Newage N-H1 Little Bumblebee (legend size)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, May 15, 2018.

  1. daimchoc

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    Shame about the lack of rolling wheels, and the now-familiar curse of Bumblebee's face (whereby absolutely no one ever does a decent rendition of G1 Bumblebee's face - the recent Legends figure getting closest). However! That transformation is refreshingly original and clever, and results in a fairly accurate G1 BB in both modes. I'll definitely be picking this up. He looks finished - hopefully preorders go up soon.
     
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  3. FredVIII

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    Have you seen Hot Soldier's Bumblebee? I would submit that it's pretty much perfection. (The figure has its issues elsewhere though.)

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    Yes, I have it. I thought it looked great in photographs (like the one you posted), but was disappointed when I got it in-hand: it's just too wide at the chin, so it looks really fat, and the nose is squished in profile. So Takara Legends 'Bee wins for me for now (for some reason the paint makes it look ten times better than Hasbro's version). There just seems to be something about the planes of Bumblebee's face that makes it hard for anyone to really capture the youthful cartoon character. The MP, Hot Soldiers and Newage (and Legends to an extent) all get the details technically right while still somehow not quite capturing the character from the cartoon (I appreciate this is subjective and that you disagree about Hot Soldiers). I think face sculpts must just be incredibly hard to get right. Even Takara is hit and miss - for every Megatron and Ironhide that nails it there is a Bumblebee or Sunstreaker that misses the mark. Of course, I have to cut Newage a little slack, though, given how tiny the figure is they are working with!
     
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    I want side by side vehicle mode and bot mode comparisons to the G1 version dammit...:lol 
     
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    Nice to see their Bumblebee hasn't been tortured on a rack.
     
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    Well if that isn't a perfect little Bumblebee then I don't know what is. Can't wait to get the little bugger in hand!

    On a totally and completely unrelated note, if anyone needs a Hot Soldiers Bee I have one available. :3
     
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  8. daimchoc

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    I've been avoiding the legends-sized figures but may have to make an exception for this one. I can pose it next to my WST version so that it looks huge just for the irony!
     
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    just a couple of things stopping me declaring love for this guy. One it's a shame the chest is eventually so square after such a round alt, i don't think it channels toon bee enough, rather reminds of the old hasbro legion bee. Two something about the face sculpt not doing it for me. I can live with the proportions but maybe not the other things.
     
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  11. LoserBroadside

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    That transformation is very very slick; seems to out-MP the MP. I'm still not a fan of window cheats, but if they make a Cliffjumper and sell it by itself (aHEM Hot Soldiers...) I'll prolly get it. The gun storage is a nice touch.

    Also, dude, please..please...PLEASE trim those coke-nails.
     
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    So err... I take it this picture hasn't been posted yet?

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    What! Awesome! I can't wait to finish moving so I can sell of all my CHUG. Their basic design should work for the rest of the Throttlebots; I will take all six please.
     
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    Image isn't working for me...
     
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    Really nice transformation and cute as a button to boot! Sure, the static wheels kinda suck, but otherwise I think it's great!
     
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    me either :( 
     
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    I'll try again...

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    Hey, thanks bud!


    Apparently new shoulders were too much to hope for. :( 


    Do they have a Facebook account?
     
  19. daimchoc

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    I own this and his alt mode is animation perfect. I'm still getting this, now I've got to figure out what to do with my Golden bug (Currently I've 3 BB, the MP, MP Golden, and HS). :confused:  I got the MP for completionists sake, and the Golden was a test purchase from a site I'd not shopped at before and it was the cheapest MP they had.