- Bugbite is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Mighty robots! Bugbite is in the lower-right corner.
Bugbite is a traveller from another dimension, who has taken the form of a Decepticon and infiltrated their ranks in the hopes of finding the solution to a problem that plagues his home. He was a renegade in his home dimension, and in his current mission is under the strict supervision of the Guardian Treds.
- (Note: Bugbite is clearly intended to be the character Bug Bite from the Tonka GoBots line. His name does not appear in any of the final product material on the Japanese set he "originated" from; it only appeared in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the E-Hobby website. The individual toys' names were dropped when Takara's legal department became concerned at how Bandai --the company that made the toys that would become the Tonka GoBots-- would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.)
Toys
Generation 1
- G1 GoBots (Multi-pack, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: 84
- Bugbite is a redeco of the retooled Takara reissue Bumblebee, transforming into a "penny racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. He was only available in an e-Hobby-exclusive 6-pack with Bad Boy, Path Finder, Road Ranger, Small Foot and Treds.
Timelines
- Games of Deception! (Multi-pack, 2007)
- Bugbite is part of the upcoming Classics-themed BotCon 2007 box set, along with Dirge, Dreadwind, Thrust and Thundercracker. Bugbite is a redeco of the Classics Bumblebee toy.