Title:
Optimus Prime Powermaster With Apex
Description:
Autobot Apex & Powermaster Optimus Prime (Leader Class, 2016)
Accessories: Two blasters, two shoulder cannons, Apex Titan Master
A heavy retool of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus, this Optimus Prime is based on the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy from 1988. Despite this, Hi-Q (now renamed ’Autobot Apex’, presumably for trademark reasons) doesn’t form the engine on Prime’s chest; instead, he transforms into a de-faceplated version of the original Powermaster Optimus Prime cab robot head, over which a helmet slides during transformation to complete the Powermaster Prime look. In all three of Optimus Prime’s modes are various pegs and seats with which Titan Master figures can interact. Like other Leader Class figures, his base mode can connect to other Titan Returns figures with base modes.
Most notably in terms of new tooling, the panels on the undersides of Powermaster Optimus Prime’s forearms feature slots under the fists, which allow the guns to tab in and be held much more stably than with Ultra Magnus. And due to the amount of empty space in the cab area in vehicle mode, Powermaster Prime can fully transform without the need to remove his head.
Powermaster Optimus Prime also comes with a collector’s card based on his packaging art.
In an undocumented feature, because he comes with the same rifles as Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus, his weapons can be combined into a huge, multi-barreled rifle. His instructions show that one of the two Titan Master seat guns can peg onto the top of his chest plate in base mode, but are unclear on exactly how. The tab on the chest plate plugs into the hole where the Titan Master’s feet peg in. However, in doing so the Titan Master will no longer fit. Due to the extra panels that were added to the legs, Optimus has trouble standing flat on both feet. Fortunately, this doesn’t have any serious effect on the toy’s stability due to the size of the feet. His gray plastic comes tinged somewhat, perhaps as a result of a yellowed specimen of the original Powermaster figure (such as the one on this very page) being used as a reference. He comes with two different Autobot symbols: The ones on the shoulders are a Movie variant, while the trailer features a Generation 1-styled insignia.
Fortress Maximus’s instructions depict him as part of the Cybertron City combination. Meanwhile, the "Siege on Cybertron” instructions show him as a part of the Nemesis Command combination, albeit mislabeled as Autobot Blaster.
This mold was further retooled as Legends Super Ginrai, which was redecoed into Siege On Cybertron Magnus Prime.
Accessories: Two blasters, two shoulder cannons, Apex Titan Master
A heavy retool of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus, this Optimus Prime is based on the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy from 1988. Despite this, Hi-Q (now renamed ’Autobot Apex’, presumably for trademark reasons) doesn’t form the engine on Prime’s chest; instead, he transforms into a de-faceplated version of the original Powermaster Optimus Prime cab robot head, over which a helmet slides during transformation to complete the Powermaster Prime look. In all three of Optimus Prime’s modes are various pegs and seats with which Titan Master figures can interact. Like other Leader Class figures, his base mode can connect to other Titan Returns figures with base modes.
Most notably in terms of new tooling, the panels on the undersides of Powermaster Optimus Prime’s forearms feature slots under the fists, which allow the guns to tab in and be held much more stably than with Ultra Magnus. And due to the amount of empty space in the cab area in vehicle mode, Powermaster Prime can fully transform without the need to remove his head.
Powermaster Optimus Prime also comes with a collector’s card based on his packaging art.
In an undocumented feature, because he comes with the same rifles as Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus, his weapons can be combined into a huge, multi-barreled rifle. His instructions show that one of the two Titan Master seat guns can peg onto the top of his chest plate in base mode, but are unclear on exactly how. The tab on the chest plate plugs into the hole where the Titan Master’s feet peg in. However, in doing so the Titan Master will no longer fit. Due to the extra panels that were added to the legs, Optimus has trouble standing flat on both feet. Fortunately, this doesn’t have any serious effect on the toy’s stability due to the size of the feet. His gray plastic comes tinged somewhat, perhaps as a result of a yellowed specimen of the original Powermaster figure (such as the one on this very page) being used as a reference. He comes with two different Autobot symbols: The ones on the shoulders are a Movie variant, while the trailer features a Generation 1-styled insignia.
Fortress Maximus’s instructions depict him as part of the Cybertron City combination. Meanwhile, the "Siege on Cybertron” instructions show him as a part of the Nemesis Command combination, albeit mislabeled as Autobot Blaster.
This mold was further retooled as Legends Super Ginrai, which was redecoed into Siege On Cybertron Magnus Prime.
Theme:
Titans Return
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2016
Date Added:
2022-01-30 20:56:01
Date Added:
2022-01-30 20:56:01
