First Edition Bulkhead is a Voyager. This, like all of the APC releases of TFP figures of late, is a far more premium version of the figure with far better and complete paint (they barely painted anything on the official ones, like normal even today, and hastak even chose incorrect colors for a lot) plus it comes with a lot more accessories. Many of them come with fixes or some other improvement - such as APC's Megatron actually being an upscale of one of smaller version that had better engineering than the original voyager with some drastic mods to make him fit correctly next to the level of their Optimus. As for the add-ons. You get the Forge of Solus Prime which is identical to the Dr Wu TFP add-on. The blasters and all that makes the hammer is from a separate add-on for the FE from DreamFactory. The original only came with a single badly partially painted wrecking ball as the only accessory. The front bumper, as far as I'm aware, as well as the extra wrecking ball are add-ons from APC on top of the rest. The rear bumper is original as well, but clearly modified off the one that came from the DreamFactory set. FE Bulkhead is also one of the rarest and was one of the hardest to get so having one at the price of the original official with the best add-ons it got and then some plus far better fit and finish? (if you think the APC you got was floppy you never saw the original - and my APC is not as loose as that one you were sent so the owner could've done that for all we know or just got a bad copy which happens) Overall it's a no brainer buy for one of the best engineered TFP figures unless someone is a shill for hastak and their gouging and is going to senselessly hate on it for being a 'ko' alone. Hell, the APC price is what you'd pay for the add-on alone...to get that as well as the figure for less than the cost of the original? You can glance at pics of the bot/vehicle for the original FE and immediately see the difference. The original also damn near broke bicep joints (notorious massive stress marks on the peg) straight out of the box and the legs and arms were way looser than what you remarked upon regarding this one, which again is Not how mine is at all, though my arms could use a ratchet to hold the hammers better. The back bumper also plugs in over the faux bumper/taillights on his butt/back in robot mode (which is likely why that's the only thing not painted on the robot from APC which also was not painted on the original) - front bumper has no spot in robot afaik. There is an official position for the back wheels per the FE transformation. The door panels plug in to the roof panel on the back and you unfold the tires like wings...if it's set correctly they should sit really comfortably. Watch Emgo's transformation for the original FE to see how that should sit if that description doesn't cut it.
I actually got the first run of this figure a couple years ago. it's really nice but it doesn't have the premium paint yours does, part of me is kind of wishing i held out now, but the one I have is still a really nice piece
All the first edition figures only hit Canada when they were release in North America. I lucked out and got all of them while hunting 14 years ago. I'll never part with them and they take center stage in my displays.
First Edition Bulkhead is a Voyager. This, like all of the APC releases of TFP figures of late, is a far more premium version of the figure with far better and complete paint (they barely painted anything on the official ones, like normal even today, and hastak even chose incorrect colors for a lot) plus it comes with a lot more accessories. Many of them come with fixes or some other improvement - such as APC's Megatron actually being an upscale of one of smaller version that had better engineering than the original voyager with some drastic mods to make him fit correctly next to the level of their Optimus.
As for the add-ons. You get the Forge of Solus Prime which is identical to the Dr Wu TFP add-on. The blasters and all that makes the hammer is from a separate add-on for the FE from DreamFactory. The original only came with a single badly partially painted wrecking ball as the only accessory. The front bumper, as far as I'm aware, as well as the extra wrecking ball are add-ons from APC on top of the rest. The rear bumper is original as well, but clearly modified off the one that came from the DreamFactory set.
FE Bulkhead is also one of the rarest and was one of the hardest to get so having one at the price of the original official with the best add-ons it got and then some plus far better fit and finish? (if you think the APC you got was floppy you never saw the original - and my APC is not as loose as that one you were sent so the owner could've done that for all we know or just got a bad copy which happens) Overall it's a no brainer buy for one of the best engineered TFP figures unless someone is a shill for hastak and their gouging and is going to senselessly hate on it for being a 'ko' alone. Hell, the APC price is what you'd pay for the add-on alone...to get that as well as the figure for less than the cost of the original? You can glance at pics of the bot/vehicle for the original FE and immediately see the difference. The original also damn near broke bicep joints (notorious massive stress marks on the peg) straight out of the box and the legs and arms were way looser than what you remarked upon regarding this one, which again is Not how mine is at all, though my arms could use a ratchet to hold the hammers better.
The back bumper also plugs in over the faux bumper/taillights on his butt/back in robot mode (which is likely why that's the only thing not painted on the robot from APC which also was not painted on the original) - front bumper has no spot in robot afaik. There is an official position for the back wheels per the FE transformation. The door panels plug in to the roof panel on the back and you unfold the tires like wings...if it's set correctly they should sit really comfortably. Watch Emgo's transformation for the original FE to see how that should sit if that description doesn't cut it.
I actually got the first run of this figure a couple years ago. it's really nice but it doesn't have the premium paint yours does, part of me is kind of wishing i held out now, but the one I have is still a really nice piece
The back wheels are peg in the back panel to look like wings
That peg doesn't work on this copy
@@TMReviews I got the same one, was able to peg them and they look way better
Its cool... Great Review ✨️😃
Thanks G
All the first edition figures only hit Canada when they were release in North America. I lucked out and got all of them while hunting 14 years ago. I'll never part with them and they take center stage in my displays.
Nice
There’s actually a masterpiece scale bulkhead figure by x-transbots
The official is way better made from the version you have
Yeah I figured as much
The hell it is lmao
@@Dashierez I have both versions but I can only say that my official has better joints than my apc version but my apc version has more accessories