Bulkhead (Prime)

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 Aligned continuity family.

Bulkhead looks huge and menacing, but is actually quite caring and gentle-souled. Though he's neither a brainiac nor a fast runner, Bulkhead is one of the most sturdy members of Team Prime. He's afraid of hurting things smaller and more fragile than him, but his new human friend, Miko Nakadai, has helped him grow past that. He has a low tolerance for jerks and bullies, and is quite happy to let people like that stew in the trouble they've made for themselves, but his better impulses—or at least, needling from those around him—always sway him into helping in the end.

For all his sweetness, he's still a Wrecker through and through. Yet, despite participating in several major battles and campaigns, his past career has left some painful psychological scars. Being a part of the Autobots' black ops team means you have to do the dirty work, and Bulkhead's seen many horrors and friends meet a bad end. Though saddened by his traumatic experiences with the Wreckers, he's joined up with Optimus Prime to end the fight with Megatron, for the sake of all his brothers and comrades.

“	After a long road trip, feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and kick some tailpipe!	”
—Bulkhead on crushin' Cons, "Convoy"

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Aligned novels 1.2 Cartoon continuity 1.2.1 Prime cartoon 1.2.2 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon 1.2.3 Japanese cartoon continuity 1.2.3.1 Go! toy bio 1.2.3.2 Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic 1.2.4 IDW Prime comic 1.2.5 Titan Prime comic 1.2.6 Eaglemoss Prime comic 1.2.7 Beast Hunters comic 1.2.8 IDW Robots in Disguise comic 1.3 Tales of the Beast Hunters 1.4 Full of Fire! 1.5 Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe 1.6 Precursor World 2 Commercial appearances 3 Games 3.1 Transformers: Prime - The Game 3.2 Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon 3.3 Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense 4 Toys 4.1 Prime 4.1.1 First Edition 4.1.2 Cyberverse 4.1.3 Robots in Disguise 4.1.4 Beast Hunters 4.2 Construct-Bots 4.3 Go! 4.4 Hero Mashers 4.5 Legacy 5 Merchandise 5.1 McDonald's 5.2 Kinder Surprise 5.3 Thrilling 30 5.4 Eaglemoss cards 5.5 Tiny Titans 6 Notes 6.1 Arms Up Modes 6.2 Foreign names 7 References 8 External links

Fiction

Aligned novels

Bulkhead was a Wrecker, but unlike his teammates, wound up aboard the Ark in the chaos immediately preceding its departure. When the ship subsequently charted a course for Velocitron, Bulkhead's foremost concern was that the planet learn of his comrades' plight back on Cybertron. Later, as the Ark prepared to leave Velocitron, Bulkhead was one of the Autobots to back up Optimus Prime in a confrontation with Ransack, the aggressive Speed Planet co-leader.

The Ark's next stop was the planetoid Junkion, where sabotage caused the ship to crash. Bulkhead was one of the first to escape the crippled ship, and went on to lead the repair effort with Perceptor. When Bumblebee, Silverbolt, and Optimus Prime voyaged to the tomb of Solus Prime, Bulkhead grumbled about being left behind, but wound up sounding the alarm moments later when the Decepticons initiated an attack on Junkion. In the battle that followed, Bulkhead pursued Megatron into a Junkion excavation site with Ironhide before joining a concerted attack on the Nemesis. Exiles

Bulkhead was one of Optimus Prime's senior advisors on the Ark when the Matrix led them to Aquatron. He joined the main Autobot force when it touched down on the planet, making contact with the Curator and his Aquatronians. Unfortunately, the Curator was revealed as a Quintesson with a grudge millions of years old against the Cybertronians, and Bulkhead was among the Autobots who were captured and forced to face trial on ridiculous trumped up charges. The Autobots and Decepticons escaped during the trial and met up with their comrades aboard the Ark and Nemesis to fend off the Sharkticon hordes and ultimately escape the planet. Retribution

Cartoon continuity

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Kevin Michael Richardson (English), Takashi Nagasako (Japanese), Hu Qian (Chinese), Karl Schulz (German), Pietro Ubaldi (Italian), Yeong-wung Jeong (Korean), Salvador Serrano (Spain-Spanish), Salvador Reyes (Latin American-Spanish), Jussi Wahlgren (Finnish, seasons 1-2), Osku Ärilä (Finnish, season 3), Juhani Rajalin (Finnish, "Predacons Rising"), Claudio Dos Santos (French), Affonso Amajones (Portuguese, season 1), Marco Antônio Abreu (Portuguese, season 2 onwards)

Back on Cybertron, Bulkhead was a laborer before joining the Wreckers during the Great War. He developed a rivalry with Breakdown Deus ex Machina and fought alongside Wheeljack and many others. Despite his love of being a Wrecker, he left the team to join Optimus Prime's squadron during the battle of Thunderhead Pass Chain of Command early in the war because he considered Optimus to be "the real deal". Con Job

After the Autobots had arrived on Earth, Bulkhead was pulled away from a woodland area to back up Cliffjumper, but when the team arrived at the battle site, Cliffjumper and the Decepticons were gone. Sometime later, Bulkhead scared off some Vehicons, who were fighting Arcee and Bumblebee. Bulkhead returned to base, and was there when three humans were brought in. Miko questioned him at length about how cool he was. Darkness Rising, Part 1 During a subsequent visit by Agent Fowler, Bulkhead crushed one of Ratchet's tools as part of a demonstration, much to his comrade's annoyance. Bulkhead was part of the ultimately unsuccessful mission to retrieve Cliffjumper from a Decepticon energon mine. After they returned to base empty-handed, Optimus assigned Bulkhead to watch over Miko Nakadai. Darkness Rising, Part 2

Miko managed to persuade Bulkhead to do some off-roading on the way back to base. Once there, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly left to go patrolling with Bumblebee, leaving Bulkhead in charge. During an impromptu visit by Fowler, Bulkhead managed to prevent him reporting the three kids, but when Fowler was subsequently captured by the Decepticons, Bulkhead was compelled to mount a rescue mission. He GroundBridged to the Nemesis, only to find the three kids had followed him. Darkness Rising, Part 3

After trying to make sure the kids were safe, Bulkhead climbed aboard the Nemesis and began trashing Decepticons before discovering Miko had stowed away inside his chest compartment. Inside the ship, the pair eventually ran into Arcee and Bumblebee, who'd rescued Jack and Raf from some more guards. The three Autobots stuck the kids in a store room while they located Fowler in the brig and chased off Starscream. Mission accomplished, they returned to base, where Optimus told off Bulkhead. After Jack decided he was better off without the Autobots in his life, Bulkhead took Miko to visit him. Darkness Rising, Part 4

Once the Autobots pinpointed the location of the Decepticon space bridge in orbit, Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead traveled there by GroundBridge, though the height made Bulkhead nervous. They battled hordes of flying Decepticons, until Ratchet figured out a way to destroy the space bridge, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee did so while Optimus kept Megatron busy. They safely GroundBridged back to Earth moments before the explosion. Darkness Rising, Part 5

Bulkhead assisted Miko with her science project, holding up her model of the solar system so she could paint it. Unfortunately Ratchet decided to take over the project, relegating Bulkhead to the role of transport. Masters & Students

Bulkhead and Bumblebee brought a strange pod back from the Arctic with them. It later turned out the pod contained Scraplets, which Bulkhead was particularly frightened by, and Miko was amused by him screaming like a little girl as they hunted for the critters. There turned out to be too many for the Autobots to deal with, but after the kids repaired an energon fuel line for the GroundBridge, Bulkhead used himself as bait to draw them through to the Arctic, where they froze. Scrapheap

Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack arrived on Earth, however Wheeljack's uncharacteristic silence during Bulkhead's war stories made the latter Autobot suspicious. After Bulkhead questioned Wheeljack on the Battle of Darkmount Pass and Wheeljack got an important detail wrong, the new arrival was unmasked as a Decepticon imposter. The real Wheeljack arrived and he and Bulkhead threw the imposter out via the GroundBridge. Bulkhead turned down Wheeljack's offer to go exploring the galaxy. Con Job

Bulkhead took part in a convoy when Fowler needed transport for a hi-tech Dynamic Nuclear Generation System device. When the convoy was attacked by MECH, he reluctantly remained in vehicle mode in accordance with Optimus's orders, but when they were attacked by flying Vehicons, the Autobots were forced to use their robot modes anyway. Convoy

Bulkhead chastised Miko for neglecting her education, and when an energon trace was detected in Greece, he attempted to use the mission as an educational field trip. Their education was cut short as Bulkhead's old enemy Breakdown arrived and the pair fought. Back at base, he alerted the other Autobots to the Energon Harvester he'd seen depicted in an ancient fresco, and the device was soon tracked down to a museum. The Autobots surrounded the museum while the kids were sent in to steal the Harvester, and fought Knock Out and Breakdown. The Decepticons got away with the Harvester. Bulkhead went alone to Greece, where he managed to single-handedly defeat Knock Out, Breakdown, and Starscream, destroying the Harvester in the process. Deus ex Machina

Bulkhead covered poorly for Jack and Bumblebee when the pair went street racing, and was forced to go with Arcee to find them. He got to fight Breakdown again, flattening the Decepticon with a lamp post. Speed Metal Bulkhead was present for Ratchet's announcement that he had pinpointed the Decepticon's warship, as well as a downed Autobot ship. Though Bulkhead was hoping to go on the offensive and doing some serious damage to the enemy base, Optimus prioritized the other craft, as it might have contained imperiled comrades. But when Ratchet and Optimus returned form their investigation, Optimus had fallen gravely ill. The Autobot leader had been infected with the Cybonic plague, a disease of Megatron's engineering. Jack suggested that Megatron might have created a cure for the sickness, but Bulkhead told him that was a moot point; as far as they were concerned, Megatron had already perished. The Autobots decided to infiltrate the Decepticon base on the off chance they had the cure in their database nonetheless. Bulkhead stayed back at base while Arcee and Bumblebee went on the covert mission. He provided emotional support as the situation developed. Megatron's inert form was discovered within the Decepticons' base, a cure was retrieved, and Optimus was rendered well again thanks to the efforts of Bumblebee, Arcee and Ratchet. Sick Mind Later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead played basketball together in the base, though Bumblebee's behavior was very odd. Bulkhead, Optimus and Arcee traveled to the Arctic to find a lens the Decepticons had stolen from a telescope in Hawaii, and ended up tangling with a heat ray the Decepticons had built with it. They succeeded in destroying it, though it turned out Megatron had been resurrected in the meantime. Out of His Head

Optimus took Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate a Dark Energon reading and found Starscream attempting to resurrect Skyquake. During the following ruckus, the Autobots found the kids had followed them and tried to send them back to base, only for them to disappear in a GroundBridge accident. It was only when Bulkhead spotted a text message on Miko's phone that Ratchet could engineer a way to get the kids back from the other dimension they were trapped in. Shadowzone

During an altercation with Breakdown on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Bulkhead was knocked out and Breakdown abducted by MECH. Bulkhead stayed off Optimus's mission to rescue the Decepticon, but Miko persuaded him to go alone. GroundBridging to Russia, Bulkhead forcibly infiltrated the MECH base and rescued Breakdown, though he was forced to pummel both Breakdown and Starscream when the Decepticon jet turned up and ordered Breakdown to destroy Bulkhead. Operation: Breakdown Bulkhead was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought Jack's mom in to introduce her to everyone. Crisscross

Bulkhead and Arcee, inadvertently joined by Miko, investigated a magnetic disturbance. They came across Breakdown and Airachnid fighting over a polarity gauntlet, and during the battle, Bulkhead and Arcee were magnetically fused together by the device. They followed the Decepticons to an abandoned gas station, where another fight broke out, and the two Autobots came unstuck. Airachnid tried to escape in her helicopter form, but Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her at Breakdown. He and Arcee returned to base triumphantly with the gauntlet. Metal Attraction

Arcee and Bulkhead investigated an abandoned energon mine with the kids. Bulkhead protected Miko from a cave in, but ended up having to support the ceiling. Miko banged a rock on his foot to attract help, but instead they were found by Starscream. Things looked grim for Bulkhead until Arcee came to his rescue, and the two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine. Rock Bottom Bulkhead joined the others in investigating a wrecked Decepticon ship and found Starscream all webbed up. Offering to defect, Starscream pointed them to the other half of the crashed ship, where they were attacked by Airachnid, wielding an experimental Decepticon weapon that froze Bulkhead in his tracks. Bulkhead was locked in position until the Autobots retrieved the weapon and Ratchet used it to unfreeze him. Partners

Miko and Bulkhead sneaked into a monster truck rally together. A week or so later, during a mission to secure a Cybertronian data cylinder, Miko accidentally discharged the cylinder into Bulkhead's brain. Though at first Bulkhead seemed fine, he began writing complex equations for synthetic energon, and it rapidly became clear that the cylinder's energy was overwriting his mind. While the other Autobots attempted to secure the cylinder, Miko tried to help Bulkhead retain his memories by taking him to the monster truck track. They were found there by Knock Out and Breakdown, who tried to take Bulkhead's head, but during the attempt, Miko again triggered the energy to discharge from Bulkhead into the sky. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state until Miko managed to wake him with her guitar playing. T.M.I.

During an energon shortage, Bulkhead and the other Autobots took part in a number of missions to try to intercept the Decepticon energon shipments. When Ratchet developed Synthetic Energon and tried it on himself, the medic was amped up enough to knock Bulkhead through a wall. Their medic accompanied them on another mission, but his changes in personality began to concern Bulkhead and the others. After he knocked Bulkhead flying and went off on his own, the other Autobots were forced to track him down before he could damage himself. Stronger, Faster

The Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons stealing a space bridge power supply from a military base. When Raf was gravely injured, Optimus and Bulkhead went on alone, stealthily infiltrating the Nemesis and Bulkhead bridged back to base with the power supply while Optimus went after Megatron. Bulkhead watched as Ratchet and June Darby fought to save Raf's life. One Shall Fall As the Autobots attempted to rescue Optimus from a zone flooded with Dark Energon, Bulkhead kept Megatron busy while the others pulled Optimus out. Back at base, the Autobots and their human friends puzzled over the natural disasters suddenly plaguing Earth, and discovered that Unicron resided at the center of the Earth. Bulkhead and the others began investigating the sites of the earthquakes that had struck when the Dark Energon volcano erupted. One Shall Rise, Part 1

Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee came to Optimus's aid as he battled stone Unicron avatars. To their great surprise, help came in the form of Megatron, who offered to help them fight Unicron. Together with the Decepticon leader, the Autobots stepped through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. One Shall Rise, Part 2 Though Bulkhead was hampered by the influence of the Dark Energon, and during their fight against anti-bots almost fell from the walkway, they reached Unicron's spark chamber. Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee stayed outside to fend off the anti-bots. Following Unicron's defeat, they entered the spark chamber, only for Optimus to fail to recognize them, and they had to GroundBridge back to base without him. One Shall Rise, Part 3

The Autobots puzzled over how to get their leader back but made little progress. When Fowler warned them of an attack on a military base, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee went to try and deal with it, but Knock Out and Breakdown succeeded in getting away with the power source they needed. Orion Pax, Part 1 Bulkhead and the others scoured the globe for the space bridge, but it wasn't until Ratchet and Bulkhead were contacted by a wounded Starscream that they obtained information on the space bridges location. The Autobots stormed the energon mine housing the space bridge and secured it so that they could send Jack and Arcee to Cybertron. Orion Pax, Part 2 Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Bulkhead attacked him and was easily thrown aside, twice. Luckily it all turned out, and Bulkhead and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. Orion Pax, Part 3

Bulkhead and Bumblebee were responding to an ancient Autobot signal separately, but when Bulkhead arrived, he found Bumblebee unable to transform as his T-cog had been taken. They quickly worked out MECH was responsible. Bumblebee later talked Bulkhead into taking him on another mission, on which they ran into Knock Out and Breakdown. Bulkhead got to fight his nemesis again while Bumblebee chased Knock Out. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 He almost had to perform T-cog transplant surgery, but was judged unfit by Ratchet. He did get to go on an artifact retrieval mission, and spent some time hitting Breakdown before getting hold of the Forge of Solus Prime and using it to knock the Decepticon flying. Unfortunately moments later Bulkhead was bushwhacked by Megatron who got away with the Forge. Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack returned to Earth, but when his fellow Wrecker decided to recklessly go after Dreadwing, Bulkhead opted to go along. The encounter ended with Bulkhead a hostage with a bomb on his chest as a lure to draw out Optimus. Though Wheeljack tried to defuse the bomb, Bulkhead opted to go the self-sacrifice route, and was only stopped from doing so by Wheeljack, who had realized Optimus was right. Wheeljack and Optimus forced Dreadwing into defusing the bomb, saving Bulkhead's life. Loose Cannons Bulkhead accompanied Ratchet as they got more information from Starscream. This led to an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in South America, where they found Megatron fighting an Insecticon. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Though they trashed a bunch of Vehicons, Megatron and Dreadwing escaped them. Crossfire

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Bulkhead caught his car after it plunged from a bridge. Back at base, they soon established that the truck was a MECH-created clone of Optimus and began searching for the MECH base. Though they located the hideout, Nemesis Prime took them out one by one, and after Optimus dealt with the situation, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. Nemesis Prime Responding to an energon signal, Bulkhead accidentally got himself beamed up to the Decepticon warship. After encountering and offlining Starscream (or a near approximation), and narrowly avoiding Megatron, he found the ship's power core and disabled it with his wrecking ball. The ship crashed, allowing him to disembark and drive back to base, where he found the others had captured Airachnid. Armada

Bulkhead took part in an attack on it with the Spark Extractor, only to be put into stasis by its weapons. He recovered back at base when the kids disabled the ship. Flying Mind

Having found the locations of four artifacts, the Autobots started going on missions to retrieve them. Tunnel Vision Bulkhead was sent through the Groundbridge to retrieve one of the artifacts. Triangulation He landed up in a volcanic area near the equator and was first subjected to combat with the Insecticon Hardshell. After defeating the Decepticon, he discovered that the relic he was after was Tox-En. Leaving a grenade and a false trail for the Insecticons to follow, he carried the Tox-En up a nearby volcano to dispose of it only for the Insecticons caught up with him as he reached the top. Bulkhead managed to overcome the trio and destroy the Tox-En, but as he was stepping back through the GroundBridge, Hardshell shot him from behind, Toxicity and his smoking body was flung through the bridge into the Autobot base. Triage

Ratchet worked frantically to save him, and eventually succeeded. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state, with Ratchet unwilling to operate further until he regained some strength. Hurt Bulkhead later regained consciousness and was even able to take a few steps, with the help of Miko acting as drill sergeant. Out of the Past His recovery continued to be slow, and when Smokescreen arrived, he was convinced the others were trying to replace him, despite their assurances otherwise. During another mission, Bulkhead tried to convince Ratchet to let him go help, but after Smokescreen went instead and made the mission a success, Bulkhead admitted that the new Autobot did well, then sadly dragged himself back to his quarters. New Recruit

He continued to pressure Ratchet to let him go back into combat, and was annoyed by Smokescreen's suggestion that he could use the Apex Armor as a "crutch". Finally his badgering paid off when Ratchet was convinced to let him help, though Ratchet sent him to protect Raf who was trying to hack into a satellite. Bulkhead arrived just in time to stop what he assumed was Breakdown from destroying Raf's house, but was shocked to discover that Breakdown was being controlled by Silas—now calling himself "Cylas"—and found his injuries were still hampering his fighting ability. When Smokescreen helped him defeat "Cylas", he gained a new respect for the newbie, especially when he learned that Smokescreen studied the Wreckers mission reports. The Human Factor

Bulkhead was part of a Team Prime mission to search for an Iacon relic that turned out to be a wild goose chase set up by Megatron. They soon found the real prize—the Star Saber. Legacy He, Arcee and Bumblebee were happy when they learned they might soon be able to return Cybertron, but quickly realized there would be a downside in that they would have to leave their friends on Earth behind. Alpha/Omega

Smokescreen and Bulkhead were sent to find one of the Omega Keys, and Bulkhead sent his companion after the key while he faced Dreadwing. During the fight, Bulkhead managed to get the better of the Decepticon and used Dreadwing's own bomb against him. Unfortunately the key was taken by parties unknown. The Autobots later discovered that Smokescreen was the final relic, but located their friend too late to save him from the Decepticons. Hard Knocks After Smokescreen escaped the Nemesis with two of the keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering the final key in exchange for surgical help. Bulkhead accompanied Optimus and Ratchet out to Starscream's location, only for them to realize too late that they'd been tricked, and Starscream got away with all three of the Autobots' three Omega Keys. Inside Job

Bulkhead found himself in a tricky position when Miko assumed that she'd be coming to Cybertron with the Autobots. He equipped himself with the Immobilizer when the Autobots traveled to Cybertron, and employed the weapon during the battle against the Decepticons, enabling them to regain the Omega Keys. The Autobots located the Omega Lock, only for the Decepticons to unveil their trump card in the form of the three kids as hostages. Regeneration Bulkhead was forced to hand over his key in exchange for Miko. After Optimus destroyed the Omega Lock to prevent Megatron destroying Earth, Bulkhead returned with the others to base, only to find that the Decepticons were attacking it. The Autobots were forced to abandon base, and Bulkhead and Miko bridged to a point somewhere in the US. Darkest Hour

Unable to contact the others, Bulkhead and Miko headed to a Wrecker meeting spot to try to rendezvous with Wheeljack. Darkmount, NV Their patience was rewarded when Wheeljack turned up, having escaped the Decepticons. They watched as he blew up some of the Vehicons that were sent after him. Scattered The trio decided that blowing up an energon mine would be the best way to attract the attention of nearby Autobots. While doing so, they were attacked by a giant metal dragon which Bulkhead punched in the head. Even Wheeljack luring it into the energon mine to blow it up didn't work, but the three Wreckers were rescued by the newly arrived Ultra Magnus and reunited with most of the rest of Team Prime. Prey

Bulkhead and Wheeljack provided a diversion at the base of Darkmount, lobbing grenades and destroying Decepticons while the other Autobots attacked by other means. The pair were eventually captured by Shockwave, but when Optimus Prime returned and joined the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. Rebellion

Bulkhead was not ready when Wheeljack lobbed their old lobbing ball at him, and it bounced off his chest, nearly crushing Miko when it landed. Ultra Magnus took the two Wreckers to Scotland with him, to investigate Decepticon activity there. Project Predacon Bulkhead found himself playing conciliator between Magnus and Wheeljack, as the pair continued to get on each other's nerves. The fact that Wheeljack had brought Miko along didn't help, but when they encountered the Predacon, Bulkhead found himself battling the beast with his fellow Autobots while Miko went for help. The fight didn't end well, as one of Wheeljack's grenades brought the cavern down on them, and as a result Bulkhead was disappointed when Wheeljack opted to leave the team rather than remain under Magnus's command. Chain of Command By the time Magnus and Bulkhead had flown back to base, Wheeljack had been talked into staying. Plus One

During a mission to secure energon, Bulkhead teamed up with Smokescreen to scout out an abandoned energon mine. They emerged without finding anything. Evolution When the Decepticons started stealing technology to repair the Omega Lock, Bulkhead was part of a team which turned up too late to prevent a theft, but at least he got to see Prime defeat Soundwave. He and Smokescreen were left at base to guard the prisoner while the others went to Antarctica, however Soundwave reactivated, knocking the pair out. Minus One When they recovered, they found that Soundwave had abducted Ratchet. Fortunately it turned out a piece Smokescreen had blasted off of Laserbeak would be useful in finding the Decepticon warship. Persuasion

They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Bulkhead and the others geared up in preparation to assault the Nemesis. Synthesis The three Wreckers were ordered to take the bridge, however no sooner did they reach their target than Soundwave bridged them to another part of the ship. By the time they reached the bridge again, it had already been captured by Jack and Miko. With the warship until their control, the Autobots flew it to Cybertron and used the Omega Lock to restore their home world. After Optimus's obligatory speech, Bulkhead and Miko had a tearful farewell before he returned home. Deadlock

In the aftermath of Cybertron's rebirth, Bulkhead set to work building a new space port, assisted by Vehicons. With the discovery that there were two new Predacons on the loose, Bulkhead and the other Autobots attempted to persuade Predaking to help them, but were unsuccessful. After encountering Unicron, in possession of Megatron's rebuilt form, the Autobots realized that the dark god intended to destroy their world. After foiling an attempt by Starscream to retake the warship, the Autobots attempted to defend the Well of All Sparks from Unicron's onslaught. It was only when Optimus returned that Unicron was defeated, and Bulkhead was later present when Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. Predacons Rising

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Kevin Michael Richardson (English), Nicolas Matthys (French), Jan Spitzer (German), Pietro Ubaldi (Italian), Luis Daniel Ramírez (Latin-American Spanish)

After Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Bulkhead was constructed in his honor, Pilot (Part 1) but Bulkhead himself would end up blacklisted by the new High Council for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. Enemy of My Enemy

After Grimlock accidentally absorbed the contents of a data cylinder, Bumblebee was reminded of Bulkhead's own experience with such a device. Brainpower Bumblebee later recalled a time when Bulkhead challenged him to arm wrestling and they almost destroyed two levels of Omega One. History Lessons

Bulkhead was summoned to Earth by Optimus Prime, and while he arrived ahead of the Prime, his appearance through the GroundBridge was timely, coinciding with Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Fixit being infected with a malware virus carried by the Energon vampire Wingcode. Bulkhead reined in the panicked Grimlock, who had run off to do something to help (but with no idea what), engaging him in a brief fight before physically dragging Grimlock back to the scrapyard unconscious. After settling him with some calming car-smashing, as well as tranquil thoughts about Sharkticon-punching, the two Autobots set about formulating a plan - although the pair were forced to admit they were "not really thinkers." In spite of this, Grimlock came up with a clever ruse to trap Wingcode based on her hunger for more Energon, trapping her in a cave where she could not fly, caught between the two Autobots. Once pummeled into submission, her nano-cells were used as an antidote, restoring the sick Autobots, and with the mission wrapped up, Bulkhead declared he'd like to hang around until Optimus' arrival. He and Grimlock went off for some recreational granite-punching... although Bulkhead was less than gruntled to hear the Dinobot's critique of his kicking technique. Sick as a Bot

He encountered Steeljaw when called in by Bumblebee to aid in the Decepticon's capture, initially underestimating his lupine adversary. When the Bee Team became distracted (i.e. arrested) by the arrival of Dropforge, he pursued Steeljaw to a natural gas refinery, only to find himself locked out of the facility by one of the Decepticon's subsonic force fields. He cleverly switched to "plan B", sneaking in via one of the empty pipelines, but Steeljaw detected this cunning via the refinery's security system and detonated the gas in the pipe. Bulkhead punched his way out of the pipe, then regrouped with the other Autobots who had captured the mind-controlled Dropforge and made their way to his location. Together they confronted Steeljaw and defeated his plan to blow up Crown City, but were unable to stop his escape. Five Fugitives

Optimus finally made the rendezvous on Earth, bringing Ratchet, Windblade, Jazz and Drift with him, having determined that the High Council were mind controlling the population of Cybertron and were planning to invade Earth. While the Bee Team traveled to Cybertron to expose the council, Bulkhead and the others remained on Earth to fight the invasion. A signal led them to the steel mill that had just been burgled by a Cybertronian advance force. Within, they found a list of items pointing to the fact the advance force was building a space bridge receiver, and also a bomb which promptly exploded. Enemy of My Enemy The group was saved by Ratchet's Triage Shield. They continued to follow the trail to the Crown City docks, where Bulkhead was the first to locate the advance force, concealed by a Light Bender. During the ensuing battle, he was hit by weapons fire, but the damage was minor enough that he recovered in time to watch the destruction of the space bridge portal that had opened. The team returned to Cybertron where Optimus nominated the rest of the group as a provisional council. Freedom Fighters

Japanese cartoon continuity

Go! toy bio

Bulkhead adopted a new body as Hunter Bulkhead to fight the Predacons. G15 Hunter Bulkhead packaging bio

Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic

Bulkhead was one of many spectators for the Speedia 500 race on Velocitron. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2 He remained for the second week of the race. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

IDW Prime comic

Bulkhead was present at the Autobot's Earth base when Cliffjumper and Arcee arrived for the first time. Transformers: Prime

Titan Prime comic

As Ratchet unveiled the Safe, Bulkhead was unimpressed that he thought they needed more training. He threw himself into it though, deciding that the best defense was to smash everything he could. In doing so, he inadvertently uncovered and activated a nuclear missile which had been hidden in the base. Unimpressed, Optimus ordered him to hold up the ceiling while Ratchet and Raf dealt with the missile's warhead. Afterwards, Ratchet suggested Bulkhead and Raf design a new Safe. The Safe and the Failsafe

During some downtime, Optimus took the other Autobots, including Bulkhead, on a trip to Valley of Fire State Park. War Story

Bulkhead struggled to decorate a Christmas tree, while enduring a mocking from Arcee and Jack. When Fowler arrived with the news that the Decepticons had taken over a nuclear-powered ship, Bulkhead offered him a "Cybertron-size" mince pie. He and Arcee were left to mind the base with the kids while the other went to deal with the Decepticon problem, and the kids suggested the pair try to find something they had in common. They eventually discovered their mutual love of ice skating, and turned the base into an ice rink. Ice Breaker

Bulkhead played Invasionauts II with Raf, until suddenly the game put Raf into a hypnotic trance and made him open the GroundBridge. Bulkhead was sure he'd get blamed for this somehow, and explained to Optimus that it was only a minor problem, but moments later the Vehicons started coming through. Bulkhead fought them alongside the other Autobots until Raf was able to loop the GroundBridge, sucking the Decepticons back through. Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!

Agent Fowler woke Bulkhead with the news that the President of the United States had been kidnapped. Bulkhead and the rest of the Autobots visited the Grand Canyon where he and Ratchet protected Air Force One while the others defeated Starscream and rescued the President. All the President's 'Bots!

Bulkhead and Arcee headed to Zhejiang Province, China after the Autobots lost contact with Optimus Prime. They found Knock Out and a bunch of Vehicons feeding Optimus's body into a crusher but were overcome by the Decepticons before they could rescue him. Luckily Optimus came to his senses in time. The Mind Trap! Bulkhead and Bumblebee retrieved Knock Out's neuron refractor from China, unaware that a MECH agent had stowed away in it. During Agent Novo's escape from the Autobot base, Bulkhead was almost hit by grenades, and Novo kidnapped Miko. The Autobots searched for Miko, and located the MECH base in time for Novo, now occupying a mechanoid body, to return Miko. The Novo Incident

After Jack's demonstration of bobbing for apples, Bulkhead bobbed for engine blocks. He accompanied Optimus Prime to the Deep Driller oil platform, but wasn't much help in fighting General Madison's forces there. Mad Dogs & Autobots Following a successful solo mission to destroy a Decepticon energon store, Bulkhead was ambushed in the Alaskan forest by Megatron's forces. He was taken back to the Nemesis, where Megatron stuck him in an Ultra Prison, a device which would slowly erase his mind. Luckily Bulkhead had an emergency connection to Miko's phone, and the alerted Autobots brought the three kids to the ship to rescue him. Later Miko said he could thank her by treating her to some monster truck rally. The Battle for Bulkhead

Bulkhead took part in a battle against the Decepticons in The Wave, and did an admirable job at protecting the rear with his wrecking ball. The Evil Shred

Agent Fowler managed to intercept a Decepticon broadcast, which alerted Bulkhead and the rest of the Autobots to the Decepticons' next plot; the desecration of the Statue of Liberty. But as Liberty Island, now occupied by the Decepticons, was too small to launch a full frontal assault against, Bulkhead stayed behind while Optimus and Bumblebee led a stealth operation against Megatron's troops. Protecting the Lady

Knock Out and Breakdown specifically demanded Optimus and Bulkhead come after the two Decepticons took over a TV studio. The Autobots found themselves forced to run the Down and Out course, lest the Decepticons' hostages be harmed. Luckily Bulkhead had watched the show with Miko, so he knew where many of the traps were, though the Decepticons had made a few changes. The pair managed to get through the course and rescue the hostages, leading to Knock Out and Breakdown's defeat at the hands of Arcee. It's a Knock-Out

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Beast Hunters comic

Following Optimus's sacrifice, Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead encountered Sludge in a tunnel. Beast Hunters #7 They emerged on the surface in time to help Grimlock and the other Dinobots fight a squad of Forged. After that threat was dealt with, they were promptly attacked by a new Predacon. The Autobots split into groups to head to Kaon, with Bulkhead, Slug and Firestar leading one group of survivors. Swoop drew off the Predacon when it attacked, allowing Bulkhead and the other to reach Kaon while the Predacon was dealt with. There, Bulkhead clumsily tried to explained that the Dinobots would always be welcome in the Autobot ranks, though Arcee needed to step in to clarify for him. Grimlock, however, said the Dinobots would be unable to help with the reconstruction of Kaon, since they'd be building a new home for the survivors. Beast Hunters #8

IDW Robots in Disguise comic

Bulkhead, Ultra Magnus, and Arcee spied on Bumblebee's team from their spaceship, though Bulkhead thought they should let Bee know they were there. Fire, When Ready! While struggling to get his team to work together, Bumblebee recalled happier times when he was part of Team Prime with Bulkhead. Bulkhead and Arcee were sent by Magnus to question Spinhead, but arrived after the Decepticon had been captured. They returned to the ship, unaware that Bumblebee had spotted them. Robots in Disguise #1

The trio visited Bumblebee so they could question some of the Alchemor prisoners over the whereabouts of Clipshade, and Bulkhead subsequently took part in a joint operation by the teams which succeeded in capturing the Decepticon. Robots in Disguise #2

Bulkhead dozed off while monitoring Team Bee. He later accompanied Ultra Magnus and Arcee on another visit to the team. Robots in Disguise #3 Once Ultra Magnus filled the others in on the fact that Clipshade was an Autobot spy tasked with finding the identity of the Cybercomrade Sect leader, Bulkhead was thankful that they no longer needed to keep secrets from their old friend. The Autobots subsequently mounted another operation to track down Sect leader Overhead, which resulted in them all almost being sucked into a black hole created by Overhead setting her space bridge to self-destruct. In the aftermath, Overhead and her hench-Croctobots were taken into custody, and Bulkhead and the others loaded them onto Ultra Magnus's ship to go back to Cybertron. Robots in Disguise #4

Tales of the Beast Hunters

When Bumblebee and Wheeljack retrieved some Cybertronian weapons, Bulkhead spent hours in the desert fruitlessly trying to get one of them to work. Just as he was about to give up, he was abruptly attacked by Ripclaw, who inflicted a mech-venom sting on him. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 9 Following the fight, Bulkhead was left inching nearer and nearer to shutdown. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10

Full of Fire!

Bulkhead, Ratchet, and Bumblebee went out into a New Mexico desert to test new weapons Ratchet had constructed, though Bulkhead wondered whether it was wise to do so in the open. Ratchet put this down to jealousy that Bumblebee's Eagleshot Bow had a longer range than the Rhino Blade Bulkhead had been equipped with. Once the trio were joined by Optimus, they came under attack from no less than six Predacons. Luckily the new weapons gave the Autobots the edge they needed, and Bulkhead unleashed his on both Hun-Gurr and Blight. The enemy soon fled, though Optimus was pessimistic about the victory. Full of Fire!

Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe

Bulkhead was deployed on Earth alongside Sideswipe and Arcee. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe

Precursor World

Warriors of the Seven Lights resembling many incarnations of Bulkhead were members of the Green Order. One group was taking in the natural splendor of the Green Planet when their commander Green Tender Convoy was warned of the fall of the Blue Order and the threat of the interdimensional warlord Ultra Megatron Omega by the Primus Vanguard's eponymous supreme leader.

Another group of Green Warriors supported their leader when the dimension-hopping pirate Sea Phantom arrived to plunder the Green Order's Creation Matrix. God Neptune comic 1

Commercial appearances

Voice actor: Kevin Michael Richardson (English)

• Bulkhead was phoned up by the human pastry maker Strawberry Shortcake, who invited him to the Berryfest Princess Parade to have glittery sparkles dumped on him. Unable to get a word in edgewise, he told Optimus that the call was for him. Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead

• Bulkhead and Megatron joined Strawberry and the ponies Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash in scatting "Deck the Halls". Bulkhead's extended scat sequence, however, did not find favor among the Autobots or Megatron, causing him to awkwardly laugh it off. The Hub Carolers Undeterred, Bulkhead rejoined this multiversal musical grouping in singing "Jingle Bells". The Hub Carolers (Second spot)

• Fowler summoned the Autobots for a vague special mission, where they would be backed up by Batman. Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon

• Bulkhead accompanied Ratchet and Bumblebee as they used the Optimus Maximus mech to plow through legions of Vehicons. Optimus Maximus commercial

Games

Transformers: Prime - The Game

Voice actor: Kevin Michael Richardson (English), Salvador Serrano (Castilian Spanish), Frédéric Souterelle (French)

The Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed toward Earth, and intercepted the Nemesis crew attempting to retrieve the asteroid when bridging to the location. At the climax of the battle, the asteroid began to split apart and exploded. Team Prime fell to Earth and scattered across the country.

Bulkhead was found in some sort of tomb by Miko. Almost immediately, he encountered Starscream who played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Thankfully, Bulkhead and Miko escaped, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on Starscream. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive.

Optimus regrouped with Bulkhead later to track a Decepticon signal, though Bulkheads loud speaking and noises alerted Megatron & Starscream to their presence. Bulkhead got another chance to lock fists with Starscream while Optimus fought Megatron. Ultimately, Optimus was trapped in rubble, but Bulkhead managed to get aboard the Nemesis by taking Starscream hostage (in his own ship!).

Starscream tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat. Though, Thunderwing's escape from the ship resulted in Bulkhead having to find an alternate route out of the room to join up with the other Autobots.

The team regrouped, though missing Optimus, and Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee to chase Thunderwing in order to give him time to create a device to corrupt his Dark Energon core. Bulkhead was pretty shaken up by Megatron, but was the one who took Arcee in for medical care. Bulkhead later joined the rest of the team in watching the sun set after a day's hard work. Transformers: Prime - The Game

Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon

Optimus sent Bulkhead out on several missions. His first two consisted of Bulkhead retrieving Dark Energon shards from a Dark Energon mine before the Decepticons could use them to raise an army of Terrorcons. Before the mission's end, Bulkhead had to face off against Soundwave and defeat him within the mine. Next, Bulkhead was sent to infiltrate the Nemesis and retrieve Energon stores in the Decepticons' possession. Before Bulkhead could leave the Decepticon ship, he had to contend with Starscream, and defeat him as well. Bulkhead's last missions brought him back to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots' base had been infiltrated by the Decepticons, who had used Scraplets to make its systems go haywire. After Bulkhead collected all of the Scraplets, returning the base's functions to normal, he fought Megatron and defeated the Decepticon leader. Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon

Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense

When the Decepticons constructed an Energon Drain in an asteroid field, Bulkhead and the Autobots countered it by building a Pulsar Dish from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bulkhead and Miko could help out by beating up some Decepticons. Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense

Toys

Prime

First Edition

• Bulkhead (First Edition Voyager Class, 2011 / 2012)

• Number: 002
• TakaraTomy release date: December 28, 2012
• Accessories: "Energon battle mace", stand
• Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)

Part of the first wave of Prime: First Edition Voyager Class toys, Bulkhead transforms into a sport-utility vehicle of made-up model. 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 more model-accurate grey. 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.

The Japanese TakaraTomy release of Bulkhead features darker green plastic and paint.

First Edition Bulkhead never made it to shelves in the United States in the initial run, forcing U.S. fans to import the Hasbro version from Canada. Later, Toys"R"Us would pick up Bulkhead, along with most of the rest of the First Edition line, as part of a huge block of exclusives for the US market. In summer 2014, he suddenly appeared on Toys"R"Us stores all over Hong Kong in massive quantities.

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.

• More information on Hasbro First Edition Bulkhead at TFU.info
• TakaraTomy's First Edition Bulkhead at Alfes's Toy Blog

Cyberverse

• Bulkhead (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)

• Series / Number: 2 / 002
• TakaraTomy release date: April 28, 2012
• TakaraTomy ID number: EZ-08
• Accessories: Battle Mace
• Known designers: Joe Kyde (Hasbro)

Part of the first wave of Hasbro's Prime: Cyberverse Commander Class toys, Bulkhead is a simpler, smaller-scale toy (but larger than a normal Cyberverse toy), transforming into his usual sport utility vehicle mode. He features translucent plastic panels on his hood, roof, and robot back, so that the toy can be illuminated by the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He comes with a translucent-blue "battle mace" weapon which features four 3mm posts and three post-holes all over, allowing it to be held/mounted into holes on his hands, arms, shoulders/vehicle rear, and roof, or store on his back in robot mode. The Hasbro release also features a pack-in file card.

In addition to the regular version, Bulkhead was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream, with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the Transformers: Prime episode "Masters & Students". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

In Japan, EZ Collection Bulkhead was released in the second assortment of Prime product.

• More information on Cyberverse Bulkhead at TFU.info

• Battle Tactics Bulkhead (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)

• Series / Number: 2 / 009
• Accessories: "Blast Cannon"
• Known designers: Joe Kyde (Hasbro)

Part of the fourth wave of Prime Cyberverse Commander Class toys, Battle Tactics Bulkhead is a redeco of his Cyberverse toy, coming in dark stony blue with cyan highlights. Instead of his battle mace, he comes with a "blast cannon", a translucent-blue cannon resembling his in-show cannon-barrel. The cannon features two 3mm posts and two mounting points.

• More information on Battle Tactics Bulkhead at TFU.info

• Autobot Set (Multi-pack, 2012)

• Release date: November 24, 2012
• ID number: EZ-SP1
• Accessories: Blaster

Bulkhead was also available in a six-pack of figures, released in the seventh wave of EZ Collection (the same day as wave 9 of regular Prime product). While broadly similar to the individual release, this version uses metallic green plastic.

This set also includes slightly-changed versions of EZ Collection Arcee, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Wheeljack.

• Bulkhead (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)

• Series / Number: 3 / 003
• Accessories: Launcher & missile (combine to form "Nova Hammer")
• Known designers: Joe Kyde (Hasbro)

Part of the first wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Commander Class toys, Bulkhead is a redeco and extensive retooling of his Cyberverse toy, transforming into a heavily-modified armored vehicle with massive spikes on the fenders. He has 3mm ports in many of the same places as the previous toy, and his vehicle doors have been retooled with additional ports. His color scheme is similar to Generation 1 Roadbuster.

He now comes with a two-piece "Nova Hammer", a hammer with a very obvious axe-bladed head. The "hammer" can be held at the handle, with the handle featuring a narrow central section to allow it to be safely wedged into Bulkhead's hands, while a thicker 3mm section below the narrow part allows it to be held more securely. The weapon's head can launch the attached handle as a missile via pressure-launch, and the head/launcher features a 3mm peg-hole and two posts.

Whether it's due to incomplete instructions or alternative transformations, Bulkhead's instructions say to leave his wheel "wings" swung down onto his back.

• More information on "Beast Hunters" Cyberverse Bulkhead at TFU.info

Robots in Disguise

• Bulkhead (Voyager Class, 2012)

• Series / Number: 01 / 004
• TakaraTomy release date: April 28, 2012
• TakaraTomy ID number: AM-10
• Accessories: Cannon/wrecking ball & battle ram (Hasbro only), "B.H." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

Part of the second wave of Hasbro Prime: Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, Bulkhead is a slightly smaller toy than the First Edition version, featuring a less-complicated transformation. Interestingly, the mouthplate on his face is a separate, jointed, unpainted piece that can flip up to cover his face. Unfortunately, he lacks the lower half of his face, so there's nothing to see there.

He now comes with an immobile "battle ram" weapon, and a half-translucent cannon with a fully translucent wrecking ball on top, both of which can be mounted (via 5mm posts) on either his roof/back, arms, or hands, with both weapons also featuring an assortment of 5mm peg-holes. The cannon can transform into a spinning wrecking ball that's illuminated by a red LED as a sort of "Energon glow" via slider, and as with other Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, the deployed weapon cannot lock into place, having springs to force it back into "not lit up and therefore draining batteries" mode.

His prototype stock photography lacks the Autobot symbol that's on his right shoulder-pad in the final product. His instructions also incorrectly show his completed vehicle mode's bumper with his crotch flap still flipped up, and they also neglect to mention that his door windows/shoulder pads can open up to help cover his shoulders.

Part of the third assortment of TakaraTomy Prime toys, the Japanese release of Bulkhead has a considerably different deco. It's cast in metallic plastic, features painted rims, and drops many of his other paint operations in favor of customer-applied foil stickers. He also has 5mm post-holes added to his vehicle mode doors as part of the line-wide Arms Micron gimmick. Instead of either of the accessories from the Hasbro version, he instead comes with his Arms Micron partner, B.H., who transforms into a larger version of Bulkhead's signature wrecking ball. One of B.H.'s 5 mm handles can pull free on a short chain, emulating Animated Bulkhead's cable-tethered wrecking-ball weapon.

This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Cryotek. This figure's design also served as a basis as Bulkhead’s new appearance in the 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon.

• More information on Hasbro Voyager Bulkhead at TFU.info
• Arms Micron Bulkhead and B.H. at Alfes's Toy Blog

Beast Hunters

• Bulkhead (Deluxe Class, 2013)

• Series / Number: 2 / 007
• Accessories: "Dragon Grinder"
• Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)

Part of the second wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Deluxe Class toys, this even smaller Bulkhead transforms into a heavily-modified off-road vehicle with spikes/drills on the fenders. His robot chest features narrow windows in a similar style to Animated Bulkhead. He comes with the "Dragon Grinder", a circular saw which can be spun at the push of a button. It features a sculpted dragon head on top of its housing, and the weapon can mount via its 5mm peg. Bulkhead features 5mm peg-holes on his hands and forearms, as well as on his roof and doors (which end up on his back in robot mode).

His "collar" tends to rub against his windshield-hood joint during transformation, which means that the paint on the tip of the collar has a bad habit of being scraped off.

His instructions incorrectly show his completed vehicle mode's bumper with his crotch flap still flipped up. They also include the ninth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series.

This mold also served as the model for the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Bighorn.

• More information on Beast Hunters Bulkhead at TFU.info

Construct-Bots

• Bulkhead with Airazor and Wolfang (Triple Team, 2013)

• Accessories: Mace, hammer

Bulkhead was released as part of the Beast Hunters subline of Construct-Bots, packaged with two smaller partners Airazor and Wolfang. Coming in parts, he can be assembled into a highly-customizable robot mode that can transform from a military jeep looking thing, covereed in "c-clip" bars and clips to mount accessories. As the Construct-Bots jointing is universal, his pieces can be mixed-and-matched with any other toy, allowing you to make any number of interesting monstrosities.

His pack-in bird-partner Airazor can transform into an axe for him to wield.

Like most Beast Hunters Construct-Bots, Bulkhead and friends never saw release in the United States.

Go!

• Hunter Bulkhead (Deluxe, 2013)

• ID number: G15
• Release date: April 27, 2013
• Accessories: "Hunting Saw"

Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy Transformers Go! toys, Hunter Bulkhead is a redeco of the "Beast Hunters" Deluxe Class Bulkhead toy. Despite all the new sculpted armor on his design, his deco has been done in a simple show-like green and gray/silver color scheme.

Hero Mashers

• Bulkhead (Battle Upgrade, 2014)

• Pieces: 15
• Accessories: Backpack, pile-driver, missile, hammer, "Cliffjumper" left forearm

Part of the first wave of "Battle Upgrade" Hero Mashers toys, Bulkhead is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. His design is mostly based on Prime Bulkhead, but with the gentle and caring mug of Animated Bulkhead. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any Hero Mashers accessory. As a first-wave figure, he has extra ankle articulation that is not present in later waves (a cut that was made to all Hero Mashers lines, not just the Transformers-branded ones).

He is designed with a removable head, forearms, thighs, and lower legs, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means his pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other Hero Mashers figure... which includes figures from Marvel Comics, Star Wars, and Jurassic World, meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.

While he is (roughly) the same size as a standard Hero Masher, his larger price point is made up for with a lot more parts and gimmicks. His right forearm has a built-in spring-loaded missile launcher. Both of his hands are removable, which allows for accessories to be placed in his wrist sockets. He also comes with Cliffjumper's left arm, which is a redeco of Hero Mashers Bumblebee's.

His forearm with the built-in launcher is included with Battle Upgrade Optimus Prime, just recolored, gimmick-neutered and labeled belonging to Ultra Magnus.

• More information on Bulkhead at TFU.info

Legacy

• Prime Universe Bulkhead (Voyager Class, 2022)

• TakaraTomy ID number: TL-03
• TakaraTomy release date: July 30, 2022
• Accessories: Energon machine gun, battle mace, tarp cover
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Yūya Ōnishi (TakaraTomy), Marcelo Matere and Emiliano Santalucia (concept art)^[1]

Part of the first wave of Legacy Voyager Class toys, "Prime Universe Bulkhead" is a Generations-styled version of the character that transforms into a squished version of a Rába H18 military truck, which echoes Age of Extinction Hound's vehicle mode, in 30 steps. Excluding his fists, he has a whopping seventeen(!) 5 mm ports throughout his body in robot mode, but six of them are in his wheel hubs, which means most accessories pegged there will droop down from gravity.

The instructions omit rotating the small black "tummy" piece a further 90° in order to fit in vehicle mode. This should be done sometime before step 17.

His vehicle mode has a tarp covering his back bed, which unfolds into a riot shield for robot mode; in a rarity for Generations toys of the last few years, he features fully concealed weapon storage in alternate mode thanks to this part, with both his mace and gun stowed inside his truck bed under the tarp. The sides of the tarp also feature two Powerlinx ports. The tarp does not need to be removed for transformation, but doing so provides additional clearance.

His mace accessory opens up to wrap around his fist, emulating the hand-swap from the show. He also comes with a clear-blue Energon gatling gun (that does not rotate) that can be mounted on his left or right shoulder via 3mm peg.

Due to the windowless packaging featured in the Legacy line, it is not uncommon to find Bulkhead with his head forced down into his chest cavity, making it appear as though the figure is missing his head.

As with some Legacy figures, Bulkhead is often a victim of early photodegradation, with some of his unpaintable gray (the fuel tanks) and green plastic (the hands and biceps) being prone to such.

This figure was revealed by IGN as a teaser for the Legacy line on October 20, 2021,^[2] ahead of Pulse Con 2021. Bulkhead was discovered on shelves in France in late January. His design was repurposed as a Generation 1 Bulkhead in the IDW Comics Tread & Circuits series.

• Prime Universe Bulkhead (Voyager Class, 2022)

• Accessories: Machine gun, battle mace, battle hammer, tarp cover/shield
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro)

Part of the Legacy Wreck N' Rule Collection, this version of "Prime Universe Bulkhead" is a redeco of the above toy in a "military camo" color scheme that gives him an even bigger resemblance to Age of Extinction Hound (an intentional design choice on Maher’s part)^[3]. In addition to his original accessories, Bulkhead now comes with a new hammer accessory, modeled after the one used by his arch-nemesis Breakdown (whose similarly-scaled toy, missing the hammer, had finally gotten a US release just a couple years prior, and would go on to use this mold).

The new instructions show a way to stow both the hammer and machine gun together in the truck bed under the tarp, but you can't stow both them and the mace at the same time.

All of the packs in the Wreck N' Rule Collection contain a piece of a buildable cardboard Wrecker hammer; Bulkhead comes with the "B" face of the hammer. The inner boxes are also designed to be stacked together to form a display mural.

In the United States, this toy was released in the Amazon exclusive Wreck N' Rule Collection, with Bulkhead being revealed fourth on May 12, 2022. Despite being originally slated for a November release, Bulkhead (along with Springer and Twin Twist) began shipping out in mid July 2022, ahead of the two two-packs that had been revealed before him.

Merchandise

McDonald's

• Shake Bulkhead (Phone charm, 2011)

Part of the "Transformers x McDonald's" promotion for Dark of the Moon, "Shake Bulkhead" is a "phone charm" toy that looks like a tall cool frosty shake, but pops open to reveal Prime Bulkhead.

This toy, as well as "Burger Optimus", was a bit of a chore to obtain. First you had to buy a Happy Meal on July 30th or 31st, which netted you a Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime or Bumblebee toy and a "weekend exclusive Special DVD and MechTech Sheet with red ticket". Said ticket was then traded in at participating toy stores when buying any Dark of the Moon toy to get one of the two charms. (Completing the set with "Potato Bumblebee" was considerably easier, at least.)

• Bulkhead (Happy Meal, 2012)
  • McNumber: 5
  • Accessories: 3 discs

Happy Meal Bulkhead is a non-transformable offroad vehicle! He comes with three paper discs which can be inserted under his hood. When the roof is pulled back, one is expelled.

Kinder Surprise

• Transformers: Prime (2014)

Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's Transformers: Prime series, this buildable Bulkhead mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders and upper legs.

Thrilling 30

• Bulkhead (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
  • Series / Number: 1 / #10
  • Accessories: Collector's base

A super-deformed Bulkhead was released among the blindpacked Thrilling 30 Collectible Figurines by Goldie Marketing. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

• Collectible Figurines (5-pack, 2014)
  • Series: 1
  • Accessories: 5 collector's bases

The same Bulkhead figurine was also available in a five-pack alongside the Prime versions of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ratchet and Starscream.

Eaglemoss cards

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Tiny Titans

• Bulkhead (Tiny titans, 2015)
  • Series: 4
  • Number: 6/12

Part of the fourth assortment of Tiny Titans blindpacks, this version of Bulkhead is a very small, minimally-painted soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode, brandishing a rather huge gatling-like cannon.

He includes a collectible card that renders him in the 2015 Robots in Disguise styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was not picked up by drug stores and the like later, making them particularly hard to find.

Notes

• Bulkhead is an homage to Animated Bulkhead, even using a wrecking ball-like mace.
• When Derrick J. Wyatt was briefly brought in early in the design process of Prime, Bulkhead was originally intended to be Ironhide. However, as the show evolved, the writers said they realized that they were essentially writing a new Bulkhead, and the character was brought in.^[4] Later, on a featurette on the Transformers: Prime Season 1 Blu-ray, Rik Alvarez admitted that because of the death of Ironhide in Dark of the Moon, they didn't want to confuse kids with a living Ironhide.^[5] It's likely that the former story was a cover for the latter, for spoiler reasons.
• Bulkhead's chin piece is actually a cover for his lower lip, as is evident whenever he smiles and in his Robots in Disguise character design.
• Bulkhead's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's Vector Sigma Bot Builder online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Bulkhead parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. While all the characters in the game are hue-shifted from their normal colorations, Bulkhead ended up noticeably less-different than his peers.
• Another Bulkhead seems to have completely borrowed the look of this Bulkhead.
• A figurine of Bulkhead was released as part of the Speed Stars line. Being branded a Dark of the Moon toy means we consider him a separate movieverse incarnation of the character, but now you know!
• An almost-realized BotCon exclusive from Fun Publications was a redeco of First Edition Bulkhead into Bruton.^[6]

Arms Up Modes

In the Japanese Prime toyline, Bulkhead has named powered-up modes when given various Arms Microns in certain configurations:

• Berserk Mode (バーサークモード Bāsāku Mōdo)
  • Arms Microns: Arc, B.B., B.H., C.L., O.P., R.A.

Seen on his box-back photo, in this mode Bulkhead holds the Nebula Scythe, with R.A. attached to his right arm, B.B. on his right shoulder, and C.L. attached to the mounting point behind his head.

• Shootgize Galaxy Launcher (シュートジアイズガラクシーランチャー Shūtojiaizu Garakushī Ranchā)
  • Arms Microns: Arc, B.B., B.H., C.L., Gora, O.P., Zori

Yyyyeah. Revealed in the Cybertron Satellite portion of "Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons", in this battle mode Bulkhead holds the Galaxy Launcher Super Combo Weapon, while he's also got O.P. on his left forearm, B.B. on his back, and inexplicably Gora on his right forearm with Zori also on his back. And as far as can be told, "Shootgize" seems to be a bad portmanteau of "shoot" and "energize".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Bulkhead (バルクヘッド Barukuheddo)
• Mandarin: Gébǎn (隔板, "Bulkhead")

References

External links

• Bulkhead's character page @ Hubworld.com