Transformers Legacy Bulkhead In Hand Photos and Video Review

Japan did make their own G2 (which they called "G-2") future of the cartoon, told in manga and story page form.

We also got a comic version of G2 set after The Rebirth in the Wings Universe, which led into a 2-part Machine Wars-themed "finale" of sorts that in turn set things up for the Beast Era.

And as for the original Beast Era timeline from back in the day, the complete timeline of everything from the very end of the Great War all the way up to when Megatron stole the Golden Disk (and much more) can be found and read here (recently written and completed by yours truly).

william-james88 wrote:

Like night and day.

I honestly think this looks really good, but I still gotta agree it's a lot more jock- and chad-like than the original Prime Bulkhead. The truck mode does look very beefy and military like Animated Bulkhead so I'm pretty sold already on the alt mode alone - as in, I'm gonna see what retools are planned - because the robot mode ain't bad in my opinion. Just doesn't super feel like Bulkhead. Movie Hound is something I can def see being an easy option considering the "worlds collide" theme of Legacy, but I'm hoping for something Decepticon-y >:)

Unrelated but while a Scourge or Toxitron retool/redeco of Laser OP is far more logical, is it wrong that I can also see a potential Clench/Colossus retool if they made the semi truck chunks face forward instead of up? Along with the obvious head and maybe even a chest retooling!

Dr. Caelus wrote:MOTU 2002 was a great remake, but MOTU Revelations was a spectacular sequel to the original series, which is what it was billed as.

I quite liked Revelation too. It's certainly better than the insipid drivel fanfiction "Toyguru" wrote for the MOTU: Classics line. 200X was the best, though, I'll agree.

I think MOTU: Revelation suffers the same fate as recent franchise revivals, like The Last Jedi, where the critics love it, but a very vocal portion of the fanbase hate it.

The Netflix War for Cybertron series was better than a LOT of Transformers media, but nowhere near the best. It's middling, but was a breath of fresh air after the Prime Wars Trilogy failed to fill the gap of good Transformers storytelling after Transformers Prime wrapped up.

Sabrblade wrote:And it's more like Regeneration One is the splinter timeline since it came second and ended with Rodimus Prime cutting itself off from all other timelines and universes to keep the world of RG1 isolated and split off from all other worlds.

I have to disagree. ReGeneration One kept more of the details of the original series, as well as picked up the story from the end of Marvel issue #80.

G2 pretty much ignored what happened in G1 but if you want to get the proper start, you have to read the 4-issue crossover with G.I. Joe that explains why Megatron is now a green tank.

As for Jhiaxus himself, his G2 version was much, much better and entertaining. He was more vicious and uninhibited in G2, whereas in ReGeneration One he was just another villain, easily dispatched after a few issues. He pretty much drove the story in G2, and everything the other Transformers did was a reaction to his actions.

And he completely wiped San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland off the face of the planet with 1 shot from his spaceship, just to show Prime he wasn't fucking around.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And it's more like Regeneration One is the splinter timeline since it came second and ended with Rodimus Prime cutting itself off from all other timelines and universes to keep the world of RG1 isolated and split off from all other worlds.

I have to disagree. ReGeneration One kept more of the details of the original series, as well as picked up the story from the end of Marvel issue #80.

G2 pretty much ignored what happened in G1 but if you want to get the proper start, you have to read the 4-issue crossover with G.I. Joe that explains why Megatron is now a green tank.

I wouldn't quite call "20 years into the future after issue #80" picking it up right where it left off.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Luckily, that second half did turn things around and as a whole, that series does focus on He-Man. I, personally, no longer feel annoyed by it. And it is a much better show than any of the Netflix WFC trilogy.

We can agree to disagree. I found many aspects of the second part even more offensive than the first. The makers of WFC seemed to at least have genuinely wanted to tell a good story, but we're limited by Hasbro in budget, which only allowed for limited acting and writing talent, as well as animation. MOTU Revelation was a much bigger budget, and KS used it to smear feces on everything that was MOTU.

WFC isn't great by any means, but I don't have a visceral reaction to it, as I do for MOTU R, which is sad. MOTU 2002 is still the best and I'm glad I can go back and watch it whenever I want.

I guess we have to on this one. Masters of the Universe Revelation wasn't the best thing ever, but I don't feel like it was the worst thing ever. I suppose this might be because MOTU wasn't my favorite thing as a kid, nor was it my least favorite thing. It's (beside the first two years, cuz I'm that old) always been =/=. Like everything else from the 80s, I know more about it than the average cat, but I don't see where he 'smeared feces' on it - for one thing, a lot of the concepts used came much later (some in the 2000s). Others were a spin on something old or not very much tread, which yes - maybe that's subject to some scrutiny in how it was used, but it's all just a new telling that kind of references the old show.

To me, it's like everything else - It can't stay the same, and it can't belong to us (from the OG days) forever, because we're getting older and they want to keep selling stuff, so anything that keeps it going is good - even if you or I don't love the direction. It's better than the alternative.

Dr. Caelus wrote:

sol magnus wrote:I guess we have to on this one. Masters of the Universe Revelation wasn't the best thing ever, but I don't feel like it was the worst thing ever. I suppose this might be because MOTU wasn't my favorite thing as a kid, nor was it my least favorite thing.

Age frame might matter. I was literally watching He-Man the day I was born, and it was an enormous part of my early childhood from there on. I didn't have the full room of MOTU toys because it was split with Starcom and M.A.S.K., but I had a fair bit (including She-ra figures inherited from my sister) and a slew of those children's books. I even dug one out for a drama class assignment in high school.

By comparison, I had relatively few Transformers as a child because they were really hard to get (until micromasters showed up), and the only way to watch the cartoon (until G2) was renting tapes from the grocery store.

There's a great place to discuss MOTU, especially the cartoon, at the Seibertron link below:

- kevin-smith-s-masters-of-the-universe-on-netflix-t116990s25.php


Could a mod move the comments about MOTU above to the relevant link please, so this thread can get back on topic?

Now, back to Bulkhead...


I'm really happy about the following things:

- He's out, legally, in France and someone else, other than the usual pack of tealeaves, has gotten a video out first. I think I'll even subscribe to them.

- He doesn't seem as bad as I thought he would be when I saw the original pics of him.

- Minicon ports! I love them, but why? Are they really for an upcoming Unicron trilogy remold? I heard something about Energon Optimus Prime, or something?

primalxconvoy wrote:


Could a mod move the comments about MOTU above to the relevant link please, so this thread can get back on topic?

There is no mods here.
Seriously.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:


Could a mod move the comments about MOTU above to the relevant link please, so this thread can get back on topic?

There is no mods here.
Seriously.

Admins, then. I'm sure you've "got the power" to move MOTU stuff to Eternia, right?

ZeroWolf wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:- He's out, legally, in France and someone else, other than the usual pack of tealeaves, has gotten a video out first. I think I'll even subscribe to them.

Okay so I really don't care about your obsession with/crusade against PvP and others, but I have to know, what the hell is the origin of "tealeaf"? Is it an insult or derogatory term over in Japan that I'm just not familiar with? Google was no help there.

British actually

Thanks, and makes sense for where PvP is located. I'd never heard it before. I work for a global company with customers all over the world, so I definitely like to be aware of slang terms so I can make sure to avoid getting myself into a mess.