Optimal
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- Optimal is a Maximal from the Beast Wars: Uprising portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Optimal is an expert in disseminating propaganda.
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Fiction
Beast Wars: Uprising
Optimal was the director of the Maximal Nation propaganda arm, Voice of Maximals. After the end of the Grand Uprising, he was one of three Maximals chosen to represent the Maximal High Council on the Cybertronian Parliament. He and fellow quad-changer Megatron took an instant disliking of each other. He was on the Parliament when it voted 13-2, one abstention, to mark the day as Unity Day. Derailment The recording of that vote would last for 10,000 years. The Inexorable March
Toys
Beast Wars
- Optimal Optimus (Super Transmetal, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: C-47
- Accessories: One gun, four missiles, six break-away armor plates
- Transmetal Optimal Optimus was the first toy in the Super size class, featuring electronics and four transformations: robot, ape, jet, and armored transport. When a back section of the cannon module was pulled, the eyes and shoulder-mounted missile launchers lit up and the launchers fired. It came with four missiles, two of which stored on its legs. Its forearms featured blast-away armor plates that could also be pegged to its upper arms. His cockpit perfectly fits a MicroVerse figure in the seat.
- Optimal Optimus's on-package bio states that he has Cybertronian "air guardian" technology and twin scramjet modules. Jetfire's function was Air Guardian, and his Tech Specs said he had these same scramjet modules.
- The European version released in English/Spanish/Italian Beast Wars/Biocombat packaging featured the most bizarre choice for the additional alternate name for the Italian market yet, naming this figure "Optimus Primal" (!). Once again, the other European version released in French/Dutch/German Beast Wars/Ani Mutants packaging was simply named "Optimal Optimus" just like the United States version.
- This sculpt was used to make Primal Prime, and was the model for Megatron's (non-toy) "Optimal" body, seen in "Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future".
- The Japanese version features a more yellow shade of orange, different painted details, and notably black tires instead of purple.
Notes
- Whether Optimal's true identity is meant to be the Uprising incarnation of Optimus Primal (established as long since dead in Blackarachnia's bio) or a wholly separate character is vague. As such, Optimal receives his own page separate from the latter.
