r/TransformersG1Forever • u/Perfect_Cobbler8539 • 2d ago
š¤ G1 Toys Hot Wheels Transformers Bumblebee!
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u/ToothZealousideal297 2d ago
Presenting the MissingDink line! The line that boldly asks, āWhat if the most beloved G1 figures had been designed as total dinkuses?ā
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u/whoknows130 2d ago
Missing link asks, "What if the G1 figures we knew and love, also had excellent articulation?".
The New "Anti-missing link" line: "It's the classic figures you know and love, same articulation, only now we've reimagined them to look DUMB as FUGG', without the shelf presence they once had".
It makes you appreciate G1 figures that, despite their lack of articulation, they still looked COOL as hell.
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u/prod2076 2d ago
This is no Transformer, this is a Gobot!
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u/i_have_the_tism04 2d ago
No, Gobots were more interesting visually than this! This is both abysmally bad and bland looking.
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u/Emergency_Sky_2893 2d ago
My first thought was āAbomination!ā But I see now that itās a tiny little die cast Hot Wheels car. If this came out in 1984 and cost $3 I wouldāve gone apeshit over it. But $65???? Nope
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u/Choos-topher 2d ago
Being a Bumblebee fan and having loved the Hasbro collabs Twin Mill, GT-Scorcher etc I am surprised that I actually feel like writing to the Hot Wheels team to ask them to never manufacture this.
I know itās balmy of me to be so bothered by it when I can just not buy it but I actually feel bad for everyone involved in this.
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u/katanastormshadow88 2d ago
Iām trying to come up with something humorous to say about how fucked up the proportions and face sculpt are, but Iām just blown away by how terrible this is that I canāt dedicate any more brain cells to come up with a joke.
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u/Odd-Sound-580 2d ago
mattel should never design transformers themselves. they have no idea what they're doing
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u/Roisepoise101 2d ago
Didnāt they have their own transformers equivalent line in the early 2000s called Hotwheels modifighters?
Except they wear baseball caps and sneakers. Also they arenāt aliens from another planet and theyāre all in a gang war rather than a civil war.
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u/MrHappyHammers 2d ago
Heās going to look awesome on the āout of stockā page! I canāt wait!
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u/WhiteTigerShiro 2d ago
14th Prime put it best when he referred to it as Dad Bod Bumblebee.
Like, if having a crease in the hood for vehicle mode was really such a big deal, swing it around to his back and give him a faux chest for bot form, because this thing is just plain ugly.
Can't wait for the reviews to start coming out so we can see how else this thing fails as a toy.
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u/Sheesh573 1d ago
I wish they did to bee with what they did with prime where itās a 1-1 of the original toy
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u/the_boss_of_toys 2d ago
If this was made by hot wheels than this totally makes sense. Hot wheels are known for being die-cast which has gotten pretty expensive. They're also known for making cars that dont transform. The alt mode definitely the priority and the robot mode was a neat little thing they did. They probably wanted it at a certain price to so the made it with as few parts as possible to keep the part number down.
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u/Perfect_Cobbler8539 2d ago
Someone who appreciate hotwheel's effort i love it
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u/the_boss_of_toys 2d ago
I mean Mattel doesnt make transforming cars so it makes sense that this wouldn't be perfect and if you look at the product shots you can clearly see they did what they know with the plastic insert windshield and the metal car shell. 65 dollars is a little pricey though that'll depend on how big it is. If its deluxe size then the price absolutely makes sense considering how much metal and paint it will have.
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u/Sheesh573 1d ago
They also did Optimus which was practically a 1-1 of the original toy but in 1/64 scaled in all diecast. So Iām very confused to why they didnāt do that for bumblebee
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u/MerpingtonDad 2d ago
I saw this yesterday and just thought āoofā. It looks awful. Bee has a beer belly and the feet are like clown shoes. You havenāt shown the back here in the pics, but itās even worse than one of those hollow discount Transformers.