keeps a 4 year old busy
My 4 year old son loves transforming this toy. It took him a while(with some help) to transform it, but now he does it on his own. After being transformed about 30 times the front of the car would not lock back into the up position. I see another reviewer's car developed the same problem. This toy is not as good quality as the Movie Leaders Optimus Prime and Megatron...
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Well, its sorta Bumblebee
Having purchased this early, I must say I want to like this figure. Considering that because of VW's stubbornness this could not be a Bug but instead a Camaro, it's not bad, although I would have appreciated some typical Bumblebee horns.
In robot mode, it has some stability problems, but I've seen worse. In car mode, it nice. [...] But even afterwards, I...
This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
Having purchased this early, I must say I want to like this figure. Considering that because of VW's stubbornness this could not be a Bug but instead a Camaro, it's not bad, although I would have appreciated some typical Bumblebee horns.
In robot mode, it has some stability problems, but I've seen worse. In car mode, it nice. [...] But even afterwards, I still haven't been able to totally transform it back to car as the front of the Camaro won't stay put; it keeps flopping down. Just the initial transformation was worrisome; I kept thinking I am about to break the toy, and now when I want to turn it back to car, it won't go back in position.
If you like Bumblebee, you'll probably want him, but he's more for a collector to have on his shelf than for a kid to actually play with.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
I have been browsing round the internet and have spotted many websites where people are warning others about a factory defect that will break this toy. The Automorph feature of this toy has a tab that is the wrong thickness and will break off, preventing Bumblebee from transforming back. Hasbro has been producing a second version of Bumblebee, with the tab corrected but nobody is certain when it will be in stores.
Wanted to make sure people knew about this before they get mad or have to deal with a disappointed child.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
Like the many who reported having bumblebee's front part of the camaro refusing to stay put, I have the exact same problem. The latch to keep the stupid spring loaded front hood is of the wrong side which basically makes this version of bumblebee unable to transform to a car. You're basically stuck with the robot.
Barricade is extremely hard to transform back to a car but I was eventually able to do it. I can't believe it took me that long too. I bought my kid maybe 5 other transformer toys and this is the first time I have been disappointed. Stay away from the Bumblebee/barricade combo toy. You'll only regret it later...I definitely am.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
We also had the problem with the hood not clicking into place when going from robot to car mode. My husband noticed that underneath the "emblem" piece, (under the car) is a little yellow piece under the driver's side that had to be in just the right the place for the front hood to hold. He just slightly over-extended the front hood & watched this little piece move right into place. This keeps the front in place & is only under the driver's side.
How in the world are kids supposed to transform this toy when we couldn't even do it?
Hope this little trick helps you all.. Autobots Roll Out!!!
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
My 4 year old son loves transforming this toy. It took him a while(with some help) to transform it, but now he does it on his own. After being transformed about 30 times the front of the car would not lock back into the up position. I see another reviewer's car developed the same problem. This toy is not as good quality as the Movie Leaders Optimus Prime and Megatron Transformers(which I would more highly recommend). The movie leaders are too complex for my 4 yr old to transform.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
My son is almost eight and has been playing with Transformers for several years. We opened this Bumblebee and almost instantly the doors broke. They are VERY weak at the joint. All of our other Transformers over these few years have been great, this one however lacks quality construction.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
I bought Bumblebee for my son and it is a fun toy to play with (for me and my son). Transforming Bumblebee is not difficult, but after 2 weeks of play, I too have the front end problem in "car mode". It will not snap back in, and just hangs down. These Transformers are definetly not made with the same quality of the 80's toys.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
I bought this for my 9yo, but ended up opening it before he had a chance. When I went to convert it from car to robot, the latch stuck. Not knowing this was the case, I continued the transform and part of the cam/hinge easily broke off. The hood/shoulders still move, but there's a little coiled spring inside that's exposed now and likely to fall out soon.
Lesson learned: FULLY depress the air-intake button on the hood before moving hood. On mine the button would have needed to be depressed below the surrounding hood in order to clear the stop on the cam/hinge.
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This review is from: Transformers Movie Deluxe Bumblebee 1974 Camaro (Toy)
I am thrilled with this toy because my daughter loves Bumblebee. She is 4 and enjoys playing with it and was very excited to get it. She has the same one and it only cost $9.99 at Comic-con.
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