Packaged in robot mode, transformation to car mode is simple: fold the chest up, point the arms up, pull the arms down to form the sides of the car, push the legs together and recess the upper legs into the lower legs.
They've done a good job of capturing the concept Camero design in the car mode, no criticism there. The bodywork is yellow with two black stripes up it.
Return to robot mode by pulling the back of the car out & separating to form the legs. Pull the sides of the car out to form the arms. Fold the bonnet forward to form the chest. Stand, and fold the arms down.
The robot mode for this toy shows some simplifications compared to Deluxe Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee. The doors are swept straight back, not out to the sides, and this makes him resemble several other Legends toys like Movie Barricade or Universe Jazz. Bumblebee's chest is made up of the solid front of the car, not split in three like the deluxe version. Personally I think this looks better but then I don't like a lot of the Bay movie design quirks. Articulation isn't bad: ball jointed shoulders & hips plus a little motion at the knees and the shoulders shrug downwards. He's got one small Autobot symbol in this mode one his right knee.
Not a bad toy at all, at the time you really couldn't expect much more from that size.
Bumblebee was sold on a single card and if you look you still should be able to find him in some shops.
I like clear repaints but unfortunately this toy was only available with the transforming Bumblebee case version of the Revenge of the Fallen DVDs purchased at Tsutaya stores in Japan.
This pack was a Target exclusive in early 2010.
Sorry, this one doesn't really work for me. But the set does get Legends Rodimus back into circulation and that's a good thing.
Again in car mode this Bumblebee is similar to the rest, with black stripes & black fire details on the doors. Transforming to robot mode we find that Bumblebee has been remoulded: he now has a 3mm c-clip for his right hand enabling him to hold Cyberverse weapons. He comes with a recoloured Robotmasters gun to use, which was previously held by Ligier, previously Machine Wars Mirage & Prowl and Robots in Disguise Skid-Z.
The inclusion of the remoulded hand & gun is nice, but lets face it the reason to buy this pack is the black Megatron.
This set was an exclusive for Target in the USA and Tescos in the UK, and was twinned with a 2-pack containing Legion Leadfoot & blue Commander Ironhide which came with another recoloured Robot Masters gun, that used with Airhunter, previously Machine Wars Megatron/Megaplex gun.
This version of Bumblebee swaps his yellow plastic for a clear plastic, most of which is overlaid in a blue grid pattern with just the front of the car/head & chest of the robot painted yellow. I can see what they're getting at here, it's a Bumblebee that's in the process of being reformatted for his Earth mode, but I'd have preferred a Bumblebee that was completely clear than a half clear/half yellow one. The same effect is used on the Starscream in this pack and Toys R Us' exclusive Trans Scanning series.
There are two weapons included in this pack for the remoulded Legends figures to use, both of which are sourced from Robotmasters toy: We have the 2-part gun, previously seen with Wingstun, and before that Machine Wars Thundercracker & Skywarp, Beast Wars II Dirge & Robots in Disguise Skyfire. The other weapon is the original gun, formerly cast in clear green and then chromed silver that came with R-Blade, the Jetfire coloured repaint of Cyberjet Hooligan.
