How much of G1 would you like to see done as CHUG toys?

[GoktimusPrime]

Bumblebee is a camero in the movies coz Bay thought it looked cooler.

And also because it wasn't legally possible to make him a VW Beetle in 2007.

Fun Fact: Bumblebee has been a Camaro longer than Bumblebee was a VW Beetle in the entire G1 run!

Bumblebee was a VW Beetle in G1 from 1984 to 1989 (or 1990 if you count Action Master Bumblebee, who didn't transform into anything but he did have VW Beetle alt mode kibble). So at best you're looking at 6 years. Bumblebee has been a Camaro from 2007 until now (re: Studio Series), so that's 13 years, more than double the time that Bumblebee was a VW in G1. Kids today would be more familiar with Bumblebee as a muscle car than as a Beetle. Even the Bumblebee movie ended with Bumblebee becoming a Camaro. Bumblebee as a sports car isn't an entirely new thing either. Generation 2 first gave us a sports car Bumblebee in 1995.

[Tha_Phantom]

Bumblebee has been a Camaro from 2007 until now (re: Studio Series), so that's 13 years, more than double the time that Bumblebee was a VW in G1. Kids today would be more familiar with Bumblebee as a muscle car than as a Beetle.

Exactly right. There are kids who have ONLY known Bumblebee as a Camaro for the entire time they've been alive. I heard stories from fellow fans who said their kids asked why Bumblebee is a Beetle when they saw the Bumblebee movie.

[nalops]

I have to imagine there'd be quite a few people who think Bumblebee has been mute since the beginning.

[dirge]

Okay. Tilarta... IF we see a CHUG Legends Bumblebee as a Beetle... or a Beetle-esque car, anyway... Hasbro will want to get their money's worth out of tooling the mould.

...would you buy the "Red" Bumblebee variant (tributing his G1 variant)? I certainly would. I've owned that toy since 1985, and the Yellow since... 1995.

[Tha_Phantom]

...would you buy the "Red" Bumblebee variant (tributing his G1 variant)? I certainly would. I've owned that toy since 1985, and the Yellow since... 1995.

Do I need to answer this too or is mine a given?

[dirge]

Do I need to answer this too or is mine a given?

Blind Freddy knows you'll buy it.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Umm...we've got like a whole recurring mainstream toyline dedicated to G1 re-imaginings/updates that's been going for like 14 years now, plus G1 reissues (though a few more of those would be nice, especially some that haven't been done yet), plus a mostly-G1 Masterpiece line, plus a fair few other sub-lines as well as reams upon reams of miscellaneous merchandise. G1 Bumblebee alone has two different Masterpiece figures and yet another reissue of the original minifigure out in KMart right now. All for a 25-year-old+ 80s cartoon series which was basically just a 25-minute-long toy commercial.

Hasbro's actually doing pretty well by us old-time G1 fans, hey.