Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Leader Class Ultra Magnus & Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime: Someone remembered the S!

Generations. Plural. A term used to define a collection of individual items or people from a similar time period.

It is no secret that I've had an issue with the current form of the "CHUG" (an overarching fan-made term to describe the collection of toylines not explicitly tied to a media project, the term is an abbreviation of four toylines. Classics, Henkei, Universe and Generations, Generations being what lines like Siege, Prime Wars Trilogy, Thrilling 30, and other lines fall into) bracket of Transformers collection. The reason? The word Generations. It's a plural, meant to mean "more than one of something". But what are the toylines in Generations mostly consisting of? Generation 1 characters with designs either reminiscent of or even a modern copy of their Generation 1 designs. While this isn't a bad thing for characters who don't get releases often, seeing the big faces barely changing in design aesthetic is frustrating, especially when a design from after G1 could fit in very well to the current line.

I would include Optimus's one, but I can't find that one, or a good quality version of his box art that isn't a picture of the box...

Transformers Armada Super Base Class Optimus Prime (With Sparkplug): Behold, that time when Prime was a Pyromaniac

Armada's a weird part of Transformers, that whole section of the franchise's life is either loved, hated, or overall impartial, in terms of community opinions. What doesn't help is the mixed bag the toyline was for the time. And one of the best examples I can think of to show how drastic the quality can be in this line can come from this mini-series of reviews, starting with Super Base Optimus Prime.

Transformers Power of the Primes Leader Class Orion Pax/Optimus Prime: Two toys for the price of one

Optimus Prime combining with his trailer to get stronger is not something new. Powermaster Prime did it (originally), I know off the top of my head that it's something that the Robots in Disguise 2001 toy did along with Armada and Cybertron. one of the toys for Dark of the Moon even did it (I couldn't tell you if he did in the film, other then it's implied that he did). However, there is something that the others haven't really done, and that was introduced Prime's identity before he became a Prime into this formula, Orion Pax. See, the gimmick of the Leader Class Power of the Primes toys was the ability to turn a toy that's roughly Deluxe sized into a Leader Class toy with some extra armour. For some characters, this worked out well. Others... not so much. Apologies Primal, this is one case where Truck is better then Monkey... oh you thought fans complaining about changes was something new in this Fandom? It's been going on longer then I've been alive. Anyway, how well does this hold up? Is this the superior Prime Wars trilogy Prime? Ok, that one I can answer now as yes because it looks the closest to what many fans consider Optimus Prime to look like, but that's beside the point.