by Shin-Gouki KO Carded Bumblebee (Never seen another like it) |
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05-12-2012, 12:46 AM
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| Bacala=Jobs Gouki=Wozniak    Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 6,370 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Originally: Huntington Beach, CA Collection Count: Soon to be one VERY Large G1 Bumblebee News Credits: 7   | KO Carded Bumblebee (Never seen another like it) All of the KO Carded Bumblebee's I have seen have had the G1 Toy Head and a Rub. This one has a Takara Anime Head and G1 Faction Symbol. (No Rub) Now I know the first thing someone is going to say is that it's a TF Collection #12 Bumblebee that has been custom carded. I thought that at first but then I looked carefully at the back of his head (no small feat when it's MOC) and saw that there is no rub there either, it's the G1 Sticker that is supposed to be there (the TF #12 Bee had the Rub There, same with Encore Bee) So anyone ever see another like this? Any KO Experts know the story behind it? I got it at Botcon 2011 in the dealer room.   all good things...... Gouki's Arcade Coming Soon! Last edited by Shin-Gouki; 05-12-2012 at 12:55 AM.. |
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05-12-2012, 02:58 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8,829 Location: Chekov's Gun is always loaded Collection Count: More than I can easily count News Credits: 5 | Yes I have seen it before on ebay it comes in White and blue (Bugbite & Glyph) style too (still on a G1 style card). I stumbled across it when I was looking for a Botcon Bugbite some months back.
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05-12-2012, 09:40 AM
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| Bacala=Jobs Gouki=Wozniak Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 6,370 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Originally: Huntington Beach, CA Collection Count: Soon to be one VERY Large G1 Bumblebee News Credits: 7 | I have seen the white and blue ones, but not the yellow all good things...... Gouki's Arcade Coming Soon! |
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05-13-2012, 11:21 AM
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| Bacala=Jobs Gouki=Wozniak Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 6,370 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Originally: Huntington Beach, CA Collection Count: Soon to be one VERY Large G1 Bumblebee News Credits: 7 | Anyone have any info? all good things...... Gouki's Arcade Coming Soon! |
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05-13-2012, 07:25 PM
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| Exclusively Exclusive   Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,875 Location: A planet of robots, USA News Credits: 12 | Add it to the list of running variations for the Zhong Jin counterfeits. I recently saw this pre-rub style Bumblebee on eBay, Transformers G1 Bumblebee MOSC Series 2 Hasbro Original | eBay Yours has the more familiar off-center peg hole. Does it also have the abbreviated copyright on back? I think the one constant with all the KO bumblebees is the bubble being too far from the edge. |
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05-13-2012, 10:44 PM
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| Bacala=Jobs Gouki=Wozniak Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 6,370 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Originally: Huntington Beach, CA Collection Count: Soon to be one VERY Large G1 Bumblebee News Credits: 7 | Didn't catch that before but yep, does have the usual KO Copyright all good things...... Gouki's Arcade Coming Soon! |
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06-14-2012, 10:44 AM
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| Omnibot  Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 211 | Hi, sorry to hijack this thread but any idea if the bumblebee in the picture is legit? |
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06-14-2012, 11:06 AM
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| Exclusively Exclusive Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,875 Location: A planet of robots, USA News Credits: 12 | Quote:
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06-14-2012, 11:14 AM
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| Omnibot Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 211 | Me bad. Here it is. It's Goldbug? But why is the autobot symbol not a rubsign? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...umblebeeb.jpg/  Last edited by dew; 06-14-2012 at 11:16 AM.. Reason: no photo |
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06-14-2012, 03:49 PM
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| _________________________  Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 13,287 Location: Black Dog Lake MN. Collection Count: 429. News Credits: 30 | Quote:
European reissue from early 90s? Around 1990. as Transformers wound down in the US, Hasbro Europe reissued some G1 toys in gold boxes. Some of them had their rubsign indents removed and replaced with autobot stickers. i can't find a picture of goldbug, but here's one of Freeway to give you a a rough idea. [Links are hidden for guests. Please Register.] | |
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