Rumors are coming in that; Transformers 3 Autobot Bumblebee would be a Chevrolet Camaro Convertible 2011.
Tmurphycardesign of the Camaro5.com forums, claim to have seen the new Bumblebee. He says that… “I guess we’re shipping it out real soon, because they are going to be shooting it within a week or so.”
Coincidentally, GM officially revealed (two days ago on April 14th) teaser pictures of the new Camaro Convertible due to release on year 2011.
Donmurphy.net Message Board is also buzzing with this new speculation.
To support the rumor even further more, an abandoned concept art for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Bumblebee clearly shows a Camaro Convertible Alternate Mode.
Update: Another concept art reveals Convertible Bumblebee’s Robot Mode
Is this the “Upgraded” Bumblebee, Scott Benza and Scott Ferrar from Industrial Light & Magic were talking about?
Do tell us your opinion at the Thread by hitting the Discuss Button.
Note: Please remember that this news is of Rumor Category until we get confirmation.
Trailbreaker77
How many miles have you put on your car?
firehawc_69
What? How? WTF? …is going on with this thread?
There's nothing but speculation about anything here. I saw that thread on Camaro5.com, there was no mention of anything, especially a convertible. The guy may not have even seen a set vehicle. It could have been the catering guy's car, or something completely unrelated to anything.
In fact, the same thread had people saying how they thought the Charger looked like the Camaro…on a Camaro Forum!
Everyone take a step back please. There are no jump-to-conclusions mats here.
Ace Convoy
I don't really see the difference between the upgraded/regular bee.
if they gave him a mouth maybe…
moreprimeland
Bee as a convertible would be pretty cool..and with the Stealth coloring would be a nice change for the 3rd movie.. adding a red one to be Cliffjumper would be a-ok as well..
Besides it will probably change by next week anyway
omegagoalie
I don't think it really matters all that much…but that's just me I can see the upside for the Bee toy as it would have less back kibble as pointed out already.
Trailbreaker77
I wouldn't expect anything less.
Pauly T
The Camaro is just so wrong for BB's character in the first place that whether or not it's a convertible makes absolutely no difference.
FreshDebesh
Exactly. Its not like Prime is a flat nosed tractor trailer or Ratchet and Ironhide are vans like in G1. Might as well enjoy the new designs.
Digilaut
I didn't mind him being an old beat up car…when he changed into the new Camaro I had my doubts. But it's happened, so I don't see how changing again into a convertible is any 'worse', or why people should complain all over again about it..
Sorrow Six Star
that would be me… and they are so far gone from convention in this series, they may as well make him a boat next…. hahaha
FreshDebesh
If this does end up being true, it would be cool. Anything to change things up a bit. Also, anyone raging about how Bumblebee should not be a convertible are probably the same people that raged about Bumblebee being a Camaro and not a VW Bug for the '07 movie.
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Jarodimus
It's not even that.
martimus_prime
Interesting, i wonder what the toy will look like since it is a convertible.
tomagnus
please let this be a joke.(i know it's only a rumor) Don't ruin Bee by turning him into a convertible. now cliffjumper there's a good idea.. but please not Bee.
bny888
It would be great if Cliffjumper would appear in Movie 3 as a Convertible Camaro, BUT, at least please give him a different head from BB…
SPLIT LIP
I suppose he has a point.
Not that I don't still like the idea of BB being a convertible.
I love how people are whining about the potential new toys, because those so wouldn't be made anyway.
Nothing you just said makes any sense in any way possible. Ever.
You know, in fiction Cliffjumper is almost always shown as being different from BB like his G1 toy. If they did put him in the movies it seems very, very unlikely he's just be a stright BB redeco.
Jarodimus
Good luck. There seems to be a total of about 5 people paying attention.
Silk Spectre
It wouldn't be that big of a change if it were true, so it wouldn't bother me either way.
But I highly doubt that they'll add Cliffjumper into the movie. Because Bee is their starring Autobot next to Prime, I doubt they'll want to have another Autobot that looks exactly like him with the exception of color. Bee is too main of a character – I would think they'd want to keep him unique.
ironscythe
I see no visible difference in this concept art from any previous artwork released. It could even be fake. Primus knows it's easy to slap some nicely pixelated, blurry text on a photo…However, this could be an explanation for the talk of "trimming down" the character models that was mentioned a while back. Taking the roof off of Bumblebee might be a major step towards a less cluttered appearance. Or it might not.
MekaGojira3k
Well, I'll feel less bad about buying the new Bumblebee Toys.