Toys : Hasbro Transformers Ultimate Bumblebee Figure

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Rating:

- Cool Toy but poorly manufactured
I bought two of these Toys for last Christmas for my 9 year old and 7 year old sons. It was really cool at first when we transformed it into car mode, but it kept falling apart in the middle section of the car. Seemed very delicate! I was not to thrilled with this. Once we transformed it into Robot mode we were even more dissatisfied for it did not work properly. The wings did not move correctly, nor did the arms. They were trying to move, but the parts inside were missing a connection with each other so it only made continuous clicking sounds. The only things that did work properly were the sounds and lights.

Transforming from car mode to robot mode was actually quite easy for we know there was a website on transformers.com that showed you step by step transforming for the toy in video made, so we could play and pause as we went. My 7 year old son was able to transform it.

Unfortunately we purchased the toys off of Ebay since they were sold out and impossible to find anywhere else. What a huge mistake that was. The seller would not allow us to return them because they were opened. It did not matter that they were defective. Warning to all - Do not buy expensive items off Ebay!!!

So, 240.00 later, we have two toys that never worked that sit in the corner collecting dust. Waste of Money!

Rating:

- ultimate bumblebee not that good
I brought this toy in Oct07, here are my comments:

Likeness of the toy to movie: 60% (therefore I buy the optimus prime (leader class afterwards because it's more fun)

bad things:
in robot mode, chest is too low like a 50~year-old woman.
The right arm is not bendable, too short makes it like a handicap
articulation is bad, very limited.
The minor wings and the back lights are not placed correctly (with Optimus Prime's design I think it should be possible)
I would rather have the car roof foldable so I could have a better look of the robot's back, now it's like a big butt.

Good things:
the rear wheels are really folded in like in movie which is much nicer than others.
the chest, although it's placed not good, but it could be folded to be like which in movie.

Rating:

- Horrible "toy"
This thing "looks" cool but is impossible to transform. Both my nephew and his cousin got them for Christmas and neither the kids nor their parents can reassemble it in either direction once starting to unhook things. Both are now relegated to the back of the closet never to be played with again. What a waste of money!

Rating:

- Ultimate Bumblebee is the Ultimate Transformer!
I just ordered Ultimate Bumblebee in the mail less than a week ago and it arrived today. I unwrapped it and finally (once I had gotten it out of the five layers of packaging) I was able to hold it for the first time. And wow. What a toy. Ultimate Bumblebee is BY FAR my favorite Transformer. With so many moving parts, lights, sounds, 17 phrases and 9 songs, what's not to like? Bumblebee stands about four inches taller than the Leader Class Megatron, which is already saying something. Just wait. In vehicle mode when flipped up to show the underside of the car, it is still about two inches taller than Megatron. I was in awe. There are no real let downs to this toy. The only things I can think of are these: 1. The shoulders are a pain to lock into place each time you transform it into a robot. 2. Well, I don't really have a second thing. That's how awesome this toy is.
I would very very very very very very very very highly recommend this toy. Though little kids may need adult help transform it, but that's not a problem. the video instructions on trasnformers.com really help.
No transformer collection is complete without ULTIMATE BUMBLEBEE!

Rating:

- Amazing toy but too advance for a 3 year old.
I got this product for my son for his 5th B'day and he loved it. The tough part came when I started transforming it to a Car. Man, that took me about 1.5 hours, even with the instructions. But once you've done it once its quite easy the next time.

But I must insist, its a clever design and I and my son love it. Some people who saw it, loved it. I love the sounds it has. Its got some intelligent thingy which detects if the car is moving fast or slow and increase or decreases the speed of the engine sound with the speed. I thought that was really cool. Its also got some nice lighting functionality which I thought were amazing, espcially in the dark. All these sounds and lights in the car mode. Not much lights in the Robot mode but, its got some cool statments which the kids tend to memorize.

Ohh one thing, it does not balance well in the Robot mode when standing but its not much of a thing as you can get it stand somehow.

All in all I think its one of the best toys but more as a collectable. Kids will love it if they love Transformers.

I guess the educationational value would be when a kid actually uses his brain to transform the thing from car to bot and vice versa.

Thanks to Hasbros for the creativity.

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