The original version of Apelinq in the franchise was a repaint of Beast Wars: Transformers Transmetal Optimus Primal, ...

The original Apelinq was a redeco of 1998’s Transmetal Optimus Primal in black, red, and green, and BotCon only produced 1,200 copies of the figure. Being a Transmetal meant that Apelinq ...

Still, as Optimus Primal gained his powerful Transmetal II form by taking the spark of the original Optimus Prime into his body in an effort to defeat the Predacon Megatron, it straddles the line ...

Squinting helps. Also, the backgrounds are barren and lifeless, a far cry from the PSX Beast Wars Transmetal's trap-laden zones. Even when you get to the secret lair of the Predacons, all you get ...

The concept was abandoned, however, with design elements applied to Transmetal Terrorsaur ... One of them was Optimus Prime, who was seemingly a new version of the classic Autobot leader.