Revisiting some of my Optimus Primes... Prime by itself may not be that spectacular but in a combined "Super Mode", they are awesome!
(Credit : TFwiki)
(Credit : TFwiki)
Over the years, it has become a recurring theme for the various incarnations of the Optimus Prime character across the numerous Transformers franchises or series not only to die, but also to assume some form of "Super Mode". This is typically, achieved either by Prime's robot mode combining with his trailer or with another Autobot(s).
Car Robots / Robots in Disguise
In 2000, Takara released a new character based on Generation 1 Optimus Prime as part of their "Car Robots" line. Named "Fire Convoy", his alternate mode was a fire engine. The engine's cab would transform into Fire Convoy's "standard" robot mode, which in turn could combine with the rear part of the fire engine into a "super" robot mode similar to Powermaster Optimus Prime.
Furthermore, Fire Convoy in his "Super Mode" could combine with his brother God Magnus to form God Fire Convoy. The characters in all their modes also appeared in the "Car Robots" cartoon. One year later, Hasbro imported the "Car Robots" line to the rest of the world and renamed it "Robots in Disguise". The characters were also renamed, with Fire Convoy becoming Optimus Prime, God Magnus becoming Ultra Magnus, and God Fire Convoy becoming Omega Prime.
Fire Convoy / Optimus Prime
"Banana" Convoy / Sam's Club Optimus Prime
Furthermore, Fire Convoy in his "Super Mode" could combine with his brother God Magnus to form God Fire Convoy. The characters in all their modes also appeared in the "Car Robots" cartoon. One year later, Hasbro imported the "Car Robots" line to the rest of the world and renamed it "Robots in Disguise". The characters were also renamed, with Fire Convoy becoming Optimus Prime, God Magnus becoming Ultra Magnus, and God Fire Convoy becoming Omega Prime.
God Fire Convoy / Omega Prime
Unicron Trilogy
Armada Optimus Prime had multiple recurring combinations. In toy form, Super-Base Optimus Prime was very similar to Powermaster Optimus Prime, namely a semi truck with the cab transforming into a "standard" robot mode, which could then combine with the trailer into a "super" robot mode. Furthermore, instead of the trailer, the "standard" robot could also combine with Jetfire into "Jet Prime" (also named "Jet Optimus"). Lastly, Optimus, in both combinations with either his trailer or Jetfire, could further combine with Overload into "Optimus Prime Megaweapon" or in the Japanese version, "Magna Jet Convoy".
Magna Jet Convoy / Optimus Prime Megaweapon
Armada Primes
The Cybertron version of Optimus Prime had some kind of futuristic fire truck as his alternate mode. The cab and truck bed would form the "standard" robot mode, with the rest of the truck mount serving as "super mode" add-ons (actually explicitly called "Galaxy Convoy Super Mode" in the Japanese Galaxy Force version of the cartoon, and "Optimus Prime Super Mode in early episodes of the English dub). Furthermore, Cybertron Prime could combine with Leobreaker into "Savage Claw Mode" (with Leobreaker serving as a claw arm), or with Wing Saber into "Sonic Wing Mode". (A combination with both Leobreaker and Wing Saber is possible with the toys, but somewhat unstable.) In the Japanese version, Galaxy Convoy is to combine with Sonic Bomber to form Sonic Convoy.
EX-02 Sonic Convoy
