Appealing parts of this MOC figure.
There is two ways to attempt to prove its a fake.
1.)_________ "Its a Brazillian Carded Blue Bumblebee!!!"________
If the toy is a real MOC Blue Bumblebee from Brazil, the backer would be Bi-Lingual. The figure would not just have English on it. Brazilian transformers carded look like this. Brazilian Transformers. Like all forgien Transformers, there is different languages on the card.
Also the company which "put out" the Transformers in Brazil was Estrela. Estrela would have their name on the MOC figure. This also can be seen with Milton Bradly which has their logo in place of the Hasbro one. Also not to forget Gig ( Italy ) and Takara ( Japan ). With these strong points, this MOC Bumblebee is NOT from Brazil.
B.)_____"The Blue Bumblebee is a Prototype! From Hasbro! Test Packaging____
This piece can easily be determined not a piece from a Hasbro or Takara plant by the condition of the card. The card itself is not mint, but this can also be caused by wear & tear by the collector. But the main part is that there is extreme wear around the hanger hole. This means that this carded piece was in a store for sale. No prototypes or Salesman Samples are ever sold in stores.
2a.)_____"Like Bumblejumper, a Blue Bumblebee could have gotten Produced!"____
When Microman toys were used as Transformers. They had three mini Sedan like toys to choose from, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Bumblejumper. When produced, the error of Bumblejumper being put MOC happened. So far only yellow ones have been found carded or loose with autobot symbols. It seems this error was resolved and no Bumblejumpers have been found on second series cards. (*Second series cards for Mini cars is when they Mini car was placed in Robot form. 1st series had the Mini cars in "Car" form MOC. Also the First series did not have a picture of the toy in car or robot form on the front of the card. It could happen that a Blue Bumblebee by accident got MOC. But it is less probable that it would be put on a second series card after Bumblejumper error was corrected.
2b.)_____"The picture of the Bumblebee on the card is Blue!"____
Well it is quite awkward to see that picture of the Blue Bumblebee in car form. Regular Bumblebee and Cliffjumper on second series cards also had a color fixtation of red and yellow. But no other colors have appeared such as white and orange which were other colors of some Minicars.
In my own words, I beleive someone spent alot of time on the computer altering a picture of a Bumblebee. Changing the Hue Saturation in specific area can easily cause this color change. It can also make Bumblebee be any color you choose.
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Paragraph: Alex Bickmore
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