Toy Review: Prime Beast Hunters DLX Bumblebee
Series - Prime
Sub-line - Beast Hunters
Size/class - Deluxe
Wave - 1
New/remould/redeco - Remold
Released here - not yet (globally January 2013)
Approximate Retail Price - $23-$30 (US$10-$15 in America)
Approximate Size - unknown
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - spiky car
Main Features/Gimmicks - spiky pieces, bow weapon, spare missiles
Main Colours - yellow, black
Main Accessories - two blasters, six (!!!!) missiles, bow weapon
Car Mode:
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Bumblebee is completely decked out in this mode, with a double blaster on the hood, two missiles on each door, a bow weapon on the roof and complete with spiky pieces on the grill and rear of the car. Bumblebee looks ready to completely annihilate enemy robots. While it's an unrealistic vehicle, it's aggressive and appealing.
Transformation stays the same with two minor changes, the first is that you rotate the missiles on the doors and the second is that his shoulder pieces (the wheel shaped one) click into place. An easy and fun transformation.
Robot Mode:
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Quite a stunner. Gone is the oddly proportioned figure from the RiD line, and while this is still the same figure, due to how the whole toy is re-shelled, Bumblebee looks great. His eyes are freaky (even without lightpiping, it seems that they glow), it looks just like an eagle's. His bow weapon is a missile launcher, and Bumblebee comes with SIX missiles, talk about overkill.
Overall, I think Bumblebee is worth a purchase, the remolding improves on the core toy in every way (and does away with a few aesthetic flaws). The amount of ways you can fiddle with his weapons makes this a fun toy to play with.
