{"id":42712,"date":"2024-08-20T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=42712"},"modified":"2024-08-18T19:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:07:16","slug":"soon-forget-powermaster-optimus-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/soon-forget-powermaster-optimus-prime\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon Forget: Powermaster Optimus Prime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Hasbro's <i>Transformers Animated<\/i> Optimus Prime.<\/p>\n<p>We've had a few looks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=41682\">what <i>TF Animated<\/i> Season 4 would have contained<\/a>, if it hadn't been cancelled, but it was more than just story ideas: the toys were in the works, as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tfanpowermaster1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tfanpowermaster1-256x300.png\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The Allspark Almanac II<\/i> revealed that, in order to compete with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=38672\">the now-freed Megatron<\/a>, Optimus Prime would have gotten an armor upgrade, finally getting a permanent trailer that would turn into Powermaster armor for him.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Like the Generation 1 Powermaster Prime, he even would have included a Mini-Con partner who would turn into an engine and unlock various electronics in the bigger toy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tfanpowermaster2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"695\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"dub him ''Skyfire(truck)''\"><\/p>\n<p>If that weren't enough, Prime himself would have gotten a bit of a redesign. He would have gained flames on his ankles, a feature influenced by Movie Optimus Prime, and a yellow flare on his chest like Star Convoy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tfanpowermaster3.png\" width=\"215\" height=\"395\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"I'm a mish-mash of references!\"><\/p>\n<p>Imagine if Hasbro had been extremely bold, and had brought some of those planned features back for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/tfg_lunop.php\">today's <i>Legacy United<\/i> release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Unrustable Bastards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/unrustable-bastards\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Unrustable Bastards<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Autobot X\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/autobot-x\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Autobot X<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' Through Previews - March '11\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/flippin-through-previews-march-11\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' Through Previews - March '11<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"We always said Mountain Dew was Toxic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/we-always-thought-mountain-dew-was-toxic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">We always said Mountain Dew was Toxic<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Transformers BotBots Cuddle Wuddle review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/11\/transformers-botbots-cuddle-wuddle-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Transformers BotBots Cuddle Wuddle review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Hasbro's Transformers Animated Optimus Prime. We've had a few looks what TF Animated Season 4 would have contained, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/soon-forget-powermaster-optimus-prime\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,331,8],"tags":[453,14],"class_list":["post-42712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-cancelled-toys","category-hasbro","tag-tf-animated","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42712"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42741,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42712\/revisions\/42741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}