Instructions people read em its not that hard really lol

First of all let's just clear something up about all these negative reviews: as for popping off parts in the instructions it SAYS that parts are made to pop off during transformation so that if YOU the user was forcing it too much it will pop off (and can be easily popped back on) instead of snapping and breaking off (like if you were to force an older gen Transformers figure). Its a feature to save kids from breaking their brand new favorite Bumblebee people. Try reading the instructions.



Admitedly yes several of the new movie Transformers have some of the most insane Transformations I have ever seen in a Transformer. I think its impressive and wowed me. It was a lot more like the way they move about in the films. Gone are the days of flip the calves/feet down pop out the arms rotate torso flip up head DONE. And there is a very good reason for that: creating a FAR SUPERIOR robot mode. The robot modes are so impressive in these new Transformers its insane and this Bumblebee is TOTALLY my favorite. He's extremely close to be the spitting image of his on screen self. Amazing head sculpt with perfect detailing even his chest plate folds down in the center like its supposed to on film (which its not flipped down all the way in package just FYI). I love this figure to death. Its one of my favorite Transformers ever and I've been messing with these things since Bumblebee was just a little Bug with articulated arms and a flip up head that couldn't turn and a hologram logo on his chest/roof. This figure is amazing. Period. The kid in me that loves robots and cars is happy in both modes. The adult in me that can respect sculpting articulation and engineering is even more wowwed. Don't listen to these haters. If you love Transformers want the best Bumblebee ever made and can READ SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS properly then do not pass up this amazing toy!More detail ...

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This set is quite amazing. Period. But as a collector it really depends on how you roll... er... or how you transform and roll out. I'm a completist. I was too late in collecting the previous releases on DVD and just prayed and waited around forever for this wonderful release.



You can indeed find the complete set for $140 on the SHOUT website; who knows Amazon often drops their price by the release date but for now it can be found alongside the complete GI JOE set with free shipping.



The packaging unfortunately is a lot of thin cardboard -- with the CD cases being cardboard with plastic trays; not very durable not sure how they'll hold up to the test of time with repeat handling. I wish the outside case at least was heavy duty like the GI JOE complete set box especially for $140; one could most likely collect the individual releases for the same price with how cheap these individual seasons often go down on Amazon. Although the set does consist of a few rarities not found in the individual releases.



Call me 'Crazy' but I am collecting BOTH releases. I love picture discs and packaging. Especially for the individual releases which contain thin-pak jewel cases and cartoon character pictures on the discs. The characters on the complete set discs are more computer-generated images... NOT CGI but rather what a Transformer might look like after being scanned for replication.



On a side note the "More Than Meets The Eye" introduction DVD the first five episodes of season one sold seperately is a nice collectable too comes in a regular jewel case and though the image is the same as the first disc in season one it has a blue background rather than a purple background... subtle but cool. And yes I have this in my collection as well. Crazy.



The collected book (episode summaries) is quite nice that comes with the complete set it includes some Tranformer bios... the individual releases come with mini-booklets that only contain the episode summaries both having different cover designs so again to me it is worth collecting both releases.



GI JOE side note (for completists); for the complete set the 17 discs have the same characters as the individual release... however the complete set discs have the original hand-drawn character profile picture whereas the individual set releases have the cartoon character image on the discs. And the individually released introduction DVD "The M.A.S.S. Device" has three figher jets with the red white and blue jetstreams as the picture disc so they're all quite different. Also interesting to point out there's an empty tray slot an "18th" disc spot for the 1987 GI JOE movie that does not come with the set hopefully it's released at a later date. Not sure why the Transformers movie wasn't included in the complete TF set. Too bad... or had an empty "17th" disc spot.More detail ...