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Transformers Movie 2 Deluxe Bumblebee Figure

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5 Stars Instructions people, read em, its not that hard, really, lol
First of all let’s just clear something up about all these negative reviews: as for popping off parts, in the instructions it SAYS that parts are made to pop off during transformation so that if YOU the user was forcing it too much, it will pop off (and can be easily popped back on) instead of snapping and breaking off (like if you were to force an older gen Transformers figure). Its a feature to save kids from breaking their brand new favorite Bumblebee people. Try reading the instructions.

Admitedly, yes, several of the new movie Transformers have some of the most insane Transformations I have ever seen in a Transformer. I think its impressive and wowed me. It was a lot more like the way they move about in the films. Gone are the days of flip the calves/feet down, pop out the arms, rotate torso, flip up head DONE. And there is a very good reason for that: creating a FAR SUPERIOR robot mode. The robot modes are so impressive in these new Transformers its insane and this Bumblebee is TOTALLY my favorite. He’s extremely close to be the spitting image of his on screen self. Amazing head sculpt with perfect detailing, even his chest plate folds down in the center like its supposed to on film (which its not flipped down all the way in package, just FYI). I love this figure to death. Its one of my favorite Transformers ever, and I’ve been messing with these things since Bumblebee was just a little Bug with articulated arms and a flip up head that couldn’t turn and a hologram logo on his chest/roof. This figure is amazing. Period. The kid in me that loves robots and cars is happy in both modes. The adult in me that can respect sculpting, articulation and engineering is even more wowwed. Don’t listen to these haters. If you love Transformers, want the best Bumblebee ever made, and can READ SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS properly, then do not pass up this amazing toy!

2 Stars Really hard to put together
As a robot, the toy is pretty cool. The minute my five-year-old asked me to help him transform it into a car, things went poorly. Almost immediately, the head fell off and would not go back on. Finally, I got it to stay. Then the cannon fell off. It too goes back on with effort, but falls off again immediately. Two other little yellow pieces came off too, about every five seconds. After a half hour of putting things back that kept falling off and following the VERY unclear instructions, I was able to figure it out for myself enough to get it mostly in the shape of a car. The doors wouldn’t shut and the cannon had to be removed to get it there, but I did it sort of. My son then played with it for another half hour and was able to get the doors closed. I hate the piece of junk and would rate it zero stars, but to be honest, my son likes it.

2 Stars A waste of your money.
I recently bought a Transformers Revenge of teh Fallen Bumblebee toy. Let me say, that this toy, and all of the others are a waste of your money. It is nearly impossible to turn the robots into cars, or vice versa. Don’t waste [...] bucks on this.

2 Stars Not For Your 5 Year Old
Def not for your 5 year old, I am 35 and spent close to an hour transforming. This is more for the fan collector who will change every now and then for display. Wont last long at a 1st grade show and tell. Instructions, Bahh hopeless, and who posted the review “read instructions” must have been reading the lines and arrows. Instructions are of no use, better off just breaking the thing and putting it back together yourself.

4 Stars A Bumblebee that really stresses, “More than meets the eye…”
I passed this guy up my first few trips to the store in favor of better figures (leader Prime and Megatron). He didn’t look all that great in the package. I finally picked him up with Deluxe Skids, and even then, didn’t bother with him until after I messed around with Skids for a while, who is also cool. Once you actually start messing around with the toy, you can see the charm it has, much like the actual Bumblebee character. The head sculpt is dead on. The detail in robot and car mode is very nice. It’s a well articulated figure, and can stand and be posed fairly well. Turning him into car mode takes a little finesse to get complete, but it’s not a complex transformation like Prime. Yes, pieces pop off, but like some of the more observent reviewers have pointed out, they are meant to do that so the brand new toy isn’t permenently broke. They go back easily, and stay on. The gun arm is MENT to come off in car mode. A very cool and fun figure.

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Transformers Movie 2 Deluxe Bumblebee Figure

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2 Stars Not For Your 5 Year Old
Def not for your 5 year old, I am 35 and spent close to an hour transforming. This is more for the fan collector who will change every now and then for display. Wont last long at a 1st grade show and tell. Instructions, Bahh hopeless, and who posted the review “read instructions” must have been reading the lines and arrows. Instructions are of no use, better off just breaking the thing and putting it back together yourself.

5 Stars Instructions people, read em, its not that hard, really, lol
First of all let’s just clear something up about all these negative reviews: as for popping off parts, in the instructions it SAYS that parts are made to pop off during transformation so that if YOU the user was forcing it too much, it will pop off (and can be easily popped back on) instead of snapping and breaking off (like if you were to force an older gen Transformers figure). Its a feature to save kids from breaking their brand new favorite Bumblebee people. Try reading the instructions.

Admitedly, yes, several of the new movie Transformers have some of the most insane Transformations I have ever seen in a Transformer. I think its impressive and wowed me. It was a lot more like the way they move about in the films. Gone are the days of flip the calves/feet down, pop out the arms, rotate torso, flip up head DONE. And there is a very good reason for that: creating a FAR SUPERIOR robot mode. The robot modes are so impressive in these new Transformers its insane and this Bumblebee is TOTALLY my favorite. He’s extremely close to be the spitting image of his on screen self. Amazing head sculpt with perfect detailing, even his chest plate folds down in the center like its supposed to on film (which its not flipped down all the way in package, just FYI). I love this figure to death. Its one of my favorite Transformers ever, and I’ve been messing with these things since Bumblebee was just a little Bug with articulated arms and a flip up head that couldn’t turn and a hologram logo on his chest/roof. This figure is amazing. Period. The kid in me that loves robots and cars is happy in both modes. The adult in me that can respect sculpting, articulation and engineering is even more wowwed. Don’t listen to these haters. If you love Transformers, want the best Bumblebee ever made, and can READ SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS properly, then do not pass up this amazing toy!

2 Stars Really hard to put together
As a robot, the toy is pretty cool. The minute my five-year-old asked me to help him transform it into a car, things went poorly. Almost immediately, the head fell off and would not go back on. Finally, I got it to stay. Then the cannon fell off. It too goes back on with effort, but falls off again immediately. Two other little yellow pieces came off too, about every five seconds. After a half hour of putting things back that kept falling off and following the VERY unclear instructions, I was able to figure it out for myself enough to get it mostly in the shape of a car. The doors wouldn’t shut and the cannon had to be removed to get it there, but I did it sort of. My son then played with it for another half hour and was able to get the doors closed. I hate the piece of junk and would rate it zero stars, but to be honest, my son likes it.

4 Stars A Bumblebee that really stresses, “More than meets the eye…”
I passed this guy up my first few trips to the store in favor of better figures (leader Prime and Megatron). He didn’t look all that great in the package. I finally picked him up with Deluxe Skids, and even then, didn’t bother with him until after I messed around with Skids for a while, who is also cool. Once you actually start messing around with the toy, you can see the charm it has, much like the actual Bumblebee character. The head sculpt is dead on. The detail in robot and car mode is very nice. It’s a well articulated figure, and can stand and be posed fairly well. Turning him into car mode takes a little finesse to get complete, but it’s not a complex transformation like Prime. Yes, pieces pop off, but like some of the more observent reviewers have pointed out, they are meant to do that so the brand new toy isn’t permenently broke. They go back easily, and stay on. The gun arm is MENT to come off in car mode. A very cool and fun figure.

2 Stars A waste of your money.
I recently bought a Transformers Revenge of teh Fallen Bumblebee toy. Let me say, that this toy, and all of the others are a waste of your money. It is nearly impossible to turn the robots into cars, or vice versa. Don’t waste [...] bucks on this.

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Halo 2009 Hunter Deluxe Action Figure

Hunters are heavily armored collectives of wormlike organisms united under a common consciousness. Feared for their speed and incredible strength, these living tanks are deployed as shock troops to scatter opposing forces. McFarlane’s Hunter is in scale with our 5-inch Halo 3 figures, standing more than 8 inches tall with more than 28 moving parts.

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5 Stars Yes, the one you’ve been hunting for…
This is one heck of a sculpt and paint job. And it’s a sturdy, heavy piece: easily holding an Elite or other enemy up for an action pose. There’s a great deal of articulation overall – including the “toes” and end of the fuel rod gun. Even the packaging is fairly handsome and display worthy.

A couple of smaller minuses – Although there’s a lot of articulation, it’s still at about the same level as the other figures in the series. My first impulse was to set it up in the “defensive crouch” position, but this just didn’t seem possible. And the (removable for a Scorpion-blasted look) back spikes were literally a pain to put in. Be careful.

These are extremely small setbacks with the overall quality in mind, though.

If you like Hunters, or simply want a kingpin piece to set off your collection, this figure is easily worth the few extra bucks. In perfect scale and on the money.

5 Stars coolest one yet
this is by far the coolest of the halo figures i have bought. i thought the brute cheiftain was the one then i saw they were releasing the hunter, and i just had to have it. i am very satisfied with how it looks and the scale. i would recommend this figure to halo fan.

5 Stars Practically Flawless
Well… this is probably the best one out there. Extremely big, detailed, durable, well colored… the size is extremely accurate. Absolutely flawless. A must buy!

5 Stars Hunter Deluxe
I was so happy to finally get my Hunter in the mail, as after the usual opening process, I discovered that his back spikes required self installation. After literally 10 minutes of attempting to get a single spike in his back, I decided to let it be. The joints are highly flexible, and you can make almost any pose with him as you would see within the Halo games.

3 Stars Thought there would be two of them
it is to scale with the rest of the figures but dont be fooled by the number of movable parts. They count the spikes on the back as movable parts. Also it can not be put into the classic position as from the game.

overall very decent

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Transformers Movie 2 Voyager Starscream

The moment his sensor net registered MEGATRON®* going offline, STARSCREAM knew the battle was over, and the AllSpark lost. He converted to vehicle mode and boosted for outer space, hoping to buy enough time to rally the DECEPTICON® survivors. Returning from CYBERTRON??* bearing the marks won during his reign over the DECEPTICON army, he is focused on conquest. With a new army behind him, he has the strength to pursue his own goals, and perhaps, when the time is right, bring MEGATRON back.

Prepare to do battle ?DECEPTICON style! Fire either of two missiles from this eager enemy?s pop-out missile launcher in robot mode. Activate gears with a turn of STARSCREAM figure?s head! Or convert to an F-22® Raptor® aircraft in vehicle mode and let your imagination soar! Recreate exciting scenes from the movie or create your own!

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars A vast improvement!
The first movie Voyager Starscream was a bit of a love-hate affair. There were some good things about it… but mostly it left a lot to be desired. Placed next to some of the better designs (e.g. Ironhide), it seemed… rushed.

Thankfully, Hasbro has responded to fan feedback and listened to the criticisms. ROTF Starscream is so much better that it leaves me wondering how the first one got out! The transformation is intricate but not overly complex, with a mech-alive gimmick that’s actually quite nice. He’s got hands this time, as opposed to just cannons for arms. The head sculpt is better, and overall he’s not just cooler, but more movie accurate too. The best thing is probably the jet-mode: it’s sooo much cleaner, with far less kibble underneath.

Negatives? He’s quite a lot more difficult to balance, having smaller feet, whilst remaining top-heavy. The arms don’t pose very naturally, and sometimes can be left in an awkward look (but hey, he’s got hands!). And some might not like the new paintjob, which goes against the concept of a disguise.

Overall, this is still a very good Voyager. And so, so much better than the first incarnation.

5 Stars Starscreaming!
Starscream. He’s the whiney transformer we all love to hate. We didn’t get too much of him in the 1st transformers movie but hopefully he’ll play a bigger role in Revenge of the Fallen.

For kids:

This is one slick jet. When transformed it really looks like an F-22 Raptor and it has a cool paint job. It looks a bit like camouflage but is really Cybertronian in design. He has a unique transformation to robot form and features several spinning gears in his chest that move when his head is turned. His transformation is challenging without being overwhelming. I think kids will really enjoy this guy.

For adults:

Sorry to compare to the 1st movie’s toy of this character but it’s a comparison that needs to be made – whether you have that one or not you’ll probably get the point. I liked that one but this one puts it to shame. In jet mode the old figure looked fine but the underside was clunky and horribly fat with arms (which were really just huge missile launchers) and legs tucked under there. In all fairness it didn’t even look like a jet from the bottom. Plus his head was always peeking out at you.

Well they went back to the drawing board with this one and man is it an improvement! This is not just a repaint. Instead of big and clunky he’s sleek and smooth in jet form. The only robot bits visible at all are his hands otherwise this could be a cool little model of the F-22. The addition of the markings and symbols make him a bit more eye popping too and there are plenty of little sculpting details.

His transformation is totally different and is quite a bit of cool engineering. His head is completely hidden inside the jet and as he unfolds the body of the jet actually becomes the arms and legs and body instead of being all tucked under. It is an intricate but not an over complicated unfolding process. There are a couple of points to slot together and the tail fins that become his chest have two little black knobs that need to be matched to two little black holes as they are folded up into his body. This allows the “mech-alive” feature to work. It’s a nifty little gimmick that when you turn his head several gears move in his chest.

This new Starscream may be a touch smaller than his movie 1 counterpart but the head and body sculpt are much more accurate. Plus he actually has hands. He also has missile launchers on top of his arms and he can shoot his projectiles. The only downside I could find what that the package seems to indicate “pop-up” missile launchers but they do not pop up and are just a solid piece of the arm. I won’t knock off for that though since he’s such an improvement in execution over the other.

He’s a great fun figure with a great fun transformation that does not overwhelm.

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Transformers Movie 2 Deluxe Sideswipe

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4 Stars the new jazz… sorta
The majority of all transformers have similar characteristics. Whether it be the overall design of either car or robot mode, they all have a unique style at the same time. In Sideswipe’s case, he is a prefect ballance of two different Autobots. The two being Jazz and Barricade, at least in the movie incarnations. Sideswipe is a Corvette Concept with silver paint and blue tinted windows, similar to Premium jazz’s appearance, though with better quality. The headsculpt bares resemblence to Decepticon Barricade. However, everyone knows that Sideswipe is an Autobot. Could he be somewhat related to the two? Who knows what sub-plot this autobot has in store in the film Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. This figure has great posability with a great sculpt a wonderful attention to detail. The only problems I have are the occasionaly popping off of parts during his transformation and having minor balancing issues with the way the feet have to form in robot mode. Other than that, this is a great figure with great modes throughout.

4 Stars That Guy Sideswiped Me!
Sideswipe is one of the hip new autobots who will appear in the Revenge of the Fallen movie. According to the packaging he likes close combat and is a sword expert.

For kids:

This guy is a sweet ride. He’s a silver Corvette concept with blue windows and is probably one of the sportiest cars in the line. He transforms fairly easily but has tons of little bits and parts that move and come apart and go together. Because of this he doesn’t seem quite as durable to me as some of the others. His swords are one of the coolest “mech-alive” features I’ve seen yet though and he’s got a pretty cool looking robot form. I think he might frustrate younger kids but most kids will like both the car and robot forms.

For adults:

This guy is still a sweet ride. I even want to drive him around and make engine noises. He is painted silver instead of just molded in a certain color and this makes him pop visually. The downside is that over time I see this paint job chipping around the edges and rubbing off on corners. Another down side is because his is an involved transformation and he’s such a bright color there are many visible seam lines.

His transformation isn’t difficult but it is intricate with many pieces of the body of the car that move and swivel and break apart. He feels a bit delicate but so far has proven durable. Still, if someone went a little nuts on him he might break easy.

Once in robot mode he looks pretty cool with a sleek head, his shoulders that are the rear fenders of the car and a couple of neat points of articulation action. He has pistons and sliding knee covers in his legs that move as you bend it at the knee and he has four hydraulic rods connecting his leg to his body that slide up and down as you move his legs. The rods are a soft material so they won’t snap. That’s all pretty neat. He does have a bit too much of the car stuck onto his back though to look fully streamlined. But the biggest complaint is his feet. They look fine but the wheels are at bottom (as in his feet don’t sit flat on the ground) which makes standing him up a bit of a chore as you have to wiggle him and his feet around to find balance.

His swords are two thin strips of the doors attached to each elbow. The cool part is if you grab one of the two and pull it around in an arc toward the front of his arm the other one swings in the opposite direction automatically via a cool little gear set up. They meet right in front to form the sword on each arm. It’s a cool mechanism and works well. Plus you can take the two parts of the sword part way to make double swords or scissor like weapons or half way to make a shield like weapon. It’s versatile and can be used to change up the look.

This is a tough one, I’ll rate him four but three and a half would be fair too due to his inability to stand well, many seam lines, his chipping paint job and his delicate nature. Then again he looks cool and has those swords…

4 Stars Jazz v2.0?
Sideswipe from Transformers ROTF is a new character from the movie.

PROs:

- Painted body in vehicle mode: The whole car’s plastic body panels are PAINTED silver. This is a first for Hasbro in a regular Deluxe toy! (the old regular Jazz received this treatment with the Premium Deluxe toy line, which came very late. Such a Premium line won’t probably happen again).

- Clear plastic headlights and tail lights: These look very cool, and in the older Jazz, these were only painted.

- Complex transformation and tons of articulation: The robot mode has a lot of articulation and piston-like bits that work, which is way cooler than Jazz, Bumblebee and other toys from the first movie.

- Robot mode proportions are more slender than the bulkier old toys. Sideswipe’s weapons are his arm mounted blades, which are quite cool to rotate into position. The hands and other molded details look fantastic.

CONs:

- Big clear plastic parts: clear plastic is always more brittle than regular plastic, so it may break easier. I’ve damaged 2 pieces already.

- Complex transformation (level 4 out of 5 if I recall correctly): The instructions are not clear and won’t let all the pieces fall into place, like the back windshield + trunk portion: you can see it jutting up in the product picture. When transforming to car mode you need to move face its head down so that it’s looking inside his chest. This way the back windshield hinge fits behind its “ears” and the back windshield and tail will fall in place.

- Lots of panels in vehicle mode = lots of visible seams.

- Robot mode looks great and somewhat accurate to concept art… except that it lacks any paint. I mean, even ol’ regular Deluxe Jazz (not the Premium Deluxe Jazz) has more paint applications in robot mode than this guy! Sadly, this seems to be the trend with the ROTF Deluxe line of toys: great paint in vehicle mode, but NO paint in robot mode. Good thing is, with the molded detail in these toys, a little touch up will do wonders.

This toy then is geared towards children older than 7, because of its complexity and small parts that can detach. It will appeal also to older collectors, like me, who will need to fill the void left by one of the greatest transformers toy line of all: Takara-Tomy Binaltech.

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