I think if this was always titled as just "Bulkhead" and not "Prime Universe Bulkhead" I think this would be a universally beloved figure.

I think this Bulkhead should have been promoted as its own version, as barricade was in Siege or Earthrise, personally it does not have much relationship with previous Bulkheads but it is a good reinterpretation of the character

Bulkhead was honestly one of the best first impressions I’ve had of any line, and he’s quickly become one of my favorite voyagers in recent years

I think the reason the show was called Animated was because of the super cartoony look of the characters. That's just my guess. Really love this figure. It almost seems like Hasbro was trying to make him looks bad in the promo pics. They did not do him justice.

"Last surviving man from his squad on a mission Bulkhead"? Inspiration has struck! "Few have seen him since the start of this war. Occasionally he's seen trudging through the wastes of a tattered warzone, emotionless, like his spark went out and hate for the Decepticons is what powers his body, with nothing to his name but a yellow chunk of metal with an Autobot badge haphazardly stapled to his chest, the last piece of a fallen comrade. His best friend. He never asked for this. He graduated university when everyone questioned his intelligence to become a space bridge technician, and now he's here fighting a war that should've ended. Prime and Megatron? They've been dead for years at this point, it should've ended there. But he keeps going, knowing when it's over, he will return to that humble energon farm he grew up on, and get his well deserved rest." That got heavy. Anyway yeah this figure is awesome.

Figure looks great. I thought the rumour wasn't that this was an ER optimus retool, but rather a pre-tool of an upcoming, unannounced optimus figure. Maybe I just misunderstood, leaks seem to be more prevelant than ever.

I do hope in the future we'll actually get new accurate prime and animated figures.

The details on the alt-mode is pretty cool too as it feels like a replica of the vehicle its mimicing. Especially the spare tires in the back. Honestly, I was genuinely surprised how good this figure is

Its crazy how when this mold is used for bulkhead, he looks jacked but when its used on breakdown, he looks like he gained weight after knockout left him

7:53 That part caught me off guard with the loud scream. Yeah, this is a great figure. I like how he looks, robotwise and truckwise. Yeah, the render doesn't do him justice. I also like his accecories. Legacy never ceases to surprise me. Anyway, great review.

So 2 stories about my legacy Bulkhead : I bought it at a target outside my town and whenever I unboxed it in my car, one of the wheels fell off and it was lost in the seats for over a week. Eventually the wheel was found and bulkhead was whole again. So those who want to buy this id be aware of the wheels popping off. I was going for a bike ride to a friends house and bulkhead was in my hoodie pocket. Whenever I was going down my driveway at max speed, bulkhead flew out my pocket and tumbling on the road. The shield came off and he un transformed. To my surprise bulkhead had, I kid you not, ZERO scratches on ANYTHING. The shield is perfectly fine and nothing broke off, not even a wheel.

My biggest concern with this figure is how he’d fit into a Prime collection. Bulkhead is the only character I’m missing from the full lineup, and I’m hesitant to spend big dollars on either of the original voyagers. I like the Legacy one’s aesthetic, I’d just like to know if it fits alongside the original Prime figures.

As far as I'm concerned, this is the Sunbow version of Bulkhead (who yes, I know doesn't exist but let me have my headcanons okay), a clumsy but well-intentioned demolitions expert and space bridge engineer trained by Grapple and Hoist. Just picture Animated Bulkhead, but with some added elements to tie him back into that universe. Also, theory time: this was GOING to be a Legacy version of Animated Bulkhead, but someone on the design team feared they'd upset the Animated fans by deviating from that show's aesthetic (which IMO, not a problem; remember RTS Lugnut and how good he was despite not looking like his Animated version?), so they tried to turn it into a "Prime" Bulkhead with mixed results. Definitely picking this big lug up. Now if only Hasbro could do a Lugnut in this style sometime in the future...

I somehow managed to find this guy for the normal price on eBay (which was amazing considering everything else was overpriced or not available yet here in the UK) and I love him

I'd note that minicon ports in the UT often didn't actually connect to a feature, instead just being a way to stick them to the bot, which was cool for the few minicons that turned into weapons (like the fire truck that could fold into a missle artillery battery thing)

To anyone that reads this, I found one in stores and it’s great. Don’t think of it as Prime Bulkhead, think of it as G1 bulkhead this figure looks way better in person, good accessories, great accessory storage for alt mode, shield is great as a shield, transformation is complex without being a pain posability is average or even slightly above. Alt mode also looks amazing. I’d give it a 9/10

This is what I'm loving most about Legacy. Hype for the line was very, very low when it was announced, and a lot of people were second guessing the line and reconsidering what they want. But, the moment they got the figures in hand, they fell in love!! I recently picked up my first Legacy figure, Skids (just last night, in fact,). I was not hyped for him. I thought he looked hollow and kinda cheap. But getting him in hand, oh man he's great!!

Great review PE! I’ve really loved this figure a ton since I got it. I didn’t think to use some of the accessories the way you did so thanks for the inspiration. Since Animated is technically the show I grew up with, at least a little bit, I’m also glad it looks kinda like it too, you kinda get the best of both worlds

I think the fist-mace is supposed to act more like a boxing glove. Less for hurting the other guy, and more for protecting the hand, specifically the joints. Also historically flails/balls on chains (or any weapon on a chain) is just generally not a good weapon due to the ability for them to just bounce back once they hit their intended target(if they do) and hit the weilder (something that happened to animated Bulkhead fairly frequently if I recall correctly).

Bit late here, but the the tires on Bulk's back are the spares that you'll find on it's real world counterpart, mounted behind the cab.

Bulkhead is probably the best prime figure that we got in Legacy

This is clearly the best Modern version of Bulkhead to date,Now we just need an Animated Variation of that mold and we'll call it a Day.

Figure actually surprised me. He is fantastic! I like the fact he is a g1 version of bulkhead who can fight g1 reveal the shield lugnut

I think it got name animated since it’s the first one that was flash animated.

The hole on his back where you can plug the mingun is much stronger on the right side. To fix the left side, I put some super glue and now it perfectly works. A really cool advice: if you turn his hands inside the cab in vehicle mode, they look like seats. I always do it. Btw I don't agree with the fact that you have to partsform the shield to make transformation easier. Yeah it's still there but it's not that terrible. I've never had issues. Imo, this figure is a solid 9/10. I still play with it after weeks. I love it.

The fact that the voice actor for bulkhead in tfp is in literally everything. Probably abou time he got some love

One thing to mention with the minicon port bit of the video, most minicon ports on figures (especially unicron and mega/galvatron, who had the most) did nothing, just allowed minicons to be attached. The ports on Bulkhead are just straight up minicon ports to hold them... weird to give that to Bulkhead and not any of the armada figures that came later on though

I don't know if this only works on my copy, but plugging in the shoulder gun on the other side seems to be a lot more stable

Got this guy in yesterday. Perspective you are right on the money with this guy. A super fun figure with a alt mode that we never get to see. I am a WWII buff and even have my minor in History with focus on WWII. I have never owned a Duec n' ahalf before and though this may be a 5tonner it still fits the basic premis of that old logistics vehicle. We never get logistics vehicles they are always tanks and jeeps and big barreles that go boom. This guy is cool as hell and I really love that in his alternate mode you can use his truck bed as storage. Also, the leg panels can store stuff while in vehicle mode. My favorite part of this vehicle mode is that the tailgate swings down and becomes a ramp. Man they thought about everything with this guy. He now sits with Blaster and Cyclonis and Rodimus as one of my favorite Transformers I own. Keep an ear to the ground for the video I make on this guy. Maybe next week depending on if I can finish up Brunt pretty quickly. be well mate and I always enjoy your videos! :)

If I would’ve found Blaster in stores first then Bulkhead probably wouldn’t be in my collection

It looks great, and one of the most creative things Hasbro has done with Transformers in a long time. Although it definitely isn’t the TFP version (Thank God!), I can definitely tell it’s the Animated version (Military alt-mode, slumped shoulders, torso is the front of the car, similar feet design).

do you know why we have hands? there are many reasons to pat Bulkhead to hold Bulkhead to cherish Bulkhead and forfeit all mortal possessions to Bulkhead

If the legs were thin, this mold could make a pretty good Energon/Superlink Optimus Prime.

7:53 "ALL OF THE KNEE CAPPERS!!!!!!!!" Greatest thing I have ever heard!

I wasn't going to get this figure as it is the only Legacy figure besides Kingdom Blaster that I've seen in stores, that and I was looking for Neca Gargoyles Bronx. I couldn't find Bronx and this guy was just shelf warming so I grabbed him and was thoroughly impressed. So glad they are starting the Legacy wave with such a strong figure just like Kingdom Cyclonus. I did do some customizing to mine as for me there was not enough paint. I painted his wheels, gas tanks, and the wires/hook in the winch on his bumper a Flat Steel and it makes him look that much better. Great review, keep up the amazing work.

This is “if I try hard enough I can slap my nose with my jaw and shatter it” bulkhead

I like this design except for one little thing, the head, its way to round and clashes with the rest of it, maybe they were scared people wouldn't reconize its blulked, but maybe they could add some more rounded parts or make the head more square, other than that its pretty good, overall 6 or 7 out of ten

The tangent about Transformers: Animated's name really made me wonder why Hasbro keeps reusing names with no changes. It's Robots in Disguise again! But worse It's War for Cybertron again! But worse (I still love Transformers: Animated tho, it's my favorite tf show)

Y’know, I had that exact same problem with the minigun. It holds terribly on the right side, but for some reason has better grip on the left side. It’s quite strange

7:53 ALL OF THE KNEECAPPERS

I purposely clicked just to hear you talk about it but I wasn’t expecting this 😮

My biggest problem with the figure is that the arms are way too small, so he ends up not looking like bulkhead.

Now this is a bulkhead that wreaks and rules such a awesome legacy figure and definitely one of last survivors of the wreckers

I love this Guy! It is the one I am looking forward the most from Legacy Wave 1! I can't wait for my pre order to arrive!

I still find bulkheads every now and then and I love him so much.

It’s good to find a KZfaq channel that likes the legacy bullhead like I do. When the design dropped everyone despised it. But I was all like that actually looks kinda cool.

I like to leave the shield on because it reminds me of the animated character

if the first being visible does distract anyone you can just rotate the fists so the back of them is facing forwards and they look good as seats

This would be my favorite figure I own, if not for the QC. Out if the box, it was missing a metal pin in its foot, so if i ever move the foot too much it falls off.

I think this design is amazing. I prefer the more bulky look to the squat round design of the prime character. I prefer the apc alt mode to the big dick truck. I prefer the more vibrant green to the muted military green. I just think that Legacy Bulkhead is a better figure and design than Prime Bulkhead

As someone who love Transformers Prime (+ Animated) show and Bulkhead, this truly looks better in my opinion, together with Arcee who also looks good as well.

A new toyline usually means my stores are stocked, something that can't be said for the other waves. It really feels like with each successive wave the figures take longer and have a higher chance of just not showing up at all. He was easily the best of the first 3 I got (him, Arcee, and Skids) and is toe to toe with Dragstrip. Kickback is okay, but, well I'm sure you'll get to him. So, yeah, Bulkhead is really, really good.

Ah yes, the video that finally got me to subscribe to your patreon.

I really like this figure honestly! Now I actually have found Legacy in stores, three of the deluxes and Bulkhead. Of course the two missing are the two I really want, Dragstrip and Blaster. BUT THEY DID HAVE 14 EFFING CORONATION STAR SCREAMS AFTER NOT HAVING LEADER FIGURES AT ALL SINCE 2017!

His minigun is made of energon. So, you know what energon is known for? Being explosive! It's like a soup, mascarading as cereal.

This is way more posable then I was expecting.

I got my copy on Monday, it's ironic how small his gun is considering his function is "heavy munitions" and the right gas tank for the alt mode is missing right out of the box.

I think the wrecking ball is a protective shell so he doesn't bust up the joints in his fingers when he goes Hulk mode.

I kinda hope this mold gets repainted/remolded into a Roadbuster figure

He's getting repainted into TFA Colours in The Amazon Wreckers subline.

Remember? Fight of hatred Prime bulkhead vs. Prime wheeljack Prime bulkhead vs. Prime Arcee FIGHT

Animated was called animated because Hasbro didn't want kids to be confused, thinking that the show and the movie were the same thing. At least that's what I've heard.

The concept of a blunt weapon in a world of metal beings is kinda silly but is actually a very destructive tool if you look back in medieval times. The best weapon agaisnt a knight is a blunt weapon cuz it sends shockwaves and concussive energy across a wider area, especially when aiming for the head and other weak points. so imagine the heavy Goliath that bulkhead is swinging a mace with his full weight behind it straight onto an enemy, such a thing will not only smash the metal flesh in on itself but can generate enough energy to cripple whatever technical organs are inside it, like a full body concussion. On top of that bulkhead’s mace has stumps and dull spikes to allow a guaranteed break in armor with his full force right behind it to further push into that crack.

1:28 because it came out around the same time as the 2007 movie, which was the big piece of Transformers media at the time.

I would name transformers animated, transformers reborn (I'm 95% sure that name is taken but it fits) its set in a post war eviroment, and a lot of the classic characters got cool new takes, and at least 3 characters kinda came back from the dead

Awesome review as always my guy. Are you going to review G2 laser optimus prime from the legacy line??

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY TECHNO SWAMP!?! I mean, he's Big, Green, and a Wrecker so I had to make a shrek joke, I wonder if there's any maximals or predacons that turn into donkeys

7:54 I'd imagine him using those to blast himself to the side, so if he's ever playing a game of chicken he could just dip

I find if you transform the entire lower leg section first then put the spare tires up while folding the shield down it’s manageable to do without partsforming

The second you mentioned Bulkhead in Animated, I instantly thought of the new Wreckers set that was listed on Amazon, and now I’m pretty sure what that set’s Bulkhead is gonna be. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be this repainted into Animated colors(darker green, green jaw, new tampos, etc.). I don’t know for sure, but it’s my best guess since it’s the only other alternative Bulkhead design. We know Topspin and Twin Twist are using the Diaclone colors(and probably Springer if he had a Diaclone toy, I can’t remember), we saw Leadfoot in the Wreckers comic, and I don’t know what the Impactor is gonna be(hopefully a single packed version of the Battle Pack one), but Animated was really the only other version of Bulkhead that really existed. Unless they go with the Beast Hunters one, which would be an odd choice if I do say so myself, I don’t really see them doing anything else. But that’s just my hypothesis. It could end up completely different.

I think the idea with the metal ball is that it's larger and heavier than a fist, so it's like the difference between being hit by a rock and being hit by a boulder or hitting someone with a piece of rebar vs whacking someone with a sledgehammer.

No no no, the rumor wasn’t that he’s a retool of ER Optimus, it’s that he’s a pretool of a Prime Universe Beast Hunter Optimus. Given the shape of bulkhead’s proportions, the fact he comes with a machine gun, and you can replace the tarp shield with a foldable jetpack, and it looks like that might be true. Also, do you know how many figures have minicon ports but no minicon gimmicks? A handful of Cybertron toys, Generations Armada Starscream, Combiner Wars Megatron. Those are minicon ports, minicons fit on them.

I just head canon Legacy Bulkhead as the G1 version.

Unrelated, but I picked up Titans Return Kup (Takara version) off your recommendation because I didn't have a Kup in my collection, and oof, that transformation is a true banger. Plus an ab crunch. Mighty fine

4:49 I think the reason why is because he would hurt his hand if he bare-knuckle punched someone, there's still joints and servos that can be stressed or broken if he punched hard enough. The mace acts like a knuckle duster, protecting the fingers while enhancing the damage done by punches.

imo the mace thingy is just a stronger petak that can't be worked as easily into fingers/are stronger as big pieces. kinda like how a hollow sphere is stronger to getting pulled apart than a full one (or soemthing like that, idk, all I remember was a pretty funny illustration that I saw in a science book when I was a kid)

The reason why animated got the title it got in my opinion based on something linger in my head, casual audiences or corporate people's spite/perspective towards animation. When the 07 movie released, the casual's perspective towards it it's like this is the first time they heard the Transformers name or for them it feels like the Transformers brand has better recognition because there's now a "REAL" version of it. Which lead to the Animated show got it's name because it probably got the attention of the kids at the time who barely or never heard of the Transformers name before the "REAL" movie released. Just a thought.

Damn you might’ve just convinced me to get this figure. I was gonna wait for the APC ko but yeah liking this. I think this aesthetic matches iron factory and newage better.

I really love the bulkhead figure, it is such a fun figure to have. Also when fiddling around with it, I got my Kup figure out and reenacted the do mayonnaise count as instruments from that marching band episode from Spongebob!!!

Finally after all these years….. a GOOD parts forming shield

7:53 RIP headphone users lol, Awsome review btw.Thank you for the video!

The tires on his back are accurate

He looks really cool. I hope I see him in my local stores

5:01 Bulkhead, master of all the Elements.

Yayy new video!!

7:52 I loved this joke. It got me in tears!

While I like my bulkheads extra thicc, I don’t have the energy or brain cells to hate the Legacy Bulky. I got bigger fish to fry IRL than hating a toy, also got FE bulkhead in January so I’m good when it comes to bulkhead.

I remember hearing the rumors that we'd get an Animated Bulkhead and got excited, while I have the figure I was excited to see him on shelves again (heck I might've bough one to show support) . When I saw that it was "G1 ified" I got upset but after a few reviews I started to see that he was pretty cool and might look great next to a hound I have of a similar color, and besides the head he could nicely hide with other G1 figures which is kinda cool. It kinda makes me hope they do something like bringing us characters that were never made for a certain series (as toys or show characters) into toys. Like how we never got an Animated Kup or another non G1 character made into the G1 asthetic.

This felt more like a Prime universe Breakdown to me. Honestly the toy looks great on all counts, but Bulkhead needs to be a tubby huggable egg for my personal tastes.

Really like this figure. Love how the green matches the Universe Hound figure. Look great together in Alt mode.

Epic review PerspectiveEnd!! I was going to pass on Bulkhead at first, but now that I have him, I do not regret adding him to my collection. :D I think this figure was intended to be Generation 1 Bulkhead, which I know technically does not exist, rather then being Prime Bulkhead. This is at least what I think the designers were thinking when creating this latest figure of the green Autobot Wrecker. Keep on being amazing.

Go to your local Targets and ask which day a certain figure restocks and go there on that day as early as possible. I got my G2 laser prime by doing that. It was the last one on the shelf, too

I hope legacy continues to bring back characters from non-g1 shows

Can't wait to get my hands on mine

I personally love this figure and it has the most bang for your Buck. Sure the chest is a bit hollow in robot mode but that’s just because you have to hide the arms for the alt mode and for 22 dollars which is the same price as the skids and Acree this is the better option than both of them.

This looks like it could be retooled into some sort of beast hunters optimus

I’ve never heard of the rumor of Bulkhead being a Optimus retool. The closest I’ve heard of that is some fans speculating that Bulkhead could get retooled into other characters around his size class.

Got Silverstreak today. I saw Legacy Core Hotrod & Skywarp today. Saw G2 Laser Prime a day or 2 before I got Legacy Blaster & Bulkhead. Still seen no Legacy deluxes yet.

Gotta admit, you've made me a lot more interested in getting this figure.

As someone who by some miracle found both bulkhead and laser prime in my local store, I can say that they really are awesome, oh yeah, I found that the minigun pegs on the opposite side better than the one shown in pictures As for the "minicon port" the idea is probably that hasbro was gonna release minicons as part of other large figures (cybertron metroplex was gonna have his but they ran out of budget) so it may have been similar to how doubledealer has the power masters, but in reference only. Tldr: bulk good, minicons are on the table