Title:
Bumblebee Missing Orange Missile
Description:
Bumblebee (Deluxe, 2009)
TakaraTomy ID number: RA-03
Accessories: Pulse Missile
Released as part of a "preview” wave of the Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class assortment alongside Soundwave, Bumblebee is a relatively major retool of the Camaro Concept Bumblebee mold, feature a new vehicle front end, hood and wheels to reflect the changes to the prop vehicle used in the movie; and in robot mode has a new, more accurate head sculpt... that just so happens to have some very creepy painted eyes but still, it’s accurate nonetheless. Also, the paint on the door knobs, the gas lid, and the sculpted "Camaro” is omitted.
His right arm has also been replaced by an all-new sculpt which substitutes the hand and the hand-held converting plasma cannon/blade weapon from the previous version for a built-in plasma cannon with a spring-loaded firing gimmick for the included missile. If one wishes to use the normal right arm, one must pop off the plasma cannon arm and replace it with the normal forearm from the Screen Battles figure (the only one with the accurate gray color), though the window must be replaced with the same translucent blue piece by unscrewing it.
The instructions still depict him having the head from the 2007 Concept Camaro mold. Both the prototype and stock photos do not have his waist armor rotated into position in robot mode, while the later stock photo does not show the chest pieces being folded up. Due to the omission of the converting Plasma Cannon that holds the rear windows in position, the pieces may not align properly if the lower thighs/vehicle rear is not transformed properly during the robot-to-vehicle conversion.
The initial production run included a missile that was slightly too long for the slot inside the arm, so it either has to be slightly cut down to fit or the cannon must be swiveled outwards to accommodate the missile. This was fixed by a running change that saw the missile slightly shortened.The corrected version was also released in other markets such as Japan and Europe. Also, instead of having movie accurate gray colored "toe” sections on his feet like the later 2007 figures, his toes are painted yellow ...on top of yellow plastic. Oookay...
TakaraTomy ID number: RA-03
Accessories: Pulse Missile
Released as part of a "preview” wave of the Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class assortment alongside Soundwave, Bumblebee is a relatively major retool of the Camaro Concept Bumblebee mold, feature a new vehicle front end, hood and wheels to reflect the changes to the prop vehicle used in the movie; and in robot mode has a new, more accurate head sculpt... that just so happens to have some very creepy painted eyes but still, it’s accurate nonetheless. Also, the paint on the door knobs, the gas lid, and the sculpted "Camaro” is omitted.
His right arm has also been replaced by an all-new sculpt which substitutes the hand and the hand-held converting plasma cannon/blade weapon from the previous version for a built-in plasma cannon with a spring-loaded firing gimmick for the included missile. If one wishes to use the normal right arm, one must pop off the plasma cannon arm and replace it with the normal forearm from the Screen Battles figure (the only one with the accurate gray color), though the window must be replaced with the same translucent blue piece by unscrewing it.
The instructions still depict him having the head from the 2007 Concept Camaro mold. Both the prototype and stock photos do not have his waist armor rotated into position in robot mode, while the later stock photo does not show the chest pieces being folded up. Due to the omission of the converting Plasma Cannon that holds the rear windows in position, the pieces may not align properly if the lower thighs/vehicle rear is not transformed properly during the robot-to-vehicle conversion.
The initial production run included a missile that was slightly too long for the slot inside the arm, so it either has to be slightly cut down to fit or the cannon must be swiveled outwards to accommodate the missile. This was fixed by a running change that saw the missile slightly shortened.The corrected version was also released in other markets such as Japan and Europe. Also, instead of having movie accurate gray colored "toe” sections on his feet like the later 2007 figures, his toes are painted yellow ...on top of yellow plastic. Oookay...
Theme:
Revenge Of The Fallen
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2009
Date Added:
2023-03-21 18:53:47
Date Added:
2023-03-21 18:53:47
