Nemesis Prime (G1)
| The name or term "Nemesis Prime" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nemesis Prime (disambiguation). |
- Nemesis Prime is a Decepticon in theGeneration 1 continuity family.
Nemesis Prime is the evil clone of Optimus Prime. Like his heroic counterpart, Nemesis Prime desires honorable battle. However, he defines "honor" quite a bit differently; his version of honor involves a massive bodycount.
[Profile and Bio]
For years, Dr. Arkeville has labored during his rare free moments in a laboratory hidden even from his Decepticon allies, as well as the prying eyes of Concurrence agents. He has painstakingly built this shell with his own hands, made out of parts pilfered from Decepticon repair lockers over a period of months. It is the most powerful of the Binaltech bodies created: a near perfect melding of robot technology, Earthling construction and miniaturization techniques, enhanced with the improvisations of one of Earth s most brilliant technical minds. This plan was hatched years ago when Arkeville had the opportunity to remain close to Optimus Prime long enough to acquire a near-complete scan of his programming using a subspace-impulse cloner of his own design. Years of hacking since has brought Arkeville to a level of understanding of Transformers programming decades beyond any other on Earth. Housed within this deadly shell is a near complete clone of the great Optimus Prime, reprogrammed as a tool of destruction and a scion of command. If Megatron cannot be trusted to destroy the Autobots and leave Earth in his hands, then Arkeville will provide the Decepticons with a leader more than fully capable of doing so. His Nemesis Prime is more than a weapon; he is the ultimate military commander ruthless, efficient, calculating and above all wise. He is a consummate warrior, a perfect fighter, a victory engine. One thing only remains: to provide a motive force, that thing the Transformers refer to as a Spark. Recent experimentation with the subspace displacement technology of the Autobot Translink Project has revealed an extra-spatial power source of unheard of proportions. Linking this power source to his creation should be a simple matter of constructing the appropriate subspace conduits. And once this is done Nemesis Prime will rise, and all who stand against him will be laid waste
Toys
Alternators
- Nemesis Prime (Alternator, 2006)
- Nemesis Prime is a black redeco of Alternators Optimus Prime with red translucent windows and blue paint detail. Like Optimus, he transforms into a Dodge Ram SRT-10. His engine transforms into a handgun.
He was initially sold exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con 2006 and limitedly at Hasbro Toy Shop late at night. Later he was offered in Australia as an exclusive to online store Case Fresh. A few weeks later he showed up in massive numbers in the Australian retail store Toy World for half the price.
