Yellow Splendid Convoy

Yellow Splendid Convoy is a Warrior of the Seven Lights from the Precursor World portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Well, that's just 華麗なる.

Splendid by name, splendid by nature, the always prim and proper Primus Vanguard commander Yellow Splendid Convoy (イエロー華麗なる司令官 (コンボイ) Ierō Kareinaru Konboi, lit. "Splendid Commander Yellow")^[1] leads her Yellow Order from the front. Her impenetrable Matrix Gauntlet keeps her safe from harm, and even against overwhelming foes she'll keep fighting until the end (and beyond).

As she likes to say, with a burning heart, nothing is impossible!^[2]

Fiction

Precursor World

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Chosen to bear the Yellow Matrix and lead the all-female Yellow Order in their defense of the universe of Yellow Star Power, Yellow Splendid Convoy personally delivered the news of Blue Brightes Convoy's passing at the ghostly hands(?) of their ancient enemies the Specters to Primus.

In the Primus Vanguard's final battle for the fate of their multiverse, she joined with the other commanders of the Vanguard to eradicate the Specters by unleashing all seven Star Powers at once, which had the side effect of knitting their multiverse into a single, multicolored world.

Splendid attended a subsequent conference of Primus Vanguard command to discuss the new threat of the Vok. After Primus resolved to scry into the future to gather intelligence on their foes, Splendid loitered in the hallways of Vanguard headquarters with White Gallant Convoy and Purple Wicked Convoy, remarking that Primus's vision must have been truly awe inspiring to give the god-king pause as they gossiped about what he could have seen. Shortly thereafter, Primus burst into the hallway to their collective shock, exclaiming that his pet Primacron had escaped and rambling about how he needed all of their Matrices immediately so that he could end the universe. An alarmed Splendid left with her comrades as the Vanguard commanders left Primus to ravings and returned to their respective planets, save an impassive Blue Big Convoy. Finale Prelude

While spending time next to a lagoon on the sandy Yellow Planet, Splendid received a message from Primus, warning her that the Blue Order had fallen and that Ultra Megatron Omega would be coming for the Seven Lights, including her Yellow Matrix. Instead of their expected visitor, she and her Order were met by Scylla, who swiftly defeated them using her Angolmois Kiss of Death, God Neptune comic 1 and the Matrix Gauntlet was taken and used as the hand of God Neptune.

Down but not out, Splendid flew into space along with Green Tender Convoy and Black Go Prime, restraining God Neptune after a surprise attack by the phantom Blue Big Convoy. Though they had the combiner on the ropes long enough for White Convoy Grand Prime to begin his attack, Splendid was sent flying with the others when God Neptune drew his Neptune Sword and subsequently expired. God Neptune comic 2 Her spirit still continued on, and assisted in fighting back against Primacron within Neo Primus with the equally ethereal Black Prime and Green Convoy in defense of their disgraced master.

Yellow Megatron sought to take Yellow Splendid Convoy's position as representative of the Yellow Light, but he and his cadre of like-minded Megatrons were defeated. Much later, Jhiaxus would come to represent the Yellow in Magna Convoy's Primus Vanguard. Finale

Toys

Universe (2003)

Yet another example of Razorbeast Syndrome. Hope you've got the money to get a POTP Predaking and a Golden Lagoon Starscream too!

• Optimus Prime (Supreme Class, 2003)
  • Accessories: Pistol, 4 missiles

A Sam's Club exclusive, the Universe release of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime basically swapped out all of its red plastic for a yellow color with a black "bandolier". She transforms into a Japanese-style fire truck of seemingly made-up design (but with the distinct divided front windows of a Mitsubishi Fuso K Series K201 ladder truck), the forward section of which truck detaches to become her standard robot mode. Her 'trailer' can be reconfigured into a sort of battle station, which can then be disassembled and attached around the robot to form her Battle Mode. For some reason, the Autobot symbol on her chest in Battle Mode is left unpainted. As an undocumented feature, Optimus Prime's pistol can be stored on the right side of a backpack.

The toy incorrectly proclaims that Optimus Prime's transformation into super mode uses the code-phrase "maximize". Additionally, the toy has the unfortunate tendency for its rubber tires to split down its molding connection. The ladder comes complete with missiles allowing them to be launched one-at-a-time via individual triggers. The standard robot mode has four pegs on its arms that happen to be sculpted in such a way that they can function as Mini-Con ports, though they weren't designed with this in mind, since the original toy came out before the Armada toyline.

She came packed in robot mode in an upright display package, which featured a sticker on the front with a hilariously mistransformed Omega Prime, advertising the toy's combining ability with the simultaneously-released, slightly-redecoed Sam's Club exclusive Universe release of Robots in Disguise Ultra Magnus.

This Optimus Prime was also repurposed as Armada Hot Shot's "Shotimus Prime" body.

• More information on Universe Optimus Prime at TFU.info

Notes

• "Kareinaru" (華麗なる) can also mean "magnificent" or "gorgeous"; we've chosen to translate it as "Splendid" as a midpoint between these meanings.^[3]
• Yellow Splendid Convoy was likely inspired by another yellow Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime toy being characterized as female.
• Despite existing before the concepts of Autobot and Decepticon, Yellow Splendid Convoy has her toy's Autobot insignia on her chest. This is presumably due to the fact that the Autobot symbol itself was repurposed into the Vanguard's sigil in the original Precursor World e-HOBBY comics.

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