DOTM Legion Stealth Bumblebee Packaging Variant

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  1. escutler, Oct 12, 2011
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    Hi all- not sure if this is news, but I found Stealth Bumblebee from the new wave of Cyberverse Legion figures at a Target the other day, and noticed a variation at the same store. One version of the packaging is labeled "Stealth Bumblebee" on both sides of the card, and the other version is just "Bumblebee". The same exact decos of the toys are inside, and everything else about the packaging is the same. Both versions are numbered "Series 1 - 015" on the back of the card. See the photos below.

    I don't know if anyone really cares too much about this, but for insane completionists (like myself!), I'm glad I noticed. Has anyone else seen this? Is one more rare than the other? The Target where I bought them seemed to have about an equal amount of both versions.

    Also makes me wonder- were any of the "Bolt" Bumblebee Legion Class figures (Series 1 - 011) labeled "Bolt Bumblebee" instead of just "Bumblebee", like I saw?

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  2. tusko, Oct 12, 2011
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    Maybe they have officially run out of Bumblebee adjectives?
     
  3. Thenames9, Oct 12, 2011
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    I've only seen the one with "Stealth Bumblebee" on, but it's nice to see a variant being circulated.
     
  4. escutler, Oct 12, 2011
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    LOL- it sounds like they are just giving up and calling them just "Bumblebee" now.

    And on a side note- MY FIRST NEWS CREDIT! Yes... :) 
     
  5. Sol Fury, Oct 12, 2011
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    The official pics show him as just plain Bumblebee, and given Bolt Bumblebee, it sounds like Stealth might be the changed one. Or yeah, maybe it's proven more profitable to sell them all as Bumblebee.
     
  6. Probono, Oct 12, 2011
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    on a similiar note, a few weeks ago I went to Walmart and was about to buy a cyberverse powerglide, and they luckily had 1 left, however when I looked closer, the face on that particular powerglide was not painted lol, maybe thats another variant, the regular version vs the lazy hasbro version.
     
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    1st i didnt see it! but when i saw the pics again i saw one with no stealth on it!

    at my target they still have the "stealth bumblebee" on it that was last week! who knows maybe Hasbro got in trouble with the word stealth on it!

    what abut takara??????
     
  8. Jlogano20, Oct 12, 2011
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    they did the same thing with the earlier bolt BB cyberverse
     
  9. Nevermore, Oct 12, 2011
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    Yes, the word "Stealth" is illegal now. :rolleyes2 

    This toy has no Takara counterpart, at least not as a mass retail release.

    However, the European market Hasbro version is also "Stealth Bumblebee".
     
  10. escutler, Oct 12, 2011
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    Did they? Was there definitely a Bolt Bumblebee that actually was labeled "Bolt Bumblebee" on the package instead of just "Bumblebee"? Have you seen it?
     
  11. BIGGUY007, Oct 12, 2011
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    ATTENTION HASBRO: Quit butt-raping us with these various Bumblebee Toys!!!! Alright, we get it, Bumblebee is your main bread winner but enough is enough!! Instead of wasting all this plastic for Bee. Why don't you take the plastic and give us a Mirage/Dino Deluxe & a Human Alliance Version of Mirage/Dino as well!!!!

    THAT IS ALL!!
     
  12. Barricade24, Oct 12, 2011
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    This is Hasbro, We are sorry that you feel that way, cause you will be getting a Bumblebee in every wave of everything. :lol 
     
  13. Matty, Oct 12, 2011
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    I saw this when they first started circulating in my area. I did several double takes because I thought it was two different figures :lol 
     
  14. alternator77, Oct 12, 2011
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    clearly they printed more bb packages than even they wanted so they using them everywhere :lol 

    i wonder how many will end up on ebay as "exclusive" or "super-mega rare" lol!
     
  15. Stepper, Oct 14, 2011
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    They can just issue & repaint all the BB that they want but we can just take our time to choose which BB we like, not as if every BB we must buy,that will be burning a deep hold in our pocket,LOL