Can he float like a butterfly?
Before I saw Michael Bay’s Transformers, I didn’t have much interest in the toys. Upon seeing the film, however, my interest grew, to the point where I now have at least one version of pretty much every character – though not the “main” release of any of them. For instance, I passed on Bumblebee in both his ’70s Camaro and concept car versions, in favor of the non-movie Stealth Bumblebee. With pictures of him all over the internet in robot and vehicle mode, Bumblebee began to feel a little bit uncomfortable. People recognized him everywhere. More importantly new Decepticons arriving on Earth found him easily, which put Sam and others in danger. With Mikaela’s help, he picked out a new color scheme for his armor plating that made him harder to spot, and also made it easier to sneak up on any Decepticons that wandered into the range of his plasma cannon. This version of Bumblebee is billed as an “’08 Camaro.” After fleeing from the Decepticon Barricade with his new friends Sam Witwicky a
