Toy Review - DotM Legion Bumblebee Vs Starscream 4-pack

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Toy Review - DotM Legion Bumblebee Vs Starscream 4-pack

(Please post photos, comments or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details)

Toy Review - Bumblebee Vs Starscream 4-pack (referred to as Megaverse Evolution Pack, but not listed anywhere on packaging)
Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - Cyberverse
Wave - n/a
Released here - May 2011 (ToysRUs exclusive)
Approximate Retail Price - $30


Bumblebee ("Cybertronian")
Size/class - Legion
New/remould/redeco - Classics-verse redeco
Approximate Size - 7cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Car
Main Features/Gimmicks - none
Main Colours - Yellow, black
Main Accessories - none


Bumblebee (Movie)
Size/class - Legion
New/remould/redeco - TF2 redeco (hand remoulded to hold a gun)
Approximate Size - 7cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Chevy Camaro
Main Features/Gimmicks - Scanning deco
Main Colours - Yellow, black, blue, transparent
Main Accessories - gun in 2 parts (from Machine Wars Thundercracker)
(promo pic below from TRU website shows gun inserted into a hole midway up the arm, which was already on the mould)


Starscream (Cybertronian)
Size/class - Legion
New/remould/redeco - TF:Cybertron redeco
Approximate Size - 7cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Cybertronian jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - none
Main Colours - Grey, red, bronze, black
Main Accessories - none


Starscream (Movie)
Size/class - Legion
New/remould/redeco - TF2 redeco (hand remoulded to hold a gun)
Approximate Size - 7cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - F-22 Raptor
Main Features/Gimmicks - Scanning deco
Main Colours - Grey, blue, transparent
Main Accessories - gun (haven't yet worked out where it is from)




I just love the Scanning Deco, with the majority of the toy done in transparent plastic and completely painted over. Would have been more expensive to produce, but looks great in vehicle mode... spoils the robot mode though. Looking forward to the Deluxe sized Scanning figures.

Not sure why the guns were added to this set... there is no mention of them on the packaging. There are no pics of them on the packaging, and the toys shown on the back are not remoulds (the hands), so looks like a late addition. But why? It adds a (minor) expense to the set, that wouldn't have been worse off without them.

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Price-wise, I think this is worth it. It equates to $7.50 for each Legion/Legends figure, which is in the price range of individual ones that are mass-produced.
And you can never have too many Cybertronian Mode Starscreams in the collection...