Art Feather's Bumblebee

im really into those of G1 homage for my transformers collection. official (takara/ hasbro) or not (3rd party), hunting (haul) 'em down really made me feel gud about it. latest get my hand on is these deluxe class Bumblebee from Art Feathers, just another new 3rd party production house. ok, less words, more pictures since im not that gud to write about something. ha.ha.ha.

in comparison here is its beautiful box-art which simply use the Autobots' logo. simple yet smart (n' big box too!)

on the inside, BB's biography n with a full panel features to tell wuts exactly (condition) inside of the figure n accessories indeed.

paired with Dr.Wu's partners set (of Spike n Sparkplug), its vehicle mode definitely a strong point why collectors should get this BB indeed - yup, a classic volkswagen beetle! to such extend, they (art feathers) did made its rear mirror do reflect images just like a mirror should be then. nice touch!

all connections do intact well enough. no such joint/ surface uneven. juz that both front wheels kinda tight to be roll. factory defect mybe?

as for its robot-mode, the cool gimmick this one BB pack with is that the door on his arm can be removed to actually reflect his ol' G1 cartoon counterpart. rest of his transformation is same as the henkei/ classic/ RTS/ united's ones, except back of his hood can't seems to be intact properly due to the chrome bumper. oh ya, speaking of chrome parts, yup, here got lotsa it! from bumper, to window frame to headlight n wheel-rims, its another add-on point to this 3rd party figure. n its bright yellow color is so nice just to mentioned it.

wut additional features i'd wish is that maybe they (art feathers) in a way could add extra joints at the front wheels so that it could be snap/ push to the bottom of his feat, which would provide more accurate G1 looks.

the set comes with 2x pairs of extra hands (open right palm n' peace-sign on its left), a blaster, Spike Witwicky figure (non-articulated) n toolbox. got lotsa sticker decos also but the sticker set is someone not very "premium" in my opinion. that's why i'd rather applied this reprolabel's one on his chest n boot.

in comparison with Masterpiece' Optimus Prime (MP10)..yup... it seems in scale for sure.

and now, in comparison with rest of the 'bot group!

verdict: well, totally worth it every cents! from its box packaging, accessories, cool gimmick here n there, but minus lil' defect works, think every G1 collector should have this guy, uptill maybe takara/hasbro finally made a MP version of him (BB)

Inflation rate taken its tolls... on TF~

Happen to buy one the the newly release TF figure labelled as the size of deluxe-class. It is very interestin' to find juz how much it differs from previous (best) release of all deluxe's. apart from that the plastic more-like less quality tho. thin in fact.

but all the while, thumb-up side is that (for example- this Falls of Cybertron's JAZZ) had major details on his body surfaces reflectin' his circuits, pistons n' all (sorry lazy to take photo here.haha)

note: if felt wana meshed together all the G1 homage collection (united, henkei, classic, universe, etc.) with the upcomin' FOC's one, well, beter not! FOC-bots would look midget. hehe.

TF:Prime Sergeant KUP

its been awhile since im posting sumtin here.nway, just recently managed to buy the so-called (nearly) hard-to-get TF:prime's Sergeant Kup. jump for joy when seeing one. but then, it wasnt really as expected when open it out of its nice packaging tho....for such price, the figure seems so SMALL...! d'oh! plus, tink they (manufacturer) can do much better for the figure mold (kup/ironhide) tho. i like much better it's early Cyberverse's version than this regular (supposed to be 6") deluxe type...