Ape X Arms

Ape X Arms is anAutobotdrone from theLegendsportion of theGeneration 1continuity family.

I was a wimp before Ape X Arms! Now I'm a jerk, and everybody loves me!

Ape X Arms(エイプXアームズEipu X Āmuzu) is the partner drone ofConvobat.He was developed to compensate for his master's lack of firepower.

Fiction

Precursor World

Ape X Arms and his "siblings" looked on with unease as their creatorStraxusannounced his intention to exploit the power vacuum left by the fall of thePrimus Vanguardand use his "children" to conquer thePrecursor World.Finale

While escaping fromDarkmount,Convobat's fellow experimentMegalligatorcalled forth Ape X Arms and had him blast the guardsHailstormandTerradive.Cybertron Convobat prequel comicWhenBruticuswas sent to destroy him and Megalligator, Convobat had Ape X Arms blow the assassin's extra limbs off. The drone also woke Convobat back up after he collapsed following the battle's conclusion.Cybertron Convobat

Ape X Arms accompanied Convobat in his exploration of the mysteriousdowned vesselthat Megalligator had been using as a base, meetingMagna Convoyinside. As Magna Convoy regaled them with tales of the fall of hisBlue Orderand attempted to bequeath Convobat the remains of theMatrix Sword,Ape X Arms eyed the encroachingRollermaster Corpswith concern.Cybertron Magna Convoy

Legendscomic

In theLegends World,Optimus Primalwoke up one day in the form of Ape X Arms thanks toTransformers sickness.WhenNightscreamspotted him on the street, he was immediately recruited into his movie,Convobat Amazon Showdown,where Primal played Ape X Arms.The native Megatronplayed Megalligator, and the two attempted to combine, but things went awry till thetranstectorNightscream had borrowed went on a rampage. Using his new form's firepower, Primal was able to subdue the bat and the film was completed.Bonus Edition Vol. EX

Toys

Legends

Still better than theTitaniumversion.

• Convobat(December 19,2016)
  • ID number:LG-EX

Available with thee-HOBBY-exclusiveLegendsConvobatfigure, Ape X Arms is a redeco ofTitans ReturnApeface's accessory, inOptimal Optimus's colors. Convobat andMegalligatorcan ride Ape X Arms in robot mode. Ape X Arms can also transform into a 5 mm gun for largerTitans Returnor anyLegendsHeadmaster figures to wield, or combine with either of the two Headmasters to form a jet.

As a redeco of a Titan Master vehicle accessory, care must be taken with the gun mode's handle: the handle fits tightly in many 5 mm-compatible closed hands, and combined with the handle's lack of metal pin running through the joint, removing it by force causes the handle to pop out of the joint.

This figure wasrepurposedas theLegends WorldOptimus Primalafter contractingTransformers sicknessfor the second time in theLegendscomic.

The figure was repurposedagainas a member of theAssistant Corpsin theGenerations Selects Special Comic.

Notes

• As Ape X Arms exists in the same universe as the later introduced, but chronologically earlier, orange member of theAssistant Corps,it's unclear if the former was created in the likeness of the latter byStraxus.