Pictorial Review for Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee and Spike + Comparisons to Bumble Jumper

Yep. Definitely has some Bumper potential.

So Spike doesn't convert into anything?

TulioDude wrote:So Spike doesn't convert into anything?

He does, into the vehicle mode Exo-Suit as featured in the '86 movie. Just flip down the backpack, lay him flat,then make yourself a sandwich. Nothing more. I know, not much of one...

Bumblejumper aka Bumper was the last character I expected Hasbro to base anything on, so I was quite surprised.

If you're getting technical, the yellow Cliffjumper without a spoiler in G1 is Hubcap. Bumper is a different mold than Cliff or Bee, he was just found on Cliffjumper cards. Cliffjumper is a Porsche 924 or 928 (I forget the specific model), and Bumper is a Mazda Familia.

Bounti76 wrote:If you're getting technical, the yellow Cliffjumper without a spoiler in G1 is Hubcap. Bumper is a different mold than Cliff or Bee, he was just found on Cliffjumper cards. Cliffjumper is a Porsche 924 or 928 (I forget the specific model), and Bumper is a Mazda Familia.

Thanks, I edited the published article.

Kind of want one, the face-sculpt is nice. Is this an exclusive? It's not on BBTS or Amazon.

Cyberpath wrote:Kind of want one, the face-sculpt is nice. Is this an exclusive? It's not on BBTS or Amazon.

Target exclusive

I know it sucks, but I want two of the exosuit. I have the old ImpossibleToys ones, but I think this one may be more in scale.

I don't care about the BB at all.

Not a big fan of the head sculpt, but I didn’t realize until the size comparison with the G1 minibot just how small it is. Considering the Kingdom branding, I’m guessing this is core class?

It’s kinda tempting, but if I pick up a G1 Bee I think I’d probably pay another $5 to get Netflix Bee.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Not a big fan of the head sculpt, but I didn’t realize until the size comparison with the G1 minibot just how small it is. Considering the Kingdom branding, I’m guessing this is core class?

It’s kinda tempting, but if I pick up a G1 Bee I think I’d probably pay another $5 to get Netflix Bee.

That would be wise

I picked up this set last night as I toured some of the Targets on the way home from work. I already have Netflix Bumblebee, the perfect G1 "Classics" Bumblebee, but my intention is definitely to make this "Classics" Bumper. The similarities to the shape and detail of G1 Bumper's alt mode are too close not to be intentional. I'm hoping some intrepid fan makes a CAD file for a nice Bumper head to replace the Bumblebee head. I've got some friends who would be willing to print it out for me too. Add a little silver paint to the face, and voila! I guess the Spike Exosuit figure is a nice bonus, though I already have a much more in-scale version in the Headmaster that came with Takara Tomy Legends Bumblebee that actually transforms into Cerebros' head. For $15, this isn't a bad set, as long as you are willing to put a bit of work into it.

I also found the new Ghostbusters Afterlife version of Ectotron at Target. They had two, and I bought one. It's $59.99 and comes with issue 1 of the IDW Transformers and Ghostbusters crossover comic book.

Picked one up the other day. My hot take:

--This feels like it was an unused design from the not-too-distant past. Like, maybe it was going to be in Prime Wars before they wanted all the smaller figures to be able to carry a rider-sized figure?

--The fender kibble is less intrusive than the stock photos make it out to be. Transformation is pretty interesting.

--The rear car panel is a fun homage to the Microchange "penny-racer" origins of the minibots. I'm probably going to paint mine silver.

--NO ANKLE TILT ARGH ARGH RUINED ARGH just kidding

--Spike is more like a decoration than anything else.

Glarryg

I'll repost this here. I found the Cyberverse redecos at Target the other day. Was it known that these were coming in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line?

We have gotten several reports of new Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys found at Target. These are rereleases of the Cyberverse spark armour figures. We have the Megatron pack which is unchanged and a Bumblebee pack where the armour is a redeco of the garbage truck armour that came with Grimlock. They are just shy of $25 a piece. For those wondering, this line is basically to have more Bumblebee product on the shelves. All previous Studio Series Bumblebee toys have sold out, so here is another chance for fans and families to get some along with other toys for different age groups. No different than another Batman line from Mattel/Spin Master really, to have more toys of a company most famous characters on the shelves.

We also have a video review from our own Chuckdawg for the core class Bumblebee figure that comes with Spike.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:The Buzzworthy line is a celebration of all things Bumblebee, and I love it. This figure, a surprise right at the end of 2020, looks to fit in with the Kingdom Core Class figures. Transformation is relatively easy, any issues are due to the size and ball joints being ball joints, and I have to tip my hat to the weapon storage. Spike, while being simple, is a fun little addition. All in all, a great set.

I misread that spark armor garbage truck's name as "trash can."

Was there a core class bumblebee listed for kingdom? I know some people were speculating the exo-suit figure will come with an SS G1 dinobot, so maybe both parts of the set are prereleases?

Not overly interested in this line (I’ve never really understood the hype surrounding Bumblebee) but I might try to seek out that core class figure simply for the Exo-Suit Spike.

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:Not overly interested in this line (I’ve never really understood the hype surrounding Bumblebee) but I might try to seek out that core class figure simply for the Exo-Suit Spike.

Same here for me. Anyone know if any more artistic fans have developed a 3D model CAD file for a Bumper replacement head for the "Core Class" Bumblebee of this line? The only other thing of interested to me has been the release of the RotF version of Bumblebee with the Sam Witwicky figure.

I'm really otherwise confused as to why this line even exists, unless Hasbro is just having a lot of difficulty coming up with the next Transformers kids show and feels they need some "simpler" stop-gap products on the shelves to keep up brand recognition and sales until the next iteration of kid-friendly Transformers is ready.

Actually the more I see of it, the more I get annoyed. I was thinking/hoping that with Cyberverse ending, there would be more room on the shelves for WFC and SS, since no new main line has been announced by Hasbro. It's odd because leaks, and eventually promotion, start several months in advance about most lines, and even sub-lines, but THIS seemingly came out of nowhere. It's almost like with no live action movie, and no series to promote- Hasbro was lost, and decided to clog Target shelves with this "filler" that nobody asked for. Why is it this stuff is everywhere now, but Kingdom and SS that most fans have been anticipating are scarce??

As much as I dislike Walmart, the Netflix, and TR Headmasters in Original Series style packaging is pretty creative. Target definitely got the short end of the stick on exclusive sublines this time around.

End cap at a Target in Murrieta, CA. It's on the back end/side, not in the main aisle.

That is one sassy looking Megatron.

So I bought and played with the Buzzworthy Bumblebee and Spike 2 pack. The Bumblebee is very, VERY good. Plus I adore the fact that he come with his small gun that can store under the vehicle. Spike is allright but we can't do much with that design.

What really shock me is the price of the set. 28$CAN plus taxes! A core figure retail for 15$CAN. So what in the actual fok? As if they charge full Core price for the tiny spike figure.

For how much does this set sell for in the USA? Is the price similar to the Canadian one, or are we Cannucks screwed over like we are for Gigawatt?

-Kanrabat- wrote:So I bought and played with the Buzzworthy Bumblebee and Spike 2 pack. The Bumblebee is very, VERY good. Plus I adore the fact that he come with his small gun that can store under the vehicle. Spike is allright but we can't do much with that design.

What really shock me is the price of the set. 28$CAN plus taxes! A core figure retail for 15$CAN. So what in the actual fok? As if they charge full Core price for the tiny spike figure.

For how much does this set sell for in the USA? Is the price similar to the Canadian one, or are we Cannucks screwed over like we are for Gigawatt?

Bee retails for $15 USD, compared to $10 for a standard core class. Definitely seems like Canadians got the short end of this stick.

Tsk.

As if the Canadian dollar is worth 50¢US.

Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to TFW2005 user, Megatron Unicronus, we now know that the recently revealed listing for a power charge Bumblebee in the Target Exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, was indeed just a re-release of the Power Charge Bumblebee from the 2018 Bumblebee Movie toyline. This toys' central gimmick was the sphere in the chest of his robot mode that you could spin to activate lights and sounds. There appears to be no change from its first release.



Will you be tempted to pick one of these up? Did you get one on its first visit to store shelves three years ago?

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Movie accuracy be damned, that big gimmicky Bee is a lot of fun and I highly recommend him.

IMO my best purchase of the Bee Movie line at the time.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Movie accuracy be damned, that big gimmicky Bee is a lot of fun and I highly recommend him.

IMO my best purchase of the Bee Movie line at the time.

A decent Target sale or coupon code might just tempt me to get this for my youngest. I personally don't like the electronics in my collection, but this might be right up her alley.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Movie accuracy be damned, that big gimmicky Bee is a lot of fun and I highly recommend him.

IMO my best purchase of the Bee Movie line at the time.

A decent Target sale or coupon code might just tempt me to get this for my youngest. I personally don't like the electronics in my collection, but this might be right up her alley.

Yup.
Plus the transformation is easy.

I recently added the new Core Class G1 figures from Kingdom to my collection. At first, I was happy to skip them, given that I didn’t really need smaller figures of characters I already have, but I wanted to get some desk toys for myself, and these Core Class figures serve that purpose nicely while also being surprisingly fun and well designed figures in there own right. Since the Decepticons currently out number the lone Autobot in the Core Class of the Kingdom line, I picked up the Buzzworthy Bumblebee 2-Pack of “Core Class” G1 Bumblebee and Exo Suit Spike to keep Optimus Prime company. I am again surprised by how fun a little figure this Bumblebee is! He looks like a nice update of his G1 toy, the transformation is involved, but not frustrating, and everything tabs in VERY well. His robot mode has great articulation for his size, and he even comes with his own pistol accessory that stores out of sight in vehicle mode. The scale is a bit off with the other Core Class G1 characters out so far, but it’s fine by me. He’s still shorter in robot mode compared to the other three, though he really should be quite a bit smaller still. The Spike figure is nothing special, just serving to inflate the MSRP to $14.99 USD, but “Core Class” Bumblebee is worth it, even if you also need to pay an extra $5.00 for a lackluster, barely transforming figurine.

Anyone in ConUS looking to unload their Spike, to cut down the out of pocket cost on Bee, for $7 shipped?
If possible, LMK with a DM.

Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron user, Mindmaster, we've got our first peek at a new figure hitting the Target Exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line!



The images were posted by UK Transformers stockist, In Demand Toys, on their Facebook page. The four images give us a good look at Bee, who transforms into the flying saucer like alt mode as seen in the pilot of the G1 cartoon. He so comes with Energon rods, and what appears to be the jet pack from the Centurion accessory set.

The back of the box says he transforms in 23 steps. The toy appears to be the same size as Deluxe Class Netflix Bee/ Earthrise Cliffjumper.







What do you think of this? Will you be tracking down this Cybertronian alt mode of Bumblebee?

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A jetpack instead of a backpack. Pretty cool

Finally! This is the first Bumblebee in a loooong time that I’m excited for!

I thought I would have to get the so-so 3P figure.

NOW I'M HYPED!

Especially because that line is well stocked at Toys R Us.

Oh! This is unexpectedly welcome. I'm kinda into it. But I passed on Siege Screamer so I'll pass on this. I don't need Cybertronian versions of all the characters, after all.

Maybe there's some hope they'll do Wheeljack and Jazz.

Official toys of those conductors!?! Never thought I'd see the day!

And Bee looks pretty slick too. Now I can stop using Real Gear Robots Longview as Cybertronian Bumblebee. Never got around to transforming WFC/FOC Bee come to think of it...and I'll probably get this before I do.

Oh come on. We all know there's not enough energy in those conductors to last a quartrex.

Bumblevivisector wrote:Official toys of those conductors!?! Never thought I'd see the day!

And Bee looks pretty slick too. Now I can stop using Real Gear Robots Longview as Cybertronian Bumblebee. Never got around to transforming WFC/FOC Bee come to think of it...and I'll probably get this before I do.

Well, that was clever!

Another figure with bad legs, but he's definitely going on my shelve even if he has to partially hide behind stuff

wow, really surprised by this reveal.

I understand it has better engineering, and higher parts count etc.... but in those pics, that BB looks really tiny in deluxe packaging, even worse than Netflix Bee/ ER Cliffjumper etc.... This is the Bee everyone wanted in Siege, but Im guessing it wasn't planned 3+ years ago. I'm guessing it was a figure from the 2022 line they just decided to bump up, and since it wouldn't fit in Kingdom, they had to put it somewhere...

o.supreme wrote:I understand it has better engineering, and higher parts count etc.... but in those pics, that BB looks really tiny in deluxe packaging, even worse than Netflix Bee/ ER Cliffjumper etc.... This is the Bee everyone wanted in Siege, but Im guessing it wasn't planned 3+ years ago. I'm guessing it was a figure from the 2022 line they just decided to bump up, and since it wouldn't fit in Kingdom, they had to put it somewhere...

I don't think it was a 2022 figure, otherwuse they would have just left it there. It was probably always destined to be an exclusive. We've also had rumours of this bee coming out for longer then the wave 5 rumours

I really like the bot mode
Not quite as clean as the ER cliff mold bot mode but I like the way this looks better. Less boring, legs aren't so scrawny

Alt mode doesn't quite fit with my other guys in their earth modes but ill be sorely tempted for this guy

That chest looks like the chest on kingdom tracks though

First Allicon, now this. Hasbro is really hooking me up with toys I've wanted for 35 years!

I'm also hoping for Cybertronian Wheeljack, but even without him, this will fit in well with my Siege collection, especially since I'm double-dipping on Kingdom earth modes.

Just now saw this (after first submitting news on it after it'd already been news'd. Whoops) and all I can say now is FINALLY!

Disguising the back kibble as a jetpack is a neat idea, gotta admit.

ZeroWolf wrote:Will you be tracking down this Cybertronian alt mode of Bumblebee?

Well I don't know if Track down is the right word, more like trip over because there are so many. I mean I know some Target exclusives (ER Thrust and Runabout) were VERY hard to find, but the BB line has had mass quantities. That BB/Daniel 2 pack had to go on sale at 50% off to try to get rid of them. Although the SS 74 seems to have sold well, it wasn't a problem to find. I suspect THIS new Cybertronian BB will be the same. Probably like Netflix BB was for Walmart. Sure you may have some scalpers initially, but Netflix BB was only packed 2 to a case of 8. More than likely this new deluxe will be solid packs, so it shouldn't be hard to find. I'm not saying there won't be scalping going on, or that it won't be popular, but if it is a super scarce item akin to ER Runabout or Thrust, I will publicly apologize and say I was wrong.

Ah, there isn't enough energy in those conducters to last us a QUARTEX....

Damn, that Bee looks nice. The rods, the g1 Cybertronian mode.... ticks all the right boxes.

Guess I'll have to look for one.

At last, a figure from the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line that is actually buzzworthy!

I know the description says the jetpack appears to be from the centurion drone pack, but I will give them props, if that is the case, they painted it, and added a lot more detail.