Turbo Booster

The turbo boosters are upgrades from the Animated continuity family.

The turbo boosters were of Isaac Sumdacs invention used as speed upgrades for bumblebee which he sometimes uses to catch Nanosec  Blurr. They seem to match Bumblebee colour scheme even though they were not perticularly made for Bumblebee. The turbo boosters were, at first, hard to use but Bumblebee seemed to get the hang of them and was almost able to out-race Blurr with them.

"How fast do you think I can go with them? 200?! 500?!"

- Bumblebee

Animated cartoon
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details for Nanosec follow.

When Bumblebees title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by Nanosec (animated) Sari brought him some turbo booster upgrades. Which he used to: a) Knock over Prime so he couldn't catch Nanosec b) Get Nanosec to run fast enough to age him into a weak old man c) To fly high enough to through the Destrodium into space, and away from anyone it could have harmed

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details for Velocity follow.

After that he was out raced by a mysterious blue racer who was later found to be the elite guard member and fast-talker, Blurr. So to keep his title again he needed the turbo boosters to win the speed demons race, hosted by master disaster who was controllinf Blurr.

Bumblbee never beat Blurr in a race even with the turbo boosters and neither did Blurr but just before losing Blurr in space he did give up his title.

Animated

 * Bumblebee (Deluxe, 2008)
 * Accessories: Left & right rocket boosters


 * Bumblebee transforms from a small yellow hatchback with a single red flasher to a scrappy robot with a smile on his face. He has a fake car roof on his chest (but to be fair, so does his cartoon counterpart.) in robot mode, and the two halves of his stinger weapon, stored in his forearms, can be flipped out and pegged together.  In both robot and car mode, his two booster rockets can be attached on his back.


 * Due to support struts added inside his forearms to ensure durability, his stingers do not recede all the way back into his arms. There have also been some complaints that the socket in his left arm tends to crack easily, which makes the arm impossible to pose.


 * This mold was also used to make "Elite Guard" Bumblebee.


 * Elite Guard Bumblebee (Deluxe, 2008)
 * Accessories: Left & right rocket boosters with repaint to match Elite guard Bumblebee's paint scheme


 * A redeco of Deluxe Bumblebee, this figure represents Bumblebee after getting Sari to help paint him up in Elite Guard deco as part of his anticipated ascension into their ranks. Dare to dream! He retains all the play-gimmicks of the original, and his arm has been remolded to allow the stingers to recede fully. The color scheme of the toy bears a little resemblance to Stealth Bumblebee from the Movie franchise, as well as to Goldbug from the Generation 1 continuity, come to think of it. While this picture (and the picture of his robot mode on the toy's packaging) leaves his head the usual yellow color, Elite Guard Bumblebee's head is actually repainted black.

Trivia

 * Despite not being made for Bumblbee the rocket Boosters do seem to match his colour scheme.
 * Bumblebee used the Boosters to fly, after getting thrown in the air.
 * If Bumblebee lost the turbo booster while falling to earth how did he get them back just in time to catch Blurr (almost).
 * So not only did he lose them after falling but they were in a box and not burnt like he was.