Title:
Primus Robot Mode
Description:
Primus (2006)
ID number: 00
Accessories: Omega Lock, two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key
Known designers: Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), , Eric Siebenaler (initial concept), Hirofumi Ichikawa (concept artist)
Designed by Hirofumi Ichikawa, Primus was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint Cybertron/Galaxy Force toylines, but was released in Japan in the Generation 1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line a few months after Galaxy Force had ended its run. This release can be considered a prerelease of the Cybertron toy because it features Hasbro’s Cyber Key Codes that the Galaxy Force line lacked.
Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers’ creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than Armada Unicron, with visible cities, including Iacon, based upon its appearance in the DK Publishing book, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, and Kaon, specifically Kolkular, as seen in The War Within. On the "bottom” of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.
Primus’s transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a Powermaster, in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top” of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons” swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.
In robot mode, Primus resembles both the Beast Wars Neo Unicron prototype as well as Don Figueroa’s Primus concept, created for The War Within and used in The Ultimate Guide. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable articulated "manipulator arms”. Unfortunately, despite being in the same size class as his brother, Primus’s height is 2/3rds of Unicron’s.
Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station” mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like the Enterprise... backwards.
In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code sp8u tampographed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four Cyber Planet Keys, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con 5 mm powerlinx posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.
This mold was later redecoed to make The Last Knight Cybertron, itself later repurposed as the non-sentient planet-base Neo Primus.
ID number: 00
Accessories: Omega Lock, two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key
Known designers: Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), , Eric Siebenaler (initial concept), Hirofumi Ichikawa (concept artist)
Designed by Hirofumi Ichikawa, Primus was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint Cybertron/Galaxy Force toylines, but was released in Japan in the Generation 1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line a few months after Galaxy Force had ended its run. This release can be considered a prerelease of the Cybertron toy because it features Hasbro’s Cyber Key Codes that the Galaxy Force line lacked.
Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers’ creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than Armada Unicron, with visible cities, including Iacon, based upon its appearance in the DK Publishing book, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, and Kaon, specifically Kolkular, as seen in The War Within. On the "bottom” of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.
Primus’s transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a Powermaster, in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top” of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons” swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.
In robot mode, Primus resembles both the Beast Wars Neo Unicron prototype as well as Don Figueroa’s Primus concept, created for The War Within and used in The Ultimate Guide. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable articulated "manipulator arms”. Unfortunately, despite being in the same size class as his brother, Primus’s height is 2/3rds of Unicron’s.
Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station” mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like the Enterprise... backwards.
In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code sp8u tampographed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four Cyber Planet Keys, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con 5 mm powerlinx posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.
This mold was later redecoed to make The Last Knight Cybertron, itself later repurposed as the non-sentient planet-base Neo Primus.
Theme:
Cybertron
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2006
Date Added:
2023-02-11 13:39:27
Date Added:
2023-02-11 13:39:27
