I am in the minority. I actually liked the Pretender Classic Shells more than the inner robots themselves. I like Bumblebee and Grimlock's inner robots, but the rest I think I'll pass.

But without the Pretender shells, I don't see the appeal considering they're now nothing more than craptastic versions of the original G1 toys.

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Pretender Bumblebee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regular Bumblebee

 

But the others are ghey

But without the Pretender shells, I don't see the appeal considering they're now nothing more than craptastic versions of the original G1 toys.

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Pretender Bumblebee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regular Bumblebee

 

But the others are ghey

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RE: Bumblebee

You know - I agree to a point. but The original has a LOT of charm!

also i never could get past the black strips in the hood of the pretender.

or the cleets on the tires....

 

One thing that is definitely missing from these figs is the sense that the vehicles could actually pass for Anything other than a Transformer.

 

Original BB does that quite well...

 

Hunter

This set was awsome! Any of the Japanese giftsets rank high on my list. I'm not sure on the price, but i know it was a semi-rare. In the US there were K-Mart exclusives i think and sold individualy. so so simple yet they were a nice nod back to the first tf's. Remember that these came out 7-8 years after the line had started and offered a flashback for newer fans who were not alive when the line first started.