We have a nice surprise for fellow UK collectors. The Bumblebee Greatest Hit Cassette Pack, Soundwave & Doombox And Music FX Bumblebee are listed at Argos website.
These figures are part of the “Bumblebee Greatest Hits” sub-line imprint which is exclusive to Target in the United States. UK based website Argos has uploaded bigger and clear stock images of these items, which we had reported previously for the US market.
First, we have the Bumblebee Cassete Pack (priced £31.99 or $41.83). This an interesting 4-pack which includes a redeco of Age of Extinction One-Step Changer High Octane Bumblebee, and three new redecos of Titans Return Legends Class Rumble, Laserbeak and Ravage, now presented as Decepticon Frenzy (in blue color), Buzzsaw (toy-accurate deco) and Howlback (homage to the G1 E-Hobby exclusive character of the same name which was a blue redeco of G1 Ravage).
The have great stock images of Soundwave & Doombox (priced £54.99 or $71.90).This is a more G1-accurate redeco of Titans Return Leader Class Soundwave, with his Titan Master now renamed as Doombox. There even a short 360-view video of the toy that you can watch it here.
To top it all, we have proper stock images of the Music FX Bumblebee (priced £20.99 or $27.44). A nice Titan Changer Bumblebee that can transform in 2 steps and plays car sounds in Chevy Camaro mode, robot sounds in robot mode, and music sounds in both modes.
It’s great to know UK fans will also have the opportunity to grab these toys locally.
payres
Unexpectedly got a message telling me the BB Tapes set was in stock at Argos today
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UK ARGOS: BB & Tapes available to reserve from Monday, or at least they are from the Kingston stores:
Buy Transformers Bumblebee Greatest Hits Bumblebee Cassette Pack | Action figures and playsets | Argos
Digger
Hmmm. I never thought of that. I just thought there’d be two convert tapes for each side with overkill and ram horn.
Knightsword
Sawback would have been Steeljaw, to pair up with TM Ramhorn. I mean he has Steeljaw's silver wings, something Lione didn't have. Stripes was always intended to be Stripes.
Digger
When was the last time we got something Christmas styled?
ZapRowsdower
Very excited for these!
Mostly re-paints, but it's nice to get some new box sets for the Xmas season! I can't remember the last time Hasblow bothered to do something for Xmas…
And technically, this is for the BB movie, which is only coming out on Xmas because of the low budget, cinematic competition, and generally lackluster Summer TF ticket sales!
HINT: Release a cool Xmas-themed set again, Hasbro!!! COME ON…
Digger
Honestly I just want all the kiss players done in titans return format. In fact I’m working on a digibash of it.
Raiyuki
Glad I'm not the only one who liked the first CW Buzzsaw was nicer. I wouldn't mind them milking the molds just a little more though. I'd love the Kiss Players cassettes and Enemy would be nice as well. Maybe toss in Flipsides.
Shade 20×6
I also have Soundwave, but I would much rather have two Soundwaves than Bayblebee.
SoundwaveSuperior
While I'm not interested in the 1-Step Bee, I'm happy that the cassettes aren't packed with Soundwave, since I already have the mold and don't need it again just for the minor retooling. I'd imagine there are others in the same boat.
Shade 20×6
It pisses me off so much that the cassettes are in the stupid Bumblebee pack, instead of with Soundwave. Textbook cash grab.
Stop packing G1-style figures with Bayblebee!
Nevermore
Titans Return Clobber wasn't named "Grimlock" because of the RID figure too.
Digger
Is that bee even out yet? I only remember seeing the tease for it. I’m not saying hardcore fans need to do this. The store guy should be able to inform. Also using the bumblebees is an unfair comparison since that hasn’t stopped for years. Yet when we get the chance to have an actual steel jaw we can’t cause there’s another one.
Nevermore
Dude, just this past Friday I was at a store witnessing and elderly couple looking for Cyberverse Ultra Bumblebee, literally with photos of him on their mobile phone, and a store clerk (the store didn't have any Cyberverse toys) was trying to shill them that electronic Simba Dicke TLK Bumblebee toy, insisting it was the only yellow one they had and the name matched too.
So yes, people who aren't hardcore fans do and will get different toys of the same name confused.
Digger
True actually. 'Twas a different head indeed. Also nothing against you but that whole name argument is bullshit. Like nobody was gonna get those two figures confused. As much as nobody was gonna get the two bumblebee’s confused. But that aside. It was kinda cool to get stripes steel jaw would’ve been appreciated.
payres
Do Steeljaw with the Stripes tooling in yellow – the head is different – as I suspect was the intention before RID2015 said "you can't have Steeljaw, we're using the name, change the name" which made them go Stripes….
Digger
Yeah steeljaw would’ve been good but he would need some retooling.
SoundwaveSuperior
Steeljaw would've required retooling to look right. I think people were only discussing other options that could've been straight repaints of existing molds (since what all the figures in this set are).
payres
Steeljaw?
Digger
Yeah like we already got buzzsaw and I’d say that one was better. All they needed to do was “frenzy” and eject. Maybe roasana or enemy would be nice.