The official Takara Tomy X/Twitter have shared a new Missing Link Bumblebee & CLiffjumper update.
- Styrofoam tray – The foam tray is based on the original toy. The image is from development CAD data, and new grooves have been added to store the included weapons.
- Sticker sheet – Bumblebee and Cliffjumper will include the same sticker sheet. The Autobot insignia on the chest is a tampo, but you you can replace it with G1 art box insignia.
- Collectible card – Each figure comes with a collectible card in the same format as C-01 Convoy, featuring new box art.
See the images after the break and share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Stepper
Definitely, especially in that minibot box which is highly sought after for the vintage boxed minibots.
unpunk
When Cliffjumper hits the wall in that clip, his head looks like Bumblebees head. It’s a split second thing, but I totally see it.
Incepticon
Currywurst
Wow. Minibots were tiny.
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Incepticon
Interesting… Amazon Japan just let me easily cancel my pre-order for these despite NOT allowing it for the past couple months because the cancellation window supposedly closed. I thought I was fully locked in, so that was a nice surprise.
Before someone asks "why?" – yes they're cool little figures and everything, but the more time that's passed and the more pictures that have been shown, I'm personally just not as impressed / excited about them as I was with Prime or the recently teased new Sunstreaker.
stormflash
They look great in pictures too, and I was born long after G1 so nostalgia isn't a leading factor for me. Can't wait to mess around w these guys later this year. The sunstreaker looks awesome too but if he costs more than optimus i'm out
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They look great irl
Stepper
Got a feeling in future, we might see a Missing Link Bumblebee with a anime face.
RKillian
It was just so surprising that they didn't do a variant or add another head. Fortunately, I always liked Cliffjumper better, so I got what I wanted there.
Onilink
And Encore Line
Dead End14
Ahh, too bad.
Stepper
Yah, anime face Bumblebee on a vintage Bumblebee toy was previously released under the TakaraTomy Transformers Book Reissue #12 and the Hasbro Walmart exclusive.
lord ginrai
I wouldn’t expect that any time soon, if ever.
Dead End14
Still no cartoon face
Bubblegunner
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unpunk
Good question. I think the common chatter at the time was that was reworked from the ground up because he was sort of on that short list of Autobot cars that seemed unavailable. I think when his book style reissue came out, it gave a lot of us hope that we’d see Sunstreaker, Wheeljack and Mirage as well. You know how that turned out. This was also 20 years ago and I’m trying to recall how that looked with reissues being a new thing for the fandom. I think the Hasbro reissues were winding down and maybe the Takara ones as well. I do recall there being a lot of speculation about Hound and the tooling being new. Whether there was an official word on that, I don’t remember.
lord ginrai
Nope, what makes you think that? Release date is November 30.
Foster
I have a November 30 release date for my Amazon.jp orders.