Title:
Bulkhead Voyager
Description:
TakaraTomy ID number: TA-03
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
Bulkhead transforms from an armored, six-wheeled military-type van into a robot mode that is a bit on the short side for a Voyager, due to the stout, stocky nature of the character. The toy features two "automorph"-style gimmicks in its transformation: after flipping down the back doors, pulling down on them retracts a pair of black tabs holding his arms into pace, allowing them to spring forward into position; and moving his chest into place automatically causes a panel to flip over, exposing his head.
The figure’s left arm contains the character’s signature gimmick, his wrecking ball. A concealed lever activates a pressure-launch system that fires the ball, which is attached to Bulkhead’s arm by a sturdy string. Bulkhead’s right arm, meanwhile, features a rather strange gimmick: after straightening the arm at the elbow, pressing the black lever on the upper arm causes Bulkhead’s forearm to flip upwards. It might be an uppercut or some other sort of punch attack (although mentioned in the Transformers Animated "Starting Dash” DVD Promo as a "punching action”), but whatever this feature is supposed to be, it is not mentioned in either the toy’s instructions, or on its packaging. A pre-release sample features a normal expression before it was changed in the final product.
No, his kibble can’t transform into a chair. Aww.
The TakaraTomy version of Bulkhead (titled "Ironhide”) replaces all his matte green with a blueish green, coats the majority of it with very shiny metallic green paint, and replaces his silver Autobot symbol with a more traditional red and white one.
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
Bulkhead transforms from an armored, six-wheeled military-type van into a robot mode that is a bit on the short side for a Voyager, due to the stout, stocky nature of the character. The toy features two "automorph"-style gimmicks in its transformation: after flipping down the back doors, pulling down on them retracts a pair of black tabs holding his arms into pace, allowing them to spring forward into position; and moving his chest into place automatically causes a panel to flip over, exposing his head.
The figure’s left arm contains the character’s signature gimmick, his wrecking ball. A concealed lever activates a pressure-launch system that fires the ball, which is attached to Bulkhead’s arm by a sturdy string. Bulkhead’s right arm, meanwhile, features a rather strange gimmick: after straightening the arm at the elbow, pressing the black lever on the upper arm causes Bulkhead’s forearm to flip upwards. It might be an uppercut or some other sort of punch attack (although mentioned in the Transformers Animated "Starting Dash” DVD Promo as a "punching action”), but whatever this feature is supposed to be, it is not mentioned in either the toy’s instructions, or on its packaging. A pre-release sample features a normal expression before it was changed in the final product.
No, his kibble can’t transform into a chair. Aww.
The TakaraTomy version of Bulkhead (titled "Ironhide”) replaces all his matte green with a blueish green, coats the majority of it with very shiny metallic green paint, and replaces his silver Autobot symbol with a more traditional red and white one.
Theme:
Animated
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2008
Country:
United States
Series:
Animated
Date Added:
2023-04-15 19:07:43
Date Added:
2023-04-15 19:07:43
