the priority in transformer toy design. Sometimes I'm happy with the variety if the tradeoff from a perfect Transformation gives us good action features like combineing with other toys or holstering blasters. In this case the design could work perfectly in another budget for parts and a potentially larger bee. There is always that tradeoff. More parts equals more cost for Hasbro.
Strangely sculpted chest don't bother me much. I can usually can justify it as other parts of the internal systems or battle armor.
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I'll still be buying this bumblebee. Looks really solid. Hope they do a Rodimus retool as others have said.
Stunticons would be fine.
megatroptimus
That's why any character should be designed correctly first, in case a toy based on that design gets released later!
autobot prowl
I really like this mold, just not as Bumblebee. Would make a really nice modern Sunstreaker and a really nice Hotrod. Alt mode would be a little different for the characters but I'm cool with that!
Impactor1106
THIS!
Ratchets Hatch
I like him with the shoulders transformed that way. It hides those gaps and gets rid of the door wings, which makes him look less like movie bee. That weapon is cool, too.
I might just replace my RTS bee with this guy.
Robogeek28
Now if only he was Voyager size.