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Old 04-07-2010, 01:17 PM   #1
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Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

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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Old 04-07-2010, 01:18 PM   #2
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee







More to follow later, the little one just woke up and wants to eat.
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Old 04-07-2010, 01:23 PM   #3
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

Looks good....I'd be a nice standalone figure, at the least to replace Ultimate Bumblebee....course I can't sell that Ultimate BB....damn mold completionist...
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Old 04-07-2010, 01:34 PM   #4
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

Does he have a seat? Could you sit the Indiana Jones Sam in there?
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Old 04-07-2010, 01:36 PM   #5
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

TRANSFORMATION

-although some steps are similar on HA Bumblebee, overall the transformation process to car mode is quite different (especially in how the legs fold and what needs to be done to store the arms in car mode) and just as intricate (if not more), yet decently simple and intuitive... Here are the instructions.




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Old 04-07-2010, 01:52 PM   #6
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

CAR MODE

-rubber tires!

-doors can open but no car interior, the cannons and the arms are taking all the space

-transformation to battle mode is easy: lift the roof, swing the cannons forward and put the roof back

-all windows are clear blue, tail and brake lights are clear red and all front lights are clear... nothing painted here!

-car deco is pretty much identical to HA Bumblebee... awesome!












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Old 04-07-2010, 01:53 PM   #7
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Old 04-07-2010, 02:06 PM   #8
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

sooo is this just a repaint of Human Alliance?
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sooo is this just a repaint of Human Alliance?
....yes.....a larger....totally remolded....repaint of Human Alliance Bumblebee....
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Old 04-07-2010, 02:14 PM   #10
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Re: Quick review: HFTD Battle Ops Bumblebee

With lights and sounds too

So to recap:
Exactly like human alliance bumblebee except:
Completely remolded
Flip out guns
Battle mask
Different paint apps
Lights and sounds
Ridiculously large and out of scale
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