Exclusive Best Buy Ultra 4K HD Blu-ray Transformers Bumblebee Movie Steel Book Set Revealed

Just pre-ordered mine

I'm not really into steelbooks, I just try to get whichever version has the most actual content. Target's TLK BRD was the only version that included Machinima's CW. I'm hoping at least one release of BB will have TR & PotP included. Yeah I know these series are horrible, still I'd like to have them in some format for the sake of completion.

So...no word on bonus content yet I assume, since we dont even have a release date.

o.supreme wrote:boxofficemojo.com reflects 367M, as of this weekend (109M Domestic, 258M foreign)**this total has been updated since I initially posted earlier

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?i ... rmers6.htm

One week later BMO has it at 117M domestic & 296M foreign= WW 413M (Budget X3=405M)

NOW it is officially profitable

o.supreme wrote:

o.supreme wrote:boxofficemojo.com reflects 367M, as of this weekend (109M Domestic, 258M foreign)**this total has been updated since I initially posted earlier

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?i ... rmers6.htm

One week later BMO has it at 117M domestic & 296M foreign= WW 413M (Budget X3=405M)

NOW it is officially profitable

Great to hear that!

I love how this movie has been steadily and nicely bringing in more money, and Japan doesn't get the movie for another month and a half yet!

This video has been popping up and seems legit/legal like a promotion for the release in asian markets. So dont see why I culdnt post it here, enjoy the best parts of the BB movie!

william-james88 wrote:This video has been popping up and seems legit/legal like a promotion for the release in asian markets. So dont see why I culdnt post it here, enjoy the best parts of the BB movie!

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got goosebumps again!

After finally seeing the movie about a week ago (I loved it, it was everything I hoped it would be), I kinda got the desire to see what this movie's Bumblebee robot mode design would look like with the other movie Bumblebee vehicle modes/parts like how they did with the 76 Camaro; main desire is to see it with the black with yellow accents 67 Camaro from AOE, but any of the modern Camaros would be cool too.

So excited at how well the movie is doing both in the states and abroad! Can't wait to see what it will do in Japan and hopefully they greenlight a sequel soon!

While Bumblebee’s US theatrical run may be winding down, we have word that Bumblebee will journey on on a foreign shore familiar to many Transformer fans: China. Taken directly from the China Box Office Twitter, Bumblebee has been renewed for showings until March 2nd.

For those unfamiliar with Chinese regulations, most foreign films are restricted to about a month in theaters. To have Bumblebee extended required the studio's filing of an official request to Chinese authorities. This is an apparent first in the Transformers franchise, seeing as most records indicate no other Transformers film has ran in China long enough to substantiate a renewal. With the extension, Bumblebee’s run will last 57 days in total, dwarfing The Last Knight and Age of Extinction's runs of 31 and 35 days respectively.

With Bumblebee grossing the least of all Paramount's films, and with overseas revenue tending to be more lucrative than domestic, this extension may be the push Bumblebee needs to catch up with its predecessors.


What are your thoughts? Do you see this as a sign of good faith from Paramount, or does this seem more like a desperate attempt to increase the film's relatively-low profits? Do you care? Let us know what you think in the forums below, and stay tuned to Seibertron for more Transformers News and Reviews.

Well first of all I'm surprised that neither AoE nor TLK got an extension like this, considering Chinese involvement in those films. Or maybe it's like you said, Bumblebee is not doing as well as those movies did financially.

Actually I think aoe and tlk would have got similar extensions if they were released at the same time that bee was. I think paramount will be happy with the money it's made compared to how much it cost so I don't think that's the reason at all

Ultimately it is a shame. If this film had been the first live action Transformers, I think this would have been extremely well received. Sadly the oversaturation of Bayformers may have poisoned the well, so to speak.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Ultimately it is a shame. If this film had been the first live action Transformers, I think this would have been extremely well received. Sadly the oversaturation of Bayformers may have poisoned the well, so to speak.

Or maybe people didn't like it because it wasn't as great as some fans think it was.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Ultimately it is a shame. If this film had been the first live action Transformers, I think this would have been extremely well received. Sadly the oversaturation of Bayformers may have poisoned the well, so to speak.

Or maybe people didn't like it because it wasn't as great as some fans think it was.

"Greatness" is subjective. As a Decepticon fan, ALL Transformers films, baring '86, have been a series of perpetually huge disappointments. Without mentioning the bizarre fetishising of Prime and Bumblebee.

Nevertheless It is better than Bayformers, although that isn't a particularly high standard to begin with. A friend who is a non-Transformers fan went to see Bumblebee and he enjoyed it. In summation, his final words on the film were "it was a Transformers film not made by a sexual predator"

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Ultimately it is a shame. If this film had been the first live action Transformers, I think this would have been extremely well received. Sadly the oversaturation of Bayformers may have poisoned the well, so to speak.

Or maybe people didn't like it because it wasn't as great as some fans think it was.

Nevertheless It is better than Bayformers

Like you said about "greatness," "better" is also subjective. You think it was better than Bayformers. I don't. That's the good thing about opinions. We can have different ones. This movie is the first TF film I don't care to ever see again. And going by the box office, I'm not the only one. I'm not saying it's horrible, but I don't think it was good. The story and character development was on par with Bayverse, but it was missing the big action pieces. I wouldn't have minded that if the story was better.

I saw the first Bayformers twice, the second once and the third likewise, before tapping out. Never gone back to them, never bought them on DVD or the toys etc Because I don't support things I don't like, even within a series that I do. The emphasis on humans, shows the creators behind Bayformers don't get what Transformers is. By the same token, over-humanising Transformers in IDW demonstrated the same thing to me, hence why I turned my back on that too.

Transformers is not rocket science to get right. But when you use the very core of the series as a backdrop, you are being disingenuous in what you are making.

The story for Bumblebee was a simple one, not award winning by any means. An origin story, clearly skirting the line between Hard and Soft Reboot, before they cowardly back-peddled out of the idea completely. But it is less focused on superficial spectacle (and flaunting Bay's Jingoistic nonsense) than tell a story, which is one mark that in particular, that puts it above Bayformers.

Thing is paramount never said it was anything but a prequel, it was us fans that always brought on the speculation about its status. I mean it's not like tf designs didn't radically change from one installment to another already... (amarda -> Energon -> Cybertron, Prime -> Rid 2015, all of IDW practically) Knight thought he could change the looks and still get away with it being a prequel.

Also re: humans in the franchise, it all depends on the story you want to tell, if its just a war story the humans (other then celebrity voices as Studios want star power in the film somewhere... And no, the brand is not that kind of star power) will not be required. Doing a "in disguise" type of story then yeah, you need humans, there's a balance to strike.

I'm not even talking about what other people call it,that's largely irrelevant. To me, watching Bumblebee, it came across in it's execution as a Reboot. A Directorial change was that much of a breath of fresh air, in my view.

When it comes to humans, that balance is rarely struck. If one in five scenes of your film is on humans and not Transformers, in their titular film, it is not a Transformers film. By the same token if Transformers don't transform for the majority of your story, they are not Transformers. They are colourful generic robots ala latter IDWverse.

But that's only by your standards and definitions, not Hasbros or Paramounts. Also I would love it if the movies went more like IDW with characters and concepts, I still have hope that one day Hasbro will do a DC and start putting out direct to disc/stream animated movies based on IDW arcs or other past comic arcs that warrant the work.

I'm an individual, not some faceless conglomerate, I have no interest in tailoring my own experience to the views of such people.

Indeed. I think Megatron: Origin, the -Ations and LSoTW would make great animated movies. Even Maximum Dinobots, with a little tweaking, would be entertaining to see in motion.

I remember sending you guys a message about this almost a week ago. Damn.

What's Crackin'? wrote:I remember sending you guys a message about this almost a week ago. Damn.

You and others sent this our way, it just took a while to get to it.

ZeroWolf wrote:I still have hope that one day Hasbro will do a DC and start putting out direct to disc/stream animated movies based on IDW arcs or other past comic arcs that warrant the work.

I've been saying this as well. Except I wouldn't want them to be limited to IDW content, as I'm not really the biggest fan of IDW, a couple stories here-and-there maybe, but there are over 30 years of lore from various other animated series, and comics to draw from.

As much as I enjoy the DC animated films that come out at the rate of 3 per-year, one of the biggest weaknesses IMHO is that they have an ongoing narrative based on New 52. They do break form this at times, which is great, but the new 52 stuff has been pretty *meh*. Death of Superman & Reign of the Supermen would have been SO MUCH BETTER if they had kept the original story/setting, and not tried to tie it to the New 52 version.

The same could be said for Transformers. Give us some new stories set in the original Sunbow animated continuity. Some Japanese stories, something from Marvel Comics, Dreamwave, Beast Wars, IDW...etc... a little form each would be great over time.

o.supreme wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I still have hope that one day Hasbro will do a DC and start putting out direct to disc/stream animated movies based on IDW arcs or other past comic arcs that warrant the work.

I've been saying this as well. Except I wouldn't want them to be limited to IDW content, as I'm not really the biggest fan of IDW, a couple stories here-and-there maybe, but there are over 30 years of lore from various other animated series, and comics to draw from.

As much as I enjoy the DC animated films that come out at the rate of 3 per-year, one of the biggest weaknesses IMHO is that they have an ongoing narrative based on New 52. They do break form this at times, which is great, but the new 52 stuff has been pretty *meh*. Death of Superman & Reign of the Supermen would have been SO MUCH BETTER if they had kept the original story/setting, and not tried to tie it to the New 52 version.

The same could be said for Transformers. Give us some new stories set in the original Sunbow animated continuity. Some Japanese stories, something from Marvel Comics, Dreamwave, Beast Wars, IDW...etc... a little form each would be great over time.

That's more what I was getting at with past comic arcs, though would they be able to touch the dreamwave stuff? Does the rights to the DW material revert to IDW when they got the licence?

Also I assumed the death of supes was the original story retold, had no idea it was based of a new 52 thing.

Back to Bee though, I don't understand why people keep assuming it's because it hasn't made enough money as its profitable now and there's still Japan to go. We're getting close to Chinese New year afterall...

ZeroWolf wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I still have hope that one day Hasbro will do a DC and start putting out direct to disc/stream animated movies based on IDW arcs or other past comic arcs that warrant the work.

I've been saying this as well. Except I wouldn't want them to be limited to IDW content, as I'm not really the biggest fan of IDW, a couple stories here-and-there maybe, but there are over 30 years of lore from various other animated series, and comics to draw from.

As much as I enjoy the DC animated films that come out at the rate of 3 per-year, one of the biggest weaknesses IMHO is that they have an ongoing narrative based on New 52. They do break form this at times, which is great, but the new 52 stuff has been pretty *meh*. Death of Superman & Reign of the Supermen would have been SO MUCH BETTER if they had kept the original story/setting, and not tried to tie it to the New 52 version.

The same could be said for Transformers. Give us some new stories set in the original Sunbow animated continuity. Some Japanese stories, something from Marvel Comics, Dreamwave, Beast Wars, IDW...etc... a little form each would be great over time.

That's more what I was getting at with past comic arcs, though would they be able to touch the dreamwave stuff? Does the rights to the DW material revert to IDW when they got the licence?

Also I assumed the death of supes was the original story retold, had no idea it was based of a new 52 thing.

Back to Bee though, I don't understand why people keep assuming it's because it hasn't made enough money as its profitable now and there's still Japan to go. We're getting close to Chinese New year afterall...

Yes Chinese New Year starts on Feb 5.

BB is only 10M away from exceeding TLK US domestic Box Office. I am happy that it is profitable overall, and still has a few markets to be released in. I seriously doubt it will surpass the WWBO of TLK, but to surpass just the US Domestic BO of TLK would send a HUGE message, I would hope.

I'm super glad we're still climbing the dollar signs. I'm really hoping that we get more movies that take some more cues from this with some more action.

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o.supreme wrote:The same could be said for Transformers. Give us some new stories set in the original Sunbow animated continuity. Some Japanese stories, something from Marvel Comics, Dreamwave, Beast Wars, IDW...etc... a little form each would be great over time.

Those three would contradict each other though, Takara would be at odds with the ending to Sunbow and Marvel TF would need a lot of context. Plus given what I've read of RE-G1, I don't think any of them would hold up to modern scrutiny now. Not to mention the fact that a decent chunk of the original voice cast have passed away.

The Dreamwave stuff I have read, is low brow enough to approximate Sunbow/Takara/Marvel anyway. Beast Wars was self-contained, unless you want to see prequel stories or plots involving the Japanese BW cast. Furman's initial IDWverse would work very well as animated films. I mean he used everyone, right down to the Micromasters in Spotlight: Nightbeat and used them well.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

o.supreme wrote:The same could be said for Transformers. Give us some new stories set in the original Sunbow animated continuity. Some Japanese stories, something from Marvel Comics, Dreamwave, Beast Wars, IDW...etc... a little form each would be great over time.

Those three would contradict each other though

DC animated films are not a tight continuity universe either (except for the new 52 set ones), they are mostly meant to be stand alone films, not directly connected to each other in any way. There have been animated films based on The New 52, elseworlds, video game continuities, live action films, DCAU etc.... It's a free-for-all more than anything else. Even with things like Death of Superman/Reign of the Supermen, they altered the source material considerably.

I think the original Sunbow animated series has the most potential, because it's never been returned to, and was left open ended. But I included in all the others so as not to seem biased, a return to almost any continuity is good. Even *finished* stories such as Beast Wars can have new side stories, without having to be a prequel. franchises like Gundam do it all the time. - As for Dreamwave, IDW reprinted most of those stories, except obviously the ones that had no conclusion, so I wouldn't think anything is off the table. Furman's early IDW is dull as dishwater IMHO, but anything is possible if Hasbro were open to the idea, Things didn't really get good until All Hail Megatron, which, case in point, would make an awesome animated film.

The problem is how do you sell a Sunbow, Takara and/or Marvel based film, who primarily use the same casts, time period and settings, as different stand-alone films? How would you address the disparity between Sunbow and Marvel Shockwave, for example?

As for using the main Beast Wars cast, we know how most of them end up. So other than follow on stories from the finale to Beast Machines (which would be a good idea) there isn't much else worth saying.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The problem is how do you sell a Sunbow, Takara and/or Marvel based film, who primarily use the same casts, time period and settings, as different stand-alone films? How would you address the disparity between Sunbow and Marvel Shockwave, for example?

As for using the main Beast Wars cast, we know how most of them end up. So other than follow on stories from the finale to Beast Machines (which would be a good idea) there isn't much else worth saying.

So, basically, you don't watch/enjoy any superhero films, because you've already read the comics, and know how everything turns out anyway..? ---It's not exclusively about creating new stories (though that can definitely be a selling point), but it's also about seeing the realization of stories from printed page into animation you might have always wanted to. I mean I read Infinity War 20+ years ago, and knew how the film was going to end..You are asking-.How do you market that? Would it make any money? ---

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The problem is how do you sell a Sunbow, Takara and/or Marvel based film, who primarily use the same casts, time period and settings, as different stand-alone films? How would you address the disparity between Sunbow and Marvel Shockwave, for example?

Haha, arent these the same questions we are aleady having with the Bumblebee movie compared to all the Bay stuff?

o.supreme wrote:So, basically, you don't watch/enjoy any superhero films, because you've already read the comics, and know how everything turns out anyway..? ---It's not exclusively about creating new stories (though that can definitely be a selling point), but it's also about seeing the realization of stories from printed page into animation you might have always wanted to. I mean I read Infinity War 20+ years ago, and knew how the film was going to end..You are asking-.How do you market that? Would it make any money? ---

My thoughts are Beast Wars is something that should be left in tact and untainted, on a high note, as it is. It has a distinct beginning, middle and end. No other TF series really has that.

Yes, but due to the ridiculous "evergreen" nonsense of Takara and Hasbro, to retread Sunbow/Takara/Marvel is redundant because WE ARE STILL THERE

william-james88 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The problem is how do you sell a Sunbow, Takara and/or Marvel based film, who primarily use the same casts, time period and settings, as different stand-alone films? How would you address the disparity between Sunbow and Marvel Shockwave, for example?

Haha, arent these the same questions we are already having with the Bumblebee movie compared to all the Bay stuff?

Indeed. Which is why this discussion is also still relevant to the thread. Basically how I see it, is a TF Sunbow, Takara and Marvel Comics film would be the equivalent of making three identical Batman films. With only a brief disclaimer at the beginning to say they are different.

Random Question: Let's *pretend* that in the very near future, that a surprise is found. Hasbro reveals that Rainmaker has a rough animatic of the unmade BW season 3 episode Dark Glass. Suppose they reach an agreement to invest a small amount to finish the episode, exactly as it would have appeared back in 1998. Additionally, Hasbro plans to make this available to anyone for purchase via a number of streaming sites for the nominal price of $5.00.

Now logically, in the Real World, this would probably be a losing proposition for Hasbro, but...is there a single fan here who can honestly say they have zero interest in seeing such a thing if it were true (which to be sure...it isn't)...

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Which is why this discussion is also still relevant to the thread. Basically how I see it, is a TF Sunbow, Takara and Marvel Comics film would be the equivalent of making three identical Batman films. With only a brief disclaimer at the beginning to say they are different.

I'm not sure I follow, because earlier you talked about how different Sunbow, Marvel Comics & Takara were....Still, there have been several Batman animated films released in the same year, WITHOUT any such disclaimer, but the fans understand, these are different takes on the same character.

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o.supreme wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Which is why this discussion is also still relevant to the thread. Basically how I see it, is a TF Sunbow, Takara and Marvel Comics film would be the equivalent of making three identical Batman films. With only a brief disclaimer at the beginning to say they are different.

I'm not sure I follow, because earlier you talked about how different Sunbow, Marvel Comics & Takara were....Still, there have been several Batman animated films released in the same year, WITHOUT any such disclaimer, but the fans understand, these are different takes on the same character.

No, no you misunderstood. I said it would be hard to make Sunbow, Marvel and Takara different to the layman because they mostly use the same casts, time period and settings.
That is where my example was leading. Take Batman '89.
Now release it three times, in the same year. One is the untouched original, one uses washed out visuals and the third with redubbed voice overs.
That would be what separate TF films based on the source material of those three would amount to and I don't think people would be as understanding, in that regard, as you might think.

As for Dark Glass, I personally wouldn't be interested. Rattrap and Dinobot were never favourites of mine and when it comes to that episode in particular, if it didn't need to be included in the initial run of the show, I wouldn't see the point in it retroactively.

For some time the man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan has been home to a life-size Unicorn Gundam, but now there's a new bot in town. A life size Bumblebee standing nearly 12 feet tall and weighing in at nearly 1,900lbs is standing just steps away (literally steps, it's positioned on a set of stairs) from the famous Gundam to promote the Bumblebee movie which hits Japanese theaters on March 22. It's a very life-like statue as it gazes across the Festival Square.

And thanks to some Japanese fans on Twitter we have several photos to share!

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Boy, the hometown of Digimon Adventure just keeps getting cooler and cooler with its giant robots scene.

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertron.com member Survivefan23, we've been made aware of the release of the front cover art for the upcoming home release of the Bumblebee movie! You can pre-order Bumblebee NOW from Amazon.com, in three different flavors, no less: DVD, BLU-RAY + DVD + DIGITAL combo, and 4K ULTA HD + BLU-RAY + DIGITAL combo! Check them out below.



There's no definitive date given yet for the release of Bumblebee on home video, but the posts on the "Bumblebee the Movie" Facebook page hint that it is "coming soon." Will you be adding Transformers: Bumblebee to your personal video library? Which version will you be picking up? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned to Seiberton.com for the latest news on all things Transformers.

The poster makes it look like him and Dropkick are fighting alongside lol.

I will definitely have to get this movie when it comes out, it’s on my top 5 of 2018!

Let's see, will I be buying a film that I love, belonging to one of may favorite franchises of all time, starring my favorite character, who turns into my favorite car, co-incidentally the reason I love Bumblebee in the first place?;
Scrap Yeah!

This artwork makes it look like the Decepticons and Bee are fighting together but I'll probably pic this up since i think the US Steel Book look lame. - unless i could get the ITALY STEEL BOOK. That version look sweet.

Undecided. I'm hesitant and unsure why, so I'll hold off for now.

As an aside, that Gundam statue looks amazing

CollectorCaseZ wrote:This artwork makes it look like the Decepticons and Bee are fighting together but I'll probably pic this up since i think the US Steel Book look lame. - unless i could get the ITALY STEEL BOOK. That version look sweet.

It also makes it looks like the standard DVD version has no Decepticons , man the quality of standard DVD really is getting bad

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:As an aside, that Gundam statue looks amazing

I believe that is the Unicorn Gundam in it's hyper mode, though I cold be wrong, also I think that statue was featured in Pacific Rim Uprising...

Which, of course, I completely misread initially as Unicron Gundam... which really did confuse me when I saw the picture

o.supreme wrote:

CollectorCaseZ wrote:This artwork makes it look like the Decepticons and Bee are fighting together but I'll probably pic this up since i think the US Steel Book look lame. - unless i could get the ITALY STEEL BOOK. That version look sweet.

It also makes it looks like the standard DVD version has no Decepticons , man the quality of standard DVD really is getting bad

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:As an aside, that Gundam statue looks amazing

I believe that is the Unicorn Gundam in it's hyper mode, though I cold be wrong, also I think that statue was featured in Pacific Rim Uprising...

Actually, the Unicorn Gundam Statue can convert between normal and super modes. It's really cool.

And I think that was the same Gundam in Pacific Rim 2, but I have to check to be sure. I am positive it is a Unicorn Gundam statue though

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Actually, the Unicorn Gundam Statue can convert between normal and super modes. It's really cool.

And I think that was the same Gundam in Pacific Rim 2, but I have to check to be sure. I am positive it is a Unicorn Gundam statue though

Oh wow, I never noticed the daytime pics were in its standard mode, that IS cool ...we need some landmarks like that here in the states