I'm hoping that's the case. Thanks.
New leak, this time, Legacy Animated Bumblebee. Just robot mode pics at the moment
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The general design doesn’t look awful in a mini bot sort of way. But Hasbro’s attempt to retain the “stylization” of Animated, RiD15 and Prime characters is still falling flat. I know not everyone was pleased with how Prime Arcee and Bulkhead turned out, but I think those attempts to “standardized” their faces worked a LOT better than this halfway measure we’re seeing on the likes of Prowl and Strongarm, and now Bumblebee.
Transformers Legacy Animated Bumblebee First Look
Via domdukehazard on Reddit, we've got our first look at the upcoming Transformers Legacy "Animated Universe" Bumblebee! Based on the Bumblebee who featured in the beloved 2008 Cartoon Network series Transformers Animated, Legacy Animated Bumblebee features his arm-mounted stingers and has a...
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The general design doesn’t look awful in a mini bot sort of way. But Hasbro’s attempt to retain the “stylization” of Animated, RiD15 and Prime characters is still falling flat. I know not everyone was pleased with how Prime Arcee and Bulkhead turned out, but I think those attempts to “standardized” their faces worked a LOT better than this halfway measure we’re seeing on the likes of Prowl and Strongarm, and now Bumblebee.
I think it’s the dainty feet. Animated or not, a defining feature of many Bumblebee designs are his big boot look. This one definitely messes with that established “body profile”
Not a fan of the face. It needs to be more G1 with a hint of animated, IMO.
Something more akin to a fan's design above perhaps?
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I think the head sculpt is fine.
Animated is one of my favorite versions of Transformers, so I'm definitely down for this Bumblebee. I actually like the head sculpt in general, but I do agree that the smile is maybe 20% too "cartoony." If that smile had been rotated just a little closer to center, still offset enough to be a smirk, but not quite so exaggerated, I think I would have liked it more. Hoping to get a Wasp out of this mold, too.
Not digging that shoulder construction. Nor the fact that his feet are now backwards compared to the original design.
I really don't see what this offers any better than either the original Deluxe (which was an excellent figure) or the Takara-exclusive Jet Pack Bumblebee (which provided a smaller, more size-accurate version of the guy with less/better use of its kibble parts than the Deluxe).
Now, redeco/retool it as Wasp (something new and different enough that we've never gotten before in toy form), and then we'll talk.
I really don't see what this offers any better than either the original Deluxe (which was an excellent figure) or the Takara-exclusive Jet Pack Bumblebee (which provided a smaller, more size-accurate version of the guy with less/better use of its kibble parts than the Deluxe).
Now, redeco/retool it as Wasp (something new and different enough that we've never gotten before in toy form), and then we'll talk.
The head is the opposite of Goldilocks zone. Either make it more G1 or more Animated, not this weird in-between thing. And yeah, the smirk looks pretty bad. It's just a line, which works for Animated but with the more G1-ish look, more defined mouth would probably look less out of place.
I agree the shoulders look terrible. That's the sort of thing you'd let pass on a Legends figure since they're tiny and cheap.
I agree the shoulders look terrible. That's the sort of thing you'd let pass on a Legends figure since they're tiny and cheap.
The body doesn't fit an Animated collection, and the head doesn't fit anything but an Animated collection.
This is like a bad GDO toy, except even worse because they went through all he trouble to make a complete new mold and it still doesn't match itself.
This is like a bad GDO toy, except even worse because they went through all he trouble to make a complete new mold and it still doesn't match itself.
I think the opposite; the head is the most important part to defining a character in general and to distinguishing Animated from G1 in particular, and this head is good in a way that none of the others were.New leak, this time, Legacy Animated Bumblebee. Just robot mode pics at the moment
Transformers Legacy Animated Bumblebee First Look
Via domdukehazard on Reddit, we've got our first look at the upcoming Transformers Legacy "Animated Universe" Bumblebee! Based on the Bumblebee who featured in the beloved 2008 Cartoon Network series Transformers Animated, Legacy Animated Bumblebee features his arm-mounted stingers and has a...
The general design doesn’t look awful in a mini bot sort of way. But Hasbro’s attempt to retain the “stylization” of Animated, RiD15 and Prime characters is still falling flat. I know not everyone was pleased with how Prime Arcee and Bulkhead turned out, but I think those attempts to “standardized” their faces worked a LOT better than this halfway measure we’re seeing on the likes of Prowl and Strongarm, and now Bumblebee.
I also don't really see Prowl as particularly less "standardized" than the Prime characters. He definitely looked more like them than he does like Bumblebee. (Specifically talking about the head.)
The rest of the body being different aside, this still looks like Animated Bumblebee. Not "a G1 counterpart to Animated Bumblebee".
Availability?
I feel like that's a pretty big thing to just set aside. If the head is right, then the entire rest of the body is wrong.
well we knew we weren't going to get a rebox of the animated toy... so I'm fine with the changes... lol it's classics animated Bee. there we go now he can go on my shelf next to skinny mirage and nerf megatron.
also nice to see prowls exist, whenever you want to send some to canada hasbro i'll just be here. money in hand
also nice to see prowls exist, whenever you want to send some to canada hasbro i'll just be here. money in hand
Yeah, and I don't like the "standardized proportions" nonsense in a main line, but it's more accurate than Prowl or especially Bulkhead in that regard too.
This isn't perfect but it's closer to what it should be than any other Legacy version of a character from RiD, Animated, Prime, the other RiD, or Cyberverse has been. (Shadow Striker's head is entirely correct; the problem is that her body is Sideburn's, which is a larger inaccuracy than just having wrong proportions.)
This isn't perfect but it's closer to what it should be than any other Legacy version of a character from RiD, Animated, Prime, the other RiD, or Cyberverse has been. (Shadow Striker's head is entirely correct; the problem is that her body is Sideburn's, which is a larger inaccuracy than just having wrong proportions.)
I can definitely see the complaints, and kind of wonder if the feet aren't mistransformed (but don't really expect that is the case), but inspite of its flaws, I like this Bee. I will echo the sentiments of others that I am maybe more interested in what redecos we will get out of it, though (particularly Wasp!).
If he had big stompy car feet, I think I could go for it. As-is, this seems more like it fits in with that weird period around the end of Prime and for a while after where almost every new 'Bee take was a Slightly Different Take on the movie build, this one just lacks door wings.