Primal Prime

Primal Prime is a fictional character from the Transformers toy and story lines.

Beast Machines

Transformers character
name = Primal Prime


caption = The Prime of Justice, The Living Matrix, Emissary of the Vok
affiliation = Maximal
subgroup = Technorganic/Transmetal Hybrid
rank = 9
function = Prime of Justice
partner =
motto = "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."
alternatemodes = Technorganic-Transmetal Gorilla/Armored Convoy/
Cybertronian Jet
series = Beast Machines

voiceby =Primal Prime's tech spec would set out his origin: he was created from the remnants of the control suit Quickstrike used to control Optimus Primal in the "Beast Wars" episode "Master Blaster". A literal patchwork of both Maximal and Autobot technologies, Prime is nonetheless determined to do the heroes of old, including Optimus Prime himself, proud. However, Prime has trouble comprehending the forces involved in his own origin, his only weakness. [ [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mathewignash/csprimalprime.html Primal Prime for Champions ] ]

Primal Prime's motto is identical to that first used by original Optimus Prime.

3H Enterprises

Primal Prime was featured in a the Botcon comics series "Primeval Dawn" which took him away from the "Beast Machines" setting and established him on Earth shortly after the end of the "Beast Wars".

Shortly after the Maximals and Predacons left Earth, the evil Tarantulas resurfaced, planning to steal the Autobot Matrix of Leadership and destroy the Autobots and Decepticons. To stop him, the alien race known as the Vok sent the binary spark of Tigerhawk back to Earth to separate into Tigatron and Airazor. They then set out to create a new Emissary, one to be known as the Living Matrix. His titles also include the Prime of Justice and the One of All.

Aboard the buried Ark, the Vok discovered an abandoned control suit used by the Predacon Quickstrike to manipulate Optimal Optimus Primal's body. Using the Matrix of Leadership contained within the nearby dormant Optimus Prime, and the Transmetal Driver, they made the suit into a Maximal. This Maximal was Primal Prime, a robot with all the knowledge of the Matrix and characteristics identical to those of Optimal Optimus. His creators gave him a number of titles, including: the Prime of Justice, the Living Matrix, and Emissary of the Vok- the last of which had originally belonged to Tigerhawk. Gathering a force of warriors to his aid, Primal did battle with the forces of Tarantulas. Due to the series' cancellation, this story was never resolved, but it is known that Primal Prime took the Matrix of Leadership into himself to safeguard it, only to have it ripped out by Tarantulus. Revived by the Vok, he led his forces into the final battle against Tarantulus, defeating him and destroying his forces.

After that conflict, Primal and his crew headed for Cybertron. However, they arrived to find the planet under the despotic rule of Megatron and his Vehicon horde, along with their virus weapon. Fortunately, they met up with the last remnants of the Wreckers task force: the Maximal scientist Apelinq and the ancient Autobot Rodimus Prime. After being inoculated for the virus by Apelinq, who ended up lost in time, Primal Prime assumed command of the Wreckers. He kept this role even when Apelinq returned, adding several Decepticons, such as Skywarp and Cyclonus, to the ranks of the Wreckers.

Primal Prime and his fellow Wreckers came to the aid of Optimus Primal, who was under attack by Vehicon forces. After a subsequent meeting with the Oracle, Prime and his forces departed Cybertron to seek allies, preparing to meet at the Nexus. However, they first had to overcome the forces of the diabolical Cryotek, a former mentor of Megatron.

According to the series, Primal Prime later combines with Apelinq into the robot, Sentinel Maximus, in an attempt to stop Cryotek.

Sentinel Maximus would subsequently be pulled from the mainstream reality into the Cybertron-reality by Vector Prime in an effort to prevent Nemesis Prime and Ramjet from destroying Primus. He later went on to battle Unicron himself alongside Omega Prime.

Fun Publications

Issue 16 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine featured Primal Prime Apelinq and Cryotek on the cover.

Toys

*Beast Machines Primal Prime:A redeco and slight remold of Beast Wars Optimal Optimus.

*Titanium Primal Prime (unreleased):A redeco of Titanium Optimal Optimus. Seen on display at the Hasbro booth at BotCon 2007. Although this toy is incapable of assuming a gorilla form, Primal Prime has never been depicted as assuming this form. [ [http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=7999&pic=DSC09491.jpg&dispsize=800&start=0 Transformers Toys News and Reviews G1 to Movie - TFormers.com ] ]

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