A bit late to this. Solid review, if colored by your anti-Bee bias. Bumblebee was used as the kid-friendly character - the stand in for the audience (at least until Hot Rod and Hot Shot). He was also the character to make contact with the humans in the comic, and one of the first two Autobots in the opening scene of the cartoon. It is hard to write stories about dozens of characters at once so someone gets the spotlight. The animated series had enough episodes to rotate the spotlight, but it is harder to do with the comics and films, so the first one to get in the spotlight locks in as a the "star" in the audience's mind. Couple that with the low price point of the original toy, and it leads to a self-perpetuating cycle of Bee popularity. As for the toy itself, it is pretty solid for when it was released in 2005. It is easy to forget that at the time fans were kind of starved for G1 content, and the last Bumblebee figure had been released was ten years early, as a redeco of Go-Bot Highbeam. And much as I have affection for my G1 pre-rubsign Bumblebee, this was really the first good figure for the character. Fans weren't as insistent on hardcore G1-accuracy back then. The first wave of Classics were meant to be modern updates of the characters, not slavish homages like we see in WFC. The toy was also designed at a time when Volkswagen didn't want to have anything to do with the franchise, and the Bayverse was only a twinkle in Spielberg's eye. The only Bay-homage is the black stripes, which look better and make more sense than the white from the original. As near as I can tell, the flight pack (which also seemed odd to me at the time) was a nod to the ActionMaster, who came with a heli-pack. Most likely it was included because he was the smallest toy with the least exciting alt-mode in the first deluxe wave, and they needed something to up his value.
I can totally relate to your feelings about the over-glorification of Bee. He's a fun little character, and certainly important to TF lore since (as the smallest) he was meant to be sort of the go-between for our human protagonists and these massive alien monsters. Like, I love Batman, he's my all-time favorite superhero. But for crying out loud, DC, he's not a GOD. Stop making him defeat his enemies and spanking the Justice League with the power of "I'm Batman."
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One thing you probably started collecting too late to know is they also took inspiration from their prototype Binaltech/Alternators Bumblebee figure that was never released.
I like the idea of Bumblebee having flight. Considering he's one of the shorter Autobots, using a jet-pack to get up to eye level with the taller Autobots or other transformers would be both appropriate for his name ("Bumblebee") and honestly kinda cute.
After losing the rights to the names for Hot Rod and Bumblebee, Hot Shot was made. Hot Shot was the human friend character like Bumblebee but he was destined to lead like Hot Rod and when the rights to bumblebee’s name were (re?)acquired Hot Shot’s role went to Bumblebee and that included the Hot Rod destined leader aspect.
As a ''true'' Bumblebee fan I understand you feelings a bit that I think I prefer Bee as a just a simple sweet kid, not a leader, like I go the Peter Sam from TTTE, Takato from Digimon Tamers, Megaman, Sailor Moon or Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls route, which I protray him like that in my headcanon. Not the hotheaded leader like Tai from Adventure or Lloyd from Ninjago. I should give that to Rodimus in my opinion, it's just like treating Mimi the leader of the team which I think does not work for me, even she's my favourite. Just I think these writers need to put him back to the sweet simple kid route or even heck make an insecure version of him who's prone to tears, that's much better then being a leader, well for G1 atleast or new incarnations, that's fine.
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I just watched your review of the Siege Datsuns where you bring up Alternators Smokescreen, and I got an ad with a thumbnail that had a _very_ similar car
The black racing stripes are to make him look like...well...a bee, I would assume. Like the door-wings in the movies and in Prime. Honestly, it's not a terrible concept. He was originally a 'bug' after all.
I think the whole push for “Bumblebee is Optimus Prime’s Protege” is because that role originally went to Hot Rod, and we _all_ know how people felt about Hot Rod back in ‘86. So, after the heavily Bee-focused Bay movies, Hasbro gave that schtick to Bee, because to this day, they _still_ think we all hate Hot Rod. Edit: Anybody know of a good CHUG scale third party Hot Rod?
I liked the original of this figure, feel free to judge, but I do like it better, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, this is a repaint of a Bumblebee figure that had lighter yellow and white stripes, which was later repainted into both cliffjumper and bugbite
Loved the figure when it came out. Having an updated bee with accurate head sculpt was such a novelty in 2005, also the lack of a gun doesn’t bother me. I mean he’s usually a scout in the cartoon so why would he carry a gun?
Great review, btw if you don't like him as bee you can convert him into hubcap using the renderform head and weapon upgrade kit, I plan on doing that to my rts bee when I can.
man all you guys from 2018 get to look back on the first 100 videos and go "I have that" haha thanks for reminding me, and for helping me out from way back 4 years ago!
I don't really have any qualms about this figure. I don't know if I would go as far to say Bayification, since he does have a normal looking headsculpt. The Flight of the Bumblebee skit was funny. Keep up the reviews! :D
True, but Jazz also had a G1 head, but was given Pontiac Solstice headlights on a Porsche like vehicle. That was my point anyway. Classics bee was sunshine yellow with a white bumper. Wen RTS came along they reissued it, but gave him Michael Bayified Racing Stripes and a Macaroni and Cheese semi-orange. That's all I meant really But thanks! And will do!
I know this is 5 years old and everyone has moved on, but I really feel like this guy did not get the point of the classics/ universe line. It was meant to be more of a g1 modernization/ refresh and not just taking the exact 80s figures and giving them modern articulation and scale (like masterpiece). obviously the line has highs and lows, but I feel like dismissing a figure because it doesn't look exactly like g1 cartoon bumblebee is a little, idk, close minded. at the time of this video the Transformers franchise was 30 years old with a multitude of shows and comics to pull design elements from, even within the g1 continuity. Just because an evergreen figure does not look as screen accurate as possible does not mean its a bad figure. Ranting aside, still a good vid, love your stopmotion technique and humor!
I agree with everything you said. Personally, I'm NOT a G1 purist that NEEDS to have figures that PERFECTLY encapsulates the original cartoon; to me, that is VERY boring. Franchises NEED to be modernized to survive; things change and people need to accept it.
Well hey at least with the earthrise cliffjumper we're getting bumper before bumblebee and you do have to agree that prime bumblebee is better than most of his other incarnations
Had that toy. It suck balls and should never be around another living soul again. But it came with autobot stickers and G1 inspired decals. But they sucked too. Go for the white and yellow bee if you must have him now or wait for the mp version. Save yourself the horror and mostly your money
I recommend the thrilling 30 bumblebee that comes with a target master but is super small or the other thrilling 30 figure that has a mustang as it's alt mode. He sort of is a little too badass if you're looking for a bumblebee that is more like a squeeker that everyone hates.
actually that was when I was introduced to Transformers as well. I was really eager for Revenge of the Fallen, but then I watched it and I haven't been much of a fan of the series ever since. I looked up G1 around 2012 and was hooked = P
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer Woah! That's almost exactly like my story! I'm actually getting back into the movie line due to the nostalgia factor, as I will credit them to my Transfandom
nah, this particular version came out around the time of ROTF. the mold itself was released prior and featured a pale yellow with white accent colour schee
This review is very much hard to look at nowadays Cuz I feel as though this review just represent the whiny personality of fans back in the early 2000s as a direct response to the Michael Bay and align continuities characters That we wanted accurate versions of these characters and for them to never get past their initial character growth Yes I understand completely about some people just wanting some characters to stay in their lane did not try to do anything outside of them But I kind of feel as though like this is a poor man's thought of thinking Yes bumblebee and any other yellow themed autobot in the past was always meant to be the kid appeal character but I think after beast wars they really showed off that despite some characters only existing for kid appeal material that they could still mature and evolve beyond their archetype I love what they did with both cheetour and hotshot Them being recognized as the youngest members of their group to ultimately becoming competent heroes and warriors in their own right Even so with bumblebee during the Prime, cyberverse, earth spark, and to a lesser degree the war for Cybertron trilogy I love to see characters grow up and evolve past their own faults and heck especially after transformers one I love the brand new characterizations that we got for a lot of classic generation 1 characters especially the one that seems to never get any form of character development or change optimus I know that the lazy eyebrow reviewer doesn't think this way anymore about this stuff But this still serves as an interesting point of how we got into the over glorification of generation 1 and how we want things to go back to the way they were with characters And I feel as though we're still paying the price of that kind of fan mentality because nowadays we actually want something new from these characters instead of just the same old same old
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Ha! With how self absorbed he is? You bet he will = P Remember this is the guy when asked about the negative reviews of his movies said "I don't care, they'll all go see it anyway"
You know, everyone talks about how they hate the "over-saturation" of this character. But in my opinion, the amount people saying that Bumblebee is overused far outnumbers the actual amount of Bumblebee appearances within toy lines. It's fatiguing. Especially when you have to keep justifying why he's your favorite transformers character. (Goldbug is the reason btw)I could go on and on about this but I won't. The point is made.
BCom976 Ehh, bumblebee is so popular to the point where people think every yellow character is him. He's sometimes a good character, but most of the time he's just there so you buy his toy.
Great review, crappy figure. I am very sick of walls of yellow. Too many Bayverse Bees that look more like the G1 Datsun boys in robot mode. I am really looking forward to MP-21 because that's the Bee I grew up with. Are you planning to snag a MP-20 as well? Can't wait for the return of the elusive Lancia Stratos and the VW bug.
I got your comment via email but is hasn't appeared. You may have deleted it because it wasn't from your LER account. I agree, it sucks when money is tight. My wife and I worked hard to get what we have and sometimes it's still no picnic. Good luck with the new employment, I hope it works out well. I would gladly lend you my MP firgures for a review, alas I am all the way to the east coast of Canada. I look forward to next Tuesday. :D
Haha sorry, I did delete it, originally I didn't want my face on this channel because it's so public, but I still don't really want my name out there (even though my wife has commented a fee the on some of the videos = P) Which ones do you have? I'm currently working on upgrading my entire collection to masterpiece and getting rid of as any classics as possible. This also means I must learn this art of customs as MP11 skywarp doesn't exist yet And thanks = )
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer T=Takara & H=Hasbro H/MP-10, H/MP-08 (latest one MP-02), H/MP-09 (Broken Shoulder Joint), H/MP-13 (MP-02), H/MP-11 (Thundercracker), T/MP-12, and T/MP-18. T/MP-20 & T/MP-21 on pre-order. It's a small collection but I started it a little over a year ago. Your review of MP-10 made me want to start collecting. I told myself that I would try to stick to one figure per mold and I've done that so far. But I'm really tempted by H/MP-17 (MP-04) which just went up on the TRU website today. Now I've really got the bug bad. I'm really not sure if I should thank you or not. :P
Haha sorry, my bad = P I have mp11 Starscream in the mail, I reeeeally wanted MP08 but I missed it when it came out I'm currently searching fr a second Thundercracker mp11 for an MP11 Skywarp. And either way, you're welcome = P As for the Datsun Trio you should really look into the knock offs on eBay (erhem, I mean.... I'm not endorsing them at all) They were $40 and the quality wasn't half bad
Finally! Somebody gets it! Bumblebee never was the main character, but after bayformers everyone treats him like a symbol of the franchise. I'm soooooooooo tired of this character. Somebody, please, kill him at least once!
Why Bumblebee? One word: Pikachu. If you are looking to copy a successful franchise that has endured for decades to copy Pokemon. And if its yellow mascot is shoehorned into every expansion guess what Bee you're in Beast Wars, Combiner Wars and everything else war or war adjacent.
Sorry, deleted your last comment by accident, but season 2..... Not sure, i'd have to think about that one. Also, all I have from season 3/4 is wheelie, hot rod, Magnus and springer. All of which I've done but springer
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer yeah, and then the reprolabels set can come with herbie-bot! me personally, I will get the toyworld version cause it looks to be the same mold but smaller and hopefully cheaper. Anyways great review, you are definitely the one reviewer in youtube who puts the most time into his reviews. YOU ROCK! NEVER GIVE UP!!! (and by the way, no I'm not being a kiss-bottom :)
A bit late to this. Solid review, if colored by your anti-Bee bias. Bumblebee was used as the kid-friendly character - the stand in for the audience (at least until Hot Rod and Hot Shot). He was also the character to make contact with the humans in the comic, and one of the first two Autobots in the opening scene of the cartoon. It is hard to write stories about dozens of characters at once so someone gets the spotlight. The animated series had enough episodes to rotate the spotlight, but it is harder to do with the comics and films, so the first one to get in the spotlight locks in as a the "star" in the audience's mind. Couple that with the low price point of the original toy, and it leads to a self-perpetuating cycle of Bee popularity.
As for the toy itself, it is pretty solid for when it was released in 2005. It is easy to forget that at the time fans were kind of starved for G1 content, and the last Bumblebee figure had been released was ten years early, as a redeco of Go-Bot Highbeam. And much as I have affection for my G1 pre-rubsign Bumblebee, this was really the first good figure for the character. Fans weren't as insistent on hardcore G1-accuracy back then. The first wave of Classics were meant to be modern updates of the characters, not slavish homages like we see in WFC.
The toy was also designed at a time when Volkswagen didn't want to have anything to do with the franchise, and the Bayverse was only a twinkle in Spielberg's eye. The only Bay-homage is the black stripes, which look better and make more sense than the white from the original.
As near as I can tell, the flight pack (which also seemed odd to me at the time) was a nod to the ActionMaster, who came with a heli-pack. Most likely it was included because he was the smallest toy with the least exciting alt-mode in the first deluxe wave, and they needed something to up his value.
Dude, not everything is G1. There are loads of flying Autobots
I have two words regarding a flying Bumblebee - "Dinobot Island'.
I can totally relate to your feelings about the over-glorification of Bee. He's a fun little character, and certainly important to TF lore since (as the smallest) he was meant to be sort of the go-between for our human protagonists and these massive alien monsters. Like, I love Batman, he's my all-time favorite superhero. But for crying out loud, DC, he's not a GOD. Stop making him defeat his enemies and spanking the Justice League with the power of "I'm Batman."
Great review! As for the jet pack for BB, it's a reference to Part 1 of Dinobot Island from G1.
In all honesty, Bee should have had a gun instead of an undersized jet ski.
Martin Serrano Yeah, well thank God for Fansproject!
That's a pretty terrible reference, seeing as how it looks nothing like it. But a nod nonetheless.
I completely agree with Martin though
I moreso wish that the jet ski is a target master.
Of course bee can fly have you seen absurdly awesome
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I'd prefer the Cliffjumper repaint. I too am kinda tired of Bee in the spotlight.
Shattered Glass Unicron I want to make my titans return bumblebee look like this(but no stripes)
Shattered Glass Unicron
So you’re sick of him BEE-ing in the spotlight
Being honest I like cliffjumper so much more
dorothy mcginnis beeing honest?
Good thing Earthrise has an original Cliffjumper figure that looks good. I hope that they also make a bumblebee that looks like the beetle
One thing you probably started collecting too late to know is they also took inspiration from their prototype Binaltech/Alternators Bumblebee figure that was never released.
No autobot flies
Arial bots:
Am I a joke to you
I used to have this figure. I miss it
And I lost it overtime:(
Fun fact: racing stripes actually do increase the speed by as much as .1%, depending on the shape of the atripes and wich car it is.
Helps channel the asthetic air that gets in the way of the McLaughlin turbos
I think Bumblebee looks good with stripes... Gives him an actual "bumblebee" look instead of being plain yellow.
I personally love this figure, but to each their own.
I used to have this
I like the idea of Bumblebee having flight.
Considering he's one of the shorter Autobots, using a jet-pack to get up to eye level with the taller Autobots or other transformers would be both appropriate for his name ("Bumblebee") and honestly kinda cute.
Sidney Simons also the jet pack is a reference to a g1 episode
Thank you Lazy for keeping me entertained during a hard time I have a fever
Get well soon!
Thanks for making Bumblebee fly.
I'm not the biggest fan of Bumblebee, but I like his RID incarnation alot more than any of his other ones.
Looks like a civic ek hatch to me, I think the riced out styles suit the character
After losing the rights to the names for Hot Rod and Bumblebee, Hot Shot was made. Hot Shot was the human friend character like Bumblebee but he was destined to lead like Hot Rod and when the rights to bumblebee’s name were (re?)acquired Hot Shot’s role went to Bumblebee and that included the Hot Rod destined leader aspect.
As a ''true'' Bumblebee fan I understand you feelings a bit that I think I prefer Bee as a just a simple sweet kid, not a leader, like I go the Peter Sam from TTTE, Takato from Digimon Tamers, Megaman, Sailor Moon or Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls route, which I protray him like that in my headcanon.
Not the hotheaded leader like Tai from Adventure or Lloyd from Ninjago. I should give that to Rodimus in my opinion, it's just like treating Mimi the leader of the team which I think does not work for me, even she's my favourite.
Just I think these writers need to put him back to the sweet simple kid route or even heck make an insecure version of him who's prone to tears, that's much better then being a leader, well for G1 atleast or new incarnations, that's fine.
Still looks better than the new MP bumblebee
I assume he's supposed to fly around stabbing people with the trailer hitch like a real Bumblebee
the stripes at least make him look more like his namesake
3:19 UUUUUUUUUUUUUM ACTUAAAAALLY in the g1 cartoon he hab a jetpack and he and powerglide found dinobot island
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I just watched your review of the Siege Datsuns where you bring up Alternators Smokescreen, and I got an ad with a thumbnail that had a _very_ similar car
Wait, Bumblebee is RTS? Awesome! He's ready to scroll!
The black racing stripes are to make him look like...well...a bee, I would assume. Like the door-wings in the movies and in Prime.
Honestly, it's not a terrible concept. He was originally a 'bug' after all.
+Glenn Tang yeah, I guess that's a fair point
+The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer yeah eyebrow so stop talking crap about one of the badass characters in tf
+CESAR ALEJO tbh he's not one of the MOST badasses though...
I think the alt mold is very cool. I think it'll look much cooler in person. (I'm turning into a car lover ^^)
3:24 cute ^^ LOL
"Any autobots flying" well I mean there's 2 whole teams of flying autobots
What’s the second team? I know of the aireilbots but whose the other one
@@ironthanos2190 The Dinobots maybe?
Which is the second flying team
This version of Bumblebee (The RTS Version of the classics mold) is used in transformers earth wars
I think the whole push for “Bumblebee is Optimus Prime’s Protege” is because that role originally went to Hot Rod, and we _all_ know how people felt about Hot Rod back in ‘86. So, after the heavily Bee-focused Bay movies, Hasbro gave that schtick to Bee, because to this day, they _still_ think we all hate Hot Rod.
Edit: Anybody know of a good CHUG scale third party Hot Rod?
I liked the original of this figure, feel free to judge, but I do like it better, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, this is a repaint of a Bumblebee figure that had lighter yellow and white stripes, which was later repainted into both cliffjumper and bugbite
Have you come to like this figure anymore over the years?
The Cobalt is Chevy.. Pontiac's similar model was the G6.. Cobalt is a decent car, mines treated me well.. and the SS version is pretty shibby.
the model isnt that bad, its mainly the colouring. If I get the model its either Cliff or United Bee.
FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE
He is a custom Volkswagen beetle
Loved the figure when it came out. Having an updated bee with accurate head sculpt was such a novelty in 2005, also the lack of a gun doesn’t bother me. I mean he’s usually a scout in the cartoon so why would he carry a gun?
I think the stripes were supposed to add to the "bee" asthestic
Great review, btw if you don't like him as bee you can convert him into hubcap using the renderform head and weapon upgrade kit, I plan on doing that to my rts bee when I can.
That might not be a bad idea
The upgrade set is old so you might have to search ebay or look for a collector on fb that has one for sale.
The jet wings are supposed to be our binder of his original action Masters figure.
I still own the figure from this very review.
man all you guys from 2018 get to look back on the first 100 videos and go "I have that" haha
thanks for reminding me, and for helping me out from way back 4 years ago!
@@TheLazyEyebrow it was this, the iron man car, and war for cybertron shockwave.
Personally, I pretend that the holes on the inner parts of the doors are blasters, kinda like Hotrod. I actually like this version of Bumblebee....
I don't really have any qualms about this figure. I don't know if I would go as far to say Bayification, since he does have a normal looking headsculpt. The Flight of the Bumblebee skit was funny. Keep up the reviews! :D
True, but Jazz also had a G1 head, but was given Pontiac Solstice headlights on a Porsche like vehicle. That was my point anyway. Classics bee was sunshine yellow with a white bumper. Wen RTS came along they reissued it, but gave him Michael Bayified Racing Stripes and a Macaroni and Cheese semi-orange. That's all I meant really
But thanks! And will do!
The car mode is a old citreon rally car. Hence racing seats and stripes
You’ll be happy to know then that IDW promoted him to leader and had him utterly fail at it, requiring Optimus to come out of retirement
This is a toy review, not a rant about car spoilers and bumblebee's significance
***** and I totally reviewed the toy, but being it my channel, I may discuss what I please = P
by the way when did he fly in g1 because robot modes have flight and the disabled them so they gave him a jetpack
You're probably thinking of Sideswipe
+Teh_Omni_Tuber 420 not really he hasn't used that thing at all only prime did so I'm just letting u know
This and G1 Optimus are the most iconic TF toys in my opinion
Where did you get 2 jazz guns?
Blazinhorsepower maybe in exchange
after my research inspired by your car obsession i have found out he transforms into a Suzuki swift sport
Wow, i was unaware of that car. My research resulted in a Peugeot 206 WRC, but i can definitely see this a mix between that and the 2006 Swift Sport
@@TheLazyEyebrow doesn't change that its still not cool
I know this is 5 years old and everyone has moved on, but I really feel like this guy did not get the point of the classics/ universe line. It was meant to be more of a g1 modernization/ refresh and not just taking the exact 80s figures and giving them modern articulation and scale (like masterpiece). obviously the line has highs and lows, but I feel like dismissing a figure because it doesn't look exactly like g1 cartoon bumblebee is a little, idk, close minded. at the time of this video the Transformers franchise was 30 years old with a multitude of shows and comics to pull design elements from, even within the g1 continuity. Just because an evergreen figure does not look as screen accurate as possible does not mean its a bad figure. Ranting aside, still a good vid, love your stopmotion technique and humor!
I agree with everything you said.
Personally, I'm NOT a G1 purist that NEEDS to have figures that PERFECTLY encapsulates the original cartoon; to me, that is VERY boring. Franchises NEED to be modernized to survive; things change and people need to accept it.
I had this Bumblebee figure once, but lost it moving house some 5 years ago.
Looks like a Ford Focus
the Chevrolet cobalt at 1:03 could be a sleeper
I think your complaints were because animated BB was going to be hotrod, and took his personality
Well hey at least with the earthrise cliffjumper we're getting bumper before bumblebee and you do have to agree that prime bumblebee is better than most of his other incarnations
I saw this artfeather bumblebee which looked like this but remolded so that the alt. mode is a VW Beetle
Had that toy. It suck balls and should never be around another living soul again. But it came with autobot stickers and G1 inspired decals. But they sucked too. Go for the white and yellow bee if you must have him now or wait for the mp version. Save yourself the horror and mostly your money
3:21 Flight of the Bumblebee
I have that same toy, same color scheme, everything. But the roof/ chest piece broke off.
Do you hate wheelie more than bumble bee?
lil bit
Good
I recommend the thrilling 30 bumblebee that comes with a target master but is super small or the other thrilling 30 figure that has a mustang as it's alt mode. He sort of is a little too badass if you're looking for a bumblebee that is more like a squeeker that everyone hates.
Actually Bumblebee did fly with a jetpack in the episode Dinobot Island of the g1 cartoon
Huh. So he did
Wait I thought sideswipe did used his jetpack alongside sunstreaker
0:45 I dont know if you played NFS Underground 1 or 2, because this vehicle mode its based on the 2003-2007 Peugeot 206 Not from the awful New Beetle.
fast like a sports car, sting like a bee
um i think you've summend the bubblebee defence force
I had the original painted mold from 2006.
You know that art feathers is a Volkswagen Beetle from the 80's and is the same transformation
Bumblebee movie Bumblebee is the main character
Sad but true, I was introduced to Transformers through the 2007 movie so I don't really mind the racing stripes........ :P
actually that was when I was introduced to Transformers as well. I was really eager for Revenge of the Fallen, but then I watched it and I haven't been much of a fan of the series ever since. I looked up G1 around 2012 and was hooked = P
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer Woah! That's almost exactly like my story! I'm actually getting back into the movie line due to the nostalgia factor, as I will credit them to my Transfandom
I think this figure was actually released before the live action films, weird.
nah, this particular version came out around the time of ROTF. the mold itself was released prior and featured a pale yellow with white accent colour schee
I love the part when bee is flying
This review is very much hard to look at nowadays
Cuz I feel as though this review just represent the whiny personality of fans back in the early 2000s as a direct response to the Michael Bay and align continuities characters
That we wanted accurate versions of these characters and for them to never get past their initial character growth
Yes I understand completely about some people just wanting some characters to stay in their lane did not try to do anything outside of them
But I kind of feel as though like this is a poor man's thought of thinking
Yes bumblebee and any other yellow themed autobot in the past was always meant to be the kid appeal character but I think after beast wars they really showed off that despite some characters only existing for kid appeal material that they could still mature and evolve beyond their archetype
I love what they did with both cheetour and hotshot
Them being recognized as the youngest members of their group to ultimately becoming competent heroes and warriors in their own right
Even so with bumblebee during the Prime, cyberverse, earth spark, and to a lesser degree the war for Cybertron trilogy
I love to see characters grow up and evolve past their own faults and heck especially after transformers one
I love the brand new characterizations that we got for a lot of classic generation 1 characters especially the one that seems to never get any form of character development or change optimus
I know that the lazy eyebrow reviewer doesn't think this way anymore about this stuff
But this still serves as an interesting point of how we got into the over glorification of generation 1 and how we want things to go back to the way they were with characters
And I feel as though we're still paying the price of that kind of fan mentality because nowadays we actually want something new from these characters instead of just the same old same old
this is a really interesting response to this video. thank you
Very clever.
I love this guys reviews but he really doesn't want to embrace change (I'm talking about the bay movies and changes to some or most characters)
take into consideration this is a 7 year old video, and opinions do change
I glad you because his called the bee!
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Did you know that this figure is based of an actual Volkswagen car
I like how Bayified is an expression now...
well when you screw up that hard, it ought to be
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer I do hope he enjoys his legacy when he's older...
Ha! With how self absorbed he is? You bet he will = P
Remember this is the guy when asked about the negative reviews of his movies said
"I don't care, they'll all go see it anyway"
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer I can say with pride I did not go see these movies in theaters...
And then the bumblebee movie comes out
You know, everyone talks about how they hate the "over-saturation" of this character. But in my opinion, the amount people saying that Bumblebee is overused far outnumbers the actual amount of Bumblebee appearances within toy lines. It's fatiguing. Especially when you have to keep justifying why he's your favorite transformers character. (Goldbug is the reason btw)I could go on and on about this but I won't. The point is made.
BCom976 Ehh, bumblebee is so popular to the point where people think every yellow character is him. He's sometimes a good character, but most of the time he's just there so you buy his toy.
Azrelproductionsplus You're right, unfortunately.
Chevrolet Cobalt, the Pontiac Version was still the Sunfire
+WindchargerPrime huh. so it was
When does bumblebee fry me:G1
His vehicle form looks like a mazda
3:20 Well, his name IS Bumblebee, isn't it?
Why do people hate bumblebee?
Because he's everywhere
And road rage also star saber the Ariel bots and much more
Great review, crappy figure. I am very sick of walls of yellow. Too many Bayverse Bees that look more like the G1 Datsun boys in robot mode. I am really looking forward to MP-21 because that's the Bee I grew up with. Are you planning to snag a MP-20 as well? Can't wait for the return of the elusive Lancia Stratos and the VW bug.
I got your comment via email but is hasn't appeared. You may have deleted it because it wasn't from your LER account. I agree, it sucks when money is tight. My wife and I worked hard to get what we have and sometimes it's still no picnic. Good luck with the new employment, I hope it works out well. I would gladly lend you my MP firgures for a review, alas I am all the way to the east coast of Canada. I look forward to next Tuesday. :D
Haha sorry, I did delete it, originally I didn't want my face on this channel because it's so public, but I still don't really want my name out there (even though my wife has commented a fee the on some of the videos = P)
Which ones do you have? I'm currently working on upgrading my entire collection to masterpiece and getting rid of as any classics as possible. This also means I must learn this art of customs as MP11 skywarp doesn't exist yet
And thanks = )
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer T=Takara & H=Hasbro
H/MP-10, H/MP-08 (latest one MP-02), H/MP-09 (Broken Shoulder Joint), H/MP-13 (MP-02), H/MP-11 (Thundercracker), T/MP-12, and T/MP-18. T/MP-20 & T/MP-21 on pre-order. It's a small collection but I started it a little over a year ago.
Your review of MP-10 made me want to start collecting. I told myself that I would try to stick to one figure per mold and I've done that so far. But I'm really tempted by H/MP-17 (MP-04) which just went up on the TRU website today. Now I've really got the bug bad. I'm really not sure if I should thank you or not. :P
Haha sorry, my bad = P
I have mp11 Starscream in the mail, I reeeeally wanted MP08 but I missed it when it came out
I'm currently searching fr a second Thundercracker mp11 for an MP11 Skywarp.
And either way, you're welcome = P
As for the Datsun Trio you should really look into the knock offs on eBay (erhem, I mean.... I'm not endorsing them at all)
They were $40 and the quality wasn't half bad
3:55 this toy mold came out before jazz...
west james i just meant the character in general, not so much the rts figure
notirishman idk
Yaaay! I hate Bumblebee but still a great review man!
Yeah? Well i hate wheelie
The Red Predicon So do I... high five?
Sure
Duh, because he's a bee.
Finally! Somebody gets it! Bumblebee never was the main character, but after bayformers everyone treats him like a symbol of the franchise. I'm soooooooooo tired of this character. Somebody, please, kill him at least once!
I can't can't stand bumblebee either, same with the mary sue optimus though I have soften a tad to him and he is a just character.
Why Bumblebee? One word: Pikachu. If you are looking to copy a successful franchise that has endured for decades to copy Pokemon. And if its yellow mascot is shoehorned into every expansion guess what Bee you're in Beast Wars, Combiner Wars and everything else war or war adjacent.
1:02 "Pontiac cobalt" me: no that's Chevy it even has the logo on on it
Still a good review tho keep it up
If I said Chevy G5 would that work better?
Y U HATE BMBLBEE SO HARD!!!!
how the movies wrote bumblebee
Review your most hated season 3 character
Haha I already did both in review number 41, and number 6 = P
Well season 2 and season 4
Sorry, deleted your last comment by accident, but season 2..... Not sure, i'd have to think about that one. Also, all I have from season 3/4 is wheelie, hot rod, Magnus and springer. All of which I've done but springer
You said you like Magnus
I do, and springer's alright, I was just saying that's all I had. Plus another one that will be in a review soon
Lol great review as usual! He's not the best mold...I have the classics...
I'm personally looking forward to mp21, but I also hope they re-release it in white = P
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer yeah, and then the reprolabels set can come with herbie-bot! me personally, I will get the toyworld version cause it looks to be the same mold but smaller and hopefully cheaper. Anyways great review, you are definitely the one reviewer in youtube who puts the most time into his reviews. YOU ROCK! NEVER GIVE UP!!! (and by the way, no I'm not being a kiss-bottom :)
Yeeeeaaaah!!!!! Lex Atrobo know what I'm talking about! Whoo! Bring on MP21H!
WHOO HOO!!!
I love bumblebee too bad
Um. Wasn't s a video "review" a video "character rant'? I mean, I'm not being I genus " cynical" I am confused.
Being not genius
Haha bit of both
OK
Jez he mad at this bumblebee toy for no reason