MP Bumblebee Official Pics

[drifand]

As again, the trend is you need to obtain one prior to release or you miss out.
Those days where we can see someone review and then make a decision are gone imo.

[Bidoofdude]

Depends on the MP, and the retail outlet. Where I am, only Yamada Denki stocks MPs aside from the specialty stores in the city. If you're in a major city you might have some hobby shops around, if not then you'll have to try mass retail or take a trip to Tokyo/Osaka/one of the other major cities.

Either way, MP Soundwave was gone the morning he was released. Soundblaster lasted a bit longer but still vanished after a month-odd. The odd MP Smokescreen was still floating around for weeks after it was released.

I'd imagine Bumble would go pretty quickly.

I'll be going to Tokyo and Osaka as part of the trip. I'll try my luck. Thinking of adding to my POL.

[Tober]

[Lint]

Although horrendously ugly in alt mode, Spike in the Exosuit is a far more interesting figure to me right now

[drifand]

Can't find any more online Japanese stores having this available for order.

[griffin]

So, the Toy-accurate face (no mouth) is the exclusive item to Amazon Japan.
(that face looks odd now, but is definitely something to want if you want a homage to the toy instead of the cartoon character)

At least the Hasbro HK releases of the JP Masterpiece toys include the Amazon Japan items... plus a coin.
(so best to look for a HK version from a HK site if you want all three faces - even though the regular two is just a happy or sad face)

[GoktimusPrime]

The Japanese text is referring to the toy-accurate face as a "battle mask," which I think is pretty neat and also referencing Dreamwave canon where Bumblebee did indeed have a toy-accurate battle mask (as did "Goldfire" Bumblebee in IDW, although that wasn't directly based off the G1 toy).

[drifand]

$5 says they will release a lemon yellow one to sucker all of us?

[Defcon]

I don't know wouldn't a more lemony yellow be more cartoon accurate
The warm yellow that they have doesn't really scream Bumblebee yellow to me, but that might be just the photography. We wont really know until we have it in hand, or someone takes some photos with natural light.

I think this release is the least appealing so far. But he just had to be done, because he is an important character to Optimus Prime. Like Starscream is to Megatron, but obviously not the same

[Sinnertwin]

$5 says they will release a lemon yellow one to sucker all of us?

Hasbro Asia Exclusive MP 21BS for $9000.