Japan’s Winter Wonder Festival 2012 is just around the corner, and that means some interesting, limited and “event-licensed” garage kit items. From A-1 this Winter Wonderfest is a nano-scale Cybertron Mode Bumblebee as seen in the first ever Transformers cartoon, More than Meets the Eye Part 1. It’s a fully colored resin kit, priced at 5’000 yen and is a very limited run only licensed for sale at the event itself. Once it is fully assembled, the kit is fully transformable between UFO car and robot modes.
Original report and more images can be seen on Japanese site Ameblo.
Infosaur
I''m very impressed by how they did the feet/saucer wings. And tying in the old cliche "Hood becomes chest" (even though that was never really the case with G1 Bumbles)
Execution is weak obviously, but whoever engineered this piece get's the "thinking outside the box" gold star!
prime292
Looks a bit odd but to each his own.
Fishdirt
Not made by hasbro there by it is a third party. Or a company not associated with hasbro aside from purchasing a license.
Just wait, I'm sure there will be garage kits coming.
megatroptimus
Not transformation-wise.
Scaleface
Since this is LICENSED for Wonderfest, isn't this toy in the wrong section?
TFao
If they can pull that off with G1 bot modes (like this one tries to) that would be even more unbelievable.
unkrazimatik
I really like it. That being said, when is someone going to make the triangular shaped decepticon seekers???
SMOG
Cute, but it lacks detail. At the moment it looks like something between a Transformer and a Minimate… which has it's charm, but it's not quite there.
I like the concept though.
Er… in other words, clearly Bumblebee? I mean, isn't he supposed to look a little bit lame?
I beg to differ. I don't like that one as much. Not quite recognizable enough.
Too bad we never got the Titanium version.
zmog
theestampede
looks unfinished, but I love the way this looks. Proportions look good and transformation is clever. If they were too add a bit more sculpted detail, specifically in the face, I would really want one.
mx-01 archon
iGear's stuff is also mass-produced, and not hand-made.
In this thread: a whole lotta people that don't understand WonderFest.
Send an e-mail off to a middle-man service like Tokyo Hunter, and they might be able to search for you. But Wonderfest is something of a crapshoot. First come, first serve and all that, with generally low production runs. Of course, expect to pay middle-man service fees and shipping on top of that, so you're probably going to have to fork over closer to $100.
Bravemaximike
Bring on the X-Transbots knock-off (with die-cast)!!! I'd buy that!
soymonk
Now that is really cool!
Wingnut
Like it but too rich for my blood.
Fishdirt
Good thing there are detailed pics. Might be a nice custom project.
Transbot90210
It is OK and I can see its charm but an easy pass.
And $30??? You all so know that iGear has their Minibots for $15 shipped? And the iGear MW's are leaps and bounds better than this thing.
MidnightBliss
I like it. Not up my alley but, good job. Hats off to those that can pull this stuff off.
bellyboy
where can i get one of those ???
lildevilchick
OMG, that is sooo cute and I WANT it.
jessecuster
I would really like one, how do I get one for $65?
I have never gotten a Wonderfest figure.
Crystal Convoy
…I want it.