Prima Prime [Age of the Primes/Voyager Class]

Signaling the end of Legacy and beginning of a new Generations series is Transformers Age of the Primes. Like other Transformers Generations series before, it brings us updates of the different incarnations of various Transformers characters with a central theme. Age of the Primes is based around the original 13 Primes from Transformers lore. We'll be starting our look at AOTP here on Zone Base with the first Prime figure released in the series, Prima Prime.

Prima Prime has appeared throughout the years in various media, but you'd probably recognize him best from Rodimus Prime's Matrix Vision in the multipart episode 'Five Faces of Darkness'. That's the depiction this toy's mostly based on. I've always thought it looked cool, so no problem... though I've never been super fond of the name. Sounds like a pizza place.

Ever since the Aligned Continuity, the 13 Primes served a specific purpose. Prima is the very first Transformer made by Primus and is the Warrior of Light. He carries the Star Saber sword which you may notice has the Matrix of Leadership in it's hilt. Prima lead the other Primes in the fight against Unicron. He's kind of a big deal. Before we go any further, Star Saber is a character. The Star Saber sword is an item first appearing in Armada and various swords ever since have been randomly named it ever since.

One of my only complaints with Transformers is sometimes the names can get confusing, but I guess Power Sword was already taken. The Matrix can be removed and stored in Prima's chest when not needed, but it does look cool on the sword. He's decently articulated with some nicely stiff joints. You can pose him in all sorts of sword fighting poses, even holding it with both hands in front of himself stoically. Neat!

Transformation to vehicle mode isn't too hard, though there's some odd places that you'll have to get just right or it's not fitting together in the upper body that becomes the vehicles front end. I'm pretty sure I got something wrong when transforming mine, but cannot tell what. One front wheel seems to rub against the fender while the other rolls freely. No clue. Alt mode is a lunar truck that looks pretty neat and the wheels can be arranged to give it a hover mode! It's pretty cool looking and so are the colors. Actually, I really like Prima Primes colors all together. There's been some complaints that he needs more... but I really like the white and grays.

He looks like an ancient statue and the colors transfer well over to the sci fi vehicle making it look like something you'd see in space. I really like the blue used in detailing. If there was any more color added, I'd like it to be a little more of that as it contrasts nicely against the white and gray. The Star Saber sword (not the guy) can store pretty easily in alt mode forming a nicely compact vehicle. I really like this guy and enjoy the somewhat mystical theme of the Primes. Transformers has needed a little fresh air and dipping into the more fantasy elements of it's lore is a pretty good idea. With the Cybertron anniversary series at Walmart later this year and Micronauts being in stores again... it's nice to see some of the more space opera elements come back to the forefront.