Apex Armor (G1)
- Apex Armor is a battle suit from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Apex Armor is a battle suit which can provide the Autobot commander with weapon blast deflection in heated battles. When not used as armor, the suit can become a combat drone called the Apex Bomber.
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
When war erupted between the newly-formed Decepticons and the Autobot security force, Sentinel Prime's troops defended Kaon. The Autobots were not making any headway against the Decepticons, so Sentinel Prime decided he was "going Apex". His troops covered him while he drove to the Apex facilities to procure a set of Apex Armor. The council rejected his request to use the armor, so he blasted his way into the facility and took it anyway.
When Sentinel Prime returned to battle, he was challenged by Megatron. Megatron wasn't much of a match for the armored up Sentinel until Megatron exploited a weakness in the armor right under the chin of the helmet.
Something went "THOOOOOM!" and Sentinel Prime was left defeated in the bottom of a crater. Megatron used the armor to make a throne. Megatron Origin issue 4
Exiles
The Apex Armor is one of the relics of The Thirteen, and was created by Solus Prime.Exiles
Toys
Commemorative Series
- Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor (2003)
- Accessories: Hi-Q Powermaster unit, 2 Laser Rifles, 2 Twin Particle Beam Cannons, Super Robot head, missile launcher, 2 missiles, Apex Bomber chest/trailer top, 2 legs (left & right), 2 arms (left and right), Armor chest/trailer front, 2 wings (left & right)
- Marketed as a reissue of Powermaster Optimus Prime, this Toys R Us-exclusive Commemorative Series figure is in truth based on the Ginrai tooling on the toy that had previously been exclusive to Japan. It features a die-cast metal cab with translucent blue windows, and shortened, chrome smokestacks, and comes packaged with the drone Apex Bomber (formerly Ginrai's partner Godbomber), who splits into several components and combines with Prime to form "Apex Armor". As with all other Commemorative Series figures, Prime's new spring-loaded missile launcher featured an elongated missile.
