Henkei Bumblebee

Bumblebee
"Some of my best friends are humans."

Bumblebee is one of the smallest and physically weakest Autobots.  While his stature allows him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size.  Maybe this is why he makes fast friends among the humans.  He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, especially Optimus Prime, but what he doesn't realize is that they look up to him.  He may be small, but he's brave and he's one of the most well-liked Autobots around.  Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.

While checking for newer toys on a local mall, an old toy caught my attention, it was a Henkie Bumblebee.  Here are the basic specifications:

Line: Henkei
Manufacturer: Takara
Released: 2008
Accessories: Transforming jet ski

Bumblebee is in his alt mode in the package.  Also the figure comes with a trading card as with all Japanese versions.

Sculpt
Bumblebee is now in his modern look but still recognizable with the old model.  His vehicle mode is no longer a Volkswagen Beetle but a small sports coupe of made-up model and towing a small trailer with a removable jet-ski.  The jet-ski transforms into a flight-pack that clips onto Bumblebee's back.  Bumblebee doesn’t have much paint; he is mostly just cast in the color plastic but the hood is gold and silver chrome-plated and the spoiler is gold chrome-plated.  There is no heat sensitive rub-sign on this figure.

Articulation
He has fair articulation.  He has a ball jointed neck, ball jointed shoulders, ball jointed elbows, ball jointed hips and swivel thighs.  Hope that they have ball jointed his feet.

An old toy model to my new collection.  :-)