New Toys & More retooling of existing toys...

[Kyle]

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This new version of BB is a MUST-HAVE for me now...

[MV75]

Human allies ride inside
Additional figures sold seperately.

Whoo.

[Kyle]

BB's battle mask is removable too, awesome.

[Lint]

I hope those character profiles are as reliable in accuracy as they usually are

[FFN]

Bumblebee and Starscream aren't retools of existing figures at all. They're both totally new toolings. Only one is a retool, the remainder is a repaint I would suggest that somebody change the topic so that people aren't confused or ignore/dismiss it "because they're only retools".

The rule seems to be, if you see "Mech Alive" on the back of a packaging, it means it's an all-new tooling.

[Pipesqueak]

Starscream looks squat and ugly, definitely not an improvement over the Movie 1 mould.

Bumblebee looks interesting, I hope it's a voyager, I don't need another deluxe-size movie bumblebee.

Ironhide repaint looks lame in grey.

[FFN]

Starscream looks squat and ugly, definitely not an improvement over the Movie 1 mould.

Bumblebee looks interesting, I hope it's a voyager, I don't need another deluxe-size movie bumblebee.

Ironhide repaint looks lame in grey.

Definitely not an improvement? Have you seen the 2007 Starscream mold? This one is more accurate (VASTLY so in vehicle mode) and he has hands now.

I think Ironhide is still matte black. Then again, these are some pretty bad photos.

[griffin]

Editted title to reflect the new BBee toy (at least). Still not sure if the Starscream toy is entirely new...
If that Starscream is an entirely new mould/design, I can't believe they had 2 years to come up with something that looks more like the starfish from Spongebob Squarepants...
They did a nice job with the new Optimus toy, and the new BBee looks nice, but Starscream in robot mode looks terrible. Especially the big flat body and spindly legs sticking out the bottom.

[Autocon]

so is this BB the Ultimate or deluxe?
you think iron hide will have that in the movie?

there will be more figures i see, i wonder if they will come with vehicles

BRING ON MAY!!!!!!!!!

[Hereticpoo]

Wowers like Kyle said BB is a must.

Mental note Hpoo: Be patient, wait till you see Takara's....and Maybe even wait for the 'premium' scam.

EDIT: Is that Megatron in BB's box art, the picture in the background of the boxed BB? Maybe we will see him....