Transformerscollectors have the opportunity to add a new showcase piece to their collections, asHasbrohas unveiled their latest crowdfunded Haslab project for the fighting-robot franchise. Omega Prime, the towering combiner from the 2001Transformers: Robots in Disguiseanime series, is the latest from the toy company. The set will include two main figures:Optimus Prime, who transforms from robot to firetruck, and Ultra Magnus, who converts from robot to car-carrier.
The cab of the fire truck converts into a basic Optimus Prime, while the rest of the truck can be reassembled into a base mode, or combined with command center pieces for a super robot mode.Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus can also combine into the enormous Omega Prime. The set will also include Bluebolt, a smaller robot who transforms into Ultra Magnus' weapon; two Matrix of Leadership accessories; and a non-transforming gun for Optimus Prime. Stretch goals include the 24-inch Matrix Blade sword accessory for Omega Prime, and a display base modeled on the Global Space Bridge from the cartoon series.
Omega Prime is the fourthTransformersHaslab project. The others were the massive planet-sized Transformer Unicron from 1986’sTransformers: The Movie, and Star Saber and Deathsaurus, the respective Autobot and Decepticon leaders from the 1980s anime seriesTransformers: Victory. The crowdfunding campaign begins today, January 30, and will run for six weeks until March 14. 10,000 backers are needed to complete the project. Omega Prime can be pledged for $250 USD.
Who Is Omega Prime From ‘Transformers: Robots in Disguise’?
In 2001, with imported anime series likePokémonandDragon Ball Zdominating the airwaves, Hasbro imported partner company Takara’s 2000Car Robotscartoon and toyline to North America, localizing it asTransformers: Robots in Disguise. Optimus Prime (voiced byVoltron: Legendary Defender’sNeil Kaplan) led the Autobots in defending Earth from the invading beast-like Predacons, led by the tyrannical Megatron. In a twist on the typicalTransformersformula, however, Prime also had a brother, the rebellious, ill-tempered Ultra Magnus (voiced byMighty Morphin' Power Rangers’Kim Strauss). Magnus had deserted the Autobots years ago, but his wanderings took him back to Earth, where he was reunited with Prime.
Despite their clashing personalities, they were frequently forced to assume their super-powerful combined form, Omega Prime, to take on the Predacons and their new allies, the deadly Decepticons. Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both available in toy form in 2001. While they did combine like the new Omega Prime,the new figure features improved articulation, greater durability, and a larger scale.
Hasbro has crowdfunded a number of super-sized toy projects through Haslab. Past offerings include a trio of deluxeStar Warsvehicles (The Mandalorian’sRazor Crest, Jabba the Hutt’s Sail Barge, and theGhost, fromStar Wars: Rebels), giant-sized Marvel Legends figuresGalactusand Giant-Man, and life-size replicas of theGhostbusters' Proton Pack, Ghost Trap, and PKE Meter.
Haslab’s Omega Prime crowdfunding project will run until June 13, 2025, and can be pledged for $250 onHasbroPulse.com. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and check out images for set below:
