Happy New Year everyone! While everyone is recuperating and celebrating the new year we are sharing out a gallery for one of the last Masterpiece releases of 2019 – MP-45 Masterpiece Bumblebee 2.0. A lot of the fandom is torn on this little guy, some digging him and some thinking he wasn’t necessary in the grand scheme of things since the original was good enough. Version 2.0 focuses on the animation look in both modes, capturing his overall proportions and look as seen in the original G1 cartoon. He comes packed with a pistol, laser effect, I Heart NY license plate, 2 additional faces and a Spike Witwicky articulated figure similar to the one that came with MP-44, but without the hard hat. He has a wide range of articulation and movement allowing for two handed gun aiming and dynamic posing.
My initial reaction was that he, and MP-44, were unnecessary. MP-44 in hand changed my mind. I handled an early copy of this guy, and wasn’t impressed due to some floppy joints and tabbing. But the retail edition featured here tightened things up and he wound up being fun to mess around with. The vehicle mode is really sharp if you are into the toon look, and that’s where he’s staying on the shelves. Bottom line, as with a lot of the recent MP releases – if you dig the toon look, he’s worth a pick up. If you prefer your MP to be toy influenced, then sticking with V1 is the way to go.
Check out over 55 HD images of Beezy at the link below courtesy of TFSource! He’s in stock and shipping now.
Masterpiece Releases: MP-45 Bumblebee, MP-44 Optimus Prime v3, MP BW Black Arachnia, MP Hound, MP Anime Bluestreak, MP Anime Smokescreen, Masterpiece Pre-Orders.
Sy-Rein
There does not appear to be any differences (other than the price). I have both an original and a ko and from the box to the figure to the accessories, they're nigh-on identical. The one I have even has the Autobot symbols on his chest and hood.
Here's one at TF Safari but if you search on ebay, you'll find him there as well, I'm sure.
4th Party MP45 MP-45 Bumblebee Version 2.0 12cm / 5"
Treadshot 2.0
Can you share a link?
Jdk504
I appreciate it, thank you!
Do you know the differences with the KO and the official are?
Sy-Rein
Best of luck to you. He's become quite pricey, at least when I was looking last.
If you're interested though, there is a KO now available. Seen it on ebay and some Chinese e-tailers.
Jdk504
Looking for this guy, MP45
Send me a message
Sweep
Watch: City of Steel, Childs Play, Cosmic Rust, and A Plauge of Insecticons for the context.
VVa
Shit smears, hearts, melting eyes and cosmic rust.
ManelFigures
Thank you so much!.
Sam
Don’t forget the ice-cream!
Prime135
Hearts for the license plate, cosmic rust, and metal eating space plant spores respectively.
marioxb
The hearts are to cover up the Autobot symbol(s) on the license plate(s). Not sure about the rest.
ManelFigures
Hello, do anybody know what is this? Thanks.
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Fafnir72
Slow day indeed! Last time I mentioned measurements, I attracted a mob of raging They might be asleep in daylight though (wait for it…………better arm myself with Ag and garlic )
mrspingly
I'm really not sure how many ways I can say that the size of the gap isn't what I've been talking about. Ho hum.
Throway
That gap has to be like 1 atom wide
mrspingly
Oh, there are certainly far worse gaps! The rear lights in alt mode, the backpack in bot mode. They're much more ugly, but they're result of deeper or more complicated design issues.
The gap I mentioned annoys me more because it's completely avoidable. If the panel were curved then it would look fine whether held snugly against the wheel arch or at a distance, as the gap would be a matching curve that would look okay.
It's the unnecessariness of the little gap that's the problem!
Blingotron
I keep kicking myself that I passed on the official and KO. I even balked at the KO being 60 something bucks and here we are….
Liampope
Well if that tiny gap that you literally have to search for or be aware of in advance to even notice bugs you more than some of the other uncloseable gaps around the alt mode <cough…rear lights…cough> I just dont know! Fully agree with you though – why is that panel even shaped like that in the first place?
jackisking
Everytime this thread gets bumped, I keep hoping its because someone has gotten a link for a PO
mrspingly
That picture shows the same angle and gap that annoys me on mine. Whether it's almost impertceptible isn't my point.
My grumble was that the front edge could surely have been curved like the back edge to make it not be there at all.