Apex Armor (G1)

This article is about the armor from Generation 1. For the armor associated with the Thirteen, see Apex Armor (Thirteen).

Apex Armor is a battle suit from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Apex Armor is a battle suit which can provide the Autobot commander with weapon blast deflection in heated battles. When not used as armor, the suit can become a combat drone called the Apex Bomber.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

When war erupted between the newly formed Decepticons and the Autobot security force, Sentinel Prime's troops defended Kaon. The Autobots were not making any headway against the Decepticons, so Sentinel Prime decided he was "going Apex". His troops covered him while he drove to the Apex facilities to procure a set of Apex Armor. The council rejected his request to use the armor, so he blasted his way into the facility and took it anyway.

When Sentinel Prime returned to battle, he was challenged by Megatron. Megatron wasn't much of a match for the armored up Sentinel until Megatron exploited a weakness in the armor right under the chin of the helmet.

Something went "THOOOOOM!" and Sentinel Prime was left defeated in the bottom of a crater. Megatron used the armor to make a throne. Megatron Origin #4

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Ask Vector Prime

In Primax 092.0 Beta, Hyperdrive used the Apex Armor when he and Rotorstorm confronted and defeated a forestonite-empowered Skyquake. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/16

Toys

Commemorative Series

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• Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor (2003)
  • Accessories: Hi-Q Powermaster unit, 2 Laser Rifles, 2 Twin Particle Beam Cannons, Super Robot head, missile launcher, 2 missiles, Apex Bomber chest/trailer top, 2 legs (left & right), 2 arms (left and right), Armor chest/trailer front, 2 wings (left & right)

Marketed as a reissue of Powermaster Optimus Prime, this Toys"R"Us-exclusive Commemorative Series figure is in truth based on the Ginrai tooling on the toy that had previously been exclusive to Japan. It features a die-cast metal cab with translucent blue windows, and shortened, chrome smokestacks, and comes packaged with the drone Apex Bomber (formerly Ginrai's partner Godbomber), who splits into several components and combines with Prime to form "Apex Armor". As with all other Commemorative Series figures, Prime's new spring-loaded missile launcher featured an elongated missile.

• More information on Powermaster Prime with Apex Armor at TFU.info

Merchandise

Heroes of Cybertron

For further information, see: Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Heroes of Cybertron

• Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armor (2002)

Part of the first wave of Hasbro's Heroes of Cybertron toyline, "Apex Armor" Optimus is a redeco of the Super Collection Figure God Ginrai figurine.

Meant to represent the combined form of the Powermaster Optimus and the "armored roller drone", this release is the first known appearance of the Apex Armor and the Apex Bomber (the latter not referred to as such).

• More information on Heroes of Cybertron Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armor at TFU.info

• Powermaster Optimus Prime Spark Attack (2002)

This second-wave figurine is a redeco of the first God Ginrai/Powermaster Prime Apex Armor PVC figure, cast in translucent orange plastic with red gradients and flame detailing, depicting a "spark attack" mode.

This is a variant of the Super Collection Figure "God Fire Guts" God Ginrai chase figure, which had been rendered entirely in solid metallic gold paint.

• More information on Heroes of Cybertron Optimus Prime Spark Attack at TFU.info

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Apex Armor (エイペックス・アーマー Eipekkusu Āmā)