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*Photos with asterisks and text below in italics from the Toys R Us web site: The action is about to get epic with this AUTOBOT BUMBLEBEE figure! In robot mode, your figure has the strength to fight his DECEPTICON enemies and a launching pulse missile to settle the fight in his favor. Convert him to CAMARO® concept vehicle mode when he needs to maneuver or pursue his enemies! Keep converting him back and forth as the battle rages on! Figure comes with missile.
This particular redeco is based on the Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee that was itself a redeco/retool of Premium Bumblebee from the 2007 Movie toy line. Check those reviews out for a more in depth look at the sculpt. This review will focus on the changes made to the figure for this release.
Vehicle Mode: The focus of this form are the parts that form the outer "shell" of the car that surrounds the robot mode parts inside and underneath. All the primary panels that form the vehicle mode are cast in clear plastic while the wheels are cast in black. The "heavy lifting" in terms of the deco is done by paint applications. The paint apps are done in yellow, silver, light blue, black and gold. The idea behind the Scan Series is that we are watching a Transformer take on a new form half way through the process. To that end, the front half of the vehicle is painted as you'd expect, with yellow making up most of the area from the front to the windshield area. This includes liberal use of black for grille and headlight areas and silver on the wheels and headlights themselves. The Chevrolet logo in the front is painted gold, all decos we've seen before in other iterations of Bumblebee. Where the figure gets interesting is the middle area. There, set at an angle is a white line, and in that area several light blue lines arranged in a very "tech" looking pattern begin to form, leading to the back of the vehicle which is unpainted (representing the parts of the vehicle still to be formed). The yellow paint applications leading to this white dividing line fades beautifully into the clear plastic. When you look at the clear sections, you get to see all the sculpted mechanical details that were hidden away by paint applications or solid colored plastics in the previous iterations of this figure. Overall, it's a fantastic paint job that really attempts and succeeds in doing something different with (yet another) Bumblebee release. Transformation to Robot Mode:
Robot Mode: Some new paint applications find their way into the robot mode. The robot head is painted yellow in the "helmet" portion while the face has been painted silver. I was quite impressed by how well his eyes are done. They are blue with black pupils in them, not an easy thing to do with such tiny design elements. Also, his central crest has an Autobot symbol on it. I really appreciate the attention to fine detail. A bit more yellow plastic can be found under the chest section, where several panels are painted yellow to distinguish them from the silver base plastic. One other nice color note: the missile in his right arm cannon is now cast in a beautiful shade of translucent orange. It doesn't look cheap or out of place but rather has the look of a ball of energy with a trail behind it. Very nicely done. All of the joints on this figure are still nice and tight and the missile firing mechanism works without a hitch.
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As part of their "Dark of the Moon" promotion, Toys R Us created a small sub-line of exclusive figures dubbed "Mission Earth: The Scan Series". These figures were meant to represent some of the characters from the movie universe shortly after their arrival on Earth as they scanned Earth vehicles for new alternate forms. Previously I have already reviewed other figures from this sub-line including 
