Zeta Toys Zeta-V ZV-01 Pioneer (Bumblebee Movie VW Beetle Bumblebee)

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  1. Mercutio

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    personally the legs just kill it for me. here's hoping TC's will be more accurate. It's a shame that they're going just for MP scale rather than 3A DLX scale though.
     
  4. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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  5. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    The legs are TOO skinny.
     
  6. Mks

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    Mines arrived today, looks good, legs are a little skinny, but it's not off-putting (at least for me). Not had chance to transform him yet. Weathering looks good on it, paint looks real nice, the blades are rubbery and are a little fiddly to slip under his wrist armour.

    Lights I'll have to have a look later as they don't work out of the box, there is a little strip of copper coloured metal like paper which looking at the manual may form a contact with the batteries.
     

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  7. Snaku

    Snaku Primes Don't Party

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    My tracking number hasn't even activated yet. Pretty sure it missed the pre-cny window :( 
     
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    Nice. How's the qc and joints? Because Ben's test sample was rather wobbly.
     
  9. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    Ah damn, finally too skinny. I don't know what to do.
     
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    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    wait on the other versions?
     
  11. Mks

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    Good, can swing him from any extremety with no movement.

    EDIT: The only things that are a little loose are the front headlight/bumper sections which look to be on ball joints. I've removed them to put batteries in and the joints looked a bit rough, they almost seem split (pic attached) although they don't move when pressed and seem to be plenty firm when clipping back in.

    This dude is a bit of a battery monster, 2 x in head, 2 x in front lights, I've not gotten the rear lights open yet, but it's probably 2 x in there as well, plus 2 x in his weapon. The batt holder in the weapon is a little to large for the batts and I had to use some of the copper tape to get an intermittent connection.
     

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  12. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    Yes, of course but I wanted a bigger Bee for oan Optimus version.
     
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    Transformed, bit of a pain, not sure I've got it 100% correctly, seems to buldge a bit in the middle where the legs and arms form in together.

    The parts with the front headlights in which are on the ball joints kept popping off when moving them around, they remind me of the joints on TF jetfire, the ones just behind the cockpit, so I left them til last and they were no problem holding in place.
     

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    Man, everything looks great except for the weathering. The weathering looks like pieces were painted individually without thought as to how the effect would transition from one panel to another, especially in the car mode. :( 
     
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    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    I thought the same thing. Thank to Mks, finally I think this is not my Bee. Too many lacks for my needings; not too accurate, painted panels separetely, very thin legs, very weird waist, chest neither convinces me, transformation unfunny, I'm not a huge fan of leds everywhere (source of issues) and the expensive price. That are only my personal opinions for my needings, the figure seems to be great but not convinces me at all.
     
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    Damn I want this guy! I mean it's on the way but it's gonna be forever and well, I want him!

    Transformation looks like a huge freakin' pain though. I mean that's what it takes to make movie accurate bots but damn that looks like a pain.
     
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    I hear that I cant wait as well, but Im impressed by the materials used for Zeta Bee looks like some high quality materials.

    Zeta V is going to have some impressive quality products this year they stepping it up.
     
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    Man, mine's arrived in Poland already so I'm expecting him to be delivered this week. Very excited!
     
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    So nice. So glad I held out and didn't get the MPM Bumblebee...