A post in the Transformers Trading Card Game Facebook Group brought the attention of fans about a special Chinese New Year Bumblebee Promotional Card included as a gift (together with the Omega Supreme Card) with the pre-order of the The Rise Of The Combiner Booster Pack Box via a Malaysian Online Store.
The card features a cool art of Golden Bumblebee (seems based on his Classics toy) written in Chinese. It was unclear how this card was available, but Wizards Of The Coast Brand Manager Drew Nolosco was kind to comment about his card on the Facebook thread:
“Hi folks! This Lunar New Year-themed Bumblebee Character Card is a CS (Chinese Simplified) language promo to help celebrate the launch of the CS version of the Transformers Trading Card Game in certain Chinese-speaking territories”.
So far, it seems it’s not possible to grab this card outside Asia, but you can check out the mirrored images attached on this news post and then sound off on the 2005 Boards!
quiktake
Got mine from Malaysia today. I do love the Gold. Obviously, it's an almost useless card playwise, but it sure is pretty. The Chinese love gold traditionally, so it was a great card to kick things off there.
Wreckgar
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Wreckgar
I need to fix the BOLD effect but I don’t think you NEED “Golden” on Bee
Gneric Robot Dinosaur
You guys are awesome! Thanks for this!
loachridge
Updates are posted.
loachridge
I think you HAVE to have "Golden Bumblebee" because that's what sets him apart. I wish his defense stat would have matched the electrum plating though.
And the "Bold" is a flip affect, not an ongoing affect.
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Wreckgar
Here's my copy for those interested. I decided not to use "Golden" on the name
That Guy
I ended up ordering a case from Toy1 as I have a draft tournament I'm running, and it was till cheaper to pay for shipping from Malaysia than order through my local store. Called to confirm and it looks like we'll have x4 of the promos with the case so we might end up giving some out as prizes!
Automaster
Are you able to fix the typo in alt mode? There's no number after While this character has…
Wreckgar
Already made my own. Getting it printed
loachridge
Gold Bumblebee
Electrum Warrior
Bot mode = when the character has 5 or more damage tokens – TOUGH 2
Alt mode = when flipping to this mode the character gets BOLD 2 until the end of the turn.
I kept getting BRAVE in translation. But the parenthesis describes BOLD.
bubacino37
Yeah, it's a fun little promo card that isn't a big deal if we never get an English version. Glad that this game is launching into another massive market!
That Guy
It's nice that the promos are not game breaking.
Jhund
Not too clear on the game but from what I gathered about the mechanics .
Bumblebee .
Silver gold / electrum? Warrior
Autobot / melee
Alt mode – bold 2 .
Bot mode – when character has 5 or more damage counters , tough 2.
Wreckgar
Can anyone translate everything on the card?
UltraPrimal
Looks more like Golden Lagoon Bumblebee considering the torched trees and stuff in the background.