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Optimus Primal has had a barrel full of toys. None of them monkeys!

Toys

Beast Wars

Cheetor. Cheetor. I'm Batman.
  • Optimus Primal vs Megatron! (Basic versus two-pack, 1996)
    • Japanese ID number: C-6
    • Accessories: Two swords
The first Optimus Primal was a Basic size class blue bat which could autotransform into a robot by pulling the tail. Two swords were removable from under its wings for use as weaponry in robot mode. It was packaged along with an alligator version of Megatron and a Beast Wars mini-comic.
Whether this toy can be considered the Optimus Primal character is a matter of debate. Released before the animated series began, which established Optimus Primal as a separate entity from Optimus Prime, the accompanying profiles and mini-comic seem to assume that the Beast Wars are a progression of the same characters from the Autobot/Decepticon war. Whether the animated series's retcon affected this set of toys is probably a matter of personal preference. It can be interpreted as representing one of the more interesting micro-continuities.
The Beast Wars Sourcebook has asserted that, in IDW's version of the Beast Wars continuity, Primal's bat form was suggested by the Axalon's computer as a potential alt mode, but he rejected it in favour of the more powerful gorilla without ever actually reformatting into it. Thus, this micro-continuity posits bat mode Primal as an essentially theoretical alt-form that never actually came to be.
This mold was also used to make the Optimus Prime-recolored Convobat (who may or may not be a separate character from either Prime or Primal), and Onyx Primal.


Yes, missiles come out of his butt.
  • Optimus Primal (Ultra, 1996/1997/1998)
    • Japanese ID number: C-1
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
The second Optimus Primal toy was an ape in the Ultra size class. Though the transformation from primate to humanoid was a relatively simplistic one, the toy compensated with more than a fair share of weaponry and action features. A compartment on his right forearm opened to reveal a skull-shaped mace he could hold in his fist. His left forearm could open into a double-barreled missile launcher. On his back were two spring-loaded missile launchers which auto-flipped over each shoulder. By pulling a lever in the center of his back, both arms would either spin at the bicep or bend in and out at the elbow, depending on the placement of notch-buttons located on either bicep. This gimmick was shown to be an effort to simulate a gorilla beating its chest while Optimus was in beast mode, but could also be used in robot mode, making him swing his weapons wildly before himself. And finally, like many first-year Beast Wars toys, a battle mask/"mutant head" could be deployed over his robot head.
The European version released in English/Spanish/Italian Beast Wars/Biocombat packaging featured the additional alternate name "Black Jack" for the Italian market, whereas the other European version released in French/Dutch/German Beast Wars/Ani Mutants packaging was simply named "Optimus Primal" just like the United States version.
Brass monkeys.
Takara released the toy under the name of "Convoy" as part of their Beast Wars line in July of 1997, nearly identical to the Hasbro version. The missiles for the Takara version are thinner and simpler than the original Hasbro version, and would be used in all subsequent releases of the sculpt.
This sculpt was redecoed into Universe Optimus Primal and Beast Wars Telemocha Series DX Convoy, and retooled into Beast Wars Reborn/Beast Wars Tenth Anniversary versus pack Optimus Primal. Takara also created multiple special variants, including all-gold (from Tele-V Magazine, only ten awarded), red and gray (Tele-V again, but only twenty pieces for lucky draw), and blue-fur (a Comic Bom Bom design-contest prize, only thirty awarded).


  • Special Convoy Real Gray Type (Ultra, 1998)
    • Japanese ID number: C-1
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
In January of 1998[citation needed], Takara released a redeco of the Ultra Optimus Primal toy as Special Convoy Real Gray Type (スペシャルコンボイ — リアルグレータイプ), changing the black to dark gray and the blue to metallic blue, although the packaging was the same as the original release save for a sticker on the front of the box. According to the sticker, this limited figure was meant to celebrate the "20,000,000 Unit Breakthrough Commemoration"—apparently commemorating 20 million units of Beast Wars toys sold. Whether this was supposed to represent 20 million worldwide or just in Japan is unclear.


  • Special Convoy Skeleton Type (Ultra, 1998?)
    • Japanese ID number: C-1
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
A ToysЯUs-exclusive redeco of the Ultra figure, Special Convoy Skeleton Type (スペシャルコンボイ — スケルトンタイプ) was colorless-clear and black with silver paint detailing. The packaging was the same as the general release except for a sticker on the front of the box.


Grape Ape's lesser-known cousin Cherry Ape. Currently an insurance broker in Oak Park, Illinois.
  • Burning Convoy (Ultra, 1998)
    • Japanese ID number: C-1
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
A Takara redeco of the Ultra-class Primal toy in almost entirely semitransparent red plastic with with metallic gold "flame" markings on his fists and gorilla-mode chest.
He was released as a limited-edition figure to promote the Beast Wars Special movie, alongside the Flash Lio Convoy toy. As with the above "Skeleton Type" toy, his packaging and paperwork is identical to the regular retail release, only a new sticker on the box window was added to mark the special release.


Seamunky?
  • Orcanoch (MicroVerse, 1997)
Part of the short-lived MicroVerse toyline (from before Hasbro's acquisition of rival Galoob and their micro-toy empire), Orcanoch transforms into a Maximal base. It came with tiny, non-transforming versions of Optimus Primal and Tarantulas. These figures were designed to sit in the various mini-vehicles and control modules of the MicroVerse playsets.


Check out those abs!
  • Optimus Primal (Mega Transmetal, 1998)
    • Japanese ID number: C-40
    • Accessories: Gun, two clubs/missiles
Transmetal Optimus Primal is a mechanical gorilla that transforms into a partially organic robot. Like all Transmetals, it featured chromed plastic and a third vehicle-inspired mode. In Primal's case, his gorilla mode could transform into a gorilla on a hoverboard. Two maces were stored on his back and could double as missiles for his hip-holstered blaster.
Continuing a trend from Generation 1 where Italian releases of toys representing the same characters as previous toys released under the same name were sometimes given new names that didn't reflect the Italian market names of those previous releases, the European version released in English/Spanish/Italian Beast Wars/Biocombat packaging featured the additional alternate name "Metal Gorilla" for the Italian market. Like with the Ultra figure, the other European version released in French/Dutch/German Beast Wars/Ani Mutants packaging was simply named "Optimus Primal" just like the United States version.
Some units feature a chromed purple variant for the Beast Mode chest.
Takara's version of the toy exchanged the brown plastic for translucent maroon; other changes included additional paint on the waist and a different eye color. The figure was also available in a set with Transmetal Megatron.
This mold was used to make Apelinq.


It's really about two modes, not four, if you're honest.
  • Optimal Optimus (Super Transmetal, 1998)
    • Japanese ID number: C-47
    • Accessories: One gun, four missiles, six break-away armor plates
Transmetal Optimal Optimus was the first toy in the Super size class, featuring electronics and four transformations: robot, ape, jet, and armored transport. When a back section of the cannon module was pulled, the eyes and shoulder-mounted missile launchers lit up and the launchers fired. It came with four missiles, two of which stored on its legs. Its forearms featured blast-away armor plates that could also be pegged to its upper arms. His cockpit perfectly fits a MicroVerse figure in the seat.
Optimal Optimus's on-package bio states that he has Cybertronian "air guardian" technology and twin scramjet modules. Jetfire's function was Air Guardian, and his Tech Specs said he had these same scramjet modules.
The European version released in English/Spanish/Italian Beast Wars/Biocombat packaging featured the most bizarre choice for the additional alternate name for the Italian market yet, naming this figure "Optimus Primal" (!). Once again, the other European version released in French/Dutch/German Beast Wars/Ani Mutants packaging was simply named "Optimal Optimus" just like the United States version.
This toy was repurposed as the Beast Wars: Uprising character Optimal. This sculpt was also used to make Primal Prime, with a redesign that had separate triggers for the missile-lighting and missile-launching so users would be less likely to shoot themselves in the eye. This body was also the template for Megatron's (non-toy) "Optimal" body, seen in "Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future".
The Japanese version features a more yellow shade of orange, different painted details, and notably black tires instead of purple.


Beast Machines

I am the exact opposite of show-accurate.
  • Optimus Primal (Deluxe, 2000)
The first Beast Machines Optimus Primal is a dark bronze and translucent blue technorganic gorilla that transforms into a technorganic robot. His right robot mode arm is spring-loaded to throw the shuriken that stores in his left leg (the ape mode's left shoulder). Like all Beast Machines toys, he has a hidden "spark crystal" that displays his faction allegiance; Primal's is in his chest, revealed with the spring-loaded "flexing" motion that also moves his beast mode face up for snarling while posing. His robot mode head also features a changing expression via sliding brow/skullcap.
Official Hasbro stock photography of this toy shows a differently-molded shuriken, lacking the "energy flame" effect.


Robot hate the monkey.
  • Optimus Primal (Happy Meal toy, 2000)
McDonald's Beast Machines Optimus Primal is an incredibly simple toy that transforms from a technorganic robot to technorganic ape. Its sculpted detail is based directly that of the television show's model for Primal. It uses translucent plastic for the body, and, like the other McDonald's Beast Machines toys, there's a sculpted spark crystal on the toy's surface; on Optimus Primal, it is placed on the stomach. Additionally, there are two organic flaps on the toy's back, and in robot mode, nobody's entirely sure exactly what to do with them. Are they rotated all the way down to make his booster jets? Are they rotated out to the sides to make the backs of his shoulder pads? Are they rotated back to where they go in gorilla mode, once you get his heads swapped? We may never know.


They will fight eternally!
  • Blast Punch Optimus Primal (Mega, 2001)
    • Japanese ID number: BR-01
    • Japanese release date: 2004-11-18
    • Accessories: Missile
One of the last toys released in the Beast Machines line (under the "Battle for the Spark" rebranding), "Blast Punch" Optimus Primal transforms into a technorganic gorilla more like the show model, though with a considerably brighter color scheme. His main gimmick is his left arm, which contains a hidden missile launcher.Pushing down on his shoulder armor "winds" the mechanism in his gauntlet. Pushing the spark crystal on his bicep spins his gauntlet around, simultaneously triggering the spring-loaded missile launcher and activating his spring-loaded ramming "blast punch" action, extending his fist forward nearly a full inch. He also has hidden jet thrusters under a panel on his back. In beast mode, a small button on the top of his head pushes his upper face up in a "snarling" action.
Due to the small size of the two gears used to rotate the forearm, manually transforming Optimus's left arm can damage the gimmick to the point of no longer working. The soft plastic used in the gears prevents them from crumbling apart and allowing them to be glued to the pin, but damage can be prevented by using the wind-up mechanism exclusively to transform the arm. If it must be moved by hand, turning the forearm in the same direction as the motor allow the larger gears to safely ratchet to minimize damage.
Blast Punch Optimus Primal was released in Japan in 2004 as "Convoy" as part of the Beast Wars Returns line, exclusive to Toys"R"Us stores.


  • Optimus Primal (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2009)
    • Accessories: Pen Keeper
Optimus Primal was available as one of three figures in a Jollibee promotion. The toy is a greatly simplified version of his Beast Machines Deluxe toy.

Robots in Disguise (2001)

Monkey versus robot!
  • Air Attack Optimus Primal (Supreme, 2002)
    • Accessories: Disc
Intended for release in the Beast Machines toyline, Air Attack Optimus Primal was eventually released as a ToysЯUs exclusive as part of the Robots in Disguise toyline. Positively oozing light-and-sound gimmicks in both modes, Optimus Primal does all sorts'a crazy crap, all of which is first activated by pressing his chest plate. Doing so "turns on" his electronics with a metallic shrieking noise, and the toy proceeds to hum constantly while the chest glows with a red LED. The electronics will eventually "turn off" if the toy is left idle, but you don't want to do that! You want to push his head (in either mode), which activates glowing lights in his eyes and actual speech samples of Garry Chalk from the Beast Machines cartoon (making Primal the first English-speaking Transformers toy to have speech clips performed by his actual cartoon voice actor). On top of that, the toy also features a pressure-launching disc-shooter in its robot mode stomach (accompanied by blasting sound effect), and a geared right arm with a spring-loaded punch action (and suitably pained electronic grunt). The big feature—the one that gives the toy its name—is his jetpack, which pops out (with translucent blue jet flames trailing behind) at the push of a button. This puts the toy into "flight mode", and it constantly produces the sound of whooshing jets, which then rises and falls depending on how the figure is held. Tilt him upwards, and the pitch rises as he ascends! Tilt him down, and zoom!
Also, he has a butt on his head.
The sparkly brown plastic in this figure's chest and legs is prone to breaking.
The toy's packaging features both an Autobot and Maximal insignia. The Maximal symbol used, however, is the one used during the "Beast Wars" rather than the one from "Beast Machines" this toy was meant to be part of.
This toy was released in Japan on August 8, 2002 as a ToysЯUs-exclusive "USA Edition".


Universe (2003)

Kinda looks like Don Rickles, don't you think?
  • Optimus Primal (Ultra, 2003)
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
A redeco of the original Ultra Class Optimus Primal mold, with a color scheme that reflects the "infected" look several other toys were sporting in this line, reflecting the events taking place in-fiction. He retains all weapons and gimmicks of the previous releases of this mold, but with a reworked system for his arm mechanism, making his crazy arm swinging much more controlled.
This deco was repurposed as the Shattered Glass incarnation of Optimus Primal.


Robotmasters

There he is, my littler guy.
  • Beast Convoy (2004)
    • Japanese ID number: RM-11
    • Accessories: Two "Cyber Blades", sword connector, missile launcher, missile
Part of the second wave of Robotmasters toys, Beast Convoy is a new, more show-accurate mold primarily based upon the original Ultra Class Optimus Primal figure, and using the original Ultra Class toy's color scheme. The mouthplate features an engraved mouth, although it is painted silver like the rest of the face, and lacks the Mutant Head from the original figure.
Both forearms contain small, non-firing cannons in them (and thus a skull mace is not included), which can be revealed by flipping up the panels on his arms. Similarly, the missile launchers from the Ultra-class version of the toy have been replaced by non-firing cannons based more closely on the ones from the TV show.
Beast Convoy features new, open-palmed hands, thus preventing him from holding both of his swords in the same hand, but a small connector-piece is included to connect the swords together, allowing Beast Convoy to hold the lower sword with the upper sword connected.
Like Beast Megatron and G1 Convoy, Beast Convoy comes with a generic blue missile launcher which can fit in his palm.


  • Burning Beast Convoy (2004)
    • Japanese ID number: RM-21
    • Accessories: Two "Cyber Blades", missile launcher, missile
A recolor of Beast Convoy, this toy uses the "Burning Convoy" color scheme from the Beast Wars II movie from where he partnered with Lio Convoy, turning them into Burning Convoy and Flash Lio Convoy respectively. This release did not include the tiny sword connector part.


  • Beast Convoy Limited Black Version (2005)
    • Accessories: Two "Cyber Blades", sword connector, missile launcher, missile, "Boost Hammer"
Available only via mail order through Hobby Japan magazine, the "Limited Black Version" of Beast Convoy is just that: a straight black repaint of the Beast Convoy toy. He comes with all his original accessories, appropriately redecoed, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "Boost Hammer" Solitarium weapon that came with Wrecker Hook.


Beast Wars 10th Anniversary

Surf monkey / That funky monkey
  • Optimus Primal (2006)
    • Accessories: Surfboard, assault blade, missile, Jungle Planet Key
Opposable thumbs!
Beast Wars 10th Anniversary (BWX) Optimus Primal is a new toy design based loosely on his original ultra ape action figure while pulling some elements from other figures, including a transformation very similar to the Playskool Go-Bot Gorillabot, which itself was a nod to Optimus Primal's Beast Machines form.
Similar to his Transmetal form, BWX Optimus Primal also comes with a hoverboard with two 5mm posts at the base, allowing him to ride it in his gorilla mode, or hold it in robot mode via the 5mm posts on his robot palms/gorilla feet. When a Cyber Key is inserted at the rear of the board, a spring-loaded extending "assault blade" (or "ass lt blade" as the instructions call it) deploys, and a trigger is revealed to allow one to use the spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Though it is not intended to be removed, the blade can be popped off and held in Primal's hand thanks to his posable thumbs.
He is also packaged with a mini-comic-sized reprinting of IDW Publishing's The Gathering #1, a small Axalon ship figurine, and a Jungle Planet-style Cyber Key.
This mold was redecoed into Cybertron Optimus Prime and BotCon 2014 Apelinq & Primal Prime. The sculpt for both BWX leader toys was intentionally designed to blend in with the Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" they didn't get a Beast Wars Anniversary release (according to Aaron Archer's statements at BotCon 2005).


  • Optimus Primal vs Megatron (Multi-pack, 2006)
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
This ToysЯUs-exclusive set is the Hasbro release of the Beast Wars Reborn set (see below), but in new packaging with a DVD of the Beast Wars episode "Possession". As such, this version of Optimus Primal is identical.


Beast Wars Reborn

The eighth Optimus of the world... PRIMAL!
  • Convoy vs Megatron (Multi-pack, 2006)
    • Japanese ID number: BWR-01
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
Staring contest—go!
This release is a retool of the original 1996 Ultra toy, with new beast and robot heads, plus a new robot chest piece sculpted to match the television series's portrayal. The color scheme was also altered to be show-accurate, changing the black to dark gray, much of the light gray to medium gray with hints of bronze, primary red to crimson, and blue to a more dull steel blue. All of the toy's previous gimmicks are retained with the sole exception of the "mutant head."
This figure came packaged with a similarly-remolded Megatron and a Golden Disk CD-ROM that contains control art for a number of Beast Wars toys.


Generation 2

Argh TFwiki headache.
  • Battle Convoy (Reissue, 2006)
    • Japanese ID number: TRF-13
    • Accessories: Laser rifle, sword, 5 discs, 3 air power missiles, ripple rocket launcher, 10 rockets
This toy was repurposed as {{{as}}}.
In 1995, Laser Optimus Prime was a new-mold Generation 2 toy that transformed into mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX, pulling a grey and black fuel tank trailer. On the sides of the trailer is a humourous sticker depicting Laser Optimus Prime using a flamethrower to burn down a forest, with the words "Optimus Prime Octane" over the image.
In robot mode, like Hero Optimus Prime, the bottom of the truck became his familiar windowed chest based upon the original Optimus Prime toy. His main gimmick was light up LED headlights, and a lightpipe in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that would illuminate his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they were used in that hand. All three LEDs were activated simultaneously by pressing the sunroof-like depression on the roof of the truck.
The trailer unfolds to form a battle station bristling with many firing weapons. Primarily, it can fire an air-powered missile launcher, a ripple rocket launcher with 5 missiles that can be launched individually (this turret can also be mounted in Laser Prime's hand) and a 'disc launcher', that fired several blue plastic discs adorned with the Generation 2 Autobot sigil. This disc launcher is the only weapon that can be used in vehicle mode.
This mold was redecoed in 2000 as Car Robots Black Convoy, and slightly retooled as Scourge. After Scourge, the next use of this mold was planned to be Universe Toxitron, which ended up being canceled. The slightly retooled version of this mold was released in 2006 in Japan as reissue Battle Convoy, which was the name of this toy during the Japanese Generation 2. The reissue used the 2001 Robots in Disguise modified tooling, with a slightly modified deco using silver vacuum-metalized plastic on his chest and trailer sides along with additional paint applications and G2 symbols. The mold was also redecoed to create a new G2 version of Ultra Magnus as an e-HOBBY exclusive (unusual in that the character was killed in the course of Japan's G1 fiction).
Within the Beast Wars Reborn text story, the reissued Laser Prime toy was repurposed as a temporary form for Optimus Primal.
Generation 2 mold: Laser Optimus Prime
  • Hasbro:
  • Robots in Disguise (2001) Scourge
  • TakaraTomy:
  • Sonokong:
  • e-HOBBY:


Timelines

Trukk munky?
A redeco and retool of Cybertron Voyager Class Crumplezone, Timelines "Axalon Optimus Primal" transforms into a three-wheeled Cybertronic race car with huge turbine thrusters. These thrusters each contain a spring-loaded missile launcher,and can be swung forward in both vehicle and robot mode by plugging a Cyber Planet Key into his key-jack. This also activates electronic sound effects. He has a new head that replicates Optimus Primal's first character model.
Available only in a multi pack with the Axalon versions of Cheetor, Rhinox, and Rattrap, as well as the Darksyde version of Dinobot.
Some consider this toy somewhat of an in-joke, because when fans initially saw pics of Crumplezone, they criticised it for looking like a monkey.


Titanium Series

Ready? And... Faceplant!
  • Optimal Optimus (6" Transformable figure, 2006)
    • Accessories: Stand with nameplate
Titanium Series Optimal Optimus transforms from robot into an armored transport. For undetermined reasons, this incarnation of Optimal Optimus does not include the beast mode. This does have precedent in the fiction: When Megatron built a copy of that body for himself at the end of Beast Machines, his version didn't have a beast mode either. Oddly enough, the two chest cannons can rotate back over his shoulder, while the original Beast Wars figure's cannons were in a fixed position. Amusingly, this toy is denoted as an Autobot both on his stand and on his shoulder, even though Optimal is a Maximal.


Binaltech

There! He's a trukk! Ya happy now?
  • Black Convoy (2007)
    • Japanese ID number: BT-17
    • Accessories: Engine/blaster
This toy was repurposed as {{{as}}}.
Black Convoy is the first Binaltech release since Skids in early 2006, and was available exclusively in Japan at the winter Wonder Festival in 2007. His plastic colours are different from Nemesis Prime's, with grey plastic replacing the black on his shins, waist, shoulders, and forearms. In addition, Nemesis Prime's windows are tinted red, but Black Convoy's windows are completely clear. His paint deco is based upon Kiss Players Convoy's, arranged in the same patterns but using teal, and he has vacuum-metallized wheels and front grill. The paint deco on his head is meant to evoke that of Car Robots Black Convoy. Perhaps the most important differences are that he has die-cast metal parts, and most of his truck body panels are coated in gloss black paint.
Perhaps due to cost-cutting, this toy was released in the large bubble-on-a-tray packaging also used in the Alternators line. However, he came with no character or packaging art.
The Alternity fiction repurposes this figure as a new body for Optimus Primal, based on how Primal's disembodied spark had previously taken possession of Nemesis's body earlier in the Binaltech story.
Alternators mold: Optimus Prime
  • Hasbro:
  • Takara:


Beast Wars Telemocha Series

Anyone else feel like we're going in circles?
  • Convoy (2007)
    • Japanese ID number: TM-01
    • Accessories: Two swords
Beast Wars Telemocha Series Convoy is an extensive redeco of the Robotmasters Beast Convoy figure in a similar style to the Beast Wars Reborn retool of the Ultra-class figure.


Seriously, we're getting dizzy!
  • DX Convoy (2007)
    • Japanese ID number: TM-SP
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
An extensive show-accurate redeco of the original Ultra-class Optimus Primal mold without the recently remolded head and chestplate. Oh TakaraTomy, you so crazy.


United

Chicks dig hoverboards that turn into giant blasters - right?
  • Optimus Primal (Voyager, 2012-02-25)
    • ID number: UN-30
    • Accessories: Surfboard, assault blade, missile, Jungle Planet Key
Part of the sixth wave of United toys, Optimus Primal is a repaint of the Deluxe-sized Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal toy, and is the first release of the mold in Japan. He features warmer, more yellowish paint for the gorilla chest and face, and relocates the Maximal insignia to the underside of his gorilla backside kibble panel. His hoverboard, meanwhile, uses a darker shade of blue paint for the Cyber Key jack, and the front of the hoverboard features both the "stripes" from the Cybertron redeco of this toy, and the fully-painted vents from the "10th Anniversary" version.
He is packaged in a Voyager Class box with "LIMITED QUANTITY" stickered on the window. Both his instructions and packaging brand him as an Autobot.


Legend Commander Collection

The old man's back again.
  • Convoy (Beast Wars) (2014)
    • ID number: LC-02
    • Accessories: Two swords
Part of the Legend Commander Collection sold at Transformers Expo, Convoy (Beast Wars) is a redeco of Robotmasters Beast Convoy. The toy also features several deco differences: While the paint applications were similar to the first Robotmasters Beast Convoy toy, the mouth was painted blue like the Telemocha Convoy, the white paint uses on this toy are brighter white compared to the first toy, some of the Robot Mode's chest detailing features lavender white paint details, and the gunmetal paint were used for the Beast Mode face.
Remaining stock of the toy was sold through TakaraTomy Mall.


Legends

No guys. Guys....guys. This is way better than a new Generations mold. No guys. Guys. Trust me.
  • Convoy (Optimus Primal)[1] (Ultra, 2014-10-25)
    • ID number: LG02
    • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail
Legends Convoy is a redeco of the Beast Wars Reborn retool of the original Optimus Primal toy. While he shares the same paint mask to the Reborn figure, some of his parts featured a different paint applications; His gunmetal gray chest, face, fingers & chest paint details are now replaced with dark grey. He comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and volume 2 of the Transformers Legends Comic: Bonus Edition mini-comic.


Generations

Platinum Edition

Probably not as fun as a barrel of munkies.
  • Optimus Primal (Year of the Monkey exclusive, 2016)
    • Accessories: Disc
Sold at the rather expensive price of $140.00 (but often discounted), Platinum Edition "Year of the Monkey" Optimus Primal is a redeco of Robots in Disguise Air Attack Optimus Primal, with his coloration inspired by an amalgamation of Optimus Primes and/or Primal Prime. He retains all the electronic gimmicks from the previous toy, with an exception of the voice clips (unfortunately, only the lines "Optimus Primal" (said twice) and "Transformers" are played) and sound effects/music, which was newly recorded. He also sometimes yells "transform!" when pushing his chest, and now growls if you shoot the disc in beast mode or push his monkey head. The chest no longer hums after turning it on.
His current stock photos were mistransformed: both his robot and beast mode's chests were inverted, and his beast mode's thumbs were not rotated.


Titans Return

  • Optimus Primal (unreleased Titan Master, 2017)
For Titans Return, Hasbro apparently intended to release a Titan Master version of Optimus Primal, who would have been included in wave 5 alongside Ramhorn and Toraizer. A listing was first found in Toys"R"Us's systems.[2] Almost a year later, a listing was also found on Amazon's German website[3]; but ultimately, Ramhorn was the only new Titan Master figure included in wave 5, and it's currently unclear how far the Toraizer and Optimus Primal even made it in the planning stage. A Walmart listing under the UPC barcode assigned to Optimus Primal now reads as "discontinued by vendor".[4]
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.

Proceed on your way to oblivion.
This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Power of the Primes

If you don't want Beast Wars to win, don't put it on the ballot!
  • Evolution Optimal Optimus (Leader Class, 2018)
    • Japanese ID number: PP-27
    • Accessories: Evolution Armor, two cannons/clubs, Matrix of Leadership frame, Matrix of Leadership core
File:POTP-Leader-Optimus-Primal.jpg
And you wanted a gorilla? Pssh...
You still don't want a gorilla... right?
In accordance with his victory in a poll to choose the next Prime, Optimus Primal received a toy in Power of the Primes as Optimal Optimus. Optimus Primal transforms into a cargo ship, with Optimal Optimus' cockpit. He includes two cannons which can be held as clubs or as guns in robot mode, and they can store in the legs of the Evolution Armor in ape mode. According to Hasbro at Toy Fair 2018, this Optimus Primal is meant to represent his Cybertronian form.
He includes a Matrix of Leadership accessory with a removable center crystal, allowing any Prime Master to take its place. The Matrix can store in the cockpit, in reference to the Beast Wars episode "Optimal Situation". The Evolution Armor transforms into Optimal Optimus' gorilla mode, minus his backpack. The gorilla could ride Optimus Primal's ship mode as a surfboard, as a callback to Primal's Transmetal body and Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Deluxe figure. Optimus Primal can transform into a backpack for the gorilla, or combine with the armor to form a jet. He could then "evolve" by combining with the Evolution Armor to form Optimal Optimus. His two cannons can be placed on his chest or be left off and combined into a larger rifle or stored on his legs. Strangely, the stock photos have the top of Primal's head orange with blue in the middle, while the Takara stock images have it all blue.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.


Masterpiece

Best munky ever.
  • Convoy (Beast Wars) (2016-10-29)
    • Japanese ID number: MP-32
    • Accessories: Three ape faces, four robot faces, two Cyber Blades, skull flail (Asia exclusive)
Released to celebrate Beast Wars's 20th anniversary, Masterpiece Convoy is a faithful recreation of the character as he appeared in the Mainframe animated series.
It's a lost art of weaponry.
Matching his original figure, Convoy has two "cyber blade" swords, which can now be stored on his back in robot mode. Each wrist has cartoon-accurate flip-out "plasma cannons", while his "mega blaster" shoulder cannons have also been recreated. In robot mode, a panel can rotate in his posterior to reveal his "convoy jet".
Convoy has the new gimmick of light-up eyes. These are powered by two computer batteries stored in the beast mode head and activated by pressing down the robot mode head. They stay lit for about ten seconds. Convoy comes with three different gorilla faces: neutral; smiling and angry, and four different robot mode faces: open-mouthed; close-mouthed; smirking and original style mouthless faceplate.
Masterpiece Optimus Primal is an inch or two smaller than his original Ultra Class toy, comparable to Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy. Not shown in the instructions is a peghole in the waist, designed to allow Convoy to be mounted on a flying stand. Another undocumented feature is a peg on his back, that allows Generations Rattrap to ride on his back by plugging the aforementioned peg in the hole that is normally used for weapon storage in beast mode.
If bought in Asian countries outside of Japan, he also comes with a die-cast skull flail based on the one that came with the original toy. It comes packaged in a cardboard box designed to look like a crate of bananas.


  • Convoy (Beast Wars) Legendary Leader Ver. (2017-06-24)
    • Japanese ID number: MP-38
    • Accessories: Ape face, masked robot faces, two Cyber Blades, Double Blade, weapon rack, hammer, Beast Mask, backpack, bananas (Asia exclusive)
This Optimus Primal is a redeco of the first Masterpiece figure above, with the deco greatly resembling his original toy colors and his appearance in the Beast Wars Special "Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!". He also comes with a combined sword (representing putting both swords in the hand of the original toy), a "weapon rack" to mount said combined sword, an additional skull flail (a new mold from the Asia exclusive accessory that came from the first release), a new mask which is based on his original toy's mutant head, and a new backpack piece that mounts on the back peg to mount the combined swords, the skull mace and the mutant head mask on Primal's back.
If bought in Asian countries outside of Japan, he also comes with a bunch of bananas in a cardboard crate. Each banana is a separate piece that can be removed from the stalk piece.


Merchandise

  • Beast Wars Transformers Slide Puzzle (1996)
Released to advertise Beast War's airing in Japan, a small, hand-held slide-puzzle depicting Optimus Primal in robot mode, brandishing a sword, one arm cannon deployed, and looking very dynamic.


  • Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game (1997)
Optimus Primal was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars card game.


  • Beast Wars Transformers Sneakers (1997)
A pair of red, black and white sneakers, with the Beast Wars logo printed on the sole, a photo of Primal's beast mode head on the toe, and the name "OPTIMUS PRIMAL" repeated around the shoe's lateral.

Beast Wars Choco

  • Convoy vs Megatron (candy toy, 1997)
    • ID number: 1
Part of Kabaya's Beast Wars Choco line of candy toys, this small soft-rubber figurine of Optimus Primal—known in Japan as a keshigomu—came in a set with a similar figure of Megatron, along with a bio card and candy-covered chocolates. The figures were available in either translucent purple or smoky grey rubber.


Beast Wars Gum

Little Apetimus Prime
  • Convoy (candy toy, 1997)
    • ID number: 1
    • Accessories: Mace, two swords
A snap together model kit of Optimus Primal was available as part of Kabaya's Beast Wars Gum line of candy toys. Based on his original Ultra-class gorilla toy, the kit was sculpted from purple and black plastic with some sparse stickers for details, and could transform from robot to beast mode by being broken down into its component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. It came with a stick of gum.


Beast Wars Ramune

  • Convoy (1997)
A nontransformable figurine of bat-body Primal, sculpted in a sword-wielding action pose across a blue base. Figure is painted.
  • Convoy (candy toy, 1997)
A tiny plastic Convoy figurine in his gorilla body and molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 1 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Rattrap, Megatron, Cheetor, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

Hyper Beast Wars Choco

  • Transmetal Convoy (1999, Standard Kit)
Another small transformable figure was based on his first Transmetal body. It was multicolored and also came with gum.

Metallic Beast Ramune

  • Transmetal Convoy (1999, Standard Kit)
A second, but non-transformable figure of Transmetal Optimus Primal was made in clear plastic, blue, and gray. Gum!


Crystal Figure

  • Convoy & Arthur (Summer Toei Anime Fair present, 1999)
Released along with Arthur from the Chiisana Kyoujin Microman anime, this Optimus Primal Crystal Figure is a small transparent light blue figurine based on his Transmetal form. He and Arthur is available for the boy's section of the pre-screening purchase.


Metal Monument

Hungh!
  • Metal Monument Convoy (TAKARA, 1999)
As the name suggests, the product is a die-cast statue of Optimus Primal. The head is convertible/removable in order to change the normal one with the battle mask/mutant head. The box art and the design of the product are both done by Hirofumi Ichikawa.


Titanium Series

This Primal wasn't built—it was poured!
  • Optimus Primal (3" Robot Master figurine, 2006)
    • Accessories: Stand
This 3-inch die-cast and plastic figurine of Optimus Primal features him in his Beast Wars season 1 appearance, with swords drawn in an action pose. He came with an Autobot figure stand, weirdly enough.


3D Battle-Card Game

  • Optimus Primal (2007)
All your favorite 3D action!
A 52-point "rare" character in the 3D Battle-Card Game's "Energon Wars" expansion, Optimus Primal "transforms" into a black ape. He uses the same parts layout as Cheetor, Ravage, and Rampage, although the figure's beast mode is assembled differently. Optimus Primal is nominally the leader of the Autobots in the set. The surface of the figure uses images of the original Ultra ape toy.


Robot Heroes

Beast Wars Series

Primal mocks Tarantulas's inability to display jazz hands.
  • Optimus Primal / Predacon Tarantulas (2008)
Part of the second wave of Universe Robot Heroes, this PVC figurine of Optimus Primal's original gorilla body has articulation in the shoulders and neck. He was available only in a "Beast Wars Series" two-pack with Tarantulas (amusingly enough, the Predacon he also came with in the MicroVerse Orcanoch playset).


Beast Machines Series

The next Bio-Force Ape? Only time will tell.
  • Optimus Primal vs. Jetstorm (2009)
  • Series: Beast Machines Series
Optimus Primal would have come with Jetstorm in this set. Like the other later Robot Heroes waves, this toy was cancelled because retailers only wanted Revenge of the Fallen toys. Some managed to trickle out into the wild - the picture seen here comes from an eBay auction. He looks... Unhinged, to say the least.
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.

Proceed on your way to oblivion.
This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

  • The design of Optimus Primal's bat form is an homage to Batman, an action figure license also held at the time by Kenner.[5]
  • According to Bob Forward at a BotCon panel, the "Flight Mode" Primal has in first season of the Beast Wars animation is a vestigial reference to the bat-form, the concept being that Primal and Megatron would each have had 4(!) modes, able to transform freely between them. This was ultimately considered too difficult to animate, and the concept was dropped, Primal's "Prime Jets" being a way to prevent re-writing the flight-related parts of the scripts.
  • Primal's gorilla mode, paired against Megatron's T.rex mode, was inspired by the showdown in the film King Kong.[6]
  • According to the control art of Optimus Primal's toy, his chest originally seemed to be a kind of launcher instead of being an homage to the Matrix.[7]

References

  1. ↑ LG02 Convoy's packaging has "Optimus Primal" as the accompanying English subtitle to "コンボイ".
  2. ↑ Toys"R"Us listings for then upcoming Titans Return figures, including Titan Master "Optimus Prime".
  3. ↑ Amazon Germany listing for Titans Return Optimus Primal.
  4. ↑ Walmart listing for what would have been Titans Return Optimus Primal, now "discontinued by vendor".
  5. ↑ Page 78, Toy database section in Beast Wars Universe
  6. ↑ Botcon 2004 Interview with Vinnie D'Alleva, p2
  7. ↑ Page 50, Toy database section in Beast Wars Universe
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