A number of years in the past, Lego dazzled us with its first ever Transformers set within the type of a completely transformable Optimus Prime—and now they’re giving him a pal.
This morning the toymaker lifted the lid on a fully-transforming Lego Bumblebee, set to launch subsequent month. Clocking in at 950 items—Bumblebee is scaled to go along with the 2022 Optimus Prime, who was simply over 1,500 items—the set options Bumblebee in his basic Era 1 design in robotic mode. His transformation into automobile mode in fact offers him VW beetle-inspired automotive, even when it’s not explicitly that mannequin. You’ll simply have to interrupt out the outdated 2016 beetle set Lego did and… squint at it, I assume. Or rebuild it in yellow bricks to match!
In addition to the determine itself, the Bumblebee set will embody a small hand-held blaster for Bee to wield in robotic mode, in addition to a small plaque that includes the Autobot brand and his technical particulars for show. At $90, it’s undoubtedly a lighter load in your pockets than most of Lego’s more recent nerdy sets, in addition.
The Lego Transformers Bumblebee is ready to release on July 1—click on by way of to see a couple of extra footage!
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