![]() The rear is comprises of 3 big and lazy panels (actually they are the top of the vehicle) which cover entirely the rear of the figure. From the side and rear of the robot, you can’t even notice that he has hands. The figure does come with “hand guard” design which I am not much a fan of it. The shurikens are being tugged in nicely to the “backpack” of him and doesn’t contribute much of a pulling force to the figure. The long feet base has provided a strong and sturdy stability to the figure. Maybe it’s a rare occurrence but I am that lucky to have the faulty one. Another point of disappointment over the QC on the paints. If you have noticed by now, my Takara AoE Bumblebee has a missing paint job on the robot left foot. It doesn’t split and transform like his older mold does. In actual fact, the part is a lump of plastic being pieced together and painted. The chest is actually a faux organic like front car design (which trying to mimic the front design of the car). First impression, he has greater shoulder pad design and smaller chest now. Moving on to the robot mode of AoE Bumblebee. Then again, what could go wrong by just sticking decal on the parts.Īnyhow, I do like the details being crafted on the front bonnet cover with gill like ventilation shaft. Even the Chevrolet logo is being left out discreetly.įortunately enough, the decal stripe is done nicely. All remained plain-fully done with blank taillights, blank rear skirting and blank licence plate. The most saddest thing is there is no other paints beside that. It was being left blank as well without any logo being imprinted.įrom the rear view, notice the top part (spoiler and above) is being painted while the part below is all the original plastic color. You will notice there’s a small Autobot emblem sized square in the front section of the vehicle. Not really sure what’s the motive for it but it does mar the visual pleasantness of him. I will come to that point later in the robot mode.Īlthough it is not apparent in the picture below, there are actually unpainted parts on the rear of the vehicle. In contrary, the top, front and side section of the alt mode are all being painted with glossy paints. ![]() Paint smudges can be noticed here and there. Speaking about paint job, I am truly disappointed with their crappy job especially with the black paints (yes, even for the so called better Takara version). Front bumper and grill are painted in black paints. Headlights design are smaller and are painted with metallic blue color. The decorative black stripe has changed from 2 split pieces into a single centered stripe. Color scheme remains the same: tangy orange color (supposed to be yellow in the movie) and black dominants. The new Camaro houses more sporty and intricate new front design with some noticeable resemblance from the 2007’s. For this round, there is no different but with an upgrade to the older and boring 2007 model. Sorry to say that I can’t show you how different between the two as I don’t have the Hasbro version (and I don’t keep 2 of the same mold).įor the movie verse of Bumblebee, he always being tagged with Camaro sport car. The one I have here is the Takara version which spotted with different paint job of the same mold. The Hasbro one is being released in the last AoE deluxe wave alongside with Lockdown, Snarl and Hotshot. There will also be another bundle with him inside – the Autobots United Platinum Edition which has better paint job as well. After which the Takara version came out earlier than the Hasbro. This version of Bumblebee firstly released in a Toys“ R“ Us Exclusive Evolution pack (together with a legend class Bumblebee). To collector’s delight (and annoyance), you may need to keep both of the same character to have a complete set of Autobots. ![]() If you still remember the first TF movie itself you have the 19 Camaro based Bees. This is not the first time to have 2 versions of Bumblebee in a single movie. One being the more classic 67 SS Camaro (in toy form will be the High Octane Bumblebee), the other one which will be the sleeker 2014 Camaro concept version that will be reviewed today. There are actually 2 versions of Transformers: Age of Extinction (AoE) Bumblebee in the movie.
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