Huge Display of Bumblebee Toyline at Toysrus Stores in Canada

The Brantford, Ontario store didn't have that display (it's probably only in bigger stores), but they did have the Micro Master packs, as well as one lonely Lionizer.

lots of bumblebee but that starscream mighty mug caught my eye! didnt know they made him in this new mighty mug version, i still have the original so yeah...i want!

i miss TRU
SO FRIGGIN MUCH!!!

I used to go twice a week.
On my regular hunts
and sometimes
just to watch people
and kids
at their absolute happiest.

gosh, i miss that.

Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Scottimus Prime, we have a sighting of a rather unusual Bumblebee Movie tie in product. This product in question is a Glow in the Dark pillow! It comes in two designs, one being Bee's face and the other being the Autobot symbol. These were sighted at a Walmart in Centereach, New York.

Here is the images as provided to us which also show the display the pillows were found in which is Bumblebee themed as well.









Are you tempted by these pillows? Will you be cuddling up with Bumblebee? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

After Hasbro made a surprise tweet revealing the existence of Nitro Series Dropkick and Blitzwing we now have a clearer look at the pair. Coming from regular breaking news source Snakas we get to see a better view of Blitzwing in package and Dropkick in what looks to be a series of stock photos. As with other Nitros they come with Energon cores to enhance their alt modes.

Articulation is pretty minimal like the rest of the line, but is that double elbows I see on Dropkick? Sure, it's all for the transformation, but take the extra range of motion where you can get it. I mean, Nitro Bumblebee doesn't even have elbows and it's his toy line!





So what do you think of Nitro Dropkick and Blitzwing? Sound off in the Energon Pub and keep coming back to Seibertron for all the latest Transformers news.

Obviously, that Blitzwing is no triple changer. I wonder is a triple changing SS figure is a possibility, of is the Movie design impossible to realise in toy form?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, that Blitzwing is no triple changer. I wonder is a triple changing SS figure is a possibility, of is the Movie design impossible to realise in toy form?

He's not a Triple Changer, just a Seeker who so happens to be a Seeker, I saw the film during the screenings on the 8'th so I can confirm this.

If there ends up being a Studio Series Blitzwing it's gonna be a normal Seeker, Bot to jet.

Deadput wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, that Blitzwing is no triple changer. I wonder is a triple changing SS figure is a possibility, of is the Movie design impossible to realise in toy form?

He's not a Triple Changer, just a Seeker who so happens to be a Seeker, I saw the film during the screenings on the 8'th so I can confirm this.

If there ends up being a Studio Series Blitzwing it's gonna be a normal Seeker, Bot to jet.

Whay that name tho? Like if Astrotrai was there but he could only transform into a space shuttle. Bee Blitzwing could have been called Ramjet and be a conehead or something.

Anyway, I call an easy Nitro Zeus repaint like they did for Thundercracker.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Whay that name tho? Like if Astrotrai was there but he could only transform into a space shuttle. Bee Blitzwing could have been called Ramjet and be a conehead or something.

Anyway, I call an easy Nitro Zeus repaint like they did for Thundercracker.

*Shrugs*

I presume a combination of things like trademark and a leftover for when this was still a prequel as a (Movie spoiler about character) Throwaway Decepticon featured in trailers to kill off, akin to Bonecrusher and Sideways

But honestly were gonna have to wait and see to learn why this particular character had that respective name.

If it makes you feel better his name isn't even mentioned in the movie. (Although it is in the credits)

Hasbro's gotta keep those trademarks warm. It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. For a recent major example, AoE Hound is obviously more a Bulkhead in terms of design. But Prime was already taking care of the Bulkhead trademark while in the meantime Hound was vulnerable.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hasbro's gotta keep those trademarks warm. It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. For a recent major example, AoE Hound is obviously more a Bulkhead in terms of design. But Prime was already taking care of the Bulkhead trademark while in the meantime Hound was vulnerable.

I'm pretty sure despite the similarities that Hound was always meant to be called Hound since the name exited since at least the early days of AOE filming since it was the only name announced at the time (We didn't know who Drift and Crosshairs were for sure heck when we first heard their names Crosshairs was still going by "Slingshot") and the only name of the 3 new Autobots said multiple times and the only one who's name was said by humans (Crosshairs only had one name call from Drift and voice acting is usually done at a later stage then the filming for the most part)

Just a personal theory of mine, not a true fact or anything.

Maybe the audio commentary will discuss Blitzwings name & if he gets his own mold for SS we then have a solid seeker available for repaints of all of them (as great as Nitro is).

Liking the dropkick figure, which has to be my first for the non studio series Bumblebee toys-kind of feels Battletrapish.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Hasbro's gotta keep those trademarks warm. It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. For a recent major example, AoE Hound is obviously more a Bulkhead in terms of design. But Prime was already taking care of the Bulkhead trademark while in the meantime Hound was vulnerable.

That make total sense. And the fact that Blitzwing's name is mentioned only in the credits and on the toy box is a nice compromise.

To be fair, he's a triple changer in the bumblebee prequel comic

blackeyedprime wrote:Maybe the audio commentary will discuss Blitzwings name & if he gets his own mold for SS we then have a solid seeker available for repaints of all of them (as great as Nitro is).

Liking the dropkick figure, which has to be my first for the non studio series Bumblebee toys-kind of feels Battletrapish.

I would like to have audio commentary on bumblebee I don’t recall audio commentary on any of Bay movies unless I passed over them in extra content menu bltizwing own figure will be nice to see in voyager and deluxe class which ever class they decide make him in

The Studio Series helicopter may be more realistic but I'm prefering the slightly chunkier look of Dropkick's robot form on that toy there (though he has his toes tucked in in one pic). Nicer colour scheme too.

Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

carytheone wrote:Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

You're crazy... well no cos i literally said the same sorta thing 2 minutes before you did. This figure's probably got worse articulation in general but yeah there's something a bit more appealing about it overall

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

carytheone wrote:Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

You're crazy... well no cos i literally said the same sorta thing 2 minutes before you did. This figure's probably got worse articulation in general but yeah there's something a bit more appealing about it overall

I think it’s the fact that the arms are bulkier and that there’s more blue on it

And that they didn't have to care too much about matching scale or other things.

ZeroWolf wrote:To be fair, he's a triple changer in the bumblebee prequel comic

There's also the Igniters Power Blitzwing figure so Hasbro does consider him a Triplechanger even if he doesn't appear as one in the movie.



Emerje

I like the looks of the 2 new figures! Blitzwing looks pretty dang good, even though I'm still waiting for a Studio Series version. And that helicopter Dropkick looks much better than the Studio Series one. I'm hoping hard for a muscle car Dropkick in SS though. and this Copter Dropkick could make a pretty nice Rotorstorm!

carytheone wrote:Am I crazy or does this figure look better than the studio series one?



At least in bot mode.

Nope, It looks way better than the Studio Series one. Probably holds together better too.

Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Barricade.it we have our first look and sighting of a new die cast 4 pack for the Bumblebee Movie from Simba Dickie. The set was found at a Leclerc-CONAD store in Teramo, Italy for €17.90. The pack features both a Hot Wheels-size Volkswagen Beetle version of Bumblebee from the movie that shares his name as well as a figure of Bee from the same movie along with a similarly styled pair of Bees based on his The Last Knight incarnation. All in a nice display box. The VW Bee appears to be the same as the one we saw in November sold on its own. It is unknown if the figures are also die cast or just the cars.











So what do you think? Like non-transforming die cast cars? Think Jada Toys does it better? Sound off in the Energon Pub!

We saw a red redeco of Nitro Speed series (aka Legion class) Bumblebee recently, but we did not get a good look at it. We couldn't even confirm that it was indeed "Cliffjumper" written on the packaging. Well now we can. Friend to the site Prismartyr gave us a nice little scoop with our best look at the figure yet. They managed to spot a Speed series Cliffjumper in the Big W at Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia today.

We now see that there is no retooling from the yellow VW Speed series Bumblebee, it is just a redeco. While Cliffjumper does indeed share the same body as Bumblebee in the film, it is Bee's Cybertronian body he has and not the VW body. Still, the theme of having similar bodies is there and better yet this becomes a fun homage to the red Bumblebee toy released in G1.

I like that we're getting the Cliffjumper, but he looks like a Knock Off recolor. Something about getting used to the yellow suddenly changing over to red which was common for KO toys, and the tone of it. Still might get the figure.

not remotely what cliffjumper looked like in it but yeah hasbro gotta be cheap i guess.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:not remotely what cliffjumper looked like in it but yeah hasbro gotta be cheap i guess.

Complaining about repaints is still a thing in Current Year?
I thought it was already redundant to do so in 1984.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:not remotely what cliffjumper looked like in it but yeah hasbro gotta be cheap i guess.

Complaining about repaints is still a thing in Current Year?
I thought it was already redundant to do so in 1984.

To be fair this isn't really what Cliffjumper looks like in the film since A: He has same the Cybertronian body Bee has but not a Volkswagen so technically not very accurate, and B: Cliffjumper has a very different head here compared to the film which more so resembles that of his G1 self.

But yeah simple repaints have been a thing for a long time and always will be around because of getting worth out of a mold, on the other hand Hasbro has been pretty good about at least remolding the heads of figures so Hasbro could of at least given him a movie accurate head sculpt.

If Cliffy IS in the movie and look nothing like this, I can understand the complaint. Still, not every single characters can have a "true" toy. Especially for a tiny legend figure.

I'll take out the torches and pitchforks if they make the deluxe Studio Series Cliffjumper this way, however.

-Kanrabat- wrote:If Cliffy IS in the movie and look nothing like this, I can understand the complaint. Still, not every single characters can have a "true" toy. Especially for a tiny legend figure.

I'll take out the torches and pitchforks if they make the deluxe Studio Series Cliffjumper this way, however.

He's one of the characters in the Cybertron scenes.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll take out the torches and pitchforks if they make the deluxe Studio Series Cliffjumper this way, however.

If they reshelled and replaced the head of the SS Bumblebee figure, I'd be OK with that. I quite like that toy.

Poor CliffyJ, forever Bee's bridesmaid.

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll take out the torches and pitchforks if they make the deluxe Studio Series Cliffjumper this way, however.

If they reshelled and replaced the head of the SS Bumblebee figure, I'd be OK with that. I quite like that toy.

Poor CliffyJ, forever Bee's bridesmaid.

Oh lol!
At least he got his own mold trice in Prime. Too bad his character was killed off So soon.

Well I think had they kept him, it wouldn't have been Dwayne Johnson providing his voice unless they had him say three lines the whole season, a bit like Vinnie Jones character in Gone in 60 Seconds.

Recall that Transformers Bumblebee Energon Igniters Speed Series Bumblebee, the Volkswagen version? Well, did you want it, but clear yellow and missing some silver paint? Well I hoped you are subscribed to the Telebi-Kun magazine in Japan, because it'll be bundled for free in the 2019 April issue! This information comes from snakas blog, in which the folks there snapped a picture of the figure, as well as what they believe to be the release date of April 2019, as mentioned above.

This clear yellow version of Bumblebee is actually the first Japanese release of the Volkswagen Speed Series Bumblebee mold in Japan. In fact, I believe this is the first Energon Igniter released in Japan! I say this since, well, the Bumblebee toyline in Japan is looking a little sparse (with only the Power Charge Bumblebee and exclusive Leader Class Legendary Optimus Prime).

So, are you interested in this most likely, limited, release of this sweet boy? Let us know in the Pub forums below!

Great news! Thanks for the info. I don't think we need to be subscribed to the magazine, though, as it's fairly easy to pick this magazine up in all good bookshops in Japan.

In this age of knowing everything, it's not common to stumble upon brand new toys ate retail we had no clue were coming. It happened yesterday though when TF fan gabumon found the new Bumblebee Movie Energon Igniters Power Series Ratchet at a Walmart in Northern Utah. The sighting was posted on the TFW2005 message boards. Like other Power Series toys, it is $10 and needs the motor from the Power Plus toys to do its gimmick.
Also, while there is Ratchet in the Bumblebee film, with a great G1 design, this toy uses the Dark of the Moon / Age of Extinction design with an albino looking robot mode. The vehicle mode is an ambulance though, for once. For those wanting this toy, its UPC is 6 30509 79526 0. Also, depending on distribution, this may be a rarer toy since it isn't part of the standard wave 2 case but actually part of a revision wave 2 case.

Here is the full revision wave 2 case content from Entertainment Earth:

1x TRA MV6 ENERGON IGNITERS POWER HOT ROD
3x TRA MV6 IGNITERS POWER BUMBLEBEE CAMARO
2x TRA MV6 ENERGON IGNITERS POWER SHATTER
2x TRA MV6 ENERGON IGNITERS POWER RAM (Ratchet)

Why is his arm green?

Maybe a war wound or he ran out of white paint to cover his movie green?

william-james88 wrote:t's not common to stumble upon brand new toys ate retail we had no clue were coming.

I think you meant to write "at retail"?

primalxconvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:t's not common to stumble upon brand new toys ate retail we had no clue were coming.

I think you meant to write "at retail"?

Pft, you saying you don't eat the retail toys all the time?

Guess you ain't a true fan then.

Deadput wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:t's not common to stumble upon brand new toys ate retail we had no clue were coming.

I think you meant to write "at retail"?

Pft, you saying you don't eat the retail toys all the time?

Guess you ain't a true fan then.

Technically, that sentence would imply that the TOYS ate the retail market or while concept of what retail is...

primalxconvoy wrote:
Technically, that sentence would imply that the TOYS ate the retail market.

I’m going with this interpretation, that would explain why SS Devastator components are being sold across multiple waves.

I like the G1 influence with the Movie Ratchet Design

whats the friggin deal!?

every piece o scrap movie in the Bayverse
cranks out figures for every slagin bot
that spends 15 seconds on screen.

even Wheelie has 3 figs!
each RC twin has a kajillion iterations and repaints
for the 9 seconds of screentime they got!
We even have bot toys for vehicles in the films
that DONT HAVE BOT MODES!!

What do we get for BUMBLEBEE?
A plethora of kiddie carp!
& 2 halfway decent figs!
Studio Series
Bumblebee & Dropkick.
(a 3rd if u count MPM-7.)

WTFraggleRock!?

OH!
i forgot SS Shatter.
oops...
okay, 3 SEMI-decent toys!!


am i wrong!?
PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL ME IM WRONG!!!

is something coming that will rock my kazbah?

where are Arcee, Wheeljack, Brawn, Cliff!?
Where is Prime!?
Optimus is guaranteed $$!

ANYONE!?

Z3ROhour wrote:A condensed down version of the post for space

You do know that the Cybertron scene was made much later in production and that the toylines are all made and developed longer before the Cybertron stuff was finished right?

The same reason why figures of characters are based off concept art rather then the final designs in the films?

(Also oh my god grammar, which I know is kind of ironic coming from me)

Weird enough this toy is basically what I imagined one of Ratchet's assistants to look like in my Bumblebee movie "What if" that I posted in another thread and this guy would of died.

(He would of been Ratchet's Bee movie design with this coloration and the helmet would of been inspired by Movie Ratchet but the face was the same as Ratchets)

Z3ROhour wrote:whats the friggin deal!?

every piece o scrap movie in the Bayverse
cranks out figures for every slagin bot
that spends 15 seconds on screen.

even Wheelie has 3 figs!
each RC twin has a kajillion iterations and repaints
for the 9 seconds of screentime they got!
We even have bot toys for vehicles in the films
that DONT HAVE BOT MODES!!

What do we get for BUMBLEBEE?
A plethora of kiddie carp!
& 2 halfway decent figs!
Studio Series
Bumblebee & Dropkick.
(a 3rd if u count MPM-7.)

WTFraggleRock!?

OH!
i forgot SS Shatter.
oops...
okay, 3 SEMI-decent toys!!


am i wrong!?
PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL ME IM WRONG!!!

is something coming that will rock my kazbah?

where are Arcee, Wheeljack, Brawn, Cliff!?
Where is Prime!?
Optimus is guaranteed $$!

ANYONE!?

SS Prime is coming. We just saw that reveal a week or 2 back. Frankly, it looks good, and if we werent getting Siege Prime at the same time I would be all over the Bee Prime, but they pretty much check all the same boxes with different styles, so I am less apt to get it.

I personally think the bee toyline is doing a good job, especially as more kid friendly toys (you know the market they want to grab with the movie) are all here with more collector focused entries in the Studio Series line, we may get more bee characters as time goes on in the ss line.

ZeroWolf wrote:I personally think the bee toyline is doing a good job, especially as more kid friendly toys (you know the market they want to grab with the movie) are all here with more collector focused entries in the Studio Series line, we may get more bee characters as time goes on in the ss line.

Exactly. I've yet to see a single truly bad toy from this line. All the toys also seem pretty solid and of high quality. Not like Cyberverse, which is 3/4 pure garbage.