(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to the original Activator Bumblebee. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Activator Bumblebee here.)

    Patrol Bumblebee's color scheme makes him look more like a police car, which honestly is more fitting given he scanned Captain Fanzone's car for an alternate mode in the cartoon. The white-and-black color scheme, while pretty basic, looks fairly good in vehicle mode, as there's a good amount of black stripes and paint apps to break up all the white, it all looks very "police-y". (The windows are actually paintd a very dark grayish blue, but for all intents and purposes it looks more or less black.) The "PATROL" words on the sides are appropriate for the vehicle mode, and I do like the black-painted front with the pale yellow headlights, they really look nicely together. However, I do have a major complaint with Patrol Bumblebee's color scheme, and it's mostly apparent in his robot mode-- much of his "inner robot" parts remain the same yellow they've always been, and the yellow just is not a good color to use against the white, there's not nearly enough contrast. It just ends up not only looking a little clashy, but a bit lazy since the previous usage of Bumblebee already had this same shade of yellow on the same robot parts. In vehicle mode, at least, the yellow is much less apparent, only showing on the hinges behind his rear tires.
    No mold changes have been made to Patrol Bumblebee.
    Patrol Bumblebee is an interesting idea-- making Bumblebee's emergency-themed alternate mode more police-like-- but the white just does NOT go with the yellow. If you're going to get an Activator Bumblebee, stick with the original.

Review by Beastbot

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