{"id":9355,"date":"2010-09-14T04:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T09:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=9355"},"modified":"2010-09-14T04:51:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T09:51:59","slug":"vault-review-wfc-bumblebee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=9355","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
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<\/a>A couple weeks ago I reviewed the new War for Cybertron Optimus Prime. I had bought Bumblebee with him and meant to review him the next week. My intentions, and attention, got subverted by other toys though, but now I\u2019ve returned to Mr. Bee before he becomes entirely obsolete.<\/p>\n

Megatron and Soundwave have started hitting stores. I haven\u2019t been lucky enough to find them yet though. But that\u2019s another reason I\u2019ve decided to go back and do Bumblebee. I don\u2019t want to get too far behind on my Transformers reviews before new one\u2019s get piled on.<\/p>\n

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Like Optimus, there are things I love and things I hate about this figure. Bumblebee\u2019s robot mode is decent looking, but there are a couple of peculiarities about it. I do love his head sculpt. There\u2019ve been a lot of Bumblebees over the years, but I think this is one of the best looking head sculpts I\u2019ve seen. It\u2019s just very classic looking, without being too boxy. Another thing I like about the sculpt is all the little details. Like Optimus, there are these great areas all over his body that show off the Cybertronian tech. What I don\u2019t like about Bumblebee\u2019s robot sculpt are his awkward proportions. His arms and legs are both longer than his body. This gives him a strange squat look, like he\u2019s only got half a torso. This isn\u2019t helped by the fact that the rear canopy of his car mode just sits behind him, giving him a hunched over look. Kind of reminds me of a little yellow Quasimodo.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s also an issue with Bumblebee\u2019s size. We all know Bee is the short guy in the Autobot\u2019s group, but in this toyline he\u2019s about the same size as Optimus, Soundwave, and Megatron. I brought this up in my Optimus review, saying that Optimus should be larger. But those more dedicated Transformers fans out there disagreed with me, saying that it was Bumblebee who is too large. After seeing Megatron and Soundwave, I\u2019m going to have to agree. Bee is too big in this line. But, I don\u2019t think he\u2019d look as good in Scout class and I still contend that Optimus and Megatron should be Voyager class or larger. The real problem with this line is Hasbro limiting it to Deluxe class. I\u2019m not really sure why they did that, but I think it\u2019s a mistake. I want my robots big, unless they\u2019re Bumblebee.<\/p>\n

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They did a great job on Bumblebee\u2019s paint job also. Although he\u2019s mostly molded in black and yellow, there are a lot of small paint apps over his body with very little slop. His eyes are probably one of the smallest details I love. There\u2019s no light piping, but they are painted with a glossy bright blue. Not only that, but there\u2019s this thin black outline around the blue. I have no idea how that didn\u2019t get sloppy. There\u2019s also this great fluorescent orange on his headlights and tail lights that contrasts the yellow and black nicely. One other thing that I like, but thought was strange, is that the panels on the outside of his wheels\/feet are gold, not yellow. Not sure why they went with the different color, but it looks cool. Like he\u2019s wearing flashy shoes.<\/p>\n

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Like Optimus, the articulation on Bumblebee is insane. He\u2019s got a ball jointed head, shoulders, wrists, and ankles\/feet. His bicep, waist, and thigh are swivel cuts. His knees are hinged, while his elbows are double hinged. Lastly, he\u2019s got swivel\/hinged hips. This gives him a huge range of movement, but because of his disproportioned body shape it\u2019s difficult to get him in a position that doesn\u2019t look strange. Continue to Page Two…<\/A>.<\/p>\n

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Bee comes with one accessory, a gun which fits easily in either hand. Or, if you don\u2019t want him holding it, it can be stored inside the back of the hatch on his back. Also, he has two arm blades that are attached at his wrists. They\u2019re made of translucent red and can flip out from underneath his forearm. They have sculpted grooves, including a particularly deep one in the center. Kind of like a blood groove, this is an interesting idea for robots. I really like these blades. They\u2019re almost too cool for a character like Bumblebee.<\/p>\n

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Bumblebee\u2019s transformation is involved, to say the least. Like Optimus, you pretty much need the instructions the first couple times. I would say that I\u2019m impressed how those long limbs can fit inside that car shell, but they don\u2019t. Not perfectly at least. Bumblebee\u2019s so tightly held together that if any limb or part of the shell isn\u2019t perfect, then he won\u2019t fit together. I was able to transform him once perfectly, but can\u2019t seem to repeat the process for some reason. I have the most problem with his back legs. If I fit one side in, it always pushes the other out. For this review I spent about thirty minutes trying to get this to work right, but was defeated in the end and gave up in frustration.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s really a shame I can\u2019t get his transformation to work right, because I love Bumblebee\u2019s vehicle mode. This is what I think about when I picture the car of the future. The red light piping around the wheels is also a nice touch. Who\u2019d of thought that a VW Bug was a sleek, futuristic, racing machine in a previous life? The only thing that could make this better is when they repaint him into Cliffjumper! With the voice of The Rock, that would be pure awesome!<\/p>\n

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Where does this leave me? I don\u2019t know. He\u2019s not as perfect a figure as RotF Lockdown, but he\u2019s not terrible either. I wish his body were longer, but the figure was shorter. I love his car mode, but I can\u2019t get him to keep it perfectly. Enjoyable and frustrating at the same time, WFC Bumblebee is a figure of contradictions.<\/p>\n

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A couple weeks ago I reviewed the new War for Cybertron Optimus Prime. I had bought Bumblebee with him and meant to review him the next week. My intentions, and attention, got subverted by other toys though, but now I\u2019ve returned to Mr. Bee before he becomes entirely obsolete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10,35],"tags":[692,690,691,625],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bumbTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-2qT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10696,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10696","url_meta":{"origin":9355,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Transformers WFC Cliffjumper","date":"December 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re a Transformers fan, one thing you can always count on is the inevitable repaint figure. 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