SS-25 Bumblebee

Purchased:

* February 19, 2021

The Studio Series 24/25 two-pack Bumblebee was not part of any wave of releases. Bumblebee is by far the most represented character in the Studio Series, with multiple repaints, retools, and reworkings.

## Vehicle Mode

This version of Bumblebee transforms into the rally yellow 2017 Chevy Camaro from the fifth Transformers movie, The Last Knight, in 2017.

## Accessories

* The SS-25 Bumblebee also includes his arm cannon, which connects to the mushroom peg on his elbow joint. Oddly enough, it actually goes on the wrong side, tabbing onto the left arm instead of the right, as seen in the movies.

## Repaints, Retools, and Reworkings

There are a few characters that pop up more than once in the Studio Series, and Bumblebee is definitely no exception.

### Repaints

A repaint is when the exact same figure is re-released in different colors.

* The SS-25 Bumblebee is a slight repaint of the TLK Bumblebee figure.

### Reworkings

A reworking is when a figure goes thru significant changes into a new figure. In my mind, this includes totally different figures representing the same character in the same series.

* The SS-01 Bumblebee has a clean paintjob and features the racing stripes, as seen in the first Transformers movie.
* The SS-15 Bumblebee is a repaint of the SS-01, with a Charlie figure,, but missing the black racing stripes in vehicle mode.
* The SS-18 Bumblebee transforms into a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle.
* The SS-19 Retro Pop Garage Bumblebee is a repaint of SS-01, but it has a golden color to the plastic and was a San Diego ComicCon Exclusive in 2018.
* The SS-20 Retro Pop Highway Bumblebee is a repaint of SS-18, but it has a golden color to the plastic and was a San Diego ComicCon Exclusive in 2018.
* The SS-24 Bumblebee is a rusty repaint of SS-18, and is bundled with SS-25.
* The **SS-25 Bumblebee** transforms into a 2017 Chevy concept Camaro, and is bundled with SS-24.
* The SS-26 WWII Bumblebee transforms into a World War II era military car.
* The SS-27 Clunker Bumblebee is a repaint of SS-01, but it has a more movie accurate rusty paint job to it, but has a metal bar in the backpack, significantly fixing the transformation.
* The SS-49 Bumblebee transforms into a 2007 Chevy concept Camaro.
* The SS-57 Offroad Bumblebee that transforms into a World War II era jeep.
* The SS-70 B-127 is a repaint of SS-64 Cliffjumper, with yellow instead of red, and Bumblebee's iconic battlemask.
* The SS-74 Bumblebee is a repaint of the SS-49, with a small Sam Witwiky figure, and minor changes to make it look more like his 2009 Camaro mode from Revenge of the Fallen.

## Trivia

* This figure was originally a Target exclusive, much like the SS-15 Bumblebee, but when Toys 'R Us went under in 2018, it put the exclusives into a limbo. This figure was then spotted at a Target stores before being pushed to online exclusivity. It can be found on Amazon today.
* This version of the figure features a paintjob that is both more accurate and less accurate to the movie, at the same time. Paint details in the vehicle mode make it match the on screen Camaro much better, but paint apps that are missing from the robot mode have the opposite effect and make it look less accurate.