OK so there is this transformer that I would guess is from the Cybertron, Energon, or maybe Armada series. I have no idea who its is. To me, in robot form it looks exactly like Bumble Bee in the very first transformers episode before leaving Cybertron. I remember seeing the name and was shocked that it wasn't actually Bumble Bee. So whoever he is I want him!
Not ringing any bells, but didn't Bumblebee's robot mode on Cybertron pretty much just look like...Bumblebee? If you're talking alt mode, maybe Noisemaze?
Either Armada Hot Shot or Cybertron Unicron. Although neither really fits the description of "pre-Earth Bumblebee." They're the closest, but still.
I'd say Armada Hotshot, too. This? (Takara version) http://members9.tsukaeru.net/ty1_toys/toys/hotrod_01.htm
Well, the Pre-Earth-G1-Bumblebee looked a bit like DrStewards Golden Fox from F-Zero: Google-Imagesearch-Result So comparing something to Bumblebee's pre-earth-Design, it's pretty much looking like this. However, The G1-Robot-Modes were already looking like they will transform into earth-Vehicles, therefore there's no G1 Preearth-Robot-Mode.
So far nothing here is it. It was yellow and black (IIRC, yellow torso and head with black limbs). The torso area was wide and pretty flat. Size wise it looked to be about as big as say a G1 shrapnel. Whats really a damn shame is I saw it in someones collection thread here and I haven't been able to find it since. Found a pic!
Movie line, real gear robots assortment wave 1. Name is Longview. Binoculars http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Products/Detail&product_id=19646
No way! You know how many times I've seen that guy in the stores and walked right by it! All the real gears are always displayed in alt form in the package so I guess thats why.