White Gallant Convoy
- White Gallant Convoy is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
White Gallant Convoy(ホワイト勇敢なる
When things get rough, he can combine with Prowl, Groove, Rook and Streetwise to upgrade himself into White Convoy Grand Prime (ホワイト.
Fiction
Generations Selects comic
White Gallant Convoy drove through a town on the White Planet one morning, on his way to the White Order base enjoying greeting the citizens and the pleasant snowy air. Pleased with how well he and the other White Warriors had been protecting public order, he wasn't too concerned when Prowl informed him that two interdimensional interlopers were doing battle on the Blue Planet. Watching the battle between Star Convoy and Super Megatron, he marvelled at the Autobot leader's own gallantry as Prowl commented on his physical resemblance to White. With Primus having apparently spoken of a coming visitor from the "next world", White came to the conclusion that Star Convoy was following White's own motto of freedom being the right of all sentient beings because he was the reincarnation of White! He gravely noted then that in order for Star Convoy to be born, he would inevitably have to die...God Neptune comic 3
A few hours later, White and the rest of his order received a telepathic message from Primus, warning that the Blue Order had been destroyed, and that Megatron would soon be on his way to steal the other repositories of Star Power from the Vanguard. White would then be informed of an attack on the White Planet, though rather than Megatron, it was a giant turtle: an Angolmois-empowered Halfshell. God Neptune comic 1 Halfshell defeated the White Order and stole the White Matrix, empowering God Neptune to the level of a true god God Neptune comic 2.
White wasn't out of action yet, however, and flew into space to take on the combiner in his Grand Prime mode. As he rocketed towards God Neptune, restrained by the other Primus Vanguard commanders, he telepathically contacted Star Convoy, leaving the future to him. At the last second, however, God Neptune was able to break free and swing his Neptune Sword, bisecting White. God Neptune comic 3 White still wasn't defeated, having hidden his spark inside the Neptune Sword, copying a trick from Blue Big Convoy. Speaking to a morose Halfshell through the blade, he revealed that he now understood that Halfshell had merely been doing the dirty work of an unseen foe to revive his fallen crew, and encouraged him to do the right thing, leading Halfshell to cut the now-evolved Megatron Omega in half. God Neptune comic 4
Toys
- Battle Core Optimus Prime (Voyager Class, 2015)
- 3 of 5: Optimus Maximus
- Accessories: Two blasters (combine into large rifle)
- "Battle Core Optimus Prime" is a white redeco and slight retool of the previous Combiner Wars Optimus figure. According to the Hasbro panel at BotCon 2015, his new head is based on Star Convoy (see above). For some reason, his deco appears to be influenced by Nova Prime.
- The figure features newly redesigned hip ratchets to make both robot and combiner mode stable, which were also installed in both TakaraTomy's Motormaster, Grand Scourge, and a revision wave of Hasbro's Motormaster. The pegs that Legends Class Rodimus (or Blackjack) attach to have also been slightly modified to provide a tighter fit, making the latter toy much less prone to falling out.
- Battle Core Optimus Prime can combine with any Deluxe Class toys with the Combiner Wars-styled joint—but, of course, he is intended to be combined with Sunstreaker, Mirage, Prowl, and Ironhide to form Optimus Maximus. He can also combine with Unite Warriors Streetwise, Groove, Prowl, and Combiner Wars Rook to form White Convoy Grand Prime, as seen in the Generations Selects Special Comic promoting God Neptune. Grand Prime specifically uses the white combiner hands and feet used in the Unite Warriors release of Superion.
- Battle Core Optimus Prime comes packaged with a collector's card based on his packaging art. the prototype printed on the back of the box & the stock photos, and the CG model in the instructions had him possessing a single tampographed/stickered symbol on his left arm.
- He and the last three waves of Combiner Wars Deluxe and Voyager figures later showed up in the U.S. at TJ Maxx at reduced prices.
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Trivia
- While the Combiner Wars Voyager Class Optimus mould is already a strong reference to the Energon incarnation of the character, White is shown with a trailer that resembles Prime's in that series. Furthermore, that character's Japanese name was Grand Convoy, and this guy's combined form is White Convoy Grand Prime.
