More observations about ROTF Human Alliance Bumblebee’s legs

July 15, 2009 | By Juliana Heng In Customizing toys, Toy observations, Transformers |

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Human Alliance Bumblebee w/Sam action figures.

Just a trivia to share.  Here’s the actual product in the stores - Human Alliance (HA) Bumblebee’s legs show the wheels positioned on the inside.

 

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Human Alliance Bumblebee w/Sam action figures - prototypes.

This photo of prototype HA Bumblebee shows the wheels positioned on the outside of the legs.  Somehow during the factory assembly or after final decisions by Hasbro to simplify the transformation process perhaps, the final product we get is not really the same as the prototype.

 

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Human Alliance Bumblebee action figure w/modified legs.

This is a fan customised HA Bumblebee with the wheels positioned on the outside of the legs.  But when you look at thigh panels of both the prototype & customised HA Bumblebees, they still look different.  My guess is that only the legs below the knees were switched during the factory assembly (needs further confirmation), but most of us don’t have the specialized screwdrivers to remove those industrial screws from the knees.  Hence the current proven customization method is to re-assemble the crotch section and the leg positions.

Naturally I would prefer that we don’t have to do any customization and still have the more movie accurate product, but sometimes we don’t get the best of everything! LOL!

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    • 8 Comments so far

    1. deSMOnd on July 17th, 2009

      Great finding!!

    2. Juliana Heng on July 17th, 2009

      Hi deSMOnd,

      Haha, a toy observation to share with everyone :)

    3. fariz on July 30th, 2009

      Hi..
      Glad i bought it yesterday..the price for this figure nearly put me off from getting one.He’s about the size of a voyager class and it looks good standing next to the alternators/binaltech line..I can’t wait for HA Barricade

    4. Juliana Heng on July 30th, 2009

      Hi fariz,

      Congrates on your purchase! HA BB is indeed very fantastic piece of TF toy. I see a great potential in this series if they keep up this quality :D

    5. Willis on April 13th, 2010

      I have this figure and what actually happened in the promo pic above is they didn’t rotate his legs around like they were supposed to.

    6. Juliana Heng on April 14th, 2010

      Hi Willis,

      I see, LOL! :D

    7. ran on December 31st, 2010

      this is ggrrreeeaaat. i was complaining about the stupid hasbro tech who do not even know bumblebee’s wheel should be on the outside. and then you answered. tho it’s actually peaugh’s video viewers.
      i can now proudly show off my bumblebee without fear of ridicule.

      thanks again.

    8. Juliana Heng on January 1st, 2011

      Hi ran,

      You’re welcomed! :)

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