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).

No, I am not Devil Gorilla. Please stop asking.

Hailing from an alternate universe, Nemesis Primal is a monstrous clone of the noble Optimus Primal, armed with swords the color of freshly-spilled blood.

Fiction

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

Closer than ever to reaching the AllSpark, the Autobots awakened after crash-landing on pre-Ice Age Earth. While battling the Decepticons, both sides were joined by the Maximals and Predacons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies. Kingdom webpage

After obtaining the Allspark, Bumblebee escaped through a space bridge to protect it from the Decepticons. Arriving in an alternate universe, he faced new beast threats including Nemesis Primal. Buzzworthy Bumblebee Worlds Collide product description

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, transforming from a robot accurate to his heroic counterpart's appearance in the first season of Beast Wars into a purple-skinned gorilla in 22 steps, as well as a third King Kong-styled bipedal gorilla. Nemesis replaces Optimus Primal'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.

Nemesis Primal makes up for his 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 peg hole, 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, it is an exclusive to Target in the U.S.