Robosen bumblebee

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  1. Tetratron

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    Word's most expensive Action Master just dropped.
     
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  2. GrimCharr

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    Bumblebee gets something like 10—12 new products every year. Consistently. But still never a basic updated G1 C.H.U.G. figure. Except once. Available for a week at WalMart. Then scalped to high heaven ever since.
     
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  3. Johntimus Prime

    Johntimus Prime Where's my perfect Legends-scale Ultra Magnus?

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    The whole non-TFing thing is also why I don't think Kuro Kara Kuri's massively overpriced figures are worth it.

    That and I don't like the great majority of post-Furman IDW character designs
     
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    Robosen Products have zero interest for me, but I think its fun to see them demonstrated in videos. I hope they got Dan Gilvezan to record some voice commands. Also Robosen/HASBRO : PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.... when you do your marketing for this one do NOT ask Kevin James to hock your merch. You'll get a lot more sales that way
     
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    So he is basically a oversized red figure now 
     
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  6. KodyCrimson

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    When people get a remote-control Transformer, they want to...well..transform it.  That\'s part of the fun of the Optimus Prime.
     
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  7. megatroptimus

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    This will sell poorly, if at all.
     
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  8. Johntimus Prime

    Johntimus Prime Where's my perfect Legends-scale Ultra Magnus?

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    Wait did the King of Queens do an ad for Robosen Optimus?

    I missed this
     
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  9. Hunter11937

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    I hope fans who invested in these from the get-go planning to collect the line don't end up getting burnt like those of us who bought the first 7 Masterpieces. It's likely they will decide to commit to one scale or the other in the not to distant future. To this day I have and will not buy an MP since -07 Megs because of the surprise scale change. Fool me once...

    If not for that issue I would be all about these. A Soundwave or Blaster who can transform AND act as an voice interactive, bluetooth enabled home DJ would probably win me over.
     
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  10. BWfan86

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    What did Kevin James do?
     
  11. Johntimus Prime

    Johntimus Prime Where's my perfect Legends-scale Ultra Magnus?

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    There was a Soundwave that also played MP3s from SD cards. Also made a decent Classics Soundwave until we finally got one years later...that was a Walmart exclusive retool
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    Even more interesting the mostly white deco was the inspiration for his SG colors. He also got a Soundblaster deco
     
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    Robosen Optimus is one of the Crown Jewels of my collection. It’s a perfect thing. I even bought the trailer.

    A non-transforming Bumblebee doesn’t hold the same allure for me. If they couldn’t work out a transformation within the limitations of the license, they should have either changed up the design or chosen a different character.
     
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  13. TFXProtector

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    No transform? No likey. Pass.
     
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    No transform, no want. Especially at the insane prices they will ask. Betting it will cost the same as Prime, maybe more.
     
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    Silly Robosen. You go from one of the defining symbols of the 2020s to date (at least in my opinion) to Buzz Lightyear, who isn’t even canonically a robot, and this.
     
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    I usually support non-transforming figures, but the unique part of Robosen was that you can get characters that automatically transform. Without that, it loses a lot of its fun.
     
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  17. RoadCaesar

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    Same thought. I have v1 Prime and Trailer, but without the transformation functionality, I can't see the appeal.

    While Robosen is a robotics company, I can't imagine how much crossover their target market would have with Transformers fans/collectors
     
  18. Warpshard

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    If it were a semi-reasonable price I could almost see the appeal. But it will probably cost $500+, and when pretty much all of the appeal of Robosen Optimus was that it was a self-transforming Transformer, it doesn't seem even remotely worth a price like that.

    Actual design looks decent, but what's the point of such an extravagant figure if a Transformer's defining feature isn't present here?
     
  19. edjodapro2468

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    What happens to that awesome revels trailer with a transforming car autobot:( 
     
  20. ThePrime84

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    If he did I would have bought 2
     
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