Transformers Bumblebee / Blitzwing / Cliffjumper - Trumpeter UNBOXING and Review!

[@6shot9]

Had to double take when I saw “zakuaurelius” and “transformers” in the same thumbnail

[@Miguel-mk9vm]

Lol

[@jay9inetvv]

God loves yall

[@InazumaKICKyt]

Zaku, it is SO cool that your kids are into model kits. You must be an awesome parent. I like hearing you talk about building kits with them.

[@ZakuAurelius]

YOU WON! (even though you didn't exactly answer the question, I'll give it to ya!) Get in touch with me via Facebook or Instagram message if you can!

[@ZakuAurelius]

Hey again! Just checking in cause I haven't heard from. you. If I don't hear from you soon then unfortunately I need to pick a new winner.

[@jay9inetvv]

God loves yall

[@HaywireZombie84]

The Trumpeter kits are so good for their size. Soundwave (best boi), Blitzwing, and Arcee in particular

[@skullcloudart]

My favourite transformer is Soundwave! Love the different mini cassette-bots that he comes with. Plus his Transformers Prime version was an absolute badass!

[@AzraelThanatos]

The Prime version was great until they ruined him late in the sequel RID series (And his first appearance there was still awesome, but then they decided to make him more like his G1 rendition for a later appearance...)

[@user-lynKx]

@@AzraelThanatos I just decided not to watch RID, I thought the return of many of the prime characters would be cool but I watched a couple clips and they were very underwhelming

[@AzraelThanatos]

@@user-lynKx The quality of the show kind of bounces all around, several episodes are great and a lot of more meh ones. A lot of the early issues are due to it basically being two shows hammered together and then meddled with such as the thing of being forced to bring Optimus back

[@AdamDimla]

Blitzwing is definitely a kit I've had my eyes on for a bit! I used to be really into Transformers as a kid, then transitioned into Gunpla, so seeing a model kit as neat as Blitzwing is so enticing!

[@chrishohm2023]

My 1st transformer was Cliffjumper. My parents & I were at Children's Palace in the 80's when the line launched & I obviously wanted Optimus. They were like " Yeah we're not spending $25 on that, pick out one of the cheap ones." I thought he looked cooler than a yellow Volkswagen. Who knew Bumblebee would be so popular?

[@cybersteampunk]

Those are cool kits, It's also nice that they release the G1 inspired version. My favorite one is Blitz Wing.

[@aggelosaggelos5696]

One of my favorite transformers designs is blitzwing as he appeared in the bee movie.Because they actually made a design that looks kind of realistic for what it is and also the face just looks sick with that mask.

[@robinrondo]

My fav transformer is Soundwave because of how cool and intelligent he is!! Plus his Decepticon mini cassettes are pretty awesome as well!!

[@Pedro49676]

shockwave is such a cool design all over the history of the franchise, my favorite for sure

[@K_hessel]

Not a huge transformer fan, but my best friend is a huge fan. He’s got a little bit of everything when it comes to the franchise. I’d love to get him into building models, since he got me into the hobby. These seem like a great first step!

[@m_0714]

My favourite Transformer is TFP Optimus. He's got most, if not all of the qualities of a leader. He's not perfect, but he's still got the touch and the power. By the way, great review. All of them looks so lovely.

[@Gabosamu]

My favorite Transformer is Omega Supreme from the original series, he looks awesome in both forms, I love the the head design, the claw and cannon arms and he can beat Devastator!

[@jeremyallen6816]

I remember watching Transformers as a kid. Sideswipe has always been my favorite, mainly because he would transform into a Lamborghini Countach which I thought was just the coolest car.

[@ProjectSAGEph]

Optimus Prime is my favorite Transformer. These kits look nice. Feels like a quick build and a handy size.

[@thecrankymonkey77]

Metroplex is my favorite. As a kid it blew my mind that a city could transform. Also the Arcee kit is out, it's the only one of these that I own.

[@tylerthorson2610]

Soundwave is my favorite hands down. He was my favorite growing up and seeing him and his cassettes robots going up against the autobots was always cool to me. A one bot army and a classic but awesome color scheme just makes him stand out amongst every over deception out there

[@hmisay4976]

Skids is definitely my favorite Autobot. He always had the most unique vehicle forms and at one point he was released as a toy that transformed into a Scion XB, which is my favorite car of all time.

[@carlperfecto7247]

I was a transformers fan as a kid but as I grew up I kinda grew out of it, but now that I'm so into gundam and generally just trying to fanboy as hard as I can for the mecha genre I've kind of had a resurgence of transformers love. As cliche a choice bumblebee is, he's probably my fave transformer just because of how much personality he gives off with how he uses his radio to speak.

[@yake2685]

What a time to be alive! Always loved the "overvalued" Bumblebee. I was looking for a hobby to start in order to distract myself a little from the process of getting into my first semester at university in order to become a robotics engineer and here I am, in your channel. My relation with transformers goes way back to the first bayformers movie, I was three years old, but my mother told me i was absolutely mesmerized by giant robots moving on the screen, specially a specific yellow camaro. As time went on, it became a tradition for me to invite my mother to go and watch the new transformers films, and maybe people hate on bayformers, but I have to thank them to help me decide my path in life and I cherish them in a special way! I hope your kids also find what they love in a unique way too!

[@skye3867]

You should watch the Bumblebee 2018 movie

[@owenhutnick789]

My favorite is the Autobot Blaster. I can still remember opening him up for Christmas, which was probably 35 years ago.

[@MJRLHobbyStuff]

Actually I absolutely love the 90s Beast Wars Transformers TV show. And my favorite character from that show was easily Megatron. The voice actor played him so well. Ending everything few sentences with “yeesss” was just too epic

[@TheGhostRydr]

Wheeljack has always been my favorite and I can't wait for his Trumpeter kit t release. He's always the mad scientist of the Autobots, inventing crazy machines to help them out and even created the Dinobots with Ratchet. He's always incredibly jovial and friendly and always meets each challenge with optimism and determination.

[@elburbo]

My favorite transformer has always been most versions of Soundwave. Just love the idea of giant robot beast master and his visor and faceplate design. I like when they try and give him a fitting new alt mode, like stealth planes.

[@Nekoscience]

For me, I absolutely adore G1 Starscream. With his antics of trying to overthrow Megatron and gain control of the Decepticons.

[@kaih5247]

My favorite transformer has always been Sunstreaker! I love the countach as a car!

[@zangetsushi]

It's nice to see they didn't try and hamfist transformations into these kits, really lets them shine as the robot forms. As for my favourite, I'm a Metroplex lover through and through. How can I not love the dude who transforms into a whole city.

[@MrJoshuaLCohn]

Shockwave is my favorite transformer. That mono eye makes him look so evil, and in the old marvel comics he beat megatron's butt in a throwdown.

[@conormillar1214]

My favorite character is Soundwave! I’ve always thought that cassette tapes were awesome and actually started collecting them after watching him in the original series!

[@RaviSAN101]

I love the way blitzwing look. Probably need to buy one if I don’t win.

[@TheCowboylucas]

Soundwave is my favorite! It would make a really cool model kit, with some súper simple transformable tape mini model kits included.

[@Oreon_Pix]

Hot Rod's been my favorite since I was a kid when I watched the '86 movie.

[@GrimLocke161]

G2 Grimlock was one of my first and certainly my most memorable of my earliest Transformers, and who doesn't love a brash and heroic dinosaur? 👑🦖

[@GrimLocke161]

And, I agree with you that Blitzwing looks the nicest, but I also like Bee with the face mask quite a bit. Also, Cliffjumper has a really excellent two part comic against Deathsaurus, in the Transformers Galaxies story, Wannabee.

[@optisprimusproductions]

Gonna love Trumpeter's latest kits: Prime, Shockwave, Soundwave, and I think Dropkick or Shatter

[@shiranui498]

My favorite Transformers is Arcee, not just for the memes but she has actually a really interesting back story, especially her Transformers Animation version.

[@igdewickayunastiadi2834]

I like Bumblebee because its yellow.. nice and simple model kit..

[@SKingBlue]

For me I've always loved Shockwave. He's got a really unique design that can be really intimidating while being very simple. He's also just really cool looking and giant laser space guns are fun

[@matoro1770]

I'd have to say my favorite transformer is Trypticon. After all, you can't go wrong with a city-sized robot dinosaur that turns into a spaceship.

[@auronthechamp]

Bit of a deep cut but my favorite transformer is Nautica from the IDW comics! I had grown up with transformers, but the IDW comics is what made me fall in love with this franchise.

[@poisonbagelz]

Great reviews. I'm not so much into transformers these days, but I love the design of the old school Soundwave. He's like a cassette player and each of the little cassetes could also transform. Super cool stuff.

[@litlman]

There’s a Soundwave in this line with an included Ravage you should take a look at then - it’s my son’s favorite in the line!

[@adama.1425]

I'm a big fan of Star Scream, mostly because of the Red color scheme with his flight alt form. I was a little disappointed when I found out that Blitzwing was not Star Scream in the Bumblebee movie, but I did like how intense he was. In summary, out of the three, I like Blitzwing. Thank. You for the video.

[@clkohl25]

Thanks for reviewing these Zaku! My son and I love transformers, along with Gundam. He is 5 so I introduced him to Gundam through Build Divers. I would say our favorite transformers are Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (who my son calls honeybee), and Cheetor. Love your videos. Thanks for all you do!

[@mutimir3873]

Ultra magnus is definetly one of my favorites, looks great and lore vise hes quite intresting with stoic like character. Intresting to see some tranformers kits also.

[@notrod0918]

Its great to see you reviewing these! Hopefully you can take a look of the others as well and maybe even some of the flame toys kits as well. For my favorite character, gotta choose shockwave. He’s a cool character especially at recent times where he could I either be a cold and terrifying warrior or the mad scientist of the decepticons. Also he’s purple

[@litlman]

I’m looking forward to the Flame Toys Shockwave that’s coming out soon - looks awesome!

[@r.creator5576]

Great review man! My favourite transformer is definitely Shockwave, I love his purple colour scheme and his biggest draw for me is probably his voice in most transformers medias, they always cast him with great voices.

[@fondedood4445]

I don’t know much about Transformers but the Transformer I have I do still like very much! Wingblade is its name from what I remember :)

[@softstuffings5115]

I’m super excited for the Soundwave kit in this line, but these kits seems like really cool refresher kits after building something big and complex

[@jeepster0204]

The flame toys kits are really awesome!

[@BryanTheDM]

Through all the years, I'd say my favorite Transformer is probably Perceptor from Transformers Armada, a combination of three small Transformers called Mini-Cons. I was very surprised and happy to see you taking a look at these kits! They seem super cool and worth putting on anyone's shelf!

[@sjkofi7935]

Nice review! Those kits look nice! My favorite Transformers is Swoop! I remember saving up my money to buy him when I was a kid then getting there to the store and Transformers was phasing out of retail 😢. So I bought swoop as an adult! Just a satisfying!

[@VisoredKuzu]

Really dig these kits. I'm still waiting on their Optimus and Wheeljack though.

[@crdbtmn8232]

As a transformers fan there is so many options but Optimus Prime just has to be my favourite, every version the great leader of the autobots

[@RamadhanFallenOne]

great review Btw. My favorite Transformer is Megatron from Beast Wars. He have a unique and simple design, and David Kaye's Voice giving megatron a lot of charms and personality.

[@omucupunga]

Neat little kits. I've built Bumblebee so far and my only gripe was with the shoulder joints. The dumbbell looking part was so small and the sockets were so tight they were a pain to fit together.

[@bitetheasp]

My favorite Transformer is probably Starscream, because he's so lovable for such an evil guy. Even his Beast Wars equivalent Terrorsaur was my favorite from that specific show.

[@jobymanuel1353]

Ive always loved Bumble Bee. And that bumble bee kit looks nearly identical to the last movie.

[@ellismark2750]

My favourite is probably shockwave, cause he always had an awesome and unique design. Also he has no emotions, how insane is that

[@madkappa4428]

Wow that instruction manual is pretty tiny! Cool they include the action base. As per the favorite transformers, I gotta go with Knock Out, he's just so smug and laid back and he's basically an aesthete since he genuinely enjoys good mecha designs (I think we can all relate here). I love him!

[@ryanskotw1620]

I really like Bumblebee just because of his aesthetic and color

[@svenfiq]

I really love this model kits! Definitely gonna pickup this

[@keremcankirilmaz9578]

My favorite tf is megatron! Hope they make a model kit of it too. Great review, like blitzwing most.

[@kirie7th]

Fav transformer is Grimlock, for the kit Blitzwing looks cool

[@AzraelThanatos]

Amusingly, the Bumblebee and Cliffjumper sharing a lot of parts is accurate to the original toys where they were essentially just color changed redecos

[@thebackcorner1427]

Excellent review, it's cool to see these kits covered by someone on the gunpla side of youtube! Personally, my favorite transformer is star saber! He's a badass commander for the autobots, as well as a heartwarming father figure for them- combine that with one of the coolest alt modes in TF history and a giant sword, and it's no surprise he's up there as one of the best characters transformers ever gave us.

[@sinanjuchar1274]

love bumble bee as always

[@rkyyrs9477]

Bee is my favorite as he was the first "car" the kid has. Lucky him 😂.

[@zacharybarnes4813]

I’ve been a transformers fan pretty much since birth. It’s really hard to choose a favorite tbh (I feel like most transformers fans have this issue) but I’d say my current favorite is Sunstreaker. How could you not love a yellow Lamborghini countach man. It’s also really cool to see these kits! It’s the perfect combo to scratch the TF and gunpla itch at the same time lmao

[@Perspective_Pla]

My favorite Transformer is Sooundwave. His design is awesome an having the casette function is really unique. Would love to wheather up these kits.

[@alexdoe5627]

I like Transformers, I've seen the Michael Bay movies as well as the new Bumblebee movie. He's definitely my favorite Transformer.

[@mark_of_the_legion2346]

my favorite transformer is starscream he was always loyal to megatron but the second he wasn't there he was already thinking of ways to be leader not to mention he was one of the strongest too !

[@caturwaskita]

That detail on Bumblebee looks awesome. Trumpeter should make a larger size kit of it.

[@angelogic]

Love bumble bee like everyone does.

[@ohno2004]

Hey zaku I've always liked the design of blitzwing and the f-4 phantom it transformes into Btw the transformation scene in the film was peak realistic transformation animation

[@dicksonluiakitperday2532]

I like Hound the autobots weapon specialist. Really liked him in the transformer movies.

[@TubaJay448]

My favorites are Ironhide and Soundwave. Both are really good at what they do for their respective factions.

[@NjalStormcaller]

Good to know these exist. Kinda wanted a couple more kits to sit on my work bench, ngl. Also still a giant fan of Jetfire, be neat if a kit existed for him, but canonically he's kinda on the enormous side. Well, could just get a Valkyrie kit and call it Jetfire. Lol

[@chrissheldon7430]

Of the 3, Blitzwing is my favorite. But out of all transformers the G1 Jetfire toy will be my first love. Got it when it first came out and only found out years later about Macross which it is based on.

[@brianeast5614]

These kits were super cool to see! I've been interested in seeing them being handled by somebody to really get a sense of scale, and I'm definitely looking forward to Trumpeter releasing more of these! And I'd definitely have to say my favorite transformer is Shockwave! Especially Shockwave from the IDW comics!

[@marquise8094]

My favorite transformers is Menasor from the original G1 cartoon. he's a combiner the reason I like him simply because he's a group of cars specifically sport cars.

[@user-lynKx]

definitely, one of my favorite transformers has got to be Nemesis Prime just like how Unicron turned Megatron into his slave, showing Megatron the oppression he once withheld, Unicron turned a dead Optimus Prime into some dark and immoral force plus he looks cool, love the colors really hoping to win the giveaway though, seem like real neat little kits

[@litlman]

My 4 year old and I have built all of the Trumpeter Transformers models currently available except Arcee - she’s sitting on our dining room table waiting to be built as I type though. He loves these little guys, with Soundwave being his favorite since it comes with a Ravage sidekick as well. I’d love to see you review some of the Flame Toys Transformers kits as well - I’ve built several for my son since they are a bit more complex than these, but they are fun and he loves them nonetheless. There’s a Shockwave coming out in the line here soon that I think might have broader appeal to a more Mecha audience, so maybe take a look at that one and see if it catches your eye too!

[@wyldchyld337]

Appreciate the review! Favorite TransFormer, huh? That's a tough call as I've been a fan since Gen 1. Arcee will always be a top for me, especially post-IDW rewrite. Slag is my fave of the Dinobots. Menasor, I feel, needs a Devastator-quality re-release. Powerglide, Warpath, and Seaspray get a lot of flak, but I love their models, Warpath's especially

[@zaku_zaku12]

Love the Bumblebee movie designs since they're a good mix of the Michael Bay and the old G1 designs. My favorite out of these Bee movie designs would be Soundwave but Optimus Prime and Arcee are also close.

[@jimmyjames7309]

Starscream or Cupp is my favorite. Nice review. I built the Flame kits for Starscream and Thunder Cracker. Hoping to get Skywarp sometime.

[@JohnRazic]

My top favorites will always be Armada Starscream and Beast Wars Dinobot

[@PhillipMoxley]

My favourite has always been Ultra Magnus. Big chunky kind-of-second-in-command to Optimus prime, very cool design across multiple continuities. Of those kits, I thought Blitzwing looked the coolest.

[@KyotoEnthusiast]

As a lifelong TF fan and a huge fan of the anime/JP continuity side of things, my favorite (probably, I'm very indecisive haha) character is probably Deathsaurus from Transformers Victory. The design and sheer presence of Deathsaurus as a character has always struck the right chord for me. Plus like... his name is Deathsaurus and I feel like that alone is almost enough of a reason lmao

[@NishidaTegaru_nZk]

I grew up having Optimus as my fave, and he still is simply cuz of the Bayverse design. As for these three; I like Blitzwing the most cuz his silhouette is menacing as how some Decepticons are. And the fact that I mistook him for Starscream when the early trailer first came out

[@MrQuester1]

I like a lot of different transformers but I think my all time favorite is Grimlock the dinobot. Hes a T-rex and is just a fun character. These look amazing and the Bumblebee movie is the best one, recommend it to anyone weather a TF fan or not, or if you saw any of the other ones or not. As a big Transformer fan I hope to win these, it'll save me time hunting them down. as far as size It would make since most transformers are a lot smaller then Gundams. lol

[@abrohm2983]

Favorite transformers is a tough call. Can't get over the raw presence of unicorn but growing up on beast wars feels wrong to not say dinobot or silverbolt.

[@ehwhateevs1283]

My favorite transformer is probably nemesis prime, as a kid one of my most vivid memories was his episode in transformers armada and seeing a black prime with regeneration and stretchy arm shit was funny and cool amd i was hooked

[@RandomFoxInaBox]

Starscream has always been my favorite ever since i was a kid 😂 Transformers Armada was one of my all time favorite shows growing up thats probabky why btw I thought this was a video by one of my Transformer tubers i follow when I clicked but nope I was plesently surprised! If more Transformers kits come out id love more reviews

[@overkill789]

These turned out better than expected, they are probably the best small scale representations of these in robot mode at the moment. I could of sworn you had reviewed a flame toys transformers kit at some point but I must of hallucinated that😅. On to the topic at hand: I’ve got too many favourites from all across the franchise, at this point there’s a aesthetic/alt mode/personality for everyone but to keep relevant to the bumblebee movie it would have to be shatter: a completely new character that managed to be a good antagonist, have two nice alt modes(a harrier and a mussel car) and probably one of the best live action designs. Would definitely get a kit of her if it’s as good as these, sadly there isn’t a transforming figure that does both modes just yet.

[@TdogSoto]

My favorite transformer is grimlock he is big and very cool because of the trex mode

[@PurpleKeiraVODs]

The prepainting on these is so nice! I'd love for them to make my favorite transformer Grimlock as a kit one day. He's always been my favourite character since the original series as the leader of the Dinobots with his awesome T-Rex form. (Altho I wasn't happy with how they portrayed him in the live action movie)

[@BLAZE084]

G1 Jazz and Starscream were my favorites but there are others I like as well. For me it’s mostly G1 characters.

[@robowarrior369]

I wish they've make these a bit bigger. They seem to be a lot of fun.

[@KoalaBro_]

Soundwave is the most awesome Tf. Wish I could find his kit

[@der76216]

Idw comics Drift is a favorite of mine, but not many representations of him in the figure/toy market. I do have the Flame toys model which is really cool.

[@nathanielquiambao1474]

Although I'm also not too big of a transformers fan, my favorite designs are the Optimus Primal (the gorilla from Beast Wars) and Leo Prime (the lion)