RotF Movie Preview Bumblebee

Umm, think you missed the correct review thread there.

Anyway, Preview Bumblebee

Pros:
* Remolding looks quite nice, the new head especially
* Colors are about the best/most accurate of all short of the 'premium' toy of the previous line.
* Still probably the best movie Bumblebee mold, in robot mode if nothing else.

Cons:
* The mold is showing its age, and doesn't fit together in car mode anywhere near as well as it did in 2007/8, and some of the joints are getting loose.
* Paint apps gained in some areas are lost in others, the midsection has lost a fair bit for example.
* I don't care for the arm cannon, myself.

Notes neither positive nor negative
* The eyes have a rather intense stare - like frightened lemur intense.
* I did some part-swapping with an earlier toy to give my 'Bee two hands and a more detailed waist. The colors aren't a perfect match (either Premium or "Capture of Bumblebee" boxset 'Bee) but close enough that you have to really look.

Verdict:
If you plan to keep the toy in robot mode most of the time, and don't already have a dozen previous incarnations of this mold, it's probably worth getting.

How the Animated toy line REALLY came to an end

Could we see some pictures of that?

You're assuming Bay can read. Even if he could, he'd probably try and respond by scribbling in crayon on his computer screen.

How does the cannon and missle store in alt mode? Can someone please take a picture of the underside of the car?

I always remove the missile coz it would be protruding out behind the car in car mode. But the cannon however can be turned so that it will go through the center in car mode..

hes got a cool transformation but ive always felt the arms and legs on this robot just dont sit right on the figure, it looks clumsy somehow. he also looks cheaper than the 2007 incarnation of this mould, i do like the new head sculpt and eyes though.

The missle doesn't fit, and his transformation is fiddly as ever, but he is pretty nice. The rear windows cave in on mine too, unless I position things just right.

I think the rear window caving in is the norm for the new BB figure.. Could be the poor workmanship.. But the overall parts on mine including his cannon etc closes up just fine in car mode as you can see in my signature image below.. And to think that I had actually gotten it loose without any instruction manuals too way before the launch date..

I haven't decided if I'm gonna throw Preview BB's head on the Premium body or if I'm gonna switch out parts from the Premium onto the preview. Going with the reponses in this thread I'm leaning more to just throwing the head onto the Premium body.

This figure is a complete piece.

It's floppy as hell, they completely fucked up with the missile launcher (Seriously, it's not that hard to fix, Hasbro!), and it is just sloppy.

Worst figure in my ROTF collection thus far.

Rest in peace, Pickles. We'll never forget.
2002 - 2009

i had to cut down my missile to get it to fit in the arm, and the plastic feels extremely cheap compared to the 07 one