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 the Generation 1 continuity family.
Dr. Arkeville spent years personally constructing Nemesis Prime piece by stolen piece, hiding his handiwork from both Concurrence agents and the Decepticons. Designed to be the ultimate military commander, he has arguably the mightiest Binaltech Transformer body ever constructed, with a life-force pulled from an amazingly powerful extra-spatial source.
- (Note: This information was not included on Nemesis Prime's packaging, but was distributed online to promote the figure's availability at San Diego Comic-Con. It was later confirmed to be the work of Hasbro copywriter Forest Lee, who indicated the "extra-spatial source" that Arkeville tapped into was actually a pocket dimension that serves as Unicron's power battery - and that Unicron gave Arkeville exactly what he wanted, in the form of a Spark fragment from Unicron's own attempt at cloning an Optimus Prime. [1]
Japanese name: Black Convoy
Binaltech
Dr. Arkeville was creating a black Optimus clone to replace Megatron as a better leader when he was interrupted. A glowing orb emerging from a mysterious time warp used the black painted Optimus Binaltech body as a host and then went to the Dinobot Island to repair the time rifts caused by "Operation: Distant Thunder", thus effectively establishing a new Binatechverse. This new black Optimus entrusted the Autobots in keeping "the Protector"'s spark, who is supposed be a future hero of their newly created dimension. But then the black Optimus rejected Vector Prime because he couldn't stand his righteous spark anymore. Now, as Nemesis Prime, he returned to Arkeville's lair, where the doctor finished connecting him to an ancient and evil life force.
Toys
Alternators/Binaltech
- Nemesis Prime (Alternator, 2006)
- Alternators ID number: 24
- Nemesis Prime is a black redeco of Alternators/Kiss Players Optimus Prime with red translucent windows and blue paint detail. Like Optimus, it transforms into a Dodge Ram SRT-10 at 1:24 scale, with opening doors, hood, and tailgate, plus an open passenger compartment. Its engine transforms into a handgun.
- It was initially sold exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con 2006 and limitedly at Hasbro Toy Shop, selling out roughly an hour after its 2pm sales debut.
- Later, it was offered in Australia through online stores. A few weeks later it showed up in massive numbers in the Australian retail store Toy World for half the price.
- The Japanese release, Black Convoy, was available exclusively at the winter Wonder Festival in 2007. The deco is slightly different, with the blue in different places and more grey.
