Nemesis Primal

This article is about the evil, black Optimus Primal clone. For the evil, black Optimus Prime clones, see Nemesis Prime (disambiguation).

Nemesis Primal is a Predacon from the War for Cybertron Trilogy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family (via Buzzworthy Bumblebee).

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Because Rodimus Primal was already taken.

Nemesis Primal is the monstrous spitting image of the noble Optimus Primal, armed with swords the color of freshly-spilled blood.

Toys

Generations

Buzzworthy Bumblebee

• Worlds Collide (4-pack, 2021)
  • Series: War for Cybertron Trilogy
  • Accessories: Twin swords

Released as part of the Buzzworthy Bumblebee "Worlds Collide" 4-pack, Nemesis Primal is a new-head retool of Kingdom Optimus Primal; replacing his heroic counterpart's distinctive lips-in-mouthplate (based on the animation model) with a more traditional mouthplate (based on the original toy). He also has narrower, eviler-looking eyes than Optimus Primal.

Nemesis Primal transforms from a cartoon-accurate robot into a purple-skinned gorilla in 22 steps, as well as a third King Kong-styled bipedal gorilla. The figure makes up for its size with above-average articulation, including butterfly shoulder joints, double-jointed knees, opening hands, rotating shins for a foot point, and toe articulation in both modes. Nemesis Primal also has fold-out shoulder cannons, two crimson-bladed swords that store on his back in either mode, and pop-out jointed forearm blasters. A rarity for the War for Cybertron Trilogy, Nemesis Primal has no 5 mm ports barring his hands, making him largely incompatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System. However, he still features 3 mm posts at the end of his blaster tips, as well as his buttflap; helping to replicate Optimus Primal's "Primejets" from the Beast Wars cartoon. Nemesis Primal's hands also feature articulated fingers along with a thumb molded to approximate the 5 mm peghole, although due to this he cannot hold both swords in one hand as Optimus Primal's original figure could.

Included in the set alongside Nemesis Primal is Blackarachnia, Fangry with Brisko and Bumblebee. The set was found in a Walmart in the U.S. prior to an official reveal from Hasbro, possibly due to a shipment error. As with other Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys, and by the fact the toy was found in Target internal systems, it will likely be exclusive to Target in the U.S.