Optimus Primal (Autobot)


 * Optimus Primal is an Autobot from an alternate dimension related to the Universe war.



Optimus Primal leads the Autobots on an alternate Cybertron where Obsidian and Tankor overthrew Megatron. He doesn't go easy on his enemies.

Though he is peripherally related to the Universe war, he should NOT be confused with the more well-known Optimus Primal who played a pivotal role in that conflict and even looked like this Primal for a while. This Primal is kind of a nobody, actually.

Universe toy pack-in CD-ROM


Primal was leading a hand-to-hand battle against Obsidian, Tankor, Razorclaw, Reptilion, and that universe's Blackarachnia in the most intense day of fighting that year. Just as the combatants were really starting to beat the slag out of each other, they were interrupted by a mysterious spaceship that swooped down, sucked the Decepticons up, and flew away. Primal and his troops were left dumbfounded, unaware that the ship had been a tool of Unicron in his quest to build an army for a grand war.

3H Universe comic
When the mainstream Primal and some of his allies were altered by Unicron (some purposefully, some by happenstance), they ended up looking like these Autobots. Whether this was a coincidence or the result of some inscrutable whim on Unicron's part is unknown.