Courtesy of Twitter users @MASABON2011, @deadman_ty, and @hayatoron, we can share for your our first in-hand images of the Japanese exclusive Sonic Blue Bumble & Exo-Suit Chama.
This figures is a special collaboration between Takara Tomy and Japanese Rock Band “Bump Of Chicken” as part of the band’s “Aurora Ark Tour 2019” promotional campaign. We have clear images of this pale blue redeco of It is a pale blue redeco of Titans Return Bumblebee mold. He comes with Excelsuit Spike, a white and gold redeco of the Titanmaster included with Takara Legends Bumblebee.
Bumblebee features the band’s logos while Exo-Suit Chama is based on the bassist Yoshifumi Naoi, whose nickname is Chama precisely (He even appears in the mini-comic included). We have clear shots of both figures for your viewing pleasure, and some fun pics with Exo-Suit Chama as the head of Takara Legends Hot Rod.
This figure was available via the Bump Of Chicken Website for 4000 Yen ($37.00) only during November 3 and 4. As you should guess, it’s already sold out. One of those rare and hard-to-find Japanese exclusive items who are a challenge for any collector.
Click on the bar to see the mirrored images of this unique and rare release on this news post and let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
ZYXD
Just got my hands on my copy and uhh… for some reason, the whole waist section has its paint all screwed up, and the edges or it are pretty much totally chipped off. Anybody know where I can go to find a replacement for one of these things or am I doomed to stick with this FUBAR copy?
[Wing_Saber-X]
This.
Oniconvoy
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Robogeek28
I still like the look of this guy.
PoweredConvoy
Just received notification that the second batch of Bumblebee figures are shipping.
You may remember that these went up for pre-order sometime ago.
Robogeek28
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha….*breathes*…….Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
No.
Wreckage MK4
The Legends Manga that came with Big Powered was insane, Universe Razorclaw, BW Neo Unicron, Golden Lagoon Prime, The Vok, Dark Nova. So much gleeful homages that actually tie up loose ends from the tail-end of Japanese G1.
G1Prowl
Had I gotten an answer on the validity of that fig, I would've bought three when they were going for about $50-70.
allew
It’s pricey but I couldn’t resist. I missed out on getting the old unreleased Henkei classics Bumblebee back in the day. Never is a long time, maybe this bump of chicken version will be KO’d and more affordable down the line, you never know!
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G1Prowl
Since that will be the benchmark for the forseeable future, I've made my peace with never owning this.
allew
Saw on the bbts thread that they are offering this for preorder at $99.99
Transformers BUMP OF CHICKEN x Sonic Blue Bumble & Exo Suit Chama Exclusive
Edit: Sold out!!
Flash1087
Y'all I gotta be honest with you, this would be pretty much the only thing I want to happen to my band anymore, and I'm both mega stoked and kind of jealous
Love that comic. Does anyone else love how much backstory and work TT puts into even the most random repaints of stuff? If this existed here it'd be "oh look, here's a new-colored Bumblebee with a band logo on his tummy" but here's Trigger drawing a comic about Bump of Chicken helping Bumblebee survive a spaceship crash.
Also the fact the spaceship is clearly his G1 Cybertronian design makes me sad again that we didn't get a toy of that in Siege.
PoweredConvoy
Bump of Chicken is finally beginning to ship those who ordered the first time around (before they opened preorders back up for March 2020 delivery).
AlexJMurphy1982
SonicBlueBumble? sounds almost like the hedgehog.
MrSoundmeister
Man, this is rather awesome to see Trigger artists worked on this comic.
PoweredConvoy
Max Tower
I wonder if Dr. Wu can be pursuaded to do another run on their Bumblebee Blaster accessories – perhaps in dark Blue this time ?
worldsgreatest
Yeah. FromJapan is an awesome resource. Bunch of these going for sub $100 (although figure about $30 extra for the service and shipping).
PoweredConvoy
Not so far. If you can navigate through the page you could use a forwarding service to get one. That's what I did.
marvel b
And still no way to get this for the US goers besides Ebay or some other shizz?