Transformers The Movie ; Deluxe Class, Bumblebee.

by BaseGuardian in December 23rd, 2007

Hi there heroes, today I’m going to review the most item search on the ebay after the Transformers The Movie was released , The Transformers The Movie Autobots Bumblebee (Concept Camaro, version).This toys was made by Hasbro/Takara (mine is Takara’s),in 2006/2007.I bought this from HLJ for Yen2200 that is about USD20, or RM70 exclude shipping, its a bit expensive. I’ve been looking for a cheaper one,but the price on ebay just keep rissing, so I just preorder it at HLJ. I bought this on June this year. This is the second version of Bumblebee, (Transformers) The Movie.
Packaging; this Transformers Bumblebee was packaged in a plastic carded container. The background of the packaging is red with Transformers The Movie’s fonts. inside the packaging Bumblebee was held by a twisties, on a plastic tray. There is an instructions leaflet given , but the transformation is just basic and simple you’ll probably don’t need it.This is a level 3 conversion rate Transformers.
Design; the sleek look and design of the Concept Camaro ‘08 is very well present on this figure. Hasbro/Takara deserved the credits for designing this toy to looks very much similar to the real car itself.But no rubber wheels on this figure( well it’s only a Deluxe Class figure!) In robot mode the Bumblebee looks very darn good, to me it is about 90% movie accurate. The head was sculpted with a normal looks (not a battle armored version). The advance automorph works well, when you turned the hood and side panel down the door will turn upside, and will looks like a pair of wings behind him. One more automorph trick is at his legs.
Articulations; it has very good articualtions. There is ball joint used on the neck, shoulders,waist and hip. Bumblebee can be poses in many ways in stability.
Material ; mostly ABS plastic (correct me if I’m wrong), with some metal nuts and screws.
This Bumblee used a clear blue plastic for the windshield, door and back mirror.
Colorings; the colors are not bad, but you can spoted the different on the door and body color( and some other parts) ,it lighter or darker on some parts. I think this is the only flaw of this figure, for me The head colorings, I wish they can do it better but for a Deluxe Class figure, it is okay with me.
Is it worth to get one or not? ; Yes, it’s worth to get one of this figure even if you are not collecting the Transformers The Movie toys line and i know it is a bit expensive due to it’s worldwide box-office movie fever.BaseGuardian Heroes Metre: