Transformers One Prime Changer Bumblebee (Random Review)

The best one and the studio series one has big shoes to fill

Very pleasantly surprised with the Prime Changers line overall.

That moment when the collector-oriented figures get shown up by the budget kid-oriented figures

Seriously, how come no one from the media team (EarthSpark, ROTB, or TFOne) has been promoted to the Generations team yet? With how good Nightshade, Primal, Rhinox, Airazor, Orion, Alpha Trion, Sentinel, and Badassatron Bumblebee have turned out, you’d think someone from that group would have a promotion or two by now.

May be a bit of a controversial opinion but I think the prime changers are better than their studio series figures.

I am really looking forward to Airachnid in this series, given how clean the rest are

looks pretty nice!🎉

As someone who has seen the movie, I think the Transformation Cog thing makes sense with the five figures we've gotten. We never see Trion's, we see Sentinel's but he starts the film with one so it's less of a deal for his character (though I can think of a fun thing you could do if they gave him one), and I don't think the Quintesons have them. This also makes sense for Prime, but I don't want to say why.

Rhubarb

you know ive noticed this “random reviews” aren’t so random after all its almost as if he bulk pre recorded these for a vacation or something maybe im just a conspiracist though

where Transformers One Prime Changer d16/megatron? or this toy line is over?

What do you mean metallic yellow is not gold? Metallic yellow is literally the definition of gold. Also this isn't metallic, it's just a regular yellow like any other Bumblebee... literally I have 3 of them on my desk right now and he doesn't look any different than the other two in terms of how the yellow looks on him. Of course I'm color blind so maybe that's just me and the way I've been taught to look at a color I can't actually see.

Also I don't have that issue with the legs on mine. What I do have an issue with is the arms. It's really difficult to get them into the right position when going into the vehicle mode so that everything else can peg in properly around them. It's a really tight space that they have to fit into and they only fit one way so if anything is even slightly misaligned nothing works. And I have popped his arms off the ball joints at the shoulder transforming him in both directions. Admittedly the first time was my own fault cause I didn't look at the directions to see where the arms were suppose to go before I transformed him for the first time so I had to undo the legs to get the arms fix anyway. Going into vehicle mode has gotten a little easier now that I know how the arms work but I've still popped them off at the shoulders going back into robot mode.

It's not really clear how the knife is suppose to attach to his right hand. There are two pegs on the cannon and two slots in the knife so that works perfectly. However on the actual hand there are also two pegs but they're too far apart to actually fit properly. One of the pegs also doubles as how his arms fit together in vehicle mode so I'm thinking I'm not suppose to use that one for the weapon but the knife does fit into that peg. Of course when I put the knife on the transformation peg it doesn't reach the top mounting point and vice versa. It's a very loose connection with only one of those pegs fitting in there at a time. When I attach it to the cannon those 2 points of connection feel much more secure so I don't actually like taking it off the canon cause I don't want that piece to get lost since it doesn't fit properly anywhere else. I know it's suppose to fit on the right arm but I can knock it off there very easily no matter how I try to attach it. I feel like those two pegs needed to be closer together to match how it fits on the canon. I also don't really like that tab sticking up on the arm and kind of wish the accessories were universal to fit onto either arm cause I'd prefer the canon on the right and knife on the left but they seem to be molded to only fit on one way. And the way they want to fit at least on my copy is like why even make those separate pieces at all when the canon is the only place where the blade weapon can actually be attached properly. I'd like to have just the knife hand on it's own but that connection just isn't secure on my copy of the figure so that piece is honestly never going to come off the canon.

When you mentioned the T-cog you forgot to mention that you can remove the T-cog from his chest

I really like the way Bee’s feet sit in vehicle mode. It gives the vehicle the appearance of insect wings folded up against the back, furthering the “bumblebee” aesthetic. Ironically done by having his feet sticking out the back. Optimus would be proud.

Badassatron.
Mandatory to mention that nickname at least once.

Optimus/Orion has the Matrix in his chest and why would Alpha Triton or the Quintesson Commander have a transformation cog in their chests? AP is an original Prime and the Quintesson most likely won't transform canonically at all. They just have him the giant ship the invade Cybertron with as an alt mode so people have a transforming figure that resembles two different things from the movie.

Is the chest panel packaged separately? I finally found this at retail, but not a single one had it on in packaging