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A sturdy edge made of wood or plastic like a credit card will do. If you're not worried about metal objects scratching paint a table knife works. You only need to start prying it off. Once you have the initial crack you can pull it off with your fingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thurmus
Thanks mate. Will give the credit card a go.
Otherwise, perhaps try carefully using a flat head miniature screwdriver.
Used my footy membership ticket and it worked a treat.
Thanks guys.
Transformers Masterpiece MP-21 Bumblebee (Bumble)
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Wham Bam Thank you Takara! You just went a made old Bumblebee cool again!
This figure is the epitome of ‘good things come in small packages’. Excuse me while I gush, I love this figure. It’s engineered so well its right on topic and bumbles size makes him hard to put down. A intuitive transformation with some cool little trick like the top of the hood folding into the torso during transformation is fantastic.
Bumble has so few flaws, some have complained about the ‘hollow’ forearms from where the hand reside in alt mode. But this is nit picking at it rawest form, in my opinion its not that noticeable. The other issue is good old yellow paint and its inconsistency in application, that on top (pardon the pun) of being applied to different plastics. In pictures the colour difference was quite noticeable, but in hand it is much less egregious. There definitely are differences in hues but overall im happy with it.
Bumble comes with a few extra bits and pieces including a extra face plate (which is barely different to the other, a slight smirk), a spare wheel which can replace the small black licence plate on the rear. A small blue hand gun which will store between the front wheels in alt mode and if you picked of the Amazon or market exclusive versions, bumble came with a battle mask face plate and a Masterpiece collectors coin.
The biggest accessory is the inclusion of Spike in his exosuit or is it Daniel in his exosuit….. The debate continues, its FIBRIR/RIBFIR all over again. So we shall call him spaniel :P.
Spaniel is a great little inclusion but lacks some basic paint applications and a little articulation. That being said im happy he was included.
Bumblebees car mode is Very accurate to his real life car mode, even down the the single mirror on his left hand side. That being said, the car mode is not accurate to the show model. The animation showed bumble as a squat little bubble of a beetle opposed to the lengthier real life analogue. But overall who cares, because Bumblebees robot mode more than make up for this necessary oversight for lack of better words.
Bumble is a must have for any Transformers fan and transforming robot fan alike. I’ll be picking up any future repaints of this guy myself. If you see him for what you consider a good price, I highly recommend picking him up.
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Only the Asian market comes with the coin. The Amazon version just comes w/ the battle mask, no coin.Quote:
Originally Posted by KalEl
It's Spike. The instructions and box explicitly say Spike (admittedly I initially overlooked it :p).Quote:
Originally Posted by KalEl
I specifically said both amazon and market exclusive (asian) to cover both..Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
The spaniel thing is a joke, I know the box says Spike.
might have to pick one up if any TRU still have, thx for the review
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The G2 one looks better IMO
Are the faction logos stickers or tampos, Gok?
No, they're stickers. You can choose either G1 or G2 logos. I went with G2 but stuck a G1 one on the jet pack; )Quote:
Originally Posted by millhouse
I hope they're paying attention to this for Ironhide - thanks to the silver paint, the difference is so pronounced it makes it look like a different sculpt - and about a thousand times better.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
When I remove my rose-tinted G1 bias glasses, I absolutely agree. :) But as a representation of the G1 character (which is a core appeal about the MP line for many collectors), I'd say that the original is better. But objectively speaking, looking at each toy on their own isolated merit as just toys, the G2 one does look nicer. My brain prefers G2, but my heart prefers G1. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by UltimateGalvatron
Aaah, such is the difference between going for toy-accuracy vs show-accuracy. Both the G1 and G2 Bumblebee toys have silver faces, but of course, Sunbow gave Bumblebee a white face in the cartoon. :o Could be weirder... they could make a comic-accurate MP Bumblebee with a yellow face! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
My G2 came today ..... wish the gold was more shiny or even chrome gold would of been better ....
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So my G2 Bee arrived yesterday, my excitement slightly soured by a cracked wheel, but otherwise very impressed with my first MP figure.
For something that's smaller than a lot of my other figures, to have this much detail, arriculation and engineering is pretty astonishing.
Quite happy with the tone and shininess of the paint job, going full G2 chrome would probably have been a little too over the top - there's just enough shiny to reflect the G2 origins, but not so much the paintjob is unrealistic.
Colour me (mostly) happy
Looks the goods, just a shame im not a huge fan of his vehicle mode. Definitely will be getting but not before I get my MP11 set.
just realised today while moving everything around that he can't hold any other MP guns :/
Price of being a much smaller bot.
I've found most of the MPs I have won't hold others' weapons, handle might be similar, but the groove/post thickness is off a little (only tried with Hot Rod, Lambor and Tracks)
So to my eyes, while it seems to be the same type of grip system in use, each bot's weapons are designed for them alone.
yeah i can kinda get that but he can't even hold any other guns, why not give him the often used 5mm hole or something? wouldn't that still fit? then you can mix and match a bit better.