Ultra Prime
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| This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot Combiner. For theAnimatedAutobot who is sometimes known as Ultra Prime, seeUltra Magnus (Animated). |
- Ultra Prime is anAutobotCombinerfrom theCombiner Warsportion of theGeneration 1 continuity family.
Ultra Primeis the result ofOptimus Prime'sCombinerupgrade. TheAutobotleader can now merge withanyfourTransformersto form this powerful behemoth – evenDecepticonshave been known to get in on the action!
Optimus can also formOptimus Maximusby combining with a specific group ofAutobots.
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Toys
Combiner Wars
- Skydive(Deluxe Class, 2015)
- Alpha Bravo(Deluxe Class, 2015)
- Optimus Prime(Voyager Class, 2015)
- Firefly(Deluxe Class, 2015)
- Decepticon Dragstrip(Deluxe Class, 2015)
- Accessories:Rifle (combined from Optimus Prime's two smaller rifles), four small guns, four hands/feet
- Known designers:Marcelo Matere(packaging artist)
- Ultra Prime can ostensibly be formed by attaching any four Deluxe ClassCombiner Warsfigures to Voyager ClassOptimus Prime.Optimus's packaging depicts Ultra Prime as formed using the first wave of Deluxe figures, withAlpha BravoandSkydiveas left and right arms, andDragstripandFireflyas left and right legs.
- Ultra Prime wields a long rifle formed by combining Optimus Prime's two smaller guns, and features several pieces of sculpted detail based onEnergonOptimus Prime'sSuper Mode,including on his thighs, waist, and inside his opening chest cavity. Opening the chest also reveals posts which allow Legends ClassDecepticon Blackjackor hisretoolRodimusto be mounted in vehicle mode as additional armor.
- Unfortunately, Optimus's hip ratchets are just slightly off centered, giving him an unnatural pose in robot mode, and affecting the stability of any combined mode. This would later be addressed via a running change on Optimus's mold mates,MotormasterandBattle Core Optimus,which corrected the hip ratchets, allowing for much better stability in all modes.
Notes
- Ultra Prime's package art appears to have been retroactively recolored – whilst Alpha Bravo is unremarkable, Dragstrip is a recolored Firefly, Skydive a recoloredAir Raid,and Firefly a recolored Skydive. It seems likely that the decision to release Dragstrip in wave 1 came late in the game, and that Ultra Prime would have originally been advertised as combining with all fourAerialbots.
- The difference between Ultra Prime and Optimus Maximus (one being any random combination that has Optimus Prime as its torso, whereas the other is a combination of Optimus with four very specific Autobots) is mirrored by the distinction betweenElita-Infin1teandOrthia,and possibly also by the one betweenBetatronandComputron.
