Bulkhead (Cloud)

The name or term "Bulkhead" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bulkhead (disambiguation).

Bulkhead is an Autobot from the Cloud continuity.

"Are you sure I'm not supposed to be Brawn?"

Bulkhead (バルクヘッド Barukuheddo) is an Autobot citizen of Cloud World's Metropolis.

Fiction

Cloud

Bulkhead was part of the initial battles between Metropolis's Autobots and Underground's Decepticons before Megatron acquired SARA. TFC-A01

Toys

Prime

Any color green is good, right?

• Bulkhead (First Edition Voyager Class, December 28, 2012)
  • Number: 002
  • Accessories: Energon battle mace, stand

Cloud Bulkhead was repurposed from the TakaraTomy release of Prime First Edition Bulkhead.

Bulkhead transforms into a truck. He comes with an "energon battle mace" that can either peg via 5 mm post into his hands, or replace one of his hands when either is flipped into his arm. The mace itself features a plain peg-hole at the top, and is stored in vehicle mode by pegging it onto the trunk. The patch of clear black light-piping plastic (gang-molded to the rest of his show-accurate clear black parts) on his head is neutered by having his eyes painted, in equally show-accurate light blue. Oddly, though, many parts like his upper arms, hands, and crotch piece are cast in a bronze-ish plastic rather than a grey. This is in contrast to his more accurate stock photos and Robots in Disguise Voyager release. He features a cardboard stand as with all "First Edition" toys, but the weak adhesive used for its flaps mean it often has trouble supporting the weight of a Voyager class figure for an extended amount of time, the top caving in as the glue gives way.

In an effort for him to fit in his packaging, he is usually mis-transformed: the panel on his back is hinged up to his head, while the wheels connected to his panel-chest, normally splayed out as a pair of "wings" and tabbed into the sides of the back panel, are left folded up and untabbed on his sides. His headlights, normally swiveled and angled up on his chest, are also left untransformed. The large panel (with the fake sculpted grille) underneath his hinged hood pieces also isn't tabbed to the black sliding "spine" behind it, with the results being that his crotch piece tabs only lightly to his waist, detaches easily, dislodges when the front bumper is hinged forward into the indent on its back, and that many packaged Bulkheads are encountered with their flies open.

This mold would have also been redecoed and retooled to make Generations Brawn. While that toy was canceled, the retooled mold eventually saw release as Cloud Brawn.

• First Edition Bulkhead at Alfes's Toy Blog