Amazon Exclusive Wreck N Rule Bulkhead Revealed

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That's disappointing. I expected a more compelling repaint of Bulkhead. At the same time, whew! Can totally skip this line almost entirely. I'll likely pre-order Twin Twist. Still on the fence with Springer.

Man at least you still expected Bulkhead. Other fans out there were hoping for a redeco of the Bulkhead mold into a G1 Pyro. And well, Wolfmanjake already used my line about hope. It held true!!!!!!

I wasn't sure what it was going to be, but I did think it would at least be a new character, not just bulkhead with a little Camo...oh well, this is an easy pass.

Also WJ thanks for the previous pointing out of the boxes for this collection. For some reason I thought they were all the same size. Top one is definitely smaller. It makes sense unfortunately. I hope we do get a Diaclone Topspin down the line at some point though.

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That's disappointing. I expected a more compelling repaint of Bulkhead. At the same time, whew! Can totally skip this line almost entirely. I'll likely pre-order Twin Twist. Still on the fence with Springer.

Man at least you still expected Bulkhead. Other fans out there were hoping for a redeco of the Bulkhead mold into a G1 Pyro. And well, Wolfmanjake already used my line about hope. It held true!!!!!!

The key is to always set your expectations low so you'll never be disappointed

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That's disappointing. I expected a more compelling repaint of Bulkhead. At the same time, whew! Can totally skip this line almost entirely. I'll likely pre-order Twin Twist. Still on the fence with Springer.

Man at least you still expected Bulkhead. Other fans out there were hoping for a redeco of the Bulkhead mold into a G1 Pyro. And well, Wolfmanjake already used my line about hope. It held true!!!!!!

I wasn't sure what it was going to be, but I did think it would at least be a new character, not just bulkhead with a little Camo...oh well, this is an easy pass.

Also WJ thanks for the previous pointing out of the boxes for this collection. For some reason I thought they were all the same size. Top one is definitely smaller. It makes sense unfortunately. I hope we do get a Diaclone Topspin down the line at some point though.

The leaks said “bulkhead repaint” and that’s exactly what it is. New characters like say the Fractyl figure is leaked as fractyl not “terrorsaur repaint” or leadfoot as leadfoot and not “mirage repaint” anyone who expected pyro or anything else that wasn’t a repaint of bulkhead can blame themselves for overhyping it and drawing conclusions that just weren’t there.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Man at least you still expected Bulkhead. Other fans out there were hoping for a redeco of the Bulkhead mold into a G1 Pyro.

Nah, Pyro would need a retooled version of the mold. More like a Partsformer...

People werent asking for a perfect recreation of Pyro, they wanted that old hat temporary gap filler figure which is a redeco of G1 character based on a mold with a similar alt mode.

And, considering what we got here instead, it's not like that would have been a worse outcome/idea, and it would have been Wrecker related.

Anyways, out of all the exclusive Amazon lines we got so far, starting back in WFC, this is the worst, as a whole. The golden disk line was pretty fun. But I do find the fossilizers very very cool (not much else though and they are stuck in two packs).

BUT

It does make it so that no key character is an exclusive. While these toys don't interest me much, I much preffer the outcome of my buying less than me wanting these and there not being enough made (or them being restricted through exclusive status). That Earthrise Amazon exclusive line was rather egregious, with having MAIN characters not only be exclusive but also not being made in enough numbers, making us all doubt our Amazon preorders from here on out.

o.supreme wrote:Also WJ thanks for the previous pointing out of the boxes for this collection. For some reason I thought they were all the same size. Top one is definitely smaller. It makes sense unfortunately. I hope we do get a Diaclone Topspin down the line at some point though.

Pleasure, I'm here to help

Autobot N wrote:The key is to always set your expectations low so you'll never be disappointed

The key is to remove all hope.

What a turd sandwich

I s'pose this works for people wanting a more interesting colour scheme and paintjob for Bulkhead than plain greys and unbroken greens. I'm wondering if recolouring Bulkhead's big lower jaw all black (to make it resemble a big beard) would help with turning this into a custom Legacy AoE Hound!

But so far the only figure that has personally interested me was Leadfoot. Gotta love me some G2 callbacks.

Autobot N wrote:Finally managed to snag a Laser Prime on Amazon, it'll be here Monday

Thanks for the heads up! Rural life is awesome...I see deer, fox, bald eagles, turkeys, bears, and wolves all the time, but the closest store with any kind of decent Transformers selection is 90 plus minutes away so I've been waiting for it to pop up on Amazon. It had said July 1st for release. Obviously that changed.

First-Aid wrote:What the heck are they doing?

I've said it in the past...repaints are the wimp's way out. The problem is that Hasbro has figured out that Transfans aren't the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree and that they will snap up just about any repaint as long as there is a good backstory or something relating directly to G1 lore (*cough* *Seekers* *cough*). Is this line worth it? It it even really a "Wreckers" team? Eye of the beholder...but until we stop simply snapping up repaints, HasTak is going to continue to be LAZY and not really give us anything new or creative.

I think you're looking at it from the wrong angle.

Yes, redecos are cheap to do, that's one reason they're usually reserved for store exclusives with new molds restricted to main lines, and exclusives are when they're listening more closely to the fans while working within the limits they imposed on themselves. It's not that we're not the brightest bulbs (not entirely anyway), but more that we're mostly opportunists who'll grab anything that may not appear again for a long time, playing into our FOMO emotions, but it's also a way of showing appreciation for digging that deep into the brand's history as a whole.
Whole new molds as a store exclusive? It's been done, but as WFC Netflix Soundwave has shown it's more of a hassle in the long run due to the exclusivity of the molds in question staying with that store for god knows how many years, leading to more fan boy complaint than usual. Yeah, it'll always be there*, but in Soundwave's case it may be more than Hasbro is willing to deal with.

So... Does this mean the whole line have been revealed now? Where's Topspin?!!!

* Courtesy of Sabrina-Online.com by Eric W. Schwartz

I had planned to skip this mold all together, but now that they've tossed in Prime Breakdowns toon hammer, I may have to get him just to get that hammer.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

First-Aid wrote:What the heck are they doing?

I've said it in the past...repaints are the wimp's way out. The problem is that Hasbro has figured out that Transfans aren't the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree and that they will snap up just about any repaint as long as there is a good backstory or something relating directly to G1 lore (*cough* *Seekers* *cough*). Is this line worth it? It it even really a "Wreckers" team? Eye of the beholder...but until we stop simply snapping up repaints, HasTak is going to continue to be LAZY and not really give us anything new or creative.

I think you're looking at it from the wrong angle.

Yes, redecos are cheap to do, that's one reason they're usually reserved for store exclusives with new molds restricted to main lines, and exclusives are when they're listening more closely to the fans while working within the limits they imposed on themselves. It's not that we're not the brightest bulbs (not entirely anyway), but more that we're mostly opportunists who'll grab anything that may not appear again for a long time, playing into our FOMO emotions, but it's also a way of showing appreciation for digging that deep into the brand's history as a whole.
Whole new molds as a store exclusive? It's been done, but as WFC Netflix Soundwave has shown it's more of a hassle in the long run due to the exclusivity of the molds in question staying with that store for god knows how many years, leading to more fan boy complaint than usual. Yeah, it'll always be there*, but in Soundwave's case it may be more than Hasbro is willing to deal with.

So... Does this mean the whole line have been revealed now? Where's Topspin?!!!

* Courtesy of Sabrina-Online.com by Eric W. Schwartz

Very well said. I'm committed to Leadfoot and Twin Twist. The others I preordered to get on the list, but I might not go through with it since Velocitron seems to be more of my interest with Black Convoy (perhaps the wimpiest way out of all repaints?) and Cosmos.

ScottyP wrote:What a turd sandwich

Immortal Starscream wrote:I had planned to skip this mold all together, but now that they've tossed in Prime Breakdowns toon hammer, I may have to get him just to get that hammer.

It is a surprising development to see that hammer and truly sweetens the deal for anyone who owns AM Breakdown

william-james88 wrote:

ScottyP wrote:What a turd sandwich

I was content with just calling it the most boring and uninspired of all the releases, but that works too.

I hope some day they reuse this Bulkhead mold for Movie Hound.

Here's what the statue in the back looks like

While none of these reveals appeal to me I do think camo Bulkhead looks kind of neat and possibly better then his regular deco. If he had a different shaped head I'd be inclined to buy him as a random background bot.

I'm glad I didn't buy retail Bulkhead, I much prefer this deco (more colorful, also closer to the vehicle mode inspiration of Movie Hound) and also it comes with more anyways so I'm not missing anything out by getting this instead.

But yeah would of prefer a new character, Pyro would of been nice.


Why Topspin and Twintwist seem not to be packed together for a release baffles me.

Deadput wrote:Why Topspin and Twintwist seem not to be packed together for a release baffles me.

Money

Lmao so as it turns out, the digital renders look like ass
But the figure actually looks pretty good in the other photos. The head matches the body and the camo is more subtle, guess ill be getting this version after all!

Its hilarious how quickly I've changed my tune just from seeing the other pictures

The bright camo and metallic head looked disgusting

But from the actual product shots I love the darker green because its closer to animated and the camo looks pretty cool. Plus no energon gun and a hammer. Already preordered

Immortal Starscream wrote:

Deadput wrote:Why Topspin and Twintwist seem not to be packed together for a release baffles me.

Money

It's not money here: they're gonna lose potential money by not releasing Topspin at all it looks like.

This Bulkhead repaint looks surprisingly good, a huge step-up from the standard retail version. It's been years since I've watched Transformers: Prime so I didn't even realise that was Breakdown's hammer until others in this thread pointed it out. I haven't pre-ordered any of these Wrecker sets yet, Bulkhead may be the only one I go for in the end.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Immortal Starscream wrote:

Deadput wrote:Why Topspin and Twintwist seem not to be packed together for a release baffles me.

Money

It's not money here: they're gonna lose potential money by not releasing Topspin at all it looks like.

assuming they have no plans for a topspin, then yes, terribad idea. But releasing twintwist through Amazon and maybe later topspin through selects, getting to charge full price for two molds that are just repaints, now that makes financial sense. They KNOW total suckers, like me, would be dumb and blow their cash to get both. gotta recoup them thar remolded bits on them boney bots somewhere.

Immortal Starscream wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Immortal Starscream wrote:

Deadput wrote:Why Topspin and Twintwist seem not to be packed together for a release baffles me.

Money

It's not money here: they're gonna lose potential money by not releasing Topspin at all it looks like.

assuming they have no plans for a topspin, then yes, terribad idea. But releasing twintwist through Amazon and maybe later topspin through selects, getting to charge full price for two molds that are just repaints, now that makes financial sense. They KNOW total suckers, like me, would be dumb and blow their cash to get both. gotta recoup them thar remolded bits on them boney bots somewhere.

Even if the retooled bits are only that hammer and Impactor's head and chest as Leadfoot's head is seemingly built in?

FINALLY a Hammer accessory for Arms Micron Breakdown!

Oh, and a Bulkhead repaint.

I actually like this color scheme. I almost wish I had waited for this instead, but seeing it in store was too much of a lure.

As it stands now, Leadfoot is the only preorder I have in. I might go back for Impactor on Amazon. But a must have he is not. I have not decided on Twin Twist yet either

I wish they sold the two Fossilizers as a pack instead with other guys, they're really the only ones that I want (with Leadfoot at a close enough #3 to justify pre-ordering his set, unlike Impactor's since I have no need of him).

I’m not a huge fan of the G1-ified Prime characters, especially Bulkhead’s mold. I’d maybe consider Knockout but that’s it so far. However, I do like the camo, and the Wreckers insignia. It makes him feel more like a distinct G1 character. If I end up trying to get the Wreckers, I would definitely include him.

This "collection" could have been a whole lot more. Impactor's initial reveal got my hopes up that we'd see the original Marvel UK Wreckers but that's not what we've gotten.

Instead we get a mish mash of Wreckers from various continuities and ... a hammer.

They could have gone the BAF route and given us Emirate Xaaron, but no, we get a hammer.

And a dodgy looking Bulkhead.

I have yet to buy any Fossilizers and this was a good chance to pick up a couple, but why would I want to own a Leadfoot without the rest of the Rotor Force? Once again, Hasbro not giving a full team.

meh.

Sabrblade wrote:Further evidence that this toy should have been a G1-ified AOE/TLK Hound instead of Bulkhead.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I actually kind of like this, though a head remold to give Bulkhead a big bushy beard would have really put this over the top as a live action movie Hound homage.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Wow this looks not great. I was really hoping for a TF:A paintjob/remind so I guess ill get the regular release version now. The hammer is cool but the paint job is messy looking and the colors on the head don't fit. A new headsculpt with the beard wouldve been awesome. Oh well

SpaceEagle wrote:I s'pose this works for people wanting a more interesting colour scheme and paintjob for Bulkhead than plain greys and unbroken greens. I'm wondering if recolouring Bulkhead's big lower jaw all black (to make it resemble a big beard) would help with turning this into a custom Legacy AoE Hound!

But so far the only figure that has personally interested me was Leadfoot. Gotta love me some G2 callbacks.

TulioDude wrote:I hope some day they reuse this Bulkhead mold for Movie Hound.

Deadput wrote:I'm glad I didn't buy retail Bulkhead, I much prefer this deco (more colorful, also closer to the vehicle mode inspiration of Movie Hound) and also it comes with more anyways so I'm not missing anything out by getting this instead.

But yeah would of prefer a new character, Pyro would of been nice.


Why Topspin and Twintwist seem not to be packed together for a release baffles me.

Razorbeast88 wrote:Its hilarious how quickly I've changed my tune just from seeing the other pictures

The bright camo and metallic head looked disgusting

But from the actual product shots I love the darker green because its closer to animated and the camo looks pretty cool. Plus no energon gun and a hammer. Already preordered

The fact people keep making these observations just proves to me why this mold doesn't work for Prime Bulkhead, and the military camo he never used really doesn't help. Was it really that hard to give him a truck mode? Or just call it Animated Bulkhead at least?

Honestly, if not for the hammer ("which one?" yes), probably way out of my radar.

As for Twin Twist, I'm a bit disappointed we're still getting a Headmaster for a character that never was a Headmaster in fiction before TR. Then again, if any deco deserves a miniature pilot for vehicle mode, it's the Diaclone one.

On another note, apparently Spindle's chestpiece and Masterdominus' mammoth head combine into a new combiner head. So, figuring out another combiner with these two will be fun!

Having known that kick-ass sweet Bulkhead repaint existed, I would have held on buying the regular Legacy version and go for this one instead.

Legacy finally got to my local Walmart, that took forever! Someone was taking a while!

-Kanrabat- wrote:Having known that kick-ass sweet Bulkhead repaint existed, I would have held on buying the regular Legacy version and go for this one instead.

You should know by now Hasbro deals in such shenanigans.

I'm not particularly invested in thus mold at all, but could 1 version represent Prime Bulkhead and the other Animated Bulkhead?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Having known that kick-ass sweet Bulkhead repaint existed, I would have held on buying the regular Legacy version and go for this one instead.

You should know by now Hasbro deals in such shenanigans.

I'm not particularly invested in thus mold at all, but could 1 version represent Prime Bulkhead and the other Animated Bulkhead?

For me, the Legacy mold don't represent any previous "Bulkheads". He needs to me more "fat" to fit any of those previous roles. The repaint will be my "true" Generations G1 AoE/TlK Hound. I'll be waiting for an accessory kit with an alternate head and a couple of guns to make it perfect.

It is great that Leadfoot is finally getting attention. (I noticed he has only 1 toy while researching Wreckers on TF Wiki a while ago. ) But the problem is, and still remains: THE SIEGE/EARTHRISE MIRAGE MOLD IS A PEICE OF GARBAGE. Will Hasbro ever give us a Good Mirage toy?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Having known that kick-ass sweet Bulkhead repaint existed, I would have held on buying the regular Legacy version and go for this one instead.

You should know by now Hasbro deals in such shenanigans.

I'm not particularly invested in thus mold at all, but could 1 version represent Prime Bulkhead and the other Animated Bulkhead?

For me, the Legacy mold don't represent any previous "Bulkheads". He needs to me more "fat" to fit any of those previous roles. The repaint will be my "true" Generations G1 AoE/TlK Hound. I'll be waiting for an accessory kit with an alternate head and a couple of guns to make it perfect.

I think I’ll call him Warhound, to differentiate him from both G1 Hound and Bulkhead.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I think I’ll call him Warhound, to differentiate him from both G1 Hound and Bulkhead.

Bulkhound.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I think I’ll call him Warhound, to differentiate him from both G1 Hound and Bulkhead.

Bulkhound.

Warhead

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Is is great that Leadfoot is finally getting attention. (I noticed he has only 1 toy while researching Wreckers on TF Wiki a while ago. ) But the problem is, and still remains: THE SIEGE/EARTHRISE MIRAGE MOLD IS A PEICE OF GARBAGE. Will Hasbro ever give us a Good Mirage toy?

The Classics Mirage mold is pretty great. Very stylish. And Siege Mirage is fine too.

Autobot N wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I think I’ll call him Warhound, to differentiate him from both G1 Hound and Bulkhead.

Bulkhound.

Warhead

Headhound



Never mind....sounds like a porn name...

Autobot N wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I think I’ll call him Warhound, to differentiate him from both G1 Hound and Bulkhead.

Bulkhound.

Warhead

What about "Mudbuster".

Named after the cancelled Animated Bulkhead redeco that this kind of sorta maybe also looks like. Lighter shade of green with black. But instead of the camo, it was supposed to have yellow caution stripes. Shame this Wrecker Bulkhead doesn't have black on his head like others are saying as it would've looked even more like Animated Mudbuster Bulkhead as well as Movieverse Hound.

Does the Scorponok tail they're all standing on seem a little strange to anyone else? Probably just a test mold, but I find the two-toned purple interesting and also interesting that it matches the backdrop so well.

Burn wrote:Instead we get a mish mash of Wreckers from various continuities and ... a hammer.

They could have gone the BAF route and given us Emirate Xaaron, but no, we get a hammer.

A cardboard hammer so extra plastic was never on the table here. The only figure that got an extra accessory is Bulkhead because I guess someone needed to come with a hammer. Personally I was hoping someone would come with a green Battlemaster Doublecrosser as Rack'n'Ruin. Feels like a real missed opportunity. They were in Cyberverse and got a rather big figure there so it's not like it would have been a stretch. They just would have been tiny, but that didn't stop them from making Rung.

william-james88 wrote:Here's what the statue in the back looks like

Hey, Burn, there's your Emirate Xaaron.

MaximalNui wrote:On another note, apparently Spindle's chestpiece and Masterdominus' mammoth head combine into a new combiner head. So, figuring out another combiner with these two will be fun!

That's really cool!! Always that part looked like a mask. Hasbro seems to be aware that fans are making bigger and bigger combinations from all the Fossilizers and we could use a bigger head to top them off. The extra head on Wingfinger only works so far.

DeathReviews wrote:Eh. "Thrilling 30" Springer is still the better figure overall. AND it was the foundation for Sandstorm, one of the best Voyagers of all time....

I really don't like that figure, at all. To me it's a different yellow Triplechanger that doesn't resemble Sandstorm in the slightest and his car mode would probably break if one of those big tires hit a bump at high speed. We really need a proper redo of the guy.

Emerje

When Legacy Bulkhead first came out, everyone screamed MOVIE HOUND, BEAST HUNTERS OPTIMUS! I see how the second one will work, but it is unlikely it will happen. I could also see it become Magmum (pre-Ultra Magnus) But that would never happen. I'm working on how Magmum will look, and I'll post that when I'm done.

I thing Bulkheaad's war hammer shouldn't have been so small looking!

Emerje wrote:Hey, Burn, there's your Emirate Xaaron.

bah.
humbug.

Nemesis Destron wrote:I thing Bulkheaad's war hammer shouldn't have been so small looking!

It's supposed to be Breakdown's from Prime, Mark Hasbro said in an Instagram post Bulkhead took it as a trophy after beating him

Autobot N wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I thing Bulkheaad's war hammer shouldn't have been so small looking!

It's supposed to be Breakdown's from Prime, Mark Hasbro said in an Instagram post Bulkhead took it as a trophy after beating him

Well, that's dark and grim, considering the cruel fate that befell Breakdown.

Sabrblade wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I thing Bulkheaad's war hammer shouldn't have been so small looking!

It's supposed to be Breakdown's from Prime, Mark Hasbro said in an Instagram post Bulkhead took it as a trophy after beating him

Well, that's dark and grim, considering the cruel fate that befell Breakdown.

Poor Breakdown should have gotten a clue when he got his name.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdeoF1Osu0M/ - In addition to the note about Bulkhead going straight-up Lockdown over his dead rival's hammer, literally the first sentence of the designer notes just flat-out says that this new camo deco was based on AOE Hound.

Rtron wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:Nice G2 figure; shame Hasblo seems to want to bulk up the price with unwanted fluff like Fossilizers. I'll probably slap a Maximal/G2 symbol over the "incorrect" Wrecker ones and paint some more metallic/black paint over some of the bone coloured areas to improve them both.

This might mean that Springer, like Arcee, will get a Studio Series release, minus the cr@pple-damage paint?

Unwanted fluff for you, maybe. Fossilizers are the main draw for some.

I doubt it in those two packs as it's obviously the G1/G2 figs that are the main figures, with the fossilizers tacked-on. They're like chalk and cheese. They would be much better suited being colour coordinated to go with a BW figure instead, IMO.