Logo by: DelTheDork
Meet Tennessee's Friendliest Camaro!
Our mission: To bring you a fun and unique experience with a message about kindness, community and education.
Photo by: Rankin-Photography
Welcome to the home page of Bumblebee of Tennessee! A 2007 Bumblebee Replica that's currently in progress! This project is spearheaded by a small family whose dream is to bring hope to their community.The project was started in 2024 and took a brief pause in 2025 due to Jules battle against cancer. But, the family is back and ready to make an impact! So join: Jules, Rosie and Connor on our mission for community!From Comic Conventions to Local Festivals our work and journey never ends!
Photos by: Rhazberriquartz and Isaacwright_photos - Featuring: Tennesse Ironman
Bumblebee and his crew are available for events and to host educational talks about pop culture and fostering community. Find out ways to contact us below!
Meet the Crew!
Legal names changes for saftey purposes.
Let's meet the crew behind this amazing idea!
Art by: Rscroogedraws
Contact Us
Want to follow us on our adventure? Or maybe you want to reach out to invite us out to an event? Find the links below. We hope to hear from you soon!
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz - Featuring: Alpha Psi Phi of TTU circa 2024
How to Support Us!
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
You can support us in a lot of different ways.
1. Follow us on social media and watch our journey as it happens! Commenting, Sharing and Following us helps us get the word out.2. Recommend us to events! With enough support we can get out more and meet all of you!3. You can donate to us via helping us get things for Bumblebee on Amazon!4. Donate directly through paypal! Every bit of this goes into Bumblebee's upkeep, event and travel costs!5. Shop our Ko-Fi store! We have: Stickers, charms and more!6. Sponsor us! Sponsorships come with perks that will grow over time!
Jules
Jules is a 30 something year old artist and cosplayer from Georgia who is well known for their Transformers art and thrifted and handmade cosplays. They help Rosie with the panel "Fanart in the Classroom" and are working on upping their confidence behind the wheel and at events.TBC.
Rosie
Legal names changed for privacy.
Rosie is a 30 something year old artist and cosplayer from Tennessee. She's well known for: hosting the panel "Fanart in the Classroom", Her Cosplay of Rose Quartz and her work on Omnicon TN. She has sense retired her cosplay and stepped down from her position at her local convention in pursuit of something different.TBC.
Connor
Connor is a 30 something year old from Tennessee and little brother to Rosie. He has a vast knowledge of Transformers and the lore behind it as well as a passion for metalworking. He jokingly calls himself the pack mule as he often gets caught helping his sister haul her art supplies around to her panel.TBC
Our Story
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
Rosie has always loved the Camaro. Her father worked for GM back in the day and had a hand in it's creation and fostered her love for automobiles and her mother fostering her love for education and popculture.She went as far and tried to save up to buy a 1977 Model - that ironically would be used in the film franchise. Unfortunately, that opportunity was lost numerous times.So, when the movie Transformers premiered in 2007 she was sold entirely on the Gen 5 Camaro and made that new goal. It wasn't until 2024 after making a name for herself in the convention space for her panels such as: Fanart in the Classroom that she was able to achieve that dream.Not only that, this car was how her now spouse Jules proposed to her. Making this Bumblebee even more important to her.
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
Jules and Rosie met at an anime convention in Atlanta and became close friends to lovers and now married. They've been a team for years going through the trials and celebration of life.Jules' love for Transformers came much later. They had fallen in love with the Transformers franchise during a rough patch in their life. The first film they saw was Bumblebee. Their first series was Transformers: Earthspark. Which led them into reading the IDW comics. So, this Autobot holds a big space in their heart.They encouraged Rosie to follow this fantastical dream. A way to bring fun education and experience to their local community. They did several events and were well received! It even gave them the courage to learn how to drive a manual car.However in 2025 they were diagnosed with Cancer and the project and driving lessons were put on hold. But as of October 31st 2025 they are now cancer free!
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
Connor is the little brother of Rosie and has always loved Transformers since he was a kid. His collection is massive and his knowledge of the franchise eclipses the knowledge of both Rosie and Jules.He could barely hold back his excitement when Bee was brought home the day after Valentines.He has just joined the team and is excited to start this adventure.
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
They are joined by several friends! Friends who have helped them through the darkest of times and have given them hope and support when no one else did.Aldantler an artist and prop maker known for his replica's of Nier Automata Grimoires and Journey Cloaks see this car as one of his biggest collaborative projects. He along with Rosie have been learning auto body work together. And without him on the fly repairs would be impossible.
Photos by: Rhazberriquartz and Aldantler
Bumblebee didn't come to them perfect. After all being a well loved 2010 model he needs a lot of TLC. But, what sold Jules and Rosie on him were two factors.They found him on Valentines Day 2024. And much like Rosie this Camaro has a massive dent in his right back fender and bumper where a gash can be found. The same place she has a scar from a massive surgery. He was purchased for $9,000 and became a passion project for their family and friends.From sourcing parts, to helping with the body work, to gifting items for his glow up it's truly become a team project.Bumblebee's future includes: new bumpers, dent removals, paint jobs to fix chips and to make the hood match the trunk lid, interior work, dash upgrades, under lighting, tire lighting, official GM Autobot badges and custom parts like a star shape exhaust and steering wheel cover.Our story for Bumblebee will be divergent from most canon and combine the ones that brought us all together.
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
We hope to see you soon! Remember sometimes kindness is enough.
This story is a purely fictional story to go along with our mission.
This Bumblebee like any other replica has his own fictional lore as well!He is a member of G.H.O.S.T a sector that had failed and
has been reborn. This time it's mission is to unite people through: Community, kindness, acceptance and love. With his human friends, other cybertronians, and Terrans the adventures are sure to be endless.We wouldn't be G.H.O.S.T without your spirit!
Our Mission
Photo by: Rhazberriquartz
Fostering and supporting community via education, kindness, and instilling a sense of hope.With this Camaro the goal of Rosie and Jules is to spread kindess wherever they can.And to provide an experience that perhaps not everyone has the privilege of having. Such as photo ops, fundraising, and charity work. Especially in smaller rural areas like their home town. They one day would like to create a fun L.A.R.P like story for those they may never get to met via art!They also provide educational panels and talks. Such as Fanart in the Classroom - a talk about how teachers and parents can use pop-culture to educate, teach and connect to students. This experience is 3 hours long and all materials are provided by Bumblebee and crew. This panel was written by Rosie's mother who has her masters in Education Design and covers not only how pop-culture is important in education, but how it can help folks in their professional lives. It's been featured at events like: Momocon, Anime Weekend Atlanta, Middle Tennessee Anime Convention, Omnicon TN, Anime Day Nashville and Akaicon!
Art by: Rscroogedraws
Sometimes community is for the betterment of everyone and not just yourself. So, we are proud to say we do not discriminate. We will make sure our community has the ability to take care of each other in the darkest of times so long as our common goal is to uplift those around us.Even if our allies may not be who we would expect. There's more to community than meets the eye.And sometimes kindness is enough.
Art by: rscroogedraws