Title:
Bumblebee 2nd
Description:
Bumblebee (Deluxe Class, 2012)
Series / Number: 1 / 001
Japanese ID number: AM-02
Japanese release date: March 31, 2012
Accessories: 2 arm-mounted blasters (Hasbro only), "B.B.” Arms Micron (Takara only)
Part of the first wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class toys, this Bumblebee is an entirely new mold, and features a much simpler transformation (and slightly decreased posability), including a "dramatic head reveal”: the entire car mode front section are geared together, so when the robot mode shoulders are pulled out, the hood opens up to flip out Bumblebee’s head and expand his chest. Two blaster-weapons are now included, which use 5mm posts and holes to mount on his forearms, engine block, or be used as hand-held weapons. They can also combine to form a larger quad-barreled cannon. While the instructions are rather vague about it, his folded-up roof actually features a tab that’s meant to peg into a slot behind his pelvis, securing his roof somewhat in robot mode. This version of the toy was later retooled into Hot Shot.
In wave six of the "Robots in Disguise” toyline, Bumblebee was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the Prime episode "Loose Cannons”.
The TakaraTomy version of Bumblebee, part of the first wave of Prime toys, is considerably different. His roof and doors have been retooled to include 5mm-hole mounting points, which are meant to be used with the new Arms Micron system. As such, he does not come with the Hasbro version’s blasters, instead, he comes with the Arms Micron B.B., who transforms into an oversized version of Bumblebee’s wrist-mounted blasters. His paint operations have also been pretty heavily decreased; his doors, roof, and rear window-frame have stripe-less solid-yellow paint to cover the clear plastic, leaving his engine block, grill-parts and face the only "detail-painted” parts on the toy. Most of his detailing, like his car mode striping, is provided by a separate sheet of customer-applied foil stickers. (This actually allows for more show-accurate stripes than the painted Hasbro version.) Unfortunately, he suffers from a particularly horrid case of sticker placement: The instructions tell you to place stickers between his front wheels and doors to continue his stripe patterns, but due to how the doors are jointed, there is not enough clearance near them to accommodate these stickers, and opening the doors will destroy the stickers.
Series / Number: 1 / 001
Japanese ID number: AM-02
Japanese release date: March 31, 2012
Accessories: 2 arm-mounted blasters (Hasbro only), "B.B.” Arms Micron (Takara only)
Part of the first wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class toys, this Bumblebee is an entirely new mold, and features a much simpler transformation (and slightly decreased posability), including a "dramatic head reveal”: the entire car mode front section are geared together, so when the robot mode shoulders are pulled out, the hood opens up to flip out Bumblebee’s head and expand his chest. Two blaster-weapons are now included, which use 5mm posts and holes to mount on his forearms, engine block, or be used as hand-held weapons. They can also combine to form a larger quad-barreled cannon. While the instructions are rather vague about it, his folded-up roof actually features a tab that’s meant to peg into a slot behind his pelvis, securing his roof somewhat in robot mode. This version of the toy was later retooled into Hot Shot.
In wave six of the "Robots in Disguise” toyline, Bumblebee was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the Prime episode "Loose Cannons”.
The TakaraTomy version of Bumblebee, part of the first wave of Prime toys, is considerably different. His roof and doors have been retooled to include 5mm-hole mounting points, which are meant to be used with the new Arms Micron system. As such, he does not come with the Hasbro version’s blasters, instead, he comes with the Arms Micron B.B., who transforms into an oversized version of Bumblebee’s wrist-mounted blasters. His paint operations have also been pretty heavily decreased; his doors, roof, and rear window-frame have stripe-less solid-yellow paint to cover the clear plastic, leaving his engine block, grill-parts and face the only "detail-painted” parts on the toy. Most of his detailing, like his car mode striping, is provided by a separate sheet of customer-applied foil stickers. (This actually allows for more show-accurate stripes than the painted Hasbro version.) Unfortunately, he suffers from a particularly horrid case of sticker placement: The instructions tell you to place stickers between his front wheels and doors to continue his stripe patterns, but due to how the doors are jointed, there is not enough clearance near them to accommodate these stickers, and opening the doors will destroy the stickers.
Theme:
Prime
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2012
Country:
United States
Series:
Prime
Model Number:
Yellow Car
Date Added:
2022-10-15 19:06:35
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2022-10-15 19:06:35
