Talk:Optimus Prime (RID)

I've noticed that all the links that read "Optimus Prime (RID)" don't direct here because of the uppercase "I". Is it worth a redirect from "(RID)" or should we just fix the uppercase "I" every time we see them? --DrSpengler 20:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Much as I dig the Universe incarnation coloration... I think we should probably use an "original" color picture. --M Sipher 01:25, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Universe RiD mini-Prime?

I'm fuzzy on the details... but is the Basic-sized Wal*Mart RiD Prime considered a separate character? He was in the OTFCC 04 script reading as a specifically alt-universe version, yes? --M Sipher 02:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, he was. All the little Spychanger guys were from a distinct universe. Everyone's small there. --ItsWalky 13:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Costco exclusive

Doesn't his bio seem to indicate that he's AEC Prime?

Yeah, but then that toy was used in fiction as RiD Prime crossed over into the UT universe. He's a fun one. --ItsWalky 13:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Minicon ports?

Does this mean that Mini-cons were in development as a concept before Armada?

No. --Detour 16:00, 22 March 2009 (EDT)

"Hypergoldfish! GOLFBALL"?

What is that referring to? Im a bell 21:44, 11 January 2010 (EST)

Wondering the same. Only thing that turned up from Google was ebay user Hypergoldfish, who apparently included a free golfball with something.--86.87.28.191 19:23, 19 January 2010 (EST)

It's what the Japanese toy's sound effects sound like he's saying. --ItsWalky 20:56, 19 January 2010 (EST)

Here's where it all started.--Apcog 22:14, 20 January 2010 (EST)

I still maintain it's "I'm a blowfish!" --Salt-Man Z 17:21, 11 June 2010 (EDT)

Maybe it's just all the anime I've watched, but I can't hear it as anything other than "Cybertron senshi, transform!" Takeshi357 (talk) 09:44, 18 February 2015 (EST)

Repurposed?

Prime is in the "Repurposed toys" category. Is that because the yellow spy changer was repurposed? If so, the category can be removed since we don't put the toys that were repurposed from in the category. - Starfield 00:36, 9 June 2010 (EDT)

The Cybertron deco of RiD Prime was meant to be the UT character, but was used to represent the RiD character in the Cybertron comic. —Interrobang 02:27, 9 June 2010 (EDT)

Hall Of Fame

SHOULD we consider him as such?--BlackStarscream 13:40, 19 June 2012 (EDT)

Er, yes, why wouldn't we? --abates 16:38, 19 June 2012 (EDT)

"Possibly due to the fact that he is not intended to be Optimus Prime in the original Car Robot series." It just seems like the RID characters are different individuals. Conspicously, not only are they missing from the video tributs (though I only know that from the wiki) but the display cases at Botcon also don't have their figures among the numerous other figures that are there.--BlackStarscream 17:50, 27 June 2012 (EDT)

"Possibly due to the fact that he is not intended to be Optimus Prime in the original Car Robot series. " is in reference to him not being killed off during the cartoon, not his inclusion in the hall of fame. The RID dub pretty clearly made him "Optimus Prime" for the purposes of Hasbro's markets. --abates 18:33, 27 June 2012 (EDT)

He is Optimus Prime, the end. --ItsWalky 21:13, 27 June 2012 (EDT)

Organization

Holy shit, there has to be a better way to organize this. There's headings full of stuff from other pieces of fiction, discreet incarnations of characters collected under one heading... and shouldn't the version from Universe who later went on to star in the Fun Pub comics have his information in "3H" and "Fun Pub" sections under the cartoon continuity header, since he comes from a post-cartoon setting? Different stream, sure, but we list plenty of different streams under cartoon headers across the wiki. - Chris McFeely (talk) 16:50, 18 August 2015 (EDT)

Eh, I'm not sure how we can get around Universe Optimus being one definite specific guy throughout those stories. Nobody else's going to play with that version but the fan club (3H or FunPub), so I also don't see the point in splitting up his story across sections. No opinion on whether he should be under cartoon continuity. Saix (talk) 17:00, 18 August 2015 (EDT)

I sense a McFeely'd article in the near future.... Escargon (talk) 17:03, 18 August 2015 (EDT)

However this gets reorganzied, I absolutely think a mention of the female version needs to be put back in the opening section. Because seriously, a canonically female Optimus Prime is absolutely noteworthy, no matter how minor and retconned her appearance was. Honestly I'm not sure she shouldn't still have an article of her own. --KilMichaelMcC (talk) 17:10, 18 August 2015 (EDT)