Toy Review - TFPrime Cmdr Bulkhead

[griffin]

(Please post photos, comments or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details to start you off)

Bulkhead
Series - Transformers Prime
Sub-line - Cyberverse
Size/class - Commander
Wave - 1
New/remould/redeco - New
Released here - March 2012
Approximate Retail Price - $15-20
Approximate Size - 10cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Offroad vehicle "Truck"
Main Features/Gimmicks - translucent parts can light up from LEDs packed with other figures.
Main Colours - army green, grey
Main Accessories - Battle mace

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/tftoys/tfpc06.jpg

[lcz128]

EXCELLENT Cmdr class toy. Awesome little toy with a nifty transformation. THe hood of the car awesomely folds up and overthe top to become the chest - love the engineering here.

Both modes stand up great - almost no sacrifices were made for either mode:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/lcz128_photos/2KK_Blog/201203/7bb356bd.jpg

[UltraMarginal]

hanging for tihs one, and your photo only makes it look more awesome. You wouldn't think it was a "scout size toy"

[Doubledealer]

B,b,b,bring the Bulk back! *insert dubstep drop*

Nice looking toy apart from the moon buggy wheels floating above his head. :p

[Stompy]

DD, fortunately you can actually fold it back so it's not visible.

This figure is fantastic. The alt mode is pretty accurate with only some kibble underneath and the robot mode is near flawless, except when you look at his back, there is just a huge hole for the torso. But the robot mode is accurate and transformation is almost similar to the Voyager 1st Ed. Love it.

Also, the paint apps on these Cyberverse Commanders puts the deluxes and Voyagers to shame.

[Doubledealer]

DD, fortunately you can actually fold it back so it's not visible.

This figure is fantastic. The alt mode is pretty accurate with only some kibble underneath and the robot mode is near flawless, except when you look at his back, there is just a huge hole for the torso. But the robot mode is accurate and transformation is almost similar to the Voyager 1st Ed. Love it.

Also, the paint apps on these Cyberverse Commanders puts the deluxes and Voyagers to shame.

Ahh, nice! That would have annoyed me so I'm glad to hear you can fold them back. :) Like you say, it's nice to see that at least the smaller toys get some decent paint apps. Starscream actually has his red crest!

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

(Glorious) pic request: Commander Bulkhead next to Animated Lugnut please.:)

[Stompy]

Here's some comparison pics to the 1stEd Voyager version:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/StompBrother/TFPCommanderVoyagercomparison.jpg

Only real noticeable difference is the larger shoulder pads ont he commander version. Otherwise, proportions are great.


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/StompBrother/TFPBulkheadaltfrontcomparison.jpg

No complaints with the alt mode, the clear blue on the front of the car is a major plus on the Commander version.


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/StompBrother/TFPBulkheadaltbackcomparison.jpg

Backend looks good, thanks to the red paint apps for the brake lights.


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/StompBrother/TFPCommanderBulkheadbotback.jpg

The only real downside to this figure is the hollow back. Otherwise, this is a real winner! Best of the Commanders.

This is for Ode to a Grasshopper ;) :

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/StompBrother/TFPCommanderBulkheadwithTFALugnut.jpg

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Cheers Stompy.:)

[SMHFConvoy]

An awesome figure :)

[GoktimusPrime]

My thoughts about this toy...

Pros:
+ Interesting engineering/transformation.
+ Decent paint apps
+ Autobot logos present (still can't believe that the Cyberverse figures are better at having logos than some Deluxes)
+ Weapon is made out of solid plastic and not that soft rubbery crap that the Legions Class weapons are made from
+ Multiple holes on vehicle mode means that the weapon can be attached in different positions or you can add on more weapons
+ Storage point on back of robot mode for weapon

Cons:
+ The robot mode feels rather "hollow." I know it's because the entire lower half tucks into it in vehicle mode, but I would've preferred it if say the wheels on the back could fold right into them and fill the space up.
+ My major gripe about this toy: What's with the 'windows' on the chest?? :confused: The show model (http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/32/Bulkhead-Prime.jpg) doesn't have those. Worst of all, it looks really bad in vehicle mode as the entire mid section of the bonnet has these random windows on them! :( The only reason I can imagine is that they designed this toy as a 'scale down' of the Voyager Class figure, which does have doors/windows on the sides of the torso. But I see no reason why they had to replicate this on the Commander Class figure... it may make the toy more Voyager-toy accurate, but it makes it less show-accurate. And considering that TF Prime was conceived as a show first, I find it rather unnecessary and detractive for the Commander toy's vehicle form and the robot mode also suffers from being less show-accurate too. This toy would be 10 times more awesome if it didn't have those needless faux-door/window kibble on the chest/bonnet.

I voted for "Only if..." --> only if you're collecting Cyberverse. Otherwise go for the Voyager.

[Decepticon]

I have. Very nice!

[ike_ike]

+ My major gripe about this toy: What's with the 'windows' on the chest?? :confused: The show model (http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/32/Bulkhead-Prime.jpg) doesn't have those.

for the whole cyberverse light up gimmick; i guess they didn't think bulkhead's pre-existing chest had enough clear bits so they added windows.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Annoyingly they don't let light through very easily...

Aside from that, I like this toy a lot! It's well designed and the scuplting is pretty nice on such a small figure! Check out that face!!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k313/Wootnchoo/f721af9d.jpg
He even has details in the eyes!!!!
Thank god this one is good though, as all the others in this class have sucked as far as I am concerned.

[liegeprime]

I wish he had two of them wrecking ball accessories like on the show, Since he is a commander class figure and it would be a nice balance. Ah well Im stil happy about the figure though as like Gok I didnt like the light up clear chest panels, not really necessary;)

[christalcase]

Simple, effective and fun transformation, looks good in both modes, and impressive engineering. As mentioned by a couple of people, would have preferred if the torso wasn't hollow but it's understandable given how he unfolds from vehicle.

Actually, the biggest thing that I don't like about him is... his size, he's so tiny (both in robot and vehicle). Obviously, this is compared to figures prior to DOTM as after that, they've all shrunk. Apart from that, awesome figure.