Bumblebee Blast (Slurpee)

2009-07-26T20:47:35Z

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[[Image:Rotf-slurpeecups.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Galvatron has a vision where he travels the universe, collecting instruments of power, gobbling up resources, dominating species, declaring wars, ravaging planets, and drinking from the goblet of <s>strife</s> Slurpee.]]

'''BUMBLEBEE Blast Slurpee Flavor''' will transform your mouth into refreshment mode! Bumblebee Blast is a mango passion fruit flavor of the frozen Slurpee drink, sold at 7-Elevens nationwide. The custom flavor was specially commissioned and christened to celebrate the June 2009 release of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. It comes served in one of four special plastic cups, each bearing the 3D likeness of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] or [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]].

According to the manufacturers of the Slurpee brand, it is so packed with flavor, your biceps will exhaust themselves merely contemplating the effort of lugging it from the dispenser to the register.

Bumblebee Blast is part of 7-Eleven's Superhero Summer, an ongoing series of movie tie-in promotionals celebrating films such as ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' and ''Terminator Salvation''.
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===Related merchandise===
[[Image:Rotf-prime-mugshot.jpg|thumb|right|150px|That head would make a great coffee mug.]]

Additional Transformer-themed merchandise released alongside Bumblebee Blast includes:

* Character straws, featuring Bumblebee, Megatron, Optimus Prime and [[The Fallen]], wherein tiny plastic figurines of our heroes are clipped onto a long, thin, hollow plastic cylinder. A scoop at the bottom of the straw assists in eating Slurpees!

* A refillable 28-ounce cold beverage mug in the shape of Optimus Prime's head...The cruel irony.

* A 12-ounce cup with removable stickers.

* A special two-disk release of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'', with a special "transforming" package featuring Megatron, in a similar style to the [[Target]]-exclusive transforming Optimus Prime package.

==External links==
* [http://www.7-eleven.com/NewsRoom/RobotsHeadedTo7Eleven/tabid/308/Default.aspx Robots Headed to 7-Eleven] - official press release
* [http://www.zimbio.com/Transformers/articles/128/Transformers+Head+to+7+11 Additional photos] at Zimbio.com

[[Category:Licensed food]]
[[category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Paradron Medic

2009-07-26T01:09:48Z

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:''The Paradron Medics are [[Autobot]]s from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ParadronMedicCartoon1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Submissive and afraid to fight? It's like Bizarro-Arcee [[Arcee (G1)#The Headmasters|or something]].]]

'''Paradron medics''' hail from the planet [[Paradron]] where a group of pacifist Autobots settled while trying to escape the Great War. As such, they are all likely cowardly peaceniks who'd sooner be shot in the face than defend themselves. Oddly, they all look exactly like [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] but with a different paint job and without the shoulder-thingys. They all carry [[energon infuser]]s as part of their standard medical equipment.<ref>Paradron Medic "Heroes of Cybertron" tech-spec.</ref>

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===

During an outer space battle with the Autobots, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] found themselves defeated and left unconscious on the hidden world of [[Paradron]]. There they were then taken in by a community of pacifist refugees from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Near the fountains flowing with [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], the two Decepticons were nursed back to health by a pair of Paradron medics. Upon regaining consciousness, Cyclonus and Scourge smacked the medics in the face and tossed them to the side so that they could gorge themselves on energon. The medics simply got up and left without saying a word. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}

===G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers continuity===
[[Image:Paradron green.jpg|thumb|"Minta!"]]
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==Merchandise==
[[Image:Paradron medic PVC.JPG|thumb|left|100px|I'm pretty sure this is the Japanese version, isn't the American one greener? (Or was that the filecard?)]]
*'''Paradron Medic''' (Super Collection Figure)
A recolor of the Arcee PVC figure, Paradron Medic was a chase figure. It is easily distinguishable from its American counterpart by its modified Paradron Autobot symbol.

*'''Paradron Medic''' (Heroes of Cybertron)
A recolor of the Arcee PVC. It is easily distinguishable from its Japanese counterpart by its normal Autobot symbol compared to the modified symbol of the SCF version.
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[[Image:Paradron medic statue.jpg|thumb|Lois Griffinbot ]]
*'''Palisades statues'''

A repaint of the earlier Palisades [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] statue, inspired by a pin-up poster by [[Rob Armstrong]].<ref>[http://www.dreadforce.com/creators.html The creators list for Jaran Studios' ''Dread Force'' includes this information in Rob's profile.]</ref> The statue features looks-right-at-only-one-angle perspective and a face so flat you'd swear she'd flown into a window.

The sculpt is based on the [[Studio Ox]] character model, with its obnoxious shoulder-armor rig.
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==Trivia==
[[Image:Ariel Paradron.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Probably buddies with [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Chromia Minerva-Type]].]]
* The Paradron Medic inspired the limited-edition Japanese "Paradron-Type" [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]]. This toy was ''not'' a separate character, but just that series' Arcee with an inexplicable color change.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/b22f78deda9fad3d?dmode=source&output=gplain Paradron Medic's tech-specs] — Transcriptions by Neale Davidson

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[[category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[category: Medics]]

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