Hasbro Masterpiece Bumblebee confirmed & out in Canada

[GoktimusPrime]

HasTak's Daimler Trucks licence allows them to use Freightliner.

[Jazzman]

HasTak's Daimler Trucks licence allows them to use Freightliner.

Crisis averted!

[doublespy]

A brilliant piece of engineering i.e. the bonnet flap sliding into the body, was butchered by the horrible stock photography.

People often blame the photographers, but I think it's Hasbro that don't really respect the brilliant engineering work done by TakTom, as ultimately they're the people who provide instructions to the photographers and approve the stock photography. In those "designer desk" videos, Hasbro designers mis-transform the Combiner Wars figures they were meant to promote horribly. Imagine if you put in the effort to design a toy, you'd want to show it off properly. I've never seen TakTom designers mis-transform any figures in any of the magazine or video interview.

But I digress.

[griffin]

A comparison gallery to the Japanese Bumblebee shows an almost identical toy, with the only real noticeable difference being the tail-lights - one is entirely red plastic, while the other is white and red.

I'm really surprised that Hasbro don't do a few minor deco tweeks to get more of the completists buying them, as these are aimed at Collectors, but most of those people interested in this toy would have bought the Japanese version over a year ago.

[GoktimusPrime]

AU$130... that's even dearer than what TRU here charged for the TakaraTOMY import. I dread to think how much the Hasbro version would cost here. $150?
Interesting to see that a Hasbro MP box is actually not massively larger than the TakaraTOMY box. There's half a rain forest saved.

[drifand]

AU$130... that's even dearer than what TRU here charged for the TakaraTOMY import. I dread to think how much the Hasbro version would cost here. $150?
Interesting to see that a Hasbro MP box is actually not massively larger than the TakaraTOMY box. There's half a rain forest saved.

Funny enough I do not know why TT seekers box are quite big compared to hasbro ones. Being there is no stand, no rockets and thundercracker is still a big box.