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News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:53 pm

Seibertron.com user Windracer has alerted us that Unicron.com has posted some new images of Transformers Animated Bulkhead In-Package. This is the second in-package Voyager figure from the series we've seen this week, along with the Voyager Starscream figure which you can see here

For the images of Voyager-class Bulkhead in-package click here

News Credits: 9 · by **Orion_Prime48** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:13 pm

hes cool lookin ill get him if I can find em

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:18 pm

Instresting figure don't if I would get him I will wait untill I see him in person to decide.

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:23 pm

Not feeling it. It just looks too... well, literally retarded.

News Credits: 3 · by **Autobot Jazz** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:29 pm

Looks nice, but I'm not much of a Bulhead fan, I'll consider it

by **dabattousai** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:51 pm

A Voyager Class that's robot mode is just about the size of a Deluxe class???

News Credits: 1 · by **Doctor Paragon** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:55 pm

Yes he's short...
He's also really, really bulky (hence the name...).

My big question is what the heck does the black button
on his right bicep do?

News Credits: 1 · by **Windracer** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:59 pm

W00t, I made the news. :DANCE:

Oh, right, back on topic... I like what I'm seeing of the fig so far. The packaging is still a little out there, but I definitely intend on picking him up.

I do wish they'd decided to call him Crumplezone or something, though. I swear he looks like some long lost distant relative... XD

by **Uniprimus** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:15 pm

THAT'S supposed to be a Voyager?! The things SMALLER than a Deluxe!

Blackout: Welcome to the club, Bulkhead.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:17 pm

I don't like the colors that Animated is running with. Everything is both bold and flat at the same time.

The shape of the box I like, I hate when the fronts bubble out, you can never store those.

Either way, this figure is a pass for though.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:20 pm

Apparently, the Black tab activates a punching action on his right arm.

I really like the look of this figure, he has proportions that suit the character, even if he is short for a Voyager (or even a deluxe) he does have a lot of bulk. Unlike Movie Blackout he doesn't lose half of his alt mode to make his robot mode, which is good.

Loving the paint work and the show likeness of this line more and more. Bring on June 08!

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:21 pm

windracer nothing. I found it first this morning

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=34129

by **microclone** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:32 pm

Excellent.

In bulkheads case the box seems to work, its bright and you can see the toy. Admittedly in box he looks more like an easter egg and that box really needs to be square.

What i like about the overall look is that it actually looks like a.......TOY, it looks like something a kid might get a bit excited over. The only thing that bothers me is the lack of a tech specs card or sheet, even energon had those, it just gives a little more individuality to the bot. Bulkhead reminds me of a cross between the macross destroid spartan and monster. Despite haters saying bulkhead isnt popular (they seen polls or something?? or asked kids their opinions??) i reckon kids will like him just because hes 'big' and bulky.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:35 pm

I wonder how well this will sell since the alt mode is not something that kids can easily identify (in my opinion).

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:46 pm

1337W422102 wrote:Not feeling it. It just looks too... well, literally retarded.

That's probably intentional, seeing as Bulkhead's a big dumb oaf.

by **microclone** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:49 pm

Stormrider wrote:I wonder how well this will sell since the alt mode is not something that kids can easily identify (in my opinion).

im not sure bulkheads alt mode is especially outlandish compared to TF from any line, if anything he is rather ordinary, a four wheeled (edit:6 wheeled!)roundish little truck.

by **microclone** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:53 pm

the transformation is great, looks simple but ingenious (In contrast to move BB 08 which is quite ingenious but fiddly and probably annoying for kids), I like the folding wheels to form the heels. The lack of bot stuff showing in the alt mode is commendable and the kibble works as it should by actually forming the robot proper instead of getting in the way (classics prime arms and back) or being little more than a shell. kudos to the designer.

by **thedistinctroom** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:57 pm

Why are there already 2 threads about this? As I stated in the other thread, I am not getting any Animated toys.

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:03 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
1337W422102 wrote:Not feeling it. It just looks too... well, literally retarded.

That's probably intentional, seeing as Bulkhead's a big dumb oaf.

Yeah, I figured as much.
Tardy Turtle from Greg The Bunny FTW.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:23 pm

1.) The packaging is ridiculous. (Far too much wasted space.)
2.) He's too small to be a Voyager. (Ultra would've been perfect for him.)
3.) His transformation is far more complex than I imagined. (Plus!)
4.) He captures the animation model almost perfectly. (So bought.)

I'm seriously P.O.ed about the size class differences, but I'll forgive it.

by **Jaz-Zen** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:33 pm

I've said from the beginning that I like the Animated toys as a whole, but I DO NOT like Bulkhead, and I have no plans to buy him.

However, while I still am not going to buy him, these pictures DO make him look better than I've seen so far. This is the first I've heard that his toy actually has his "wrecking ball" from the show, so I think that's really cool. I may not buy him, but I think there will be plenty of kids that will think he's pretty cool, so I think he WILL sell.

Yeah, he's grown on me... I like him... But not enough to buy him.

by **Mandamus** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:39 pm

I also wasn't planning on picking up Bulkhead, but I wish this line would hurry up and get here. I know they're still trying to get all they can from the movie but the show is on now so get these out. Some of the show's novelty might be worn off by the time they show up.

by **Jazzz** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:45 pm

I wish they'd make him bigger.
He's a great figure. lots of features. lots of articulation for such a bulky guy.
but he's so fricking small!
unless Voyagers get cheaper...
no I still really want him.

by **oMega16_5** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:51 pm

So far nothing I've seen of this line has really wowed me. Yeah they're accurate to the show but I just don' like em. Its like the regular star wars figures and the cartoony clone wars one, they're just not growing on me

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:09 pm

The one good thing is that all the empty box space just may be filled up with larger figures for the decepticons, because all voyager class figures would use the same boxes.
If you look at the starscream in box pictures in the other thread he seems to fill up the box more than Bulkhead.

As far as buying Bulkhead, he really doesn't interest me that much. He just doesn't have the same wow factor the other figures in the line have.