Zeta Toys on Weibo have uploaded images of the gray prototype of their new Zeta Toys Zeta-V ZV-01 Pioneer (Bumblebee Movie VW Beetle Bumblebee).
This is a new line by Zeta Toys. Their first figure tries to recreate Bumblebee’s robot mode as seen in the movie, so he has no visible “door wings” on his back, they are folded over it now. This new toy includes several other accessories like a blaster, battle mask, battle hammer and 2 swords. 18 cm tall with die- cast parts. No alt mode images yet.
We still have no specific information on the price, but the announcement indicates it is due to release on summer this year. Be sure to stay tuned with TFW2005 for more information when it’s available. This is the first prototype, so changes may be done in the future. Click on the bar to see the mirrored images and join to the discussion on the 2005 Boards.
Galvatronv2
i hthink he looks really nice, and he\'ll probably look even etter with paint, the hight is excessive though
octobotimus
Yep, and when they left there seemed to be a 1-2 year period of hatred for toyworld because of it. Thankfully that cooled off and now people are caring about the products themselves.
svek
Bigger = betterer for me
Shmoptimus Prime
Sorry, I wasn't aware that claiming extreme negative things about products we don't even own was "adult discussion". I thought that was basically the definition of trolling but I guess I was wrong
Yeah completely agree here. I think it all started with weijiang making their evasion mode OP super big. That was basically the first good movieverse 3P and everyone loved it including myself, but I ultimately sold it cause it was way way bigger than anything else I owned. I don't think they realize that people don't care enough about each individual 3P company to be loyal to them and wait years and years for them to MAYBE finish a line of their own products that are MAYBE in scale with each other and are MAYBE all worth purchasing. If they were smart they'd stick to scaling with official figures and do "gap filler" products or vastly better versions of existing characters that still fit in somewhere. LA Hire is a perfect example of this. Hastak will probably never ever do a TLK hot rod in MPM scale, so UT/DX9 did one. He's really good, and he looks great with my MPMs or on his own.
So the zeta guys used to be part of TW?
octobotimus
TW actually, which given the zeta designers left them would make that freaking hilarious.
jaraxel
yeah, 18cm is waaaaaay too big. maybe it's made to scale with the UT(?) bumblebee movie optimus coming out, which in itself is bigger than most at 28cm
Chris C137
I must've missed something. When was 18cm announced? I feel like there is a huge scale problem developing with 3rd party MPM figures, in that none of the companies give a s*#t about how your shelf looks. With official MPM/ 3rd party figures we've got:
Optimus:
MPM4 – 25cm
UT Challenger – 27cm
TW Freedom Leader – 29.2cm
TW Knight Orion – ~28cm
Bumblebee:
MPM3 – 17cm
MPM7 – 15-16cm
Zeta Toys Pioneer – 18cm
Megatron:
MPM8 – 30cm
UT Dragoon – 30+cm?
And that's before we start getting into the oversized/modified KO territory.
I guess on the one hand it's good that people have choices, some people obviously like their 30-40cm range oversized figures and so on, some don't care about scale at all. For me I feel there needs to be more of a consensus to have a consistent scale among the line, whether it matches the movies, or the MPM line or whatever. Personally I like the height of the official MPM figures best. But for example Toyworlds two Optimus figures are different heights when to me ideally they'd be the same, but if anything for accuracy Freedom leader should be shorter, not taller. I've no idea what Zeta are thinking if this Bumblebee figure ends up being taller than MPM3. What is that to scale with then?
QuinJester
Well, it's a bit audacious to make a claim that Blackout is one of the worst toys in the SS line if you have no personal experience with him, especially since his is very arguably one of the SS line's best figures.
Anyway, more bumblebee pics please, Zeta. I'm really struggling with the decision of Zeta vs. TE right now.
closetrat
The reviews I saw made his skirt flap look ridiculous, his posability iffy & his kibble being more in the way, than on-model.
But here I am, expecting to have adult discussions on a page full of toy collectors.
Everyone wants to be treated like an adult – especially when they're behaving like a child.
SPLIT LIP
Blackout is fantastic marred only b his weird hands, and really only Shatter is outright terrible. Helicopter Dropkick is just small and inaccurate, but car Dropkick is excellent and makes me so mad that the SS Shatter is as shitty as it is.
Hell, I'd settle for a KO of Shatter that has better tolerances, movie-accurate headsculpt and moves the thigh kibble to the upper arms. It's not really a badly designed toy, it's that the piece of shit just falls apart at at glance.
Shmoptimus Prime
Waitaminute, I didn't realize that either! God it's so hard to keep all these 3P figures from various companies straight I always forget about how freakin big they seem to want to make everything and when 2 or 3 companies are making the same character at the same time it gets even more confusing
That's….a very unpopular opinion.
Oh. Well I nominate siege jetfire for worst figure ever of all time. Admittedly I don't own him but I just assume he sucks and that's why everyone's buying him and loving him.
closetrat
For worst figure, I'd nominate either Blackout or the Bumblebee movie villains.
I don't own Blackout, admittedly – but he seems really finicky to transform or stand. However, none of the figures released for the BB movie villains were decent enough for me to consider buying them.
This killed me bc their cars look great together.
zark225
Yeah he is definitely one of the weak ones. I can't choose a specific worst figure, I am fairly easy to please when it comes to figures, but he would be the most likely candidate. But I even like that figure to a certain extent. Studio Series is such a great line.
Bee Camaro
18cm? That's taller than the friggin Camaro MPM! It might scale with TWs Prime, but i can't think of any others.
octobotimus
MPM apparently, which with the way the legs look and how lanky he is, makes me tilt my head.
SPLIT LIP
I completely forgot about this, and now I'm giddy all over again. Can't wait to see a finished sample, easily the best looking 3P Bee that comes closest to the movie model's proportions and details.
EDIT: Wait, 18cm?? I thought this was a SS replacement, now I'm having second thoughts. This thing is fucking huge, what the hell is it meant to go with?
I can count on one hand the amount of genuine flops in SS so far. Ironically, Bumblebee Movie Bee is the worst figure of the line.
TheTornSideswipeFan
Studio Series. Basically what CHUG is but for purely the movie fans.
Lukelbs
Thanks Janet!
Bull shirt.
Shmoptimus Prime
Just the fact that it's continued this long shows that it's popular. Come January we'll be over 50 figures into the line, and we know it's continuing into 2021 at least. That's amazing! Most of the movie lines petered out after 4 waves or so.
Everything Man
you're welcome