TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on BUMPER

Obscure Characters Month turn its attention to one of the longest-standing Transformers mysteries - the curious case of the Mini-Bot who just appeared without warning, "Bumplejumper," aka BUMPER!
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[@christophergarner8746]

I actually managed to snag one of these about a year ago at a comic shop. He was labeled "Fake/Knockoff Bumblebee" with a $2 tag.

[@proofelm22two19]

man you fanagled that one 😂

[@magicmariotv7772]

Bro was confounded 💀

[@dubuyajay9964]

Grats.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Me seeing the character announcement: I don’t even know who you are. Chris: Don’t worry. You will.

[@splatmouth9201]

Hahaha lol

[@justzillathekingofgames6867]

😂 Same. I never knew this guy existed.

[@zilvertron]

@Samuel Cannon what about Zauru and Dial then?

[@vickerandflips8061]

When i was a kid, i wrote my own Transformers comic and made an Autobot named Bumper. I didn't know it had been done

[@Yesitsmyrealname]

"We're Having a look at the Little Yellow Autobot, No Not that one" Nice

[@Grimlock1979]

It's Hubcap! No, not that one either.

[@Yesitsmyrealname]

@@Grimlock1979 Who's that Pokemon! *IT'S PIKACHU!* No Not that one *FU-*

[@alphatrion100]

I had a blue cliffjumper. Who was that?

[@user-ju2jj3vi4d]

Glyph?

[@MSARCTICEDGE]

Sunstreaker?

[@morganweinstock167]

So weird that the concept of the character was born from a mistake, and an inexplicable one at that! Weird and cool, that is.

[@itsnotpaul8548]

A creeper was one of them but a coding mistake

[@kerarri158]

yeah watch out for that if you get into the star wars lore

[@Protosilver97]

The force I feel, in a Transformers scene.

[@GhaniKeSawah]

Yeah i kinda relate to him But im not cool.

[@MrSafior]

It happen also for super hero, like for Donna Triy the first Wonder Girl.

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

"The more you know, the less it makes sense." -Thew Adams.

[@optiTHOMAS]

Yep, very true! Love Thew! 😆👍🏻

[@TyrannFuhrer]

I could swear back in the 80s, in the box of little car toys my grandparents had when my brother and I came over were two similar looking G1 Bumblebee toys. We could tell them apart and each had a favourite to play with. Maybe my grandparents actually had gotten us one of these super rare figures without knowing oh so long ago.

[@JoleneBlake]

Could be - though Cliffjumper was also sold in yellow, so it also could've been him...

[@paulshort1027]

@@JoleneBlake Then you need the red Bumblebee for the set :)

[@darthpaul99]

I remember seeing both the yellow Cliffjumper and red Bumblebee in stores as well as the properly colored ones, and I probably did see the Bumper too, but cannot be as sure about that him compared to the other two.

[@pancho855]

Yellow: Bumblebee, Fast-attack Cliffjumper, Bumper Red: Cliffjumper, Party Bumblebee

[@tylerchurch2373]

What about Hubcap

[@ReaverPrime]

How ironic if his cameo in TFA was voiced. Considering he shares Bumblebee's "Autobot Seeker" body type, he'd have to have his voice actor; Bumper Robinson.

[@othershittyedits3322]

Bumper Robinson is deadass my headcanon voice for Bumper

[@vickerandflips8061]

I care not what anyone says, TF Animated Bumblebee is my favorite version of Bee.

[@lagbait3076]

Being killed off in a pop-up book, an we thought a cosmically powered Starscream was bad.

[@cappeca]

The Blue Bumblejumper "Sedan" was my first Transformer. Before everything, before the comics and the cartoon, this was the toy that sparked it all for me. We only got the minibots here in Brazil, and since this guy was the only one that did not appear either in the cartoon or in the comic, it wasn't a favorite overall. Still, I keep mine among the original 18 Autobots in my collection.

[@oliveragag8576]

It's nice to know he made an impact on someone.

[@cartkart1]

Didn’t Brazil get the Jumpstarters as well? I think they were called Salt man X and Salt man Z

[@cappeca]

​@@cartkart1 Yes. I meant from the original catalog of 18 Autobots and 10 Decepticons, for some reason we just got 5 minibots, no Huffer, but Bumper instead. Later on we got the Jumpstarters, and Estrela started licensing stuff outside Hasbro, like ERTL Powertrons

[@IVANCHOCT]

Yo tuve el "SEDAN" color blanco aproximadamente en 1985. Mi padre me lo compró en un bazar aqui en Chile 🇨🇱. Excelente construcción, me duro por mucho tiempo.

[@TFfangeek]

Amazing how Bumper managed to bump his way into the Transformers franchise.

[@ddb2024]

Seinfeld theme plays

[@e.l.2482]

I really like the idea of him having a mysterious and even sinister side, like he did in the brazilian toyline and was implied to in Dreamwave. It helps distinguish him from Bumblebee, not to mention brings a bit of the mystique of his strange origin into his character.

[@e.l.2482]

Also if they do make new toys of him I'd like to see him in blue as a reference to his Brazilian version, we don't need another scrappy little bright yellow guy IMO

[@ShadowACE1998]

One thing I've learned over the years is that the early days of Transformers was a chaotic time. Things were moving and developing so fast that mistakes were inevitable. Buster or Spike Witwicky? How about Butch Witwicky? Bumblebee being released in red and Cliffjumper being released in yellow. The toy catalog that had Bluestreak in blue creating the urban legend of the rare "Blue" Bluestreak that even made it into price guides. So a random toy never meant for US release getting packaged accidentally on Cliffjumper cards makes perfect sense to me. I never had Bumper/nor do I think I ever saw him as a kid. I first learned of Bumblejumper from one of the many G1 toy guides that were published in the early 2000s.

[@koolmckool7039]

Interestingly enough, Red Bumblebee, and Yellow Cliffjumper weren't mistakes. It was revealed that they released those versions of the toys in order to make the line seem bigger.

[@usedtissuepaper42]

even the toys’ tech specs had quite a few mistakes! im not sure if you already know, but the original Sideswipe and Sunstreaker tech specs were accidentally swapped somehow; for example Sunstreaker’s Specs say that he has Sideswipe’s rocket launcher, and Sideswipe has his brother’s pile-drivers. also, the numbers for the Seekers’ specs were all swapped around (Starscream got Thundercracker’s stats, Thundercracker got Skywarp’s, and Skywarp has Starscream’s).

[@thyknee01draws]

Huh weird, bumper's head helmet shape looks like bayverse's bumblebee design.

[@Cre8Lounge]

They should have been deemed brothers

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

I, as a brazillian, got somehow happy when you said that Estrela was one of the first companies to ever officially release Bumper

[@WDG1999]

I recently got the Generation Selects Hubcap, which is a recolour of Cliffjumper, with a different head sculpt. I prefer to call him Bumper.

[@TANKTREAD]

My Hubcap doesn't have a different head sculpt. It's looks just like Cliffjumper except yellow. Then again, my first Transformer was a "red" Bumblebee(which I had to return because the arm pop off when I first transformed it).

[@pancho855]

In terms of the remold department, Bumper was an easier option than Bumblebee, because let's be honest, bee looks chubby.

[@PG2994]

I'm kinda hoping we do get a Bumper retool of the War for Cybertron Buzzworthy Bumblebee figure.

[@thelorebrarian2266]

"The Missing No. of Transformers." -Thew Adams.

[@cristhianmlr]

He is not a Glitch.

[@JoleneBlake]

I feel like Bumper should be blue - it'd complete the trio of Micro Change minibot colours with Bee and Cliffjumper. Plus, there's precedent for that deco in Transformers with Sedan.

[@warlordsquerk5338]

Blue or Black would work well with him I reckon. That face design makes me think of a tough guy so dark colors would work best.

[@lizerdspherex]

That honor should go to Glyph, and she's a girl, so that could change up their dynamic a bit.

[@testedchutoy2459]

@@lizerdspherex yeah and Bumper being a mix of Bumblebee and Cliffjumper is like his defining point. Maybe a mix of yellow and red color scheme would be better.

[@silverbloodborne9495]

Yeah bumper dosent feel as a yellow color

[@jamesattack7420]

Glyph and tap-out have blue and green. What about orange?

[@lopson8683]

You should rename this to obscure Bumblebee clones month.

[@R0-83-RT]

I wouldn't be surprised if Hubcap was featured as well. tfwiki.net/wiki/Hubcap_(G1)

[@mcormier3934]

Nice

[@vutava8292]

@@R0-83-RT How about Glyph?

[@R0-83-RT]

@@vutava8292 There are way more obscure Bumblebee clones than I ever imagined there being. Granted this isn't even counting more well-known Bumblebee look-alikes such as Wasp, Goldbug, Stinger, Sparkplug/Prime from Armada, and very arguably Hotshot.

[@pumpkinspicedproductions7515]

the next ones are moonracer and flamewar, watch me be right.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

“there are no accidents” - Master Oogway

[@ericstoverink6579]

Just happy mistakes?

[@noahsamad6603]

@@ericstoverink6579 bob ross

[@bentonbell3690]

bumper: i'm a little yellow robot bumblebee: BOI YOU COPPYING FLAT FOOTED CLIFFJUMPER BOX FRAUDER!

[@LordDeathwing17]

I first learned about Bumper from an episode of The Toy Hunter where the host was buying a bunch of Transformer toys, and he didn’t know who Bumper was.

[@m.s.e.advanced2842]

He wasn't kidding when he said obscure

[@pancho855]

Because who the h e double hockey sticks remembers Bumper?

[@sushma6892]

I don't

[@BigJickle]

they should make a generations selects figure of bumper. The color should be randomized when you order him.

[@mechanwhal6590]

Every copy of Bumper is personalized.

[@MasterArchfiend]

This is why I love this channel. If I'm not learning something new about a character that I know, then I'm being introduced to a new one.

[@NovaSaber]

Bumper's existence often gets confused with the fact that there was ALSO a yellow variant of Cliffjumper...and two years later, Hubcap, a retool of Cliffjumper who was also yellow.

[@Dave_Mcnugget]

I like how the buzzworthy bumblebee line included an homage to bumper in the core class bumblebee.

[@artbythecoco]

When I was a little kid in the 80s, I never knew about a yellow bot packaged as Cliffjumper, but I do remember hearing more than once about a rare red bot packaged as Bumblebee. Kids I knew referred to him as Hornet. Anyone know if this was really a thing or just some goofy urban legend?

[@ChrisMcFeely]

What's probably being referred to here is the fact that, throughout 1984 and 1985, the Cliffjumper and Bumblebee toys were both available in red AND yellow. They weren't advertised that way, but the toys were intentionally produced in two colours each, as way to "make the line look bigger," Hasbro's George Dunsay said. "Yellow Cliffjumper" is a separate thing to Bumper - but the most convincing argument I reckon I've heard for Bumper's existence is that the Mazda mould was accidentally swapped in for a run of what were meant to be yellow Cliffs.

[@artbythecoco]

@@ChrisMcFeely Wow, dude... So basically, the Autobots had their own kinda RIRFIB thing on top of this whole Bumper wackiness. Jeez... the toy industry in the 80's sounds so run and gun compared to how big companies tend to do business today. Then again, sometimes you've just gotta problem solve in a pinch and you work with what you got. =/

[@beanzilla9513]

It’s always dreamwave that makes obscure characters relavent

[@diegos7337]

Come on Hasbro! Give us a new Bumper Figure! It´s about time!

[@decepticonleadermegatron5239]

The thing is they did by repainting Earthrise Cliffjumper and also doing it for Bug Bite

[@jonhy8351]

They did lol

[@decepticonleadermegatron5239]

@@jonhy8351 I just realized I was talking about Hubcap but the could make Bumper by using Earthrise cliffjumper’s mold with a new head in the Hubcap colors

[@qwerty5684]

@@decepticonleadermegatron5239 One of the new buzzworthy bumblebee toys has bumper's alt mode and robot mode but with a bumblebee head.

[@hanschow5457]

I thought he looked ... Familia... Yea? Yea? No? I'll show myself out...

[@ghosteyesriderdragon187]

Come to think of it, we’re gonna need a Basics of Cliffjumper in the future

[@silverbloodborne9495]

I thought there was

[@vickerandflips8061]

@@silverbloodborne9495 no, it doesnt exist

[@steelhyena7]

My first Transformer ended up being this guy. My mom picked him up at the grocery store, thinking he was that clever little VW from that cartoon I liked so much.

[@SirSadness]

When people don't know what's happening, so Brazil needs to step in.

[@cristhianmlr]

Very few times does BR do that. Impressive.

[@ericstoverink6579]

I'm not sure Brazil knew exactly what was going on either. I mean that's obviously a coupe.

[@konstantinkoverchenko9587]

The packing and animation errors of the G1 days definitely had to be tied to rock cocaine.

[@thejurassicshow5928]

I would love an overview of the numerous crossovers the Transformers have made.

[@battleupsaber462]

Following this trend, next week is going to be Hubcap, and the week after is going to be Glyph or Tap-Out Calling it now

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

We already have Wasp, so how long until Stinger?

[@wynn2244]

No, they don't match any of the remaining silhouettes on the teaser image Chris released for this year's Obscure Characters Month.

[@vickerandflips8061]

@@samwatson-tayler2805 what was Stinger even in besides Age of Extinction?

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

@@vickerandflips8061 what was Hubcap ever in?

[@christianlewis6789]

Given the stamp on the underside of the Familia figure, it may stand to reason that there was a potential shortage of Cliffjumper's figure looming, prompting Hasbro to hastily fill the gape with something that they still had access to the patents for. However, the shortage doesn't actually come to full fruition, leading Cliffjumper toys to continue in sales.

[@daverage4729]

"You too can have a pop up book of Megatron ruthlessly kerb-stomping Bumper to death." Christ! I'll bet that was a surprise for those kids that wanted a transformers book for Xmas. Lol!

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

Boyo needs some mainstream recognition. Like an official toy release, or a speaking role in a tv show or video game.

[@davewire87]

Huh, I wasn’t thrilled with that new Buzzworthy Bumblebee figure but now that you’ve pointed out the close match to Bumper’s alt mode, I’d be happy to own it with a retooled Bumper head.

[@crudnom7090]

I really love how his head mold was inspiration for the bay former’s design, it’s just so cool. Bumble bee and his cousin figured has actually had quite a few head designs besides the g1 cartoon design

[@Deceptinerd1995]

Bumber, known as the Latin American Bumblebee

[@donaustin1461]

I had this as a kid! I totally just thought the messed up coloring the toy version of Cliffjumper because the package said he was Cliffjumper and the artwork was red while the toy was clearly yellow 😂 I was confused about it for years. So glad you made this video, I thought I was just crazy

[@sebgaming4667]

I found a Bumbper in a Goodwill bag some time ago, and thought he was an old Bumblebee. Later, I found out that I had a super rare figure, and now he sits on my shelf, with other, way taller, figures.

[@alexmalisheski8445]

I know neither of these will show up in obscure characters month, but there are a couple of episodes that I would love to see. One on The Menacing, Metal Munching Vermin: Scraplets!, and one on The Deformed and Deranged Mad Scientist: Jhiaxus!

[@warlordsquerk5338]

Never heard of him but I like the face design, is pretty cool. I'd change the yellow to black though, would fit better with his overall design.

[@_PostMortem]

It's 5 in the morning for me, yes I did an all nighter again

[@jj-sc1kq]

Yeah, I'm old enough to remember my classmates talking about it back in the day. Everyone thought it was simply a recolored cliff jumper. And no one really wanted that.

[@Rodimus13ShelfSpace]

I remember seeing the conversations about this guy back in the Alt.Toys.Transformers BBS days as well as seeing articles about him in the old "Transformers Online Encyclopedia". Was fascinated by this guy's existence.

[@Thunderwing88]

Instant like! Bought my Bumblejumper at OTFCC 2004. Only minor cosmetic damage, joints are still tight to this day. Usually stays in vehicle mode, $80 USD.

[@raffaelbaumkaenguruh2654]

i think i saw a bumper loose in a thrift shop in the 90s.When i found out i was a legendary character a few years ago i now hate my younger self! great video keep up the good work!

[@joaolucasnascimentoleite2831]

2:51: Hey in from Brazil.i din't see that comin .

[@chayselee5176]

I hope that when he does the Stunticons this year it will be around the same time as the new fast and furious movie hitting cinemas to go with the same vibe

[@NikolaiPrime]

The head on that new Buzzworthy Bumblebee figure comes off SUPER easy, just slides right off... so a remold head would be SO EASY, and if they don't a custom head could probably be modeled easily by a skilled custom maker. Maybe a kit or a 3d print.

[@HappyBirthdayRoboto]

Whoa... I got this as a present many years ago and I thought it was Bumblebee at first! I had no idea he was rare and had such a backstory! :o

[@shockwave_datafiles8099]

I literally just heard of this guy through the announcement of this episode on Twitter. So far, these guys are even more obscure than last years lot you did.

[@seananderson7153]

I had Bumper! He was my very first Transformer! Oh wow. I remember I used to pout that it wasn’t Bumblebee when my grandparents got it for me as a travel gift when they were in the States. I was even more confused as to why Cliffjumper on the box. It felt like a knock off.✨🖊✨

[@Arro3]

I feel like that Buzzworthy Bumblebee might suddenly become a little more valuable now that the connection to Bumper has been made. A Generations Selects feels very possible, just needs a different head.

[@Riley-ub2tf]

We need a comic that’s just Bee, Cliff, and Bump just doing random stuff together

[@theukeofduckworth]

Hey Chris. Great vid! I received one of these for Christmas, 1988. I'm from a small town in Newfoundland, Canada. It was purchased from a bargain store we have here called Riffs who would often sell clearance loads of stuff from major retailers. I remember being upset because "Bumblebee's feet were wrong!" Also, I recall being in the store after and seeing a few more of the same toy on the shelf with the Cliffjumper card, so I called mine "Yellow Cliffjumper"

[@johns1967]

Love the obscure bots this month. Would love to see one on Monstructor.

[@joshuahardee8837]

This post causes me physical pain. I had one of those when I was a kid. Thought the package thing was funny, ripped it out, threw it away, and promptly forgot about it. WHY LITTLE JOSH WHYYYYYYYY.

[@avery9627]

If things keep going on this way Bumper could become the Autobot Waspinator.

[@twistedgaming9185]

In the new IDWverse, he definitely shares Wasp's poor luck.

[@Technodreamer]

I love obscure character month! Always cool to learn more.

[@chinacarter8319]

I remember seeing Bumper in the Dreamweaver comics *sobbing* and I remember that particular scene in the comics looking like he was sus! The last panel showed a car license place that spelled out 'TR80R'.....dammit Dreamwave!!!

[@nugg3tman116]

Man this was an unexpected basics on Bumblejumper/Bumper and that’s pretty cool that he is in the transformers world

[@cerberusloki.9226]

"It just showed up one day without explanation, and dissapeared the next year" Bumper's me fr

[@HamTransitHistory]

"Sir, we goofed on the production line, and we have a few hundred of those old Diaclone cars that we decided not to use for the transformers line" "Just send them out, they're just toys, no one will ever notice"

[@Brent-Tanabe]

I also remember Hasbro packaging a Yellow Cliffjumper mold & a Red Bumblebee mold in their respective packages. But guess they didn't make names for them either. That was before they made the Hubcap figure.

[@Poisso3]

I had a Bumble-jumper when I was a kid. I always wondered why he was never in the comics or the cartoon. Wasn't till many years later when I got back into Transformers that I learned the truth behind Bumper.

[@schmidington]

I've read many of those books, and still don't remember this character, though it has been quite a few years. I may actually have this figure! I now know to check for the licensing stamp once I search through my box. Thanks for the info, Chris, and for another great video.

[@DarthBoardBVE]

I had Bumper back in the day and didn’t even realize it until years later! Back then I just thought he was a yellow Cliffjumper. I wish I had kept that guy!

[@kravoki]

Maybe Dreamwave wanted to go full meta and wanted to portray Bumper as a spy who infiltrated the Autobot ranks in the same way the toy got into the production line inexplicably. How cool would that have been?

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Haha, never thought of it like that, I like it! A stranger in our midst!

[@kadiejb]

So glad you did this! It would be so cool if you did a basics on all the bumblebee/cliff repaints!

[@TomMSTie1138]

I'd love to see a remold/retool of Bumblebee or Cliffjumber into an official Bumblejumper toy. Or a 3rd party could make a Bumblejumper head upgrade kit for that Buzzworthy Bumblebee. Great video Chris! Keep them coming!

[@defunctstopmotionchannel]

Hasbro: So how many Bumblebee copies do you want? Designers:Yes

[@glauciarochelle]

bumblebee's echo fighters

[@assembly_language3948]

My cousin was working at K-Mart at the time, and wanted to know what Transformers I wanted and she would look when the next shipment had come in. I told her I wanted Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. When my Birsthday came around I was surprised that she actually found both of them. Then I realized that they were both yellow and thought she had gotten me two bumblebees. I got really confused that the one package had Cliffjumper name and artwork, but was a completely different toy than either he or Bumblebee. I figured it was a mistake at the time. I never knew any of this until now, thank you. Sadly I lost a lot of my childhood toys in a fire, and so no longer have a lot of my original Transformers. This bit of history makes knowing I owned something more than just some random mistake, even more awesome. It's a shame I no longer have him though... I've only got a handful of Transformers left from my childhood, I miss them.

[@starscreamsseekers1686]

Obsure indeed, I only found out about Bumper's existence a few weeks back when another youtuber commented on how similar the core class Buzzworthy Bumblebee's alt mode is to Bumper.

[@Asphodellife]

I remember my toyshop having a whole batch of 'weird' mini-bot versions. And I don't mean the less quality ones like the yellow Windcharger etc. from IGA (the other shop had those)!. No, these were genuine (European) Hasbro Transformers. I remember seeing blue and white Huffers in Pipes packaging. And a Swerve colored Gears in Swerve Packing (which I painted back into Gears :P). At some point these 'oddities' seemed to be all over the place!

[@MrOhara77]

Oh, I Love Obscure Character Month! Whose next? The Omnibots? Powerdashers? Skids? Venom? Can't wait for next week

[@ninetailednaruto11a]

Always happy to learn a new obscure character.

[@shite_fatalis633]

2 bumblebee lookalikes in a row. Next week we're gonna get Hubcap, I'm callin it now lol

[@TheSideswipe4983]

Poor bumper lost in obscurity only to be reactivated down the line..i love the tales of forgotten transformers..

[@atomicatgaming693]

I want an animated series with twins Bumblebee, and Cliffjumper, and Bumper as their older brother. Have them share the same vehicle mode with slight differences. Ex: Bee has racing stripes, Cliff has his ram horns from TF Prime, and maybe give Bumper a widebody kit. I think it would be a neat series to see

[@jamesworley9888]

Bumper might have been a factory mistake but I'm glad he could be joined in with the rest of the gang! I find that his evolution has come a long way even though his modes never really changed much at all! When he first came out hasbro kind of ignored him but as time went by he has developed his very own personality !

[@cartkart1]

I feel like it would have been cool if back in 1984 Bumper’s toy was officially released with a bio in everything in blue, so there were all three Diaclone colors in the Transformers toyline, making a trio like the Datsun boys.

[@ULTRAtheCYBORG]

It's Always Cool When Something Made By The Fans Gets Considered Canon As The Name Bumper Became The Official Name For Em'

[@wonderwaffle93]

Truly the definition of obscure transformers.

[@DBWalks2010]

Good to know! I’ve never heard of this transformer! I hope to hear more about Bumper and future issues!!👍👍😎👍

[@anionhero]

I got this little guy as my first Transformer toy when the Transformers first started getting popular. The kids at school accused me of having a Transformers knock-off instead of a real Transformer. But I liked the little guy. He was cool.

[@michaelkkrasting]

I’m actually wanting to see a basics on all the Crossover toy lines, there’s a pretty deep history there. Especially since they just realeased an X-men one

[@Grimlock1979]

This channel is getting better all the time.

[@StealthBeeKid]

So you're telling me the first dedicated version of bumper was Brazilian!!!?? Hell yeah another win to the gambiarra country

[@roundmike2415]

Oh WOW! I swear I remember that toy on shelves! I remember that as a kid. I remember thinking its Bumblebee in the wrong packaging.

[@felmaster3534]

If I could make my own Autobot team for a new series, it would be: Springer (leader), Warpath (heavy ballistics), Hoist (medic/engineer), Bumper (trooper/human relations), Swoop (aerial scout/attacker), Slash (melee fighter/intimidator) and Brains (Minicon hacker).

[@originaluddite]

Never had nor can recall seeing this on shelves. Definitely did see the red Bumblebee and that was confusing enough.

[@brycevo]

glad to see this little guy get recognition

[@mclekfkeiwdisidido6858]

Bumblebee: I FOUND YOU FAKER Bumper: faker? HA you are not good enough to be my fake

[@makotoplush9776]

Owning an original Bumper figure would be the coolest flex in the world.

[@Thunderwing88]

Bought mine in 2004 for $80 USD.

[@waspshot23]

I do like the story Bumper first showed up in, it definitely cemented him as his own guy on the level of the rest of the minibots.