I got this figure thinking he was the original but he turned out to be a keyring without the chain.
This is G1 Bumblebee back when he was a Volkswagen Beetle and not a Camerae. He could also talk. This drives me mad in the modern movies.
Back Story
Bumblebee appeared in most of the stories in series 1 and 2 but I am not going to wrote all of them out as it will be ten pages long.
He first appears in " More then meets the eye part 1" He was the first Transformer you see and him and Wheeljack found these Energy conductors. In this episode you see him in his Cybertronian mode and the circular Cybertronian car looks like a UFO but can't fly.
Bumblebee got wounded in the very beginning of this episode. He was blasted in his rear axile by Skywarp and Thundercracker. He was rescued by Wheeljack.
Bumblebee left on the arc with the other Autobots and they crashed on earth. There he got his Volkswagen beetle mode.
Bumblebee did not do a huge amount in this episode but one thing he did was in the end of part two. Sparkplug and him went to these mines to blow them up as the Decepticons were trying to steel the cysts. They set the bomb up but they were about to leave when there escape route was blocked by Thundercracker and Skywarp. They played kick the can with Bumblebee and were going to take him to Megatron when the bomb went off trapping both Sparkplug and Bumblebee inside. The Autobots dug through the rubble and rescued them.
Bumblebees next major appearance was in "Teleport to oblivion" Spike and him went to try and find where the Decepticons were. They were about to give up when they found them in a river bed . Bumblebee and Spike were captured and they were going to be used to test the space bridge but Bumblebee escaped and made it into a cave pursued by the Decepticons. They re-captured him. Megatron modified Bumblebees Memory banks so he would lead the Autobots into an ambush. He did and led them into the cave. The Decepticons attacked and Bumblebee was caught in the crossfire but Rachet fixed him and realised that his memory banks had been tampered with. He was them able to give the location of the Space bridge in the river bed in the desert. Spike was rescued.
Bumblebee and Spike became best friends. bumblebee is in most of the episodes and got up to all sorts with Spike.
In the G1 movie was assigned to moon base 2 with Spike. It was attacked and eaten by Unicron. While they escaped they detonated a bomb. Unicron just sucked their ship into his mouth as the bomb had no effect. Unicron was going to drop Bumblebee, Spike , Jazz and Cliffjumper into a pit of acid. They were saved by Daniel.
Bumblebee hardly appeared in series 3 but he might have been in "Five faces of darkness part 5 as a minibot defending the arc from Tripticon. If it was him he got kicked around the desert by Tripticon and the arc was destroyed.
Bumblebee appeared in "Ghost in the machine" when ghost Starscream and Scourge stole Metroplex's eyes. Bumblebee and Spike were inside Metroplex when it happened. Metroplex panicked and transformed with them inside.
Bumblebee almost made it to the end of the series but then there was the two part episode " Return of Optimus Prime" Bumblebee, Blur, Kup and Steeljaw were deactivated by the Hate plague infected Superion and they were all re activated by Optimus Prime, Skylinx and a Quintisson. Bumblebbe was reformatted into Goldbug as he was so badly damaged.
This is G1 Bumblebee back when he was a Volkswagen Beetle and not a Camerae. He could also talk. This drives me mad in the modern movies.
Back Story
Bumblebee appeared in most of the stories in series 1 and 2 but I am not going to wrote all of them out as it will be ten pages long.
Bumblebee got wounded in the very beginning of this episode. He was blasted in his rear axile by Skywarp and Thundercracker. He was rescued by Wheeljack.
Bumblebee left on the arc with the other Autobots and they crashed on earth. There he got his Volkswagen beetle mode.
Bumblebee did not do a huge amount in this episode but one thing he did was in the end of part two. Sparkplug and him went to these mines to blow them up as the Decepticons were trying to steel the cysts. They set the bomb up but they were about to leave when there escape route was blocked by Thundercracker and Skywarp. They played kick the can with Bumblebee and were going to take him to Megatron when the bomb went off trapping both Sparkplug and Bumblebee inside. The Autobots dug through the rubble and rescued them.
Bumblebees next major appearance was in "Teleport to oblivion" Spike and him went to try and find where the Decepticons were. They were about to give up when they found them in a river bed . Bumblebee and Spike were captured and they were going to be used to test the space bridge but Bumblebee escaped and made it into a cave pursued by the Decepticons. They re-captured him. Megatron modified Bumblebees Memory banks so he would lead the Autobots into an ambush. He did and led them into the cave. The Decepticons attacked and Bumblebee was caught in the crossfire but Rachet fixed him and realised that his memory banks had been tampered with. He was them able to give the location of the Space bridge in the river bed in the desert. Spike was rescued.
Bumblebee and Spike became best friends. bumblebee is in most of the episodes and got up to all sorts with Spike.
In the G1 movie was assigned to moon base 2 with Spike. It was attacked and eaten by Unicron. While they escaped they detonated a bomb. Unicron just sucked their ship into his mouth as the bomb had no effect. Unicron was going to drop Bumblebee, Spike , Jazz and Cliffjumper into a pit of acid. They were saved by Daniel.
Bumblebee hardly appeared in series 3 but he might have been in "Five faces of darkness part 5 as a minibot defending the arc from Tripticon. If it was him he got kicked around the desert by Tripticon and the arc was destroyed.
Bumblebee appeared in "Ghost in the machine" when ghost Starscream and Scourge stole Metroplex's eyes. Bumblebee and Spike were inside Metroplex when it happened. Metroplex panicked and transformed with them inside.
Bumblebee almost made it to the end of the series but then there was the two part episode " Return of Optimus Prime" Bumblebee, Blur, Kup and Steeljaw were deactivated by the Hate plague infected Superion and they were all re activated by Optimus Prime, Skylinx and a Quintisson. Bumblebbe was reformatted into Goldbug as he was so badly damaged.
FUNCTION; Espionage
MOTTO; "The least likely can be the most dangerous"
BIO; Small, eager and brave, Bumblebee acts as a messenger and spy. Due to his small size he dares to go where others can't and won't. He idolises the bigger Autobots, especially Optimus Primes(1984) and Prowl (1984) and strives to be accepted. He is the most energy efficient and has the best vision of all the (Ark modified) Autobots. he can go underwater for reconnaissance and salvage missions. Although physically the weakest Autobot his stealth more than compensates for this inadequacy.
Strength 2, Intelligence 8, Speed 4, Endurance 7, Rank 7, Courage 9, Firepower 1, Skill 7
Robot mode
Car mode side
Car mode front
His car mode is ok but it has a squashed look to it as the real car has.
His windows are painted and he has a weird silver chrome panel on the back of the vehicle.
Mine is missing all its stickers.
He has fake rubber tyres and can become brittle in time.
Chrome hubcaps.
Transformation is simple and his arms can come off during this.
The only difference to this and the original G1 is a little hook on his shoulder for the key ring.
His face does not look like the cartoon at all and it looks like Goldbug with the mouth plate.
For the Encore figure they gave him the face of Cliffjumper as it looked like Bumblebee.
Articulation is virtually none existent. His arms and feet move .
He is a bit of a brick.
He is top heavy and falls on his back all of the time. My Cliffjumper does not do this.
He is just a little yellow robot. I suppose you do need a G1 Bumblebee.
I recommend him but for the original I would not pay £20.00 which some are charging but for this I paid £5.00
You do need a Bumble though so this is a good figure.
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