Purple Wicked Convoy

Purple Wicked Convoy is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Bump into him in the street and he'll drop a Monstructor on your ass.

That someone like Purple Wicked Convoy (パープル邪悪なる司令官 (コンボイ) Pāpuru Jaakunaru Konboi, lit. "Wicked Commander Purple") could be a commander in the holy Primus Vanguard may come as a surprise to some. Exceedingly cunning, he'll seemingly leap on any chance to obtain even greater power, but usually leaves the heavy lifting to another party, like his collection of Pretender Monsters. He'd rather stand on the sidelines or sit in his base on the Purple Planet as he watches the action, enjoying his trademark grape popsicle. The fact that his Purple Order is composed entirely of Shockwaves probably raises some eyebrows too, not to mention his self-proclaimed title of "Defender of Chaos". But Primus chose him to guard the Purple Matrix for a reason, and are you gonna question his judgement?

The popsicle is also his signature weapon. Yes, really.

Fiction

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Purple Wicked Convoy was conferring with a number of Purple Warriors when Primus sent word to the Primus Vanguard to be on their guard following the destruction of the Blue Order at the hands of the Straxuses and Ultra Megatron Omega. While the rest of the Vanguard was attacked by the Seacons, Megatron and the Straxuses attacked the Purple Planet directly. Shockwave then reported to Purple that they had lost contact with the other Vanguard members. Sensing an opportunity, Purple contacted Megatron with an offer to join forces and conquer the universe. God Neptune comic 1

The Purple-Megatron-Straxus alliance made their way into outer space to meet God Neptune, who had already stolen the other Matrices and had his sights set on the Purple Matrix and the Blue Matrix held by Megatron. Purple hung back as various challengers attacked the combiner, including Megatron and the remaining Primus Vanguard commanders, before allowing Megatron to combine with his trailer into a new "SF Gun mode", whose power was enough to force God Neptune apart. He then enjoyed an ice lolly and looked on as the Straxuses fretted over Ultra Megatron following his bisection at the hands of Halfshell. God Neptune comic 2

Toys

Generations

A reflection of a reflection of a reflection... Is Purple Wicked Convoy the Waluigi of Transformers?

• Shattered Glass Optimus Prime (November 2016)
  • Accessories: Ion blaster, Matrix accessory, energon-axe, trailer/Combat Deck

Shattered Glass Optimus Prime was repurposed as Purple Wicked Convoy.

After several knockoffs and unofficial releases, "Shattered Glass Optimus Prime" was finally released as an official Hasbro Asia exclusive, and it is a redeco of heroic Masterpiece MP-10 Convoy. He transforms into a Freightliner FL86, and comes with a hand-held laser blaster which can collapse and store inside a compartment on his back in either mode, as well as a battle axe that slips over Optimus Prime's right hand. He also lacks the Spike Witwicky figurine. Shattered Glass Optimus Prime also comes with his own Combat Deck. The packaging design very closely resembles then-concurrent Generations-branded Platinum Edition, featuring numerous elements otherwise unique to Platinum Edition packaging, except the title "Platinum Edition" is replaced by "Shattered Glass".

Notes

• In an ouroboros of Japanese Transformers fandom nerdery, Purple's character contains several references to the character of Akane Shinjo (新条アカネ Shinjō Akane) from Studio Trigger's 2018 anime, SSSS.Gridman, which heavily pulled from Shattered Glass itself; Akane's main outfit and various accessories are patterned after Shattered Glass Optimus (including glasses cracked on the right side). Her kaijū figure collection is represented by the aforementioned Pretender Monsters as well as statues of the Fusion creatures, while Purple's Shockwave cohorts contacting him via holographic screen is reminiscent of her alien benefactor Alexis Kerib.