TRANSFORMERS Vintage G1 Legion Class Autobot Bumblebee

The original model of Bumblebee which was released in both yellow and red in the first batch of Transformers in 1984, has to remain as one of my all-time favourite Transformer figures. His Transformation process was quite simple but somehow very pleasing and managed to produce both a good robot and vehicle mode. The same model was later released as part of the G2 line in a gold colour scheme and was also used in other colours in several South American countries. This ‘vintage’ version is much the same model but with a few tweaks and is basically the same as the version that came in a collection box with five other mini Autobot re-issues in the early 2000s. It’s main change from the original is that its face is no longer the robotic visage but the more humanoid one that featured in the comics and cartoons. He also has silver rather than black bumpers and possesses coloured headlights. Oddly the packaging goes to the effort of showing a picture of the toy in vehicle mode with these changes whereas the robot picture still possesses the original face. It is a bit of a novelty to have an original looking figure with the animated version of the face as I’m not sure if this happened with any other character (Brawn, for instance, was often shown with a humanoid face and many of the later toy versions had such a look, but I don’t think there was ever a re-issue of the original toy with such). Thus, it is a nice addition to a Bumblebee collection.

Es muy padre como lo recuerdo de cuando era niño

I've been collecting some of the G1 reissues lately, so I was very excited to add the loveable little brother of the autobots to my collection. The figure was packaged well enough, didn't have any cracks or marks on the figure, an overall solid job on everything. Would definitely recommend this seller and this figure. great job! :)

Right foot is dislocated and couldn't be permanently fixed. Similar to some reviews here, the bubble plastic pack was already detached from the paper back.

Tive um desses quando era criança e fiquei muito feliz em reencontrar. Idêntico ao original. Boa qualidade. O único detalhe é que a parte plástica da embalagem descolou muito facilmente, mas isso não foi um problema para mim. Seria bem legal se relançassem outros modelos daquela época.

Nice piece for my collection. Transformer is tight and well made.