Title:
Bludgeon Robot Mode
Description:
Decepticon Bludgeon (Voyager Class, 2009)
TakaraTomy ID number: RD-20
Accessories: katana, tantō
Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon was officially repurposed as Generation 1 Bludgeon in multiple video games.
Bludgeon transforms from a green and orange Japanese Type 90 tank into a skeletal samurai robot mode which homages his original Pretender shell, in colors that homage both the shell and the original inner robot. Bludgeon features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank’s main gun as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode’s left hip guard. Additionally, the dagger’s handle can fit in the base of the sword’s handle, forming a double-bladed weapon. He has Mech Alive gimmicks in his thighs and turret: Sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and that pulling his turret open makes a gray sculpted "disc” at the center rotate while a scabbard for the tantō hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.
The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys.
ROTFBludgeon japanese instructions.jpg
There is a paint application error on Bludgeon’s rear wheels/thighs, wherein the black paint operations, which were meant to help blend his rear wheels in with the black center wheels, are placed on the wrong side, keeping them out of sight in vehicle mode, and behind his thighs in robot mode. The ratcheting hip joint is also flipped 180 degrees from what it should be, with two further ratchet divots on top of the hip than inside of it, meaning the mechanism in the upper leg is trying to click into a smooth surface. The toy seems to have been originally designed to feature light-piping in the head, though this feature is rendered useless with it being cast in the same solid gray plastic used for his arms, weapons, shoulders and Mech Alive features.
The Japanese TakaraTomy release of Bludgeon has a different instruction sheet that actually labels the weapons as a katana and tantō, whereas the Hasbro release doesn’t label them at all.
This mold was redecoed into Hunt for the Decepticons Banzaitron, and retooled into BotCon 2012 Gigatron and Generations Megatron.
TakaraTomy ID number: RD-20
Accessories: katana, tantō
Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon was officially repurposed as Generation 1 Bludgeon in multiple video games.
Bludgeon transforms from a green and orange Japanese Type 90 tank into a skeletal samurai robot mode which homages his original Pretender shell, in colors that homage both the shell and the original inner robot. Bludgeon features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank’s main gun as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode’s left hip guard. Additionally, the dagger’s handle can fit in the base of the sword’s handle, forming a double-bladed weapon. He has Mech Alive gimmicks in his thighs and turret: Sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and that pulling his turret open makes a gray sculpted "disc” at the center rotate while a scabbard for the tantō hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.
The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys.
ROTFBludgeon japanese instructions.jpg
There is a paint application error on Bludgeon’s rear wheels/thighs, wherein the black paint operations, which were meant to help blend his rear wheels in with the black center wheels, are placed on the wrong side, keeping them out of sight in vehicle mode, and behind his thighs in robot mode. The ratcheting hip joint is also flipped 180 degrees from what it should be, with two further ratchet divots on top of the hip than inside of it, meaning the mechanism in the upper leg is trying to click into a smooth surface. The toy seems to have been originally designed to feature light-piping in the head, though this feature is rendered useless with it being cast in the same solid gray plastic used for his arms, weapons, shoulders and Mech Alive features.
The Japanese TakaraTomy release of Bludgeon has a different instruction sheet that actually labels the weapons as a katana and tantō, whereas the Hasbro release doesn’t label them at all.
This mold was redecoed into Hunt for the Decepticons Banzaitron, and retooled into BotCon 2012 Gigatron and Generations Megatron.
Theme:
Revenge Of The Fallen
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2009
Date Added:
2022-12-24 20:07:52
Date Added:
2022-12-24 20:07:52
