He finally arrived this morning! Just some quick thoughts...
ROBOT MODE
-Frenzy_Rumble was complaining about weak knee joints on his figure but mines are fine
-Bumblebee is decently poseable, too bad the cannon arm can't move in and out and that there is no rotation at the left wrist... left arm articulation is similar to Deluxe Cannon Bumblebee, but thumb and fused fingers/double jointed hand can also be posed
-legs have a good range of movement... because of the weight, it takes a little time to balance the figure but you can get pretty decent action poses out of him, especially since the dual heels can spread in and out and rotate
-cool rubber pistons connecting the upper the legs to the torso, a bit like on ROTF Deluxe Sideswipe
-backpack compresses much like its HA counterpart
-not sure if previous pictures showed it but the doors can be angled up
-chest transforms the same as HA Bumblebee (pull the car front halves and angle them down)
-front wheels hang behind the shoulders like on HA Bumblebee
-battle mode can easily be achieved by flipping the shoulder cannons forward, lifting Bumblebee's head center piece, sliding down the battle mask and closing back Bumblebee's head center piece... lift the right arm up and it automatically converts to blaster (a panel swings from right to left on top of the blaster, the barrel spins and the hand retracts)
-head can rotate left and right but is very stiff, keyed at 45 degrees on both sides and cannot go any further...
-no waist rotation
-knee pads can be posed like on HA Bumblebee
-the pillars on the feet can be posed
-not a whole lot of paint apps showing in this mode other than the paint apps carried from the car mode... some bronze on the shins, the license plate, some paint apps on the head, yellow on the arms, feet and lower torso, red on the right shoulder button
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