Optimus Primal (BWSG)

This article is about the evil Maximal. For his heroic counterpart, see Optimus Primal (BW). For a list of other meanings, see Optimus Primal (disambiguation).

Optimus Primal is an evil Maximal from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

This just got a whole lot more interesting.

Optimus Primal is the leader of the nefarious Maximals.

Fiction

Shattered Glass

Primal and his crew were presumably aboard the Axalon when their ship and the Darksyde traveled through a spacetime rift to prehistoric Earth. Shattered Destiny Ultimately, he and his crew were defeated and captured by the Predacons to be taken back to Cybertron. Coalescence

Toys

Universe (2003)

• Optimus Primal (Ultra, 2003)
  • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail

The Universe version of Optimus Primal was repurposed as the Shattered Glass incarnation of Optimus Primal.

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.

• More information on Universe Optimus Primal at TFU.info