In-Hand Images - Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-21 Bumblebee

He's so tiny!

I wasnt really bothered by Bumblebee before but now I am looking forward to a Bumblebee figure.

Please tell me that is a badly painted prototype. Also, that wheel may be accurate to the character but it looks ridiculous.

Trikeboy wrote:Please tell me that is a badly painted prototype. Also, that wheel may be accurate to the character but it looks ridiculous.

It does have that hand painted look about it, doesnt it. Was thinking the same thing.

I still have a twinge of regret that this is the licensed vehicle, not-accurate-to-the-cartoon alt mode, but he is looking nice.

holy damn i never thought we would be this small! if he is the right price i may go for it.

megatronus wrote:I still have a twinge of regret that this is the licensed vehicle, not-accurate-to-the-cartoon alt mode, but he is looking nice.

I know how you feel. They may have been able to do more with it and lessen that backpack if they went with the animation alt mode but that was probably part of the deal to secure the rights for the character in the Masterpiece line.

Leaves the door open for a 3rd party animation accurate model I suppose.

Ravage XK wrote:Leaves the door open for a 3rd party animation accurate model I suppose.

Toyworld Bii. It is also in the same scale as the official Bumblebee. I don't have Bii because I want the official one but Bii does look nice.

Trikeboy wrote:Toyworld Bii. It is also in the same scale as the official Bumblebee. I don't have Bii because I want the official one but Bii does look nice.

Oh, there you go! Hmm, looks odd though. Think I prefer Mp Bumblebee. I should think most people will display him in Bot mode anyway.

Ravage XK wrote:

Trikeboy wrote:Toyworld Bii. It is also in the same scale as the official Bumblebee. I don't have Bii because I want the official one but Bii does look nice.

Oh, there you go! Hmm, looks odd though. Think I prefer Mp Bumblebee. I should think most people will display him in Bot mode anyway.

Yeah, it's missing some paint apps, remove the blue windows and a new head to be considered decent. I'd rather just get the MP BB. It's not like I'm gonna display the back of it anyway.

Trikeboy wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:

Trikeboy wrote:Toyworld Bii. It is also in the same scale as the official Bumblebee. I don't have Bii because I want the official one but Bii does look nice.

Oh, there you go! Hmm, looks odd though. Think I prefer Mp Bumblebee. I should think most people will display him in Bot mode anyway.

Yeah, it's missing some paint apps, remove the blue windows and a new head to be considered decent. I'd rather just get the MP BB. It's not like I'm gonna display the back of it anyway.

Bii gets the alt mode more or less right, but the mode has several inaccuracies. I would consider Bii for Classics, but not my MP shelf (not that I buy 3rd Party MPs - just the opposite, I actively resist them).

megatronus wrote:(not that I buy 3rd Party MPs - just the opposite, I actively resist them).

I can understand that, though, Fanstoys work is incredible and they are doing characters that would be unlikely to get a release officially.

Trikeboy wrote:

megatronus wrote:(not that I buy 3rd Party MPs - just the opposite, I actively resist them).

I can understand that, though, Fanstoys work is incredible and they are doing characters that would be unlikely to get a release officially.

FT's best work has been Quakewave, and I can see Takara putting an official Shockwave out in the next couple years (or I'm hoping for it, at least).

The Dinobots are cool, but don't quite hit the right cylinders for me. Dunno if we get official MPs of those characters, but right now my Dinobot priorities fall along Classics/Generations lines.

Wow, he really is tiny!!

Following the Masterpiece Bumblebee images released earlier today, the same actoys.com member dlarirang has posted new in hand images of this release. These images were posted on the Omega Lock Facebook page.

This selection of images gives us a good look at the figure's transformation trough various views and comparison shots with other Masterpiece car figures. You can see more here.

Tiny?...He's darn near microscopic!

If he was completely made of metal I'd be all over it. This is another MP sadly that I will wait for a KO version for half the price. Haters gonna hate...but this economy doesn't warrant full retail for this Bumblebee release.

Dont forget he comes with the exo suit thing.

I'm still not digging Bumblebee. After a string of amazing Masterpiece releases, I find that this one is difficult to get excited about. There are a lot of things to like, but something is off with his face that doesn't match his cartoon counterpart (maybe it's the odd shade of paint that they used instead of silver or that the face is longer than it should be?). Plus the Autobot symbol on his foot throws off the whole point of having the "reveal" symbol on his chest/car roof. I also don't like the way the hood of the car near the front windshield doesn't seem to fit together well. Other than that, I think the toy is pretty neat, but I'm just not that excited about it which is a bummer because I've been looking forward to a Masterpiece Bumblebee ever since we first heard about a possible Binaltech Bumblebee.

Well, I'm excited.

reluctantyouth wrote:This is another MP sadly that I will wait for a KO version for half the price. Haters gonna hate...

Congratulations on encouraging Takara to not continue the line.

There IS something off about the shape and the color of his face. The symbol on his foot does blow his cover. Let's hope it's a sticker.

Other than that, I'm excited.
Finally, a BB update that's a VW. I've waited, what, i dunno, 30 years for that?

Seems like it scales better with classics than MP. While the scale seems kind of accurate in robot mode, I just dont see it being big enough to look good next to MP-10. Unless of course youre into that silly vintage toy scale penny racer crap. Just my opinion.

Sweet Jesus that is tiny it makes Scramble City look like a super base /leader/ ultra class figure

Rated X wrote: Unless of course youre into that silly vintage toy scale penny racer crap. Just my opinion.

You mean like how that old cartoon you hold to such a high regard was?

megatronus wrote:Dunno if we get official MPs of those characters, but right now my Dinobot priorities fall along Classics/Generations lines.

call me a dreamer, but i bet we'll see MP dinobots someday. once they finish the season 1 car bots, they either have to start season 2 guys or make us some dinobots

I really like the figure. Its a bit small but its the most accurate version of this Bumble bee we have ever seen. I don't think this hand painted model is doing it justice.

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:Dunno if we get official MPs of those characters, but right now my Dinobot priorities fall along Classics/Generations lines.

call me a dreamer, but i bet we'll see MP dinobots someday. once they finish the season 1 car bots, they either have to start season 2 guys or make us some dinobots

I don't think you're a dreamer, but I'm not sure you'll see it so soon (people might say the same thing about my hope for Shockwave). Especially since they opened up the cans of worms that are Ultra Magnus and Star Saber, I don't know if we can rely on them to stick to Season 1 or 2 bots in the near future.

That face seems a bit off for my liking, as is the colour. Seems to be fairly similar to the G1 cartoon, just, not that great

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote: Unless of course youre into that silly vintage toy scale penny racer crap. Just my opinion.

You mean like how that old cartoon you hold to such a high regard was?

For the most part, Bumblebee and the rest of the minibots came up to Primes waist level in the cartoon. (yes I know there were some anomalies) But that vintage toy scale where the mini bots only come up to Primes kneecaps is just stupid. I hate the toy scale, always did, always will. While the cartoon was far from perfect, it attempted to correct a lot of things that looked bad in the toy line. The season 1 lineup was mashed together from a bunch of different Japanese toy lines of different sizes. So tweaking the scale in the cartoon made sense. It gave it a more realistic vibe.

I'm not paying $70+ bucks for a barely 5 inch figure.

Correction, 4 inch figure...

shajaki wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Now that's a much more attractive looking crotch.

that comment was funny, but directly followed by your sig is priceless

Hahaha, Freudian.

Wow, he's smaller than I thought he'd be, but then again, he comes with a Spike in armor that's almost as big as him.

I totally get the price being a big issue. But not the scale. He seems to be a perfect fit:

Impressive fig, it's nice to see a gun for Bee, and the spare tire is cool in either of its mounts. I must say though, the paint work has me scared, and the legs look kinda stickly, so I think I'm gonna stick with my Classics Bee for now.

I cant be the only one who thinks smaller than the current smaller deluxes is too small. Especially for the price of a master piece.

Probably the release I'm looking forward to the most. Finally this iconic character gets a proper figure.

How come a few people already have it?

can't wait to have him in hand

Siger wrote:I'm not paying $70+ bucks for a barely 5 inch figure.

Correction, 4 inch figure...

Me either...I ordered mine from Japan for like $39 instead.

Kibble wrote:
Me either...I ordered mine from Japan for like $39 instead.

From where, and how much was shipping?

I preordered from BBTS, but if there's a cheaper option, I'd love to know.

Kibble wrote:

Siger wrote:I'm not paying $70+ bucks for a barely 5 inch figure.

Correction, 4 inch figure...

Me either...I ordered mine from Japan for like $39 instead.

Yeah but how much is the shipping?

william-james88 wrote:

Kibble wrote:

Siger wrote:I'm not paying $70+ bucks for a barely 5 inch figure.

Correction, 4 inch figure...

Me either...I ordered mine from Japan for like $39 instead.

Yeah but how much is the shipping?

Three kidneys, an acre of land, and a goat.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Kibble wrote:
Me either...I ordered mine from Japan for like $39 instead.

From where, and how much was shipping?

I preordered from BBTS, but if there's a cheaper option, I'd love to know.

hlj.com
Shipping depends on how fast and heavy.
Wheeljack's shipping cost me about 18 us for 7 day shipping, but that was to Germany.

Looks like the transformation is very similar to Wheeljack. I wonder if that's why they were released so close to one another?

I think he meant $37 Euros? It's $47 USD on HLJ. Plus shipping, it'll still come out to $60. I still wouldn't buy this "leglux" or "warriorgend" size figure for that much.

Siger wrote:I think he meant $37 Euros? It's $47 USD on HLJ. Plus shipping, it'll still come out to $60.

HLJ isn't taking any more preorders, but it was priced at $55.60. Int'l shipping would cost at least $15, so it would be $70 shipped.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

The only way anyone is getting this for $39 is if it's a knock-off. Even in Japan it costs more than that.

I'm sorry, X, but you aren't getting away with this one.

Rated X wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote: Unless of course youre into that silly vintage toy scale penny racer crap. Just my opinion.

You mean like how that old cartoon you hold to such a high regard was?

Sabrblade, you hit the nail on the head. Also, X, is EVERYTHING that doesn't conform to your extremely narrow view "silly crap"?

For the most part, Bumblebee and the rest of the minibots came up to Primes waist level in the cartoon. (yes I know there were some anomalies)

SOME anomalies? The minibot's heights were completely all over the place. They NEVER stayed consistent- ever. Sometimes Bumblebee came up to Prime's chest, sometimes he came up to his knees. And whenever he transformed he seemed to go to "normal" car size (albeit with penny-racer proportions) despite being only slightly taller than a human normally. Seaspray was often depicted as the same height as Bumblebee in robot mode...and then the size of a normal hovercraft in vehicle mode. Sometimes. Warpath meanwhile seems to go from a decidedly non-Mini robot mode to a normal sized (and thus very large) tank.

But focusing on Bumblebee...


...Seen here barely bigger than a guy in a wheelchair...


...And here only somewhat larger than Ravage...


...And yet here roughly the size of an actual VW Beetle.

But that vintage toy scale where the mini bots only come up to Primes kneecaps is just stupid.

You mean the scale the cartoon actually used (most of the time)?

I hate the toy scale, always did, always will. While the cartoon was far from perfect, it attempted to correct a lot of things that looked bad in the toy line.

And yet whenever anyone tries to correct anything that looked bad in the cartoon (like Megatron turning into a goddamn handgun, the equivalent of Darth Vader turning into his own lightsaber for a Storm Trooper to hold) then you call it "silly crap".

By your logic, G1 is a horrible, heretical work that ruined Diaclone and Microman forever, changing Cosmo Countach's iconic red deco, giving Cherry Vanette a head instead of the COMPULSORY chair, and totally taking a dump over the source material by making them sentient robots instead of piloted mecha. G1 ruined Diaclone and Microman forever and raped thousands of Japanese children's childhoods forever.

The season 1 lineup was mashed together from a bunch of different Japanese toy lines of different sizes. So tweaking the scale in the cartoon made sense. It gave it a more realistic vibe.

>G1 cartoon
>Realistic

I do not have a laughing image macro mocking enough for this.

But damnit I'm going to try.





...Ahem.

Anyways, this guy looks great. I'd actually love him for my "normal" collection as he looks pretty good next to deluxe cars. I kinda wish they gave him his penny racer proportions, but saying that, the Choro-Q look probably doensn't look quite as good at that size as it does on a penny-sized figure. Also engineering and all.

In any case, I love 'im.

Some people are so determined to find things to complain about they don't even realize they're contradicting themselves.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Siger wrote:I think he meant $37 Euros? It's $47 USD on HLJ. Plus shipping, it'll still come out to $60.

HLJ isn't taking any more preorders, but it was priced at $55.60. Int'l shipping would cost at least $15, so it would be $70 shipped.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

The only way anyone is getting this for $39 is if it's a knock-off. Even in Japan it costs more than that.

No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.

Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

I see $55.60



The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40

https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen

Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

I see $55.60



The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40

https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen

Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.

We got it at pre-order prices. HLJ, like most Japanese based retailers have "early bird" pre-order prices that are below actual retail.
Just checked, BB cost me 5,100 yen, which according to current conversion is 47.11 USD, add 18 USD for fast shipping and you get 65.11 USD. Other places have even lower early bird specials, but I used hlj because they let me pay once it's there, and over pay-pal while the others use credit cards only.
For me this is the cheapest way of getting these, local hoby stores want like 80 USD for the figure alone, plus shipping. On top of that I get it the same time it arrives at their store.

Amiami, goes even lower, Star Saber for instance is currently 32% of.

GuyIncognito wrote:

Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

I see $55.60



The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40

https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen

Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.

They sold it at 15% off.
http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?utm_source=seibertron.com&Genr ... 21=&x=0&y=0&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Yes the other guy's high or have memory problems.

Dead Metal wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:

Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

I see $55.60



The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40

https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen

Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.

We got it at pre-order prices. HLJ, like most Japanese based retailers have "early bird" pre-order prices that are below actual retail.
Just checked, BB cost me 5,100 yen, which according to current conversion is 47.11 USD, add 18 USD for fast shipping and you get 65.11 USD. Other places have even lower early bird specials, but I used hlj because they let me pay once it's there, and over pay-pal while the others use credit cards only.
For me this is the cheapest way of getting these, local hoby stores want like 80 USD for the figure alone, plus shipping. On top of that I get it the same time it arrives at their store.

Amiami, goes even lower, Star Saber for instance is currently 32% of.

Thanks for the info on Starsaber, amiami had them sold out on pre-orders. Now I can save another $12 compared to my HLJ order.