Title:
Bumblejumper Vehicle Mode Minibot Mini Bot
Description:
The toy that has come to be known as ”Bumper” or ”Bumblejumper” has never had an official Transformers release as its own character from either Hasbro or Takara.
Originally a mold from Takara’s pre-Transformers Microman Microchange line, the yellow version of the ”MC-04 Mini CAR Robo 02 Familia 1500XG” mold appeared on Cliffjumper cards in 1984 (it’s not impossible that he was also available on Bumblebee cards, but to this day, no packaged example has surfaced).
How this toy came to be released in this manner has yet to be determined, and it’s highly likely the mystery may never be solved, although a few factors point to this toy having been originally intended for a Transformers release by Hasbro. For years, the toy was referred to as ”Bumblejumper” by fans, a portmanteau of ”Bumblebee” and ”Cliffjumper”, since he was believed to have been packaged on the cards for both of those Minicars. In the early 1990s, the shortened and more Transformers-like name ”Bumper” began to propagate through the fandom. The name was made ”official” for the toy when it was used in the first issue of Dreamwave’s ongoing Transformers comic in 2004.
The only official separate-character Transformers releases of the mold were the versions released by Estrela in Brazil. It was known simply as ”Sedan” and was cast in four color schemes, first two as the ”Robocar” Sedan, then two more as the heroic ”Optimus” Sedan.
The alternate mode for this figure is a Choro-Q version of a Mazda Familia.
Originally a mold from Takara’s pre-Transformers Microman Microchange line, the yellow version of the ”MC-04 Mini CAR Robo 02 Familia 1500XG” mold appeared on Cliffjumper cards in 1984 (it’s not impossible that he was also available on Bumblebee cards, but to this day, no packaged example has surfaced).
How this toy came to be released in this manner has yet to be determined, and it’s highly likely the mystery may never be solved, although a few factors point to this toy having been originally intended for a Transformers release by Hasbro. For years, the toy was referred to as ”Bumblejumper” by fans, a portmanteau of ”Bumblebee” and ”Cliffjumper”, since he was believed to have been packaged on the cards for both of those Minicars. In the early 1990s, the shortened and more Transformers-like name ”Bumper” began to propagate through the fandom. The name was made ”official” for the toy when it was used in the first issue of Dreamwave’s ongoing Transformers comic in 2004.
The only official separate-character Transformers releases of the mold were the versions released by Estrela in Brazil. It was known simply as ”Sedan” and was cast in four color schemes, first two as the ”Robocar” Sedan, then two more as the heroic ”Optimus” Sedan.
The alternate mode for this figure is a Choro-Q version of a Mazda Familia.
Theme:
1984
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1984
Country:
United States
Series:
G1
Model Number:
Yellow Car
Date Added:
2021-01-04 11:49:58
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2021-01-04 11:49:58
