Can we just appreciate how absolutely tremendously Michael Bay managed to misspell cliffjumper so consistently when writing the script for that movie Edit: some people in the replies dont realise that the joke is that stinger literally cannonically ripped off bumblebee, and is therefore red bumblebee, and I was referencing the fact that g1 cliffjumper was also red bumblebee. I am well aware that they are different cars, characters, etc.
I actually love the studio series Stinger, the transformation is genius, the kibble cleans so well, the gun is clever etc, while this mold is kind of fun but doesn't look as good to me
I myself managed to actually like the SS Stinger, but I can understand annoyances, the window-waist rotation bit confused me due to the instructions being butt.
There were plans for a full remold of Bumblebee for Stinger, but it didn't make it past the prototype stage somehow. So it was Takara who had to make this repaint.
To answer about the shoulder pads, no they don't tab in. They're supposed to be moveable to help posing, even though what movement they have doesn't help that much.
bumblebee : feels insulted by Stinger and the ''bumblebee but better in every way'' thing. Also bumblebee : immediately proceeds to make himself look exactly like Stinger. bro just admitted he was inferior
As someone who broke their sentry and seeing the figure inflate so bad in the aftermarket, seeing the SS get thrown so carelessly across and off the table hurts.. I had to glue the headlights at the joint so he now has pillar shoulders
If you’re talking about the very first studio series bumblebee (which funnily enough is the first figure in the line) I know your pain. I turned mine into jazz and ended up breaking it in half while trying to transform him. Waaaaayyy too fragile, idk who’s idea it was to make the waist non-existent but I hope if they do him again they can fix that issue😕
I owned the TLK bumblebee version of this mold. And I can confirm the shoulders don't lock in. Not that I mind, I like having the freedom to shift things around slightly when messing with them, makes me think of the idle parts movements in the WoC and FoC games.
I have this in Bumblebee covers and I love it. And 99% of why I love it is the integrated arm cannon. Cause godamn, how is that not on EVERY Transformer?!
tbh i like the studio series version more. It looks cleaner and has no massive backpack which also allows some real articulation. Also, the vehicle mode is very cool
I got the Bumblebee version of this mold with no accessories along with a few others at a thrift store recently, its a surprisingly fun mold although it definitely has its issues
for the Stinger's face thing, if you look at his head in the scene where Bee says he hates cheap knockoffs, you can see that he kinda doesn't have the mask on anymore and he doesn't really have a face. he even has the headlights in place of eyes
He’s basically cliffjumper because if bumblebee never stole stinger design look in the movie and stay his original octane design, then we would have called stinger cliffjumper because he looks similar to bumblebee in g1 show and sometimes he’s straight up red bumblebee repaint
If this "Stinger" was retooled to actually have his head and the car parts to look like the actual KSI car, I think he would be cooler, I do love the deco
I wasn’t really excited for aoe. Sure I was gonna watch it on opening day, but I wasn’t feeling it. I wanted to join the hype train too so bought aoe, hot shot and helicopter and car drift and bumblebee I remember them being pretty neat. But the one that stood out was aoe bumblebee. He was so fun, the car mode is sick as hell. It actually made me excited for bee’s role in the movie. The movie wasn’t great. Age of extinction has the most fun, wacky toyline of all, and I love it for that. 2014 was 10 years ago but my love for that era will never get old.
The Takara one is great, just the kible sucks. That's why I got the ss and Takara ones. I keep the ss in vehicle mode, while removed the kible from the Takara.
I had the bumblebee version of this the mask just dint work and once i tried to fold the mask to show the face the mask just came of and i thougth this was all of the bumblebees that have that mold but it was just mi copy
honestly studio series stinger just needs a new back mold so it isn't a backpacker and a recolor along with removing the thing thats on his right hand. then it looks semi accurate to the movie
I'll just wait for a 3rd party diecast OSKO version of this like what they use to do with the other Bayformers characters and I'll bet that it will be better.
