Eldedroid

Eldedroids are Autobot drone warriors from the Generation 1 continuity family.

To combat the progressively more aggressive energy raids of the revitalized Decepticon forces, now commanded by Galvatron II, Wheeljack and Ga'mede put their considerable skills together to create a mass-produced drone warrior capable of taking down opponents psychologically as well as physically. The result was the Eldedroid, a drone warrior built in the image of the most fearsome and powerful Autobot of all, Optimus Prime.

Reproducing not only Prime's appearance, but his energy-absorbing black body coating, the twenty-one Eldedroids are essentially mindless units, controlled by an outside consciousness. The majority of them are under the command of Flip Sides, though at least one is known to be operated (via unspecified means) by Daniel Witwicky.

Fiction

E-Hobby pack-in comics

When a series of human shipping vessels were sunk by mysterious biomechanical raiders, the Autobots suspected Decepticon involvement, and traced the movement of the beasts back to an undersea Decepticon headquarters. A team including the Eldedroid controlled by Dan was dispatched to the base, where the psychological effect of the Eldedroid's appearance was in full effect, terrifying Hook and Bonecrusher and allowing Dan to quickly take them down. Interrogating the two Decepticons, the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons had created the sea monsters, but that the creatures had turned on them and trapped them inside the base.

Venturing further into the base, Dan discovered the whole operation was being overseen by none other than Megatron, who had recently been deposed as leader of the Decepticons by Galvatron. With his opponent unarmed, Dan chose to face Megatron in hand-to-hand combat, as he believed that shooting an unarmed enemy was not "Prime's way". Megatron proceeded to mop the floor with Dan's Eldedroid, though Dan felt no pain through his mechanical body. Dan put on his best Optimus Prime impression, though Megatron immediately saw through the ruse and realized it was not his eternal foe with whom he was actually duking it out. No longer amused, Megatron informed Dan that he'd be leaving responsibility for dealing with the base and the monsters in the Autobots' hands, at which point, one of the giant creatures burst into the room. MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.

Toys

Masterpiece

• Convoy Black Ver. (2010)
  • Japanese ID number: MP-1B
  • Accessories: Ion blaster, Autobot Matrix of Leadership, gun-mode Megatron, Megatron's scope, stock and silencer, energon-axe, cardboard trailer

A redeco of 20th Anniversary/Masterpiece Optimus Prime, "Convoy Black Version" sports the traditional black, grey, teal and red "Nemesis Prime" color scheme, despite not actually being an evil character. The toy is exceptionally poseable, partially constructed from die-cast metal, features rubber tires and vacuum-metalized plastic and is heavily detailed, with sliding pistons in its joints and working spring-loaded suspension in vehicle mode. The figure also contains multiple non-intrusive gimmicks, such as a moving mouthplate, flip-up communications panels on the forearms depicting images of Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime himself, and an opening Matrix chamber in the chest that lights up with a red LED and contains a removable purple vacuum-metalized Matrix of Leadership, which can also be pulled open to reveal the red crystal at its center.

Other accessories his traditional ion blaster, a transparent red energon-axe that plugs into either wrist when the toy's fist is retracted, a non-transforming gun-mode Megatron weapon, with removable stock, silencer and scope accessories, and a fold-up cardboard trailer to "complete" the figure's vehicle mode.

The version of this figure released through e-Hobby included an exclusive comic by Naoto Sakai and Hidetsugu Yoshioka, while non-e-Hobby releases came with a metal nameplate inside a black velvet pouch.