First teased at Hasbro Pulse Con 2024[1], and given a full reveal later at Cybertron Con that year, Age of the Primes revolves around the mythical Thirteen Primes and their descendants.[2] Unlike the Thirteen's diminutive toys in the 2018 Power of the Primes line, these are standard-sized figures, drawing from multiple of their designs, and each including their artifact. Age of the Primes also continues the standard of scale, articulation, and compatibility for 3 mm effects and 5 mm weapons/armor set by the War for Cybertron Trilogy. The "descendants" of the Primes, much like Legacy, are based on characters from multiple Transformers series. Additionally, the Core Class assortment was discontinued, and the Titan Class toys were decreased in size and luckily, price.
Outside of the Thirteen, a substantial part of the toyline is dedicated to the Combiner teams: the Aerialbots and the Combaticons. The Aerialbots utilize a similar system to the LegacyStunticons, with a Commander Class toy transforming into the torso and combining with an included frame for four Deluxe Class toys to attach to, but with the new gimmick of the limb bots being interchangeable.
This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.
Notes
Concurrently with 2025’s Studio Series assortment, the toyline sees a return to the plastic windows not seen on Transformers packaging since War for Cybertron: Kingdom. Also concurrently with Studio Series, the boxes are now less decorated than their predecessors, replacing the full package artwork with an all-black design that has art of the figure’s robot and alternate forms on one side of the window, with the robot form on the left side of the box and the toyline’s poster on the right, and little graphics on the front showing the toy’s step count.
Age of the Primes is a two-year long toyline[2][3], unlike the War for Cybertron Trilogy and Legacy, which were at three.
Age of the Primes coincides with the Thirteen's feature film role in Transformers One.
↑ 2.02.1"The best part of the next 2 years is, you’ll not only collect the 13 primes but theres an amazing plethora of bots that are all descendents of the primes, you can collect them all, finish mini collections, and guess their energon bloodline."—Mark Maher, Instagram, 2024/11/26
