Bug Bite (G1)
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- Bug Bite is a Mercenary from the Earthrise portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Bug Bite (aka Bugbite)[1] is a member of the Mercenary faction.
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Fiction
War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon
- Voice actor: Alex Taber (English), Taichi Takeda (Japanese), José Angel Torres (Latin-American Spanish)
Bug Bite was a member of Doubledealer's crew of Mercenaries, hired by Quintesson Judge Deseeus to bring in the Autobots aboard the Ark to Chaar. Earthrise episode 2 Aboard the Fool's Fortune, the crew flew to the adrift Ark and infiltrated the ship. Earthrise episode 1 While reactivating the ship, Bumblebee went online and took Bug Bite captive as a shield against Exhaust and Thrust, though they fired at them anyway. The Mercenaries successfully brought the Autobots to Chaar, though after Deeseeus refused to pay them and Doubledealer made a new deal with Megatron, Bug Bite and the others battled the Quintesson's forces, including freeing Bumblebee, and helped the Autobots escape. Earthrise episode 2
After Deseeus took control of Doubledealer's mind, Exhaust and Bug Bite were the only remaining members of the Fool's Fortune crew. The two were sent to patch up holes in the ship during its battle with both the Autobots and the Decepticons over Earth, during which he mused that he liked the new paradigm. Before he could finish the job, Bug Bite and his partner were shot into the hole by stowaway Autobot Cog, and the two Mercenaries tumbled into the void of space. Deseeus later called for Bug Bite and Exhaust to the bridge but was met with no response. The three were presumably killed when the Fool's Fortune warp drive exploded during the dogfight. Earthrise episode 6
Toys
Generations Selects
- Bug Bite (Deluxe Class, 2020)
- A Generations Selects add-on to Earthrise, Bug Bite is a redeco/retool of Cliffjumper, with the head from War for Cybertron Trilogy Bumblebee. This version of Bug Bite displays a black Mercenary faction symbol on his chest, as per his appearance in the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon.
- Bug Bite transforms from robot into a 1980s sports coupe that is strongly reminiscent of a Porsche 924 Turbo, though with a front end which resembles that of the Mitsubishi Starion, while omitting the original Collector's Edition toy's Penny Racer aesthetic. Bug Bite also has molded high-performance brake discs, a surprising detail carried over from a mainline Transformers figure. Much like Cliffjumper's other mold-mates, Bug Bite's depiction as being rather small in most Transformers media means this figure is much shorter than a typical Deluxe-priced figure and is closer to being a particularly large Legends-priced figure. Like all Deluxe Class figures of the War for Cybertron subline, Bug Bite includes numerous 3 mm posts and 5 mm ports for attaching other accessories as part of the C.O.M.B.A.T. System, but due to his small size he cannot easily accommodate an entire Weaponizer or Modulator figure. Additionally, he is highly articulated for a mainline Legends-sized Transformer, with over 90-degree ankles and two-way elbows, and a complex transformation scheme. Undocumented in the instructions, Bug Bite's neck is actually mounted on a ball-joint, and when popped out of its housing offers a larger range of articulation.
- The rest of his price-point is made up with Bug Bite's large cannon. It can split into two smaller blasters and a pair of skis that can attach under his wheels. The backend of the cannon is folded out to fit in his car mode's underside to help balance when skis are deployed, while also being used as a melee weapon. It can also be mounted on either his thigh or on the side or top of his shoulder meaning you can put the entire cannon in these spots. Similarly, his detaching car trunk can either be put into the robot mode's back or be used as a shield with the help of a flip-out peg. This peg and the backend of the cannon use a unique post and port to connect to each other.
- Almost all of Bug Bite's white coloring is painted, with only his head and forearms being bare white plastic. While this avoids color disparity, particularly in vehicle mode, it also means he is incredibly prone to paint chipping. The mold was differently retooled into Generations Selects Hubcap and Shattered Glass Collection Goldbug.
- The toy is branded as part of the War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline by Hasbro in the US but as part of Earthrise by TakaraTomy in Japan.
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Merchandise
Flame Toys
- Bug Bite (Furai Model, October 2020)
- Accessories: Gun, Heli-pack, Hammer
- Bug Bite is a redeco of the Flame toys Bumblebee Furai model kit, featuring a Decepticon logo on his chest and stickers that give him purple detailing around his chest, back, arms, feet, and helicopter backpack, as well as purple tinted windows. Bug Bite is made from ABS plastic and features over 50 joints.
- If one chooses, the kit can be panel-lined and touched-up with several panel-lining and paint markers (water/acrylic-based markers are recommended, as alcohol-based markers like Gundam Markers can potentially damage the ABS plastic). If one desires; the kit's pieces, aside from the translucent parts, can be fully coated with spray paints to recreate the finished sample seen in the stock photos.
Notes
- Bug Bite is a straight cross-continuity transplant of the GoBots character of the same name, utilizing the same "white Bumblebee redeco" design the original used as a disguise when traveling to the world of Generation 1. While the GoBot was a cyborg from the planet Gobotron, this Bug Bite is, far as we can tell, a fully robotic Cybertron native.
- Unlike most Hasbro Pulse listings which explain the origins behind each of the Generations Selects toys, giving a little bit of context as to who the character is and where they originated from, thus adding to the reason they are being sold as "special edition" releases from the main toyline; Bug Bite's listing makes absolutely no mention of the original e-HOBBY and BotCon toys or the colors that originated from them, nor does it make any mention of the GoBot origins or dimension-hopping nature of the character. The listing merely states that he is based on the Mercenary from the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, further emphasizing the two as different characters.[2]
- This separate entity status for Bug Bite was further supported when the Amazon-exclusive Golden Disk Collection subline of Kingdom released "Autobot Road Ranger", a fellow GoBot-turned-Transformer, who kept his GoBot origins and was explicitly stated as being a dimension-hopper in-universe,[3] with the listing's description also directly referencing the e-HOBBY box set.[4]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Bug Bite (バグバイト Bagu Baito)
See also
References
- ↑ War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon
- ↑ Hasbro Pulse listing for Generations Selects Bug Bite: "This special edition WFC-GS16 Bug Bite figure is inspired by the mercenary from the Transformers War for Cybertron Netflix series, complete with the official mercenary faction logo."
- ↑ Golden Disk Collection Chapter 1
- ↑ Amazon listing for Golden Disk Collection Autobot Road Ranger: "Autobot Road Ranger comes with blaster and shield accessories, features deco based on his 2004 GoBots release."
