Bumblebee's Legends class toy is of his old '70s Camaro form in the movie, though it's missing the "burnt spots" that the deluxe version has. In fact, in general he's rather lacking in paint apps-- he really could have used some on his tail lights, for instance. And what irks me is that his rear window isn't painted at all, but his racing stripes are actually painted OVER said rear window! Talk about not paying attention to the mold detailing (what little there is that's visible in this mode...). The proportions to this mode are pretty good for the most part, with two exceptions, one major one minor. The minor exception is that his robot feet are rather obvious sticking out of the back end of this mode. The major exception is the very noticeable square bumps on the sides of his vehicle mode behind the front tires. More blatantly obvious toy joints I haven't seen in quite a while, and they definitely ruin the otherwise fairly smooth look of the mode.
    Bumblebee's robot mode also suffers quite a bit from being in such a small scale, unfortunately. To put it bluntly, he looks fat-- his car chest reeeally hangs out there, but it sticks out in front of where his stomach would be, not his chest. Plus, his lower legs are pretty chubby and soft-looking, especially when viewed from a side angle where it looks like his legs have ballooned to three times their original width, what with his teeny tiny feet and all. Plus, his arms are just really weird, even taking into account the limitations of the size class-- his feet are molded on the bottom of his headlight pieces, which looks odd, and his elbows bend, but IN THE WRONG DIRECTION-- he can bend his elbows BACKWARDS, but can't move them forwards, and there's no reason for it to be this way due to his design or anything. (Bumblebee's other points of articulation include his shoulders and hips-- slightly below-average for a Legends toy.) On the plus side, however, Bumblebee's mold detailing is much better in this mold, especially on his waist and head, and he has more paint apps which show through to give him less of a plain appearance.
    Movie Legends Bumblebee is one of the worst Movie Legends class figures, with pretty big flaws in both modes-- in robot mode, it's his chunkiness and odd arm construction, and in vehicle mode it's the lack of detailing and the really noticeable blocks on the sides of the mode. Unless you're a really big fan of these little toys or of Bumblebee, just get the deluxe '70s Camaro version instead if you want an "old" Movie Bumblebee.

Review by Beastbot

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