Sneak Peek of Bumblebee from 'Transformers: Prime'?!

He looks... far too identical to the Movie version of BB to be a new character.

First we hear the show *may* be connected to WFC game, but this looks more like a movie connection.

I'm hoping that this is just an early look and that the final product will look unique enough to not be a mere movie knockoff like this one is.

Great, so the newer show may be Bayverse. Ugh. I have to assume it would be some adventures of the TFs before the first movie. As long as it leads to more Classicsverse toys I will tolerate it!

I'm going to venture that they are staying with a modified movie design to keep up with the new fans. I'm thinking that most of the new fans, due to the movies, are not aware of the fact that Bumblebee used to be a VW Beetle and probably would not accept it as such.

Camaro>Beetle...

Oh, well. Looking forward to a new series anyway. Gonna hold off my criticisms until then.

He looks very streamlined compared to movie BB. However, I have to wonder if they are just using the image to generate interest. One thing everyone should remember is that most of the target audience for this channel will have NEVER EVER SEEN G1 or even Beast Wars for that matter. So if the toon looked like the original BB, no one would recognize him from that audience. It makes sense from a marketing standpoint to use the movie BB because THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH and familiarity often breeds interest. If you are infamiliar with it, you tend to ignore it or- if you are less flexible- insult and berate it (see previous and subsequent posts in this thread for examples). I'm not going to rush to judgement until the cartoon previews and airs, or we get confirmation.

First-Aid, I hope you are ready to be counted as part of the minority because I can guarantee you that less than a handful of us share the same tolerance, patience and acceptance of this new BB that you do. I'm taking the same approach as you and personally, I don't see the image as a blatant rip-off of Bay style BB but more as a blend of a few different styles and done for exactly the reasons you stated.
I happen to like this new style but that opinion is unfortunately going to be buried in the whiny, derisive prattlings of the selfish, the ignorant and the otherwise completely intolerant which makes up the vast majority of this fandom.

I actually kind of like his look here. Using a wheel as a shoulder joint that way is definitely unique. It may take some getting used to, but it does the job. Overall, a very good lock for him.

I just can't wait to see what Optimus looks like in this series.

T-Macksimus, you are definitely right on that one. If there is one thing that far too many Transformers fans are resistant to, it's new ideas or anything different from Generation One. There are good things about G1, and there are things about it that need to stay dead. For example, an incompetent Megatron who tolerates Starscream's crap.

YESSS! bayverse all the way! cannot wait for toys

That's not too bad. I kinda like it. I hope the show is as good as Animated or better.

decepticonblitz77 wrote:YESSS! bayverse all the way! cannot wait for toys

Hell yeah.

While I did grow up with G1, I DO actually like Movie-verse Bumblebee better than G1 Bumblebee. Except for the face. The battle mask is cool, but I hate the normal face.

Yes, the robot in this teaser DOES look like Movie-verse Bumblebee, but with a better face. So, if we got a toy that was another version of Movie-verse Bumblebee with this face, I actually would buy him. Hate the idea of buying yet another Movie-verse BB, but a decent face makes all the difference in the world to me.

-J-

^Hmm, well if it is similar to Movie BB, I hope he's got a different alt mode, maybe even something Cybertronian. I'm getting pretty tired of the same BB figure getting released over and over again, and a different car would help with that. Maybe if it's some sort of prequel to the Movie, that wouldn't be so bad...

Eh, I suppose it has potential. If I don't like it, it's a welcome break I can use to catch up on old lines. Chances are it'll win me over in the end. I was one of the ones outraged over both Bayverse AND Animated in the beginning, and now I have shelves full of them.

Looks interesting. (Hope it' NOTHING like animated)

To be honest I'm not entirely sure I'd call that 'bayformerish'. It's much sleeker and not, to use other people's term, 'shredded car metal robot' looking. Some influence from, sure, but.

I'm more disappointed in seeing that its going back to CGI, I liked what cel animation did for Animated. I just hope the get proper CGI like Beast Wars and not that stiff looking stuff they had for Cybertron if they are.

I'm cranky and I hate it.

So far...

Oh No, my Nightmarish/joke story is coming true

http://leokearon.deviantart.com/art/Sam ... -144387441

It's eyes it'S EYES!

This looks like a mix between movie and Animated, with a bit of Waspinator mixed in. I can already see that the CGI will be stylised similar to Pixar just from seeing the face and the arm. A shame that he doesn't seem to share anything from his cybertronian form we have seen in WFC.

I'll reserve judgement till I see a full body shot, after all remember the first image we saw of animated on an advertisement just like this?

I'm guessing this is early material, close to what it will be but not the final version.

i dont know about you guys but get a "animated" feel to that helmet (the chin strap).

to me it looks like, animated+bayverse= "new" design

I wonder if this cartoon is going to be a storyline between ROTF and the next movie, Matrix or Clone Wars style. Not likely but seeing this design, this could be a look at the modified version of Bumblebee we've been promised in TF3.

Whether my speculation is true or not, it's clear the Bayverse designs and story arc are here to stay.

Hmm...a movie based series, exactly what I wanted.....except I wanted it on Cybertron so no humans(KICKER) ruin the series....
*Sigh*
This is probably going to turn out so corny I can't even watch it....

It looks...too early to judge. When I first glanced at it I said to myself "this is one aegly ass robot" Then when I stare at it, it looks like the movie BB with an Animated BB head. Which is Ok, I just hope the CG isnt as bullshit as the Beast Machines or Energon or even Cybertron's CG was. If the first episode turns out good, like Animated, Ill watch the rest of the series, if its not, Ill say "screw it" and go on to other things.

T-Macksimus wrote:First-Aid, I hope you are ready to be counted as part of the minority because I can guarantee you that less than a handful of us share the same tolerance, patience and acceptance of this new BB that you do. I'm taking the same approach as you and personally, I don't see the image as a blatant rip-off of Bay style BB but more as a blend of a few different styles and done for exactly the reasons you stated.
I happen to like this new style but that opinion is unfortunately going to be buried in the whiny, derisive prattlings of the selfish, the ignorant and the otherwise completely intolerant which makes up the vast majority of this fandom.

Amen. No truer words have been written on here. Every transformers series has it's goods and bads, but it seems many fans have alot of trouble seeing that. Instead of intelligently critiquing something, a series, a figure, a movie, talking about what they did right, or what they did wrong, it just gets a blanket of hateful and senseless remarks. Transformers has a much larger fanbase than many other comic/cartoon/sci-fi franchises and it's a shame people have to be that way. Hats off to the folks who run sites like Seibertron and TFwiki, who give credit to the transformers franchise as a whole.

If this is indeed Bumblebee in the new upcoming show, then that must mean that everyone else is going to more or less look like their movieverse counterparts (possibly). I hope this show will be good, I didn't care much for Animated, is was okay, but is was far from the best. After seeing TFA, I thought a better idea would've been a cartoon based on the movie, not necessarily plot wise, but robot designs from the movie made into cartoon versions, and a bit of a darker tone to the show itself. Of course, not so dark that kids can't watch it, but like Batman: The Animated Series kind of seriousness.

Isnt WFC the prequel to the new show? Last i check BB looks more like Classics BB than Movie BB. I really hope the new show isnt going to use the movie look, im getting really sick of it. New show is suppose to mean new look with only a few things kept the same to keep the continuity of the characters. And if WFC is a prequel i can only imagine how they are going to justify such a radical change from how they look on cybertron to how they look on earth earth.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Isnt WFC the prequel to the new show? Last i check BB looks more like Classics BB than Movie BB. I really hope the new show isnt going to use the movie look, im getting really sick of it. New show is suppose to mean new look with only a few things kept the same to keep the continuity of the characters. And if WFC is a prequel i can only imagine how they are going to justify such a radical change from how they look on cybertron to how they look on earth earth.

According to WFCs makers, WFC will use designs to be able to be an arch-story, a "universal" what-happened-before-Earth story.

Three words people: Grain of salt.

Besides, Bumblebee isn't the only character in that image. Does anyone have any thoughts on the other things we see here, hmm?

i think this is the updated movie bumblebee they talked about before

I would love a cartoon set in the movie-verse like Clone Wars bridging the storyline between movies. Or just a cartoonized version of the movies or something like that.

I don't mind the design of the Bumblebee pictured here. I agree that Camaro > VW Beetle. One of the only problems I had with BayFormers was the unexplained choices of colors for Ironhide, Ratchet, and Sideswipe. I mean, I've heard the red color excuse, but they made Rampage red, why not Ironhide and Sideswipe? And I loved characters like Blackout and Barricade that the movie-verse brought out.

I'm very interested to see how this Transformers: Prime turns out. As long as the storyline is comparable to Transformers: Animated, then I'll be ok with design choices that might not be my first choice.

This wouldn't be the first cartoon inspired by the movie-verse. Afterall, TF:Animated used the allspark (although it looked different), cybertronian Megatron looked kinda inspired by movieverse Megs, and it had Blackout (although only one episode). And they reverse engineered Megatron to get modern technology, which is mentioned in TF1 movie.

i have a feeling i wont like this new show.

Interesting. Definitely got the bug thing going for him.

I'll reserve judgment until I see the whole thing, but IMO this looks a little too detailed and advanced for a kid's show (though I doubt that's the exact version that'll be in the show).

Looks like one of my theories on Prime is sounding more and more real by the minute.

A Movie-Based Cartoon about a NEST Team also I bet money General Fowler is a NEST Team commander and I bet this will take place either during Revenge or sometime after the ending of Revenge.

On why it is called Prime that is cause of the Dynasty or the Primes as we seen in Revenge we will get more on that mythology and what it is about and why it is so important.

Now more than ever Im convinced this is a movie-verse toon espically the way BB looks like a sleeker version of his movie self.

I told everyone on my Theory on prime that this is a Movie Based version cartoon also look at who is over this also I knew then it would be also.

Prime will be a movie-base cartoon it will be in CGI similar to Cybertron I bet also done in 3-D CGI.

I was right about Transformers Animated lets see if i can make it 2 or 2 and get it right on Prime.

My Guess on Airdate October/November this year currently on Kids Discovery which is 179 on Dish Network.

Look I dont really care about it being a movie-verse cartoon look we all knew it was going to be with the guys behind it lets just hope they can make it make sense give us a good story and decent characters and make it fit in with the movie-verse.

Also there is a plus to this sense this is going to be movie verse that means no dorkey kids will be in it.

BB looks... meh. And kinda out of place with flat 2D characters.

Speaking of which, one is apparently "My Little Pony", but what is the dog from?

its obviously just stylized, simplified, michael bay, camaro bumblebee. idk what the point of all the conjecture is. btw, the face is just a slimmer stylized replica of movie bee, just like the rest of his body

Hmm.. If the new Transformers : Prime looks like this..
Then I'm waiting for the My Little Pony Show...
It looks more exciting.

hey i just thought of some thing if it is off the movieverse that could mean we could get some detail on some of the characters that we barely got to see (soundwave sideswipe ect). or some of the characters that we wish we saw (lockdown, dirge, thrust, breakaway...ect). So this might actually be good.

icenemesis wrote:hey i just thought of some thing if it is off the movieverse that could mean we could get some detail on some of the characters that we barely got to see (soundwave sideswipe ect). or some of the characters that we wish we saw (lockdown, dirge, thrust, breakaway...ect). So this might actually be good.

i so hope youre right.

Could he atleast have his horns, please?

I am a little disappointed that it stays with the movie design, but I understand for the younger generation it will be much cooler to see him this way, and they wouldn't understand why he would be different.
I'm more concerned about how cartoony it looks. Looks too "Animated", too animated. I don't mind 2d animation certainly, but I was hoping they'd be drawn in a more realistic style like Armada, rather then like caricatures with exageratted chins/arms like animated...

Shadowstream wrote:Three words people: Grain of salt.

I...kinda wish people would stop saying that. It's an extremely over-used phrase. I don't think I go a week without seeing it in a TF news story.

awsome but kind of odd ill just wait to see him in the show or in toys

Weren't we told, several times, that the new cartoon would be tied into the movieverse?

I could've sworn it was one of the news tidbits released at both Botcon, and SDCC.

Either way, I like the design. He looks really, really cool there.

It kinda makes sense, in a way, to continue using the movie designs...

2011 ain't that far away, and we have the Hunt For The Decepticons line coming, sooo....

Bayformer or not, he actually has a FACE! That's good enough for me, dammit...it may be OK for Decepticons to look like skinned Imagineering experiments, but these are Autobots, dagnabbit!

...I'm way more upset about that awful "Disney-XD" looking MLP up there. Yuck.

WHAT is my little pony doing in the same AREA as bumblebee ?!
The cartoon dog looks okay, I like cartoons that look oldschool.
Transformers prime will probably be the only show I watch on the hub. Or maybe they'll make an indiana jones show or a marvel show since hasbro makes the toys for them. Hopefully these transformers will have robot enemies(ooh professor princess,how scary. I'm a little disappointed that that really was the end for animated. They couldve at least brought prowl back at the end. This show looks cool and people should give it a chance. I bet the toys will be awesome. You gotta admit a curvy bot mode means a sleek alt mode. The entire transformers animated line is my witness.

No matter what, somebody isn't going to like it. At least he's yellow!

My world is cold. My world is of of hate. My life is cold......



THIS MAKES ME SOOOOO MAD!!!!!!

Like Transformers Animated, I will wait until the final product before making judgement. How many people bashed Animated simply due to the art style and then ended up liking it?

It's not too late to scrap this design and keep him original. It looks way too animated. Or maybe just scrap Michael Bay instead and give the final movie to someone else with better ideas...

Just my opinion...

Mkall wrote:Like Transformers Animated, I will wait until the final product before making judgement. How many people bashed Animated simply due to the art style and then ended up liking it?

Great point. I ended up loving the characters and story lines in Animated. And in the end, the animation grew on me.