360 Swag Review: G1 Transformers Bumblebee (1984)

Optimus' little buddy proves that it's not the size of the bot in the fight, but the size of the fight in the bot!
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[@MichaelMercy]

The reissue's still rolling at BIGBADTOYSTORE: bit.ly/2Fa0PBP_G1Bumblebee

[@diggdirkler9445]

Did you see that they are like re issuing g1 toys the other day I saw g1 swerve, tailgate, and Optimus, so obviously I picked me up they are almost exactly the same

[@mattrexer9086]

Bought the reissue Bumblebee for my daughters to play with. I really dig it -- I love the real Autobot sticker vs my vintage version with the rub sticker on it (always hated those). Also love the reissue's more cartoony head.

[@deang5386]

I bought the Re-Issue in October last year. Great to keep in package for the artwork.

[@drozwalker9]

Bumblebee and Cliff Jumper were two of my favorite smaller G1 Transformers. Thanks for an awesome review!

[@MichaelMercy]

Same here. Thanks Droz!

[@1sillymoogle]

I had the yellow Cliffjumper growing up. I had Bumblebee and got him when we moved across the country, but gave him to someone at the hotel we were living at while looking for a place to live back as a kid.

[@GamePlayerZ1912]

Oh the original Bumblebee, from the small minibot with a Volkswagen Bettle vehicle mode to a more important Autobot with a Camaro mode.

[@audiebavington8789]

From Perth Western Australia. Bucketing down with rain here and nowhere to go. All the housework done. Couldn't think of a better video to watch. Great timing Michael. Loved it.

[@aldrey4739]

Bubblembee is one of my favorite Transformers of all time. The underdog so to speak of the Autobots, but one of the most solid characters in the group. Its always interesting how they can try to recreate from the original model. But it is cool to see G1 Transformers back on toy shelves. Thank You for the review and video!

[@willieleefrancis8091]

I bought the Walmart G1 reissues last year and a couple of them 2 months ago of the minibots.

[@retrogalaxyunlimited1999]

I had this g1 transformer has a kid

[@DeterminedVeteran]

The modern figures are very cool but seeing the ones we had as kids is amazing even if they’re retro KO

[@MichaelMercy]

The carded one is a KO. The opened one is actually a vintage '84 one.

[@171QA]

Bumblebee will always be one of my favorite Transformers.

[@MichaelJShaffer]

Oh the memories. Bee was my very first, own pocket money, G1 Transformer I ever got, as a kid. Love your love for G1. Thanks for another great review, Michael.

[@imaginaryfriend4512]

Ooh that's smarter than my Swiffer cloths, TY!

[@normanpopcultureboy8563]

Bumblebee is like my brother or friend I’m surprise that he survives in Transformers the Movie because he’s Toy was being still continued in 1986

[@mikeyfourbarrel8473]

My favorite toy line on my favorite KZbin channel...yes please!!

[@Tr0nzoid]

I hardly go into the stores or buy toys anymore, but did recently and discovered Hasbro has put out reissues of this Bumblebee and a few others like Warpath.

[@krunk9790]

The 1st Transformer i ever got from my mom when he came ouy! Bumblebee!

[@mattcarrara7407]

Can’t wait for history of G1 1985 edition!!

[@mikeyfourbarrel8473]

Matt Carrara definitely!!! Part 1 was awesome.

[@willieleefrancis8091]

Good Morning, Michael. I definitely like the G1 videos that you put out. #FACTS

[@Deutalios818]

YAYAYAYAYAY BUMBLEBEE

[@BennyLlama39]

Whoa! Old school. 😀

[@retrogalaxyunlimited1999]

Always loved Bumblebee , defo my favorite car bot , good brother

[@peterang78]

My favorite bumblebee is animated and the movie. I just like his friendly relationship with sari.

[@BaronNate]

so cool. When I was a lil boy and my parents were just starting out, this was my first transformer. I LOVED my bumblebee. Someone broke the arms off in fourth grade, I still played with him, I just said he hovered and i'd fly him around in car mode, LOL.

[@MichaelMercy]

Haha, "Where we're going, we don't need roads!" :D

[@junethefox5834]

ah yes, Cream my favorite TF right here. love this little dude

[@billpagan3070]

Great review!😁👍 Thanks for sharing

[@campbellclan6708]

Awesome video!!!

[@bowelrupture]

My first transformer was Cliffjumper. Bought it some when in 1987 or 1988. Got Bumblebee a bit later. Both are Hasbro versions though.

[@enriqueae7532]

Love your videos!!

[@RetroDaze]

Nice review on that reissue. I picked up the Star Scream one and was happy with the purchase.

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks! The opened one is an original 84 one though.

[@MarcelosToyRoom]

Have it, love it, recommend it

[@_The_Worst_]

I would love to have a deep dive into his✨️vision...🤘🏼💯✔️

[@9ElevenGamer]

Do you have any of the mini ones from Japan?

[@Emerald501st]

Am I the only one who prefers Bumblebee's G1 toy head over the cartoon?

[@MichaelMercy]

Probably not.

[@josephochoa9861]

Have you seen the transformer toy based on ecto-1

[@janetwilson535]

please make more g1 review videos and i love your vids and i have a small drawer and it has five g1 transformers in it and i am so carefull to not break them and those five transfomers are a g1 optimus prime a g1 power master optimus prime a g1 soundwave a g1 hot rod and a g1 swerve and i am so carefull with them and my most favorite of them all is the g1 optimus prime it was the first g1 transformer i ever got and its so special to me its what made me start g1 collecting transformers and i am nine years old i have a the original transformers show on dvd and i love to whatch it please make more g1 review vids nerdmaste

[@nightstreaker2448]

Hey brother

[@berlin9towne482]

You hit the nail on the head. I don't add a value on Transformers

[@Gamingdude1618]

Awesome 🤩👍⭐️👏😎🚗🚛❤️💙💛🖤

[@evandavid2816]

Excellent video as ever; I always had a soft spot for the various versions of Bumblebee growing up, to the extent that a yellow Beetle (with Autobot symbol, natch!) has always been sort of my dream car in real life - at least, until some enterprising car company makes a life-size version of G1 Hot Rod's car mode, that is (but I digress...)!!! I didn't have the original G1 Bumblebee toy myself (although I did have Hubcap!), but I did have both Goldbug and the Pretender Classics versions in turn - I still have them both, in fact; although the Pretender Classics one is a bit worse for wear, I'm afraid...is the Masterpiece version any good, by the way? I've been thinking of getting one of the latter for a while, but it'd be nice to know if it was worth getting in the first place, yes? (in fact, a review of Masterpiece Bumblebee might make for a good follow-up video to this one some day...but that's entirely up to you, of course!). In the meantime, though, I'm really looking forward to your 'History of Transformers: 1985' video, especially when it comes to covering everyone's favourites, the Dinobots! PS: I've also read Dan Gilvesan's book myself, and you're right, it's a fascinating read from a guy whom I wouldn't mind meeting myself, especially since he also starred in my all-time favourite Spider-Man cartoon back in the day, yes? (Alternatively, if anyone's looking for a good story about G1 Bumblebee instead, then I'd heartily recommend a very touching piece of fanfiction called 'Brother' by one Epona Harper, which can be found here at www.fanfiction.net/s/3496247/1/Brother - enjoy, yes?).

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Evan! The Dinobots are a highlight of that video...or at least they will be if they ever cooperate! :D

[@evandavid2816]

@@MichaelMercy I can well imagine...I mean, remember how much trouble it was just to get them aboard a shuttle in Transformers: The Movie, eh?! (Speaking of the Dinobots, I seem to be on a bit of a Transformers fanfic kick today, but I just can't resist sharing this fun three-part tale called 'Storyteller' at www.fanfiction.net/s/1780551/1/Storyteller; it's by the same author as the more Bumblebee-centric one that I mentioned above, and it's all about the shenanigans that ensue when Spike reads them 'The Hobbit' - anyway, enjoy, yes?).

[@luiselizabeth9161]

Hey im from canada

[@evandavid2816]

Forgot to mention my favourite Bumblebee-centric comics story in my previous comment; it's a three-parter called 'Crisis in Command!' published by Marvel UK back in the G1 days, and still stands as perhaps my favourite Transformers story ever to this day; I won't go into too much detail for fear of spoilers, but it covers such ground as the moral dilemmas facing the Autobots as to how far the ends would justify the means in order to defeat the Deceptions through the use of the robotic equivalent of WMDs, and features both Bumblebee and Prime at their most noble and courageous throughout! It has been reprinted a few times since over here in various formats, but unfortunately, I'm not sure how you could get it over on your side of the Pond; still, you can get a bit more detail as to the reprints in question, as well as the broad outlines of the story itself, at tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis_of_Command! - enjoy, yes? PS: I've also posted this self-same comment on your other Bumblebee video to try to spread awareness of 'Crisis in Command!', I hope you don't mind; after all, as they almost used to say in the old RKO movies, a good story is worth repeating, yes? (And trust me, it is a really good story...!!!)

[@BigBoy257]

The transformers wiki is so freaking funny!