Toy Review - War for Cybertron Trilogy Bumblebee (Netflix)

[Kyle]

Bumblebee
Series - Generations
Sub-line - War for Cybertron Trilogy (Netflix)
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - retool of Earthrise Cliffjumper
Wave - 2
Released here - late Oct 2020 (QLD) / early Nov (other states)
Approximate Retail Price - $29, Kmart exclusive in Australia
Approximate Size - 10cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Volkswagen Beetle
Main Colours - yellow
Main Accessories - same bazooka that came with Earthrise deluxe Cliffjumper, and shield formed from part of the car exterior







This toy is a retool of Earthrise deluxe Cliffjumper, with the same transformation and same excellent quality, but different car exterior and head sculpt. The toy is mainly yellow plastic but with an additional yellow paint coat on the car exterior which gives it a pretty premium feel.

This toy has different engineering compared to Masterpiece Bumblebee (version 1), but given the excellent paintjob it does "feel like" a downscaled and simplified mini-Masterpiece. I would argue that this has vastly superior proportions and head sculpt compared to version 1 of Masterpiece Bumblebee.

I feel this is the best modern toy interpretation of G1 Bumblebee, given its ratio of price to satisfaction. Easily my favourite Bumblebee toy at the moment. Highly recommended.