Prime Master
- Prime Masters are a cross-factional subgroup from the Power of the Primes portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The twelve Prime Masters may be small, but the power they hold is anything but—each one carries within them the spark of one of the original Primes, ancient gods of the Transformer race. When in spark mode, the Prime Masters can unite with a larger 'bot, bestowing upon them the powers of a Prime, to wield in whatever manner the bearer chooses.
This vast potential has made the small robots a hot commodity for Autobots and Decepticons alike, so to minimize this unwanted attention, the Prime Masters hide themselves inside special decoy armor, which cloaks their vast power from the outside world.
Toys
Generations
The Prime Master toys are similarly built to Titan Masters, with the exception of a pin in the middle of their body instead of a screw. They also have their respective matrix on their back instead of faceplates, so using them as heads on Titans Return figures can yield some...interesting results. Outside of these differences, they are fully compatible with Titans Return toys thanks to peg-holes on the bottom of their feet, as well as their ability to sit inside vehicles and weapons like any other Titan Master. Their primary gimmick, however, is to be plugged into the Prime Armor on every Power of the Primes Deluxe and Voyager figure, as well as into the holders of Leader Class figures by replacing their central Matrix crystal.
The decoy armor for each Prime Master is shaped for them to fit inside. While the Prime Masters and Titan Masters can be interchanged with the armor, some figures are either too tight or too loose depending on the Prime Master inside the armor, while some just do not fit at all. The shells also bear peg-holes on the bottoms of their feet, allowing them the same ability to interact with Titans Return toys, though not to the same extent as their innards thanks to their larger size. The shells also come with small weapons with 3mm posts, as well as accommodating holes to carry said weapons. The weapons can also be clipped into the back of the shell's head for storage or folded over to become a Targetmaster-styled weapon. The Prime Master can also be folded up and pegged into posts near the feet to complete the weapon mode.
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Notes
- The working name for the Prime Masters was "Power Masters", which still appears in some online listings.<ref name="southern">Southern Hobby listing for "Transformers Generations: Power Of The Primes – Power Master Assortment", listing removed but still referenced at TFW2005.</ref><ref name="brandora">Brandora.de listing for "Prime Wars Power Masters".</ref>
- The Japanese release of the Prime Masters label the decoy armors as "Pretender Suits" (プリテンダースーツ), the same term used for the original Pretender shells in Super-God Masterforce. Hasbro's Power of the Primes bio page also outright calls Cloudburst a "Pretender".<ref>https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/power-of-the-primes</ref>
Foreign names
- Japanese: Prime Master (プライムマスター Puraimu Masutā)