Dark Amber Leo Prime

Dark Amber Leo Prime is a Maximal from the Generation 1 cartoon continuity.
"Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long."

Born at the end of time from the fusion of Unicron's remnant Angolmois Energy within Earth's crust and the lifeless body of the great Leo Prime, the young Dark Amber Leo Prime (ダークアンバーレオプライム Dāku Anbā Reo Praimu) finds himself between two opposing forces—the righteousness of Leo Prime and the evil of Unicron. Which will prevail? In whose image will his immense power mold the decrepit universe he has inherited?

Who cares! He'll do as he pleases and his self-appointed shoulder angel and shoulder devil better get in line. If he does you a solid it's only because that mysterious light in his Energon Matrix was giving him heartburn, awright. It ain't nothin' personal, don't go all gooey on him.

Fiction

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End of G1 Universe

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"I like Toxins"
"My dream is Eat dirt"

In a desperate attempt to "save" the dying universe, the Maximal Bluebolt brought the lifeless body of Lio Convoy to Earth, aware that remnants of Unicron's energy still persisted, in an attempt to resurrect the great hero. After drawing a magic circle, Bluebolt was interrupted by Untite, who sought to consume the lion's corpse and summoned an undead Seeker to restrain the Maximal. However, the ritual still went off without a hitch and the Angolmois Energy merged with the body to form a new being: Dark Amber Leo Prime. Bluebolt was convinced that this black warrior was Leo Prime reborn, but the arrogant newborn was dismissive of the idea, insisting on being referred to as "Dark Amber". The Energon Matrix that he inherited from Leo Prime acted as a painful sort of "conscience" and forced him into rescuing the hapless Bluebolt, which Dark Amber dismissed as gratitude for bringing about his existence. Untite, on the other hand, believed Dark Amber to be his maker, Unicron himself, an event which the black robot couldn't recall. Convinced that his opponent was "incomplete" and that he could kill and consume him for great power, Untite attacked and wounded the still-feeble Dark Amber.

To save the dark hero from perishing, Bluebolt gave an offer of self-sacrifice for Dark Amber Leo Prime to consume Bluebolt's body and heal from the energy within. But Dark Amber refused, instead opting to use his planet eater abilities to regain strength from eating... dirt. (It is part of a planet, after all.) Revitalized, Dark Amber easily took down the Seeker. Dark Amber Leo Prime (First) After getting more sustenance from the Sparkless's remnants, Dark Amber moved on to Untite, shredding him apart with his attacks. When it was revealed to Dark Amber by (the now bodiless) Untite and Bluebolt that Earth was about to explode with them still on it, the corrupted Maximal refused to accept the destruction of what became, over ten thousands of millennia, his "home" and used the Unicronian energies within him to restore the planet to a lush one filled with its former life. In the process, he also brought Untite back to tiptop shape. Together with Bluebolt and the grateful Untite, Dark Amber Leo Prime set out in Untite's ship to fix the rest of the universe. Dark Amber Leo Prime (Second)

Dark Amber devoured Untite's supplies in short order and promptly conked out as his companions debated the ship's course. Abruptly, his infernal snooze was interrupted by an intolerable pain from his chest as a light erupted from his Energon Matrix revealing the identity of the paternalistic presence within: the ghost of Lio Convoy! Finally addressing Dark Amber directly, Lio Convoy entreated "Unicron" to work with him to save the universe. Having already been doing that, Dark Amber retorted that he didn't even need to ask. Age of Primes Noticing a peculiar difference between the two of them, Dark Amber Leo Prime posed a follow-up question: Why was Lio green to his black? Bluebolt took this as license to launch into a lecture on the interplay between Angolmois Energy and a quirk of Transformer physiology known as the "colour change phenomenon", though judging by Dark Amber's befuddled expression, it did not help much. Mystery of the Speedia 500

Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic

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Dark Amber Leo Prime was a spectator of the second week of the Speedia 500 on Velocitron, and fed his lion head a rock as he watched the race. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Toys

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Masterpiece

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"You know, the flavor can vary greatly depending on the minerals in the dirt. I can tell which kinds of worms have crawled through there, or what sort of like roly-polies used it to raise their family in."
  • Dark Amber Leoprime [sic] (January 28, 2023)
    • ID number: MP-48+
    • Accessories: 4 missiles, 2 beam launchers, weapon folder
Masterpiece Dark Amber Leo Prime is a redeco of Lio Convoy. He transforms from black lion to robot and is intended to replicate Lio Convoy's animated design, although his coloration is based on the original Black Lio Convoy toy. He is designed to scale with other Beast Wars-based Masterpiece figures.
This toy replicates many features of the original toy, like an opening chest hatch with sculpted Matrix inside, deployable arm blades and cannons, and missiles which can be inserted into his cannons, but have no launching mechanisms. He includes opening hatches on his calves which reveal articulated jet boosters. To really go the extra mile for show-accuracy, it has two slightly distinct lion heads, to better depict how in robot mode the lion head goes from furry to smooth and angular.
Dark Amber Leoprime is also the first Masterpiece figure with CG renders instead of actual photography on the box. This extends to the front of the box, which seems to intentionally echo the original Lio Convoy figure's box art render.

Legacy

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And they said there were no affordable Unicron options in Generations.
  • Nemesis Leo Prime (Voyager Class, 2023)
Legacy Nemesis Leo Prime was repurposed as Dark Amber Leo Prime in Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3.
Released in the sixth wave of Legacy Voyager-class toys, Legacy: Evolution "Nemesis Leo Prime" is a redeco of the previously-released Maximal Leo Prime, done in a gray and black color scheme with the color placement being more accurate to the Beast Wars II cartoon (the first black Lio Convoy-based redeco to do this!). Due to his nature as a villain but not a Predacon in the cartoon, his box denotes his allegiance with a Maximal insignia with a slash through it. Additionally, his QR code bio establishes him as a "Renegade Maximal".
As a redeco of Leo Prime, Nemesis Leo Prime contains the same "Evo-Fusion" gimmicks: he includes four missile blasters that can be pegged into sections of the mane, replicating the "Lio Missile" attack, and the front paws can reveal flip-out claws based on his "Lion Claws". Additionally, he includes a two-piece handheld blaster, based on the Maximal Buster. All six weapons are Fire Blast effect-compatible.
Designer commentary from Mark Maher on Instagram

Notes

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  • Dark Amber Leo Prime derives his color scheme from Black Lio Convoy's consistently show-inaccurate toy deco.
  • Dark Amber speaks Japanese with a stereotypical "street tough" patter, driving home his gravitas-skewering personality.
  • The Blokees Defender Nemesis Leo Prime actively eschews that guy's cartoon deco to create something functionally identical to a Defender Dark Amber Leo Prime if one were so inclined.

References

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See also

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