Optimus Prime G1toys Transformers Wiki. Since 1. 98. 4, Generation 1 Optimus Prime has received the largest number of toys for any single Transformers character, a testament to the characters enduring popularity and status as a hero to many fans. Generation 1. From the Diaclone Battle Convoy came Optimus Prime and all his subsequent incarnations. Sci Fi Thriller Cartoons Trolls. Optimus Prime 1. Japanese ID number 0. Accessories Laser Blaster, 2 fists left right, TrailerCombat Deck, Roller, 4 rockets, hose, nozzle, fuel pump. The original Optimus Prime toy started life as the Diaclone toy, Battle Convoy, created by a team of Takara designers who came on board when the original designer fell behind. Find the latest business news on Wall Street, jobs and the economy, the housing market, personal finance and money investments and much more on ABC News. Readers Comments. Authors Note This story is based on fantasies of my coauthor, an Asian college girl depicted in the story as the victim. The fidget spinner is a global phenomenon that has inspired thinkpieces about cultural anxiety, the changing retail landscape, and above all, whether or not it should. Toy Story: Small Fry Stream' title='Toy Story: Small Fry Stream' />This team included Hiroyuki Obara listed as the sole creator on the toys patent and famed mecha designer Shji Kawamori. The toy transforms into two major components the first component being a red and blue White Freightliner WFT 8. T cabover semi trailer truck partially composed of die cast metal, and the second component being a large silver trailer of currently undetermined model. The cab transforms into the robot mode of Optimus Prime himself, with the addition of a pair of removable blue fists that plug into his headlights. The fists themselves do not store anywhere in vehicle mode, but can fit easily in Primes opening chest compartment originally designed to accommodate two Diaclone driver figures. Prime is armed with a black laser rifle that, due to design, he cannot hold straight. Primes trailer opens up into his Combat Deck, containing the scout drone, Roller. The interior of the Combat Deck features three pegs that can accommodate Primes laser rifle, fuel pump and nozzle accessories, and seating for two Diaclone drivers. As its central feature, the Combat Deck features a missile armed repair drone pod mounted upon a boom lift arm featuring another cockpit for a Diaclone driver, which can also be extended through holes in the trailers roof and front end when it is closed. Situated in the base of the boom arm is a spring loaded launcher that can launch Roller out of the Combat Deck and into action. Roller himself has seating for four Diaclone passengers, and features a port that can accommodate either Primes rifle or the fuel pump. The interior space of the trailer allows storage room for one standard Autobot car, which can also be shot forward by the launcher. Most people would be happy with just one Optimus Prime, but noooooo. Optimus Prime was subject to several molding and color variations in his early days. The earliest release of the figure featured larger fists, a gun with a thick, round barrel, a slightly differently shaped gas pump, grey rockets, a grey Roller, a grey launcher in his Combat Deck, and metal plates in the floor of the Combat Deck a holdover from the Diaclone version of the toy, to which the magnetic feet of the pilots could cling. In short order, his fists were slimmed down, the guns barrel was pared down to a more slender form, the gas pumps shape was altered, the rockets and launcher were recast in black plastic, the metal plates were removed from the Combat Deck, and Rollers color was changed to a light blue. Along with Rollers color change, however, the Combat Decks drone pod also became light blue, and a third running change soon followed that saw it restored to its original darker blue, and Roller changed along with it. These modified components would become the default accessories used by subsequent reissues of the Prime toy would take, though Roller stills fluctuates back and forth between grey and dark blue, depending on how show accurate each reissue wants to be. The Japanese release of the figure also underwent the changes in weapon shapes, but never featured a silver Roller instead, their original release of Prime featured a Diaclone style Roller without the two rear pegs, and the differently shaped launcher that accommodated him, before a running change switched over to the Hasbro version of the mold. Finally, in some European countries, Prime sported red feet, as opposed to his traditional blue this version of the figure is also known in some cases to feature a differently painted forehead crest which leaves the three central indentations unpainted blue. Having been removed from toy store shelves after 1. Optimus Prime was made available as a mail away toy in the Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction offer in the US in 1. Transformers movie premiering that year. He cost 2. 1. 5. Robot Points. He was also offered in The Autobots Have A Special Mission For. Movie Edition Certificate and a round sticker that read Movie. Edition. Transformer with the Autobot symbol in the middle. This item is considered rare. Over twenty plus years, there have been a bajillion releases of this mold, some identical to the original toy, and some featuring significant variants with notably different paint jobs, color schemes, accessories and other pack ins. We have striven to list all these variants on this page under their respective series for a quick reference list of all variants and releases check here. The cab robot has also been used sparingly to represent different characters outfitted with different trailers, it has become Generation 1 Ultra Magnus and Pepsi Convoy. Optimus Prime Limited edition promotional variant, 1. Accessories Laser Blaster, 2 fists left right, trailerCombat Deck, Roller dark blue, 4 rockets, hose, nozzle, fuel pump. A limited edition of the Optimus Prime toy sold as a mail away exclusive by Pepsi. Co was made available in North America in 1. This version of the figure came with a small fold out leaflet glued to the top right of the packaging, which contained two Pepsi logo stickers for the buyer to attach to Prime, mid way through the traditional silver and blue stripe on his trailer. Canada also got a version of this promotional figure, but with much larger stickers that were the full length and height of the trailer. This promotion would go on to serve as the inspiration for the Japanese character of Pepsi Convoy, who would in turn be released by Hasbro as a new Pepsi Optimus Prime in 2. Convoy vs. Megatron Versus set, 1. Japanese ID number VSXAccessories Laser Blaster, 2 fists left right, trailerCombat Deck, Roller, 4 rockets, hose, nozzle, fuel pump. This Japanese exclusive release of Optimus Prime came with the Japanese release of Megatron. There are no differences between this release of Convoy and the individually released toy. Good Bye Convoy Multipack, 1. Accessories Laser Blaster, 2 fists left right, trailerCombat Deck, Roller dark blue, 4 rockets, hose, nozzle, fuel pump. Commemorating the death of Optimus Prime in The Transformers The Movie, this set contains a special version of the original Optimus Prime figure with show inspired translucent blue windows. It was packaged with Ligier and Alert, in an apparent homage to the similar Diaclone Powered Convoy DX giftset that packaged the Powered Convoy version of the Optimus mold with figures using the molds of Ligier and Alert. Ultra Magnus 1. 98. Japanese ID number C 6. Accessories Large robot head, rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectorswaist plates, 2 small robot fists left right, 2 large robot fists left right, 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles. Ultra Magnus is a redeco of the Diaclone Powered Convoy figure, itself a redeco and slight retool of Battle Convoy, the toy that became the original Optimus Prime figure, sporting a new trailer. One of the last few Diaclone toys to be released in the Transformers toyline, Magnus was recolored from the original toys dark blue, red and black color scheme into a more patriotic red, white and blue, though his chestplate, which was rendered white in his package art followed a more the blue color scheme of his shoulders.