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Nombre: Bumblebee Goldbug
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: Generations
Clase: Deluxe
Año: 2013
Número de adquisición: 630
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Name: Bumblebee Goldbug
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: Generations
Class: Deluxe
Year: 2013
Number in Collection: 630
golden tortoise beetle: (Charidotella sexpunctata) on morning glory
Size: 0.20 inch (5 mm)
August 28, 2013
Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Commentary from Michael Ferner at Autosport Nostalgia Forum:
“This is one of less than a handful of originally circa two dozen Miller 122s to have a continuous history throughout the twenties, which is truely a shame because the 122, even more so than the 91 in my humble opinion, was probably the most strikingly handsome, breathtaking and trailblazing car to have ever been build for racing, perhaps only rivalled by the 1901 Mercedes 35 which was, it has to be said, not a racing car per se. The elegance and functionality of the basic design of the chassis and bodywork, along with many of the speed marks established by the Miller 122, would remain an often elusive target for decades to come. Truely a milestone, both technically and aesthetically!
This particular car was build in late 1923, as part of the second batch of cars along with Jimmy Murphy's "goldbug" and Ralph de Palma's first Miller, for example. This one, however got off to a real flying start by winning its first race, courtesy of Bennie Hill, Miller "works" driver for much of the twenties. A year later Hill took another win in the car, and another "first" (for a supercharged Miller), but then suffered a run of misfortune and retirements in 1925. Early in 1926, however, Hill and his trusty 122 were back on top with a third win in a 250-mile board track race before he was to get his new Miller 91 for Indy.
Most 122s continued to be raced throughout the 1.5-liter formula by destroking the original engine a radical 7/8 inch, making for a rather untypical (for the time) short-stroke engine of 1485 cc. These "rebuilt Millers" were still a force to be reckoned with when pitched against anything other than a Miller 91, but the technology of the time wasn't yet ready for a bore-to-stroke ratio of only 1:1.12 to yield enough rpm for a benefit in power output, so that these cars remained very much "second division" racers.
Not so "our" 122, which was lucky enough to be blessed by the installation of a brandnew Miller 91 engine before it was sold to a man named F. P. Cramer, who put former outlaw star Jules Ellingboe into the car and must have been pleased no end when Jules qualified 6th fastest, ahead of Bennie and his new "works" chariot! In the race, Ellingboe retired early but the following year veteran driver Earl Devore brought the car home second in the Indy 500, ahead of all the "regular" 91s.
A year earlier, Devore had caught a lot of attention when he had raced the special 1924 Miller-Durant, not only for his good results (he'd won the last race of the 2-liter formula in 1926), but also for the high-polished finish the car had received during his ownership, amongst other modifications. Now he and Cramer set about modifying the ex-"works" 122 out of all recognition: to quote Mark Dees again, "the result was one of the most eye catching and technically interesting Millers ever assembled, as well as the first fully chromed racing car" - the Miller-Chromilite.
Once again, for further details on this amazing car the reader is advised to get a copy of the wonderful "Miller Dynasty", suffice it to say that the car was faster than before but not a success. At some point, perhaps even after the rather minor Indianapolis accident, the special body was replaced by a conventional one (maybe the original if removed before the rebuild), and that's how the car appeared at Indy in 1929, with a new driver after Devore's death in a marine accident. "Speed" Gardner qualified the car indifferently, and it was his namesake Chet Gardner who brought the car into the top 10 and finished 6th in the end. After two more inconsequential results on the Altoona board track the car disappeared into obscurity.”
Nombre: Gold Bumblebee (Goldbug)
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Reveal the Shield
Clase: Legends
Año: 2011
Número de adquisición: 431
Edición de Goldbug para Reveal the Shield. Es un repintado de Bumblebee Universe Legends.
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Name: Gold Bumblebee (Goldbug)
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Reveal the Shield
Class: Legends
Year: 2011
Number in Collection: 431
Reveal the Shield edition for Goldbug. He's a repaint of Universe Bumblebee Legends.
golden tortoise beetle: (Charidotella sexpunctata) on morning glory
Size: 0.20 inch (5 mm)
August 28, 2013
Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
(with pull-out extra seating for small person or dog?) From the collection of Richard A Stephens for the Industrial Design Dept of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, on display at the San Francisco International Auto Show in 2015.
Nombre: Gold Bumblebee (Goldbug)
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Reveal the Shield
Clase: Legends
Año: 2011
Número de adquisición: 431
Edición de Goldbug para Reveal the Shield. Es un repintado de Bumblebee Universe Legends.
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Name: Gold Bumblebee (Goldbug)
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Reveal the Shield
Class: Legends
Year: 2011
Number in Collection: 431
Reveal the Shield edition for Goldbug. He's a repaint of Universe Bumblebee Legends.
Nombre: Bumblebee Goldbug
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: Generations
Clase: Deluxe
Año: 2013
Número de adquisición: 630
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Name: Bumblebee Goldbug
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: Generations
Class: Deluxe
Year: 2013
Number in Collection: 630
Nombre: Gold Bumblebee (Goldbug)
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Reveal the Shield
Clase: Legends
Año: 2011
Número de adquisición: 431
Edición de Goldbug para Reveal the Shield. Es un repintado de Bumblebee Universe Legends.
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Name: Gold Bumblebee (Goldbug)
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Reveal the Shield
Class: Legends
Year: 2011
Number in Collection: 431
Reveal the Shield edition for Goldbug. He's a repaint of Universe Bumblebee Legends.
golden tortoise beetle: (Charidotella sexpunctata) on morning glory
Size: 0.20 inch (5 mm)
August 28, 2013
Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Nombre: Bumblebee Goldbug
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: Generations
Clase: Deluxe
Año: 2013
Número de adquisición: 630
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Name: Bumblebee Goldbug
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: Generations
Class: Deluxe
Year: 2013
Number in Collection: 630
Masterpiece Bumble (far left)
Back Row (L to R): 1984 Red Bumble, 1990 Chinese reissue Bumblebee, Encore Bumble, Pretender Bumblebee
Front Row (L to R): G1 Bumblebee, G2 Bumblebee, Transformers Collection Bumble, Goldbug
Hot pools and foot bridge as viewed from edge of overlooking rock outcrop (seen in photo marked *#3).
Nombre: Bumblebee Goldbug
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: Generations
Clase: Deluxe
Año: 2013
Número de adquisición: 630
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Name: Bumblebee Goldbug
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: Generations
Class: Deluxe
Year: 2013
Number in Collection: 630