i think this point in the show was the best. Even though season 5 was only reruns I like how they connect the live-action segments to the awsome characters from the toyline. Like the pretenders and powermasters and all of that. By the way I think there was 1 powermasters commercial before this.
One of the coolest toys of all. Not only do I still have my PM Optimus Prime from when I was 5, I still have my Scorponok, giant Sixshot, and my favorite of all: Trypticon still in perfect condition (yes he still walks). Kids toys today are such shit compared to awesome 80s toys.
@sortedevaras can you even call the toys today toys i mean for christ sake these companies today like hasbro and mattel just throw shit together and to call toys r us toys r us is a fucking joke i remember a time when i would go to toys r us with my sister the toys went from the floor all the way to practically the ceiling 1 aisle was transformers the next aisle was gi joes thundercats silverhawks you know what im getting at we had it made back then at least one thing im thankful for ebay
People say there is no season 5 but no amout of lies van change the fact that there was. It was reruns with a powermaster optimus talking to a boy named tommey and it had the characters from the commercials that aired after rebrith so it basicly ties in the commercials and its characters. People say all the time that there is no season 5 but they will go and say g2 exists. They both exist, they are reruns, BUT they tell new stories with new characters so why isn't it a season?
I can remember picking up that issue off the comics rack at the 7/11 store down the street from where I lived in 1988, and I still have the PowerMaster action figure too.
Oh believe me I’ve had dreams about cross overs too -my friend....lol
like Transformers and G I...Joe teaming up in the official series,
only time they did an official cross over is when an old and decrepit Cobra Commander made a guest appearance in the 2nd part of generation 1 episode....i was 9 years old and almost fuckin pissed myself i had to call all my friends, i was like "holy shit cobra Commander is on transformers" .....LOL
@TheDardanianKnight Don't forget about Marissa Faireborn, the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye, who made an appearance on Transformers (as did an older Flint).
@Originalman320 You see how your mind works in fantasy land. How old are you? I wouldn't want to be cussing down a kid. From your comments I'd suspected i was dealing with somebody young & still uneducated. Give me your age
@TechnoEchoFilms No, that would be micromasters. The little dudes in this comercial are nebulons, and they are green huminoid aliens with robot suits. Powermasters aren't the only ones with nebulons. There are also Headmasters and targetmasters, and that is just in the american version.
The introduction of powermasters and headmasters was the moment when I stopped watching transformers all together (after having seen it from season 1). IMO the movie was the top achievement here; yet season 3 was already starting to decline a bit wrt storyline. What came after that did a /lot/ of storyline re-usage :(
The introduction of powermasters and headmasters was the moment when I stopped watching transformers all together (after having seen it from season 1). IMO the movie was the top achievement here; yet season 3 ("Galvatron") was already starting to decline a bit wrt storyline. What came after that did a /lot/ of storyline re-usage :(
Funny to see how many still collected the stuff. The introduction of powermasters and headmasters was the moment when I stopped watching transformers all together (after having seen it from season 1). IMO the movie was the top achievement here; yet season 3 ("Galvatron") was already starting to decline a bit wrt storyline. What came after that did a /lot/ of storyline re-usage :(
We had Powermaster Optimus Prime reissued in 2002 from 1988. The closest thing to watching Powermaster Optimus Prime is the Masterforce series from Japan.
@abobjenkins Actually, if you lose the motor for powermaster OP, you can just press down on the button in the vehicle grille to transform him normally. I don't know if the instructions told kids this helpful fact, though... eitherway, I'm not a big fan of the gimmick either.
While stationed in Japan in 2002, I bought PM Optimus (Nucleon Quest Super Convoy) and the 2002 Holiday Edition of Optimus, which contained the G1 toy, an OP figurine and the matrix. Both are still in their boxes and never opened. I wonder how much they'll be worth in about 10 more years.
i had all the powermasters. and all the transformers from the first generation. come to think of it i had every transformer. headmasters and targetmasters. even those ones called uh "go bots"
Not the worst idea, but they need to work out the premise and the theme better. Also, the look of the Super Powermaster Prime is sort of... beer gutted.
Back around that time I gave my nephew who was 7 or 8 an imported die-cast Takara God Ginrai (PM Optimus Prime) Reissue with Apex Armor over the Hasbro version for Christmas. Just like his cheap plastic Devastator clone and the freakish yellow Vehicle Voltron knockoff I got at Toys 'R Us I think I had more fun playing with it than he did.
@jadekoolkat I have this version of him, it took AGES to get him on release here in Europe... The amount of hours we role played with trans formers... I miss being a kid. :)
@jadekoolkat ALL Transformers Re-Issues and 1980's GI Joe's has a possibility to be *Aquired* once again if bought from Ebay-only other source I know of to find such rare toys (Models?) would be those local state Huge flea-markets
in the TV show, Prime had another trailer he could merge with, despite the default one that came with the cab. Did that other trailer ge sold here too?
@macibax Yeah 'TRANSFORMERS:POWERMASTERS' would've been a cool premise for the 4th Season in North America, cause 'The Rebirth' was LAME!!! But I also hate the Japanese 'Masterforce' show, HUMAN operators! Transformers are sentient robotic life-forms, 'Masterforce' was SOOO LAME!!! God-Ginrai is a LAME Optimus Prime WANNABE!!!
@macibax The toys weren't selling enough for the cartoon series to continue at this point, it did continue in japan and Shout Factory has just recentily released Headmasters, with Super God Masterforce and Victory soon to follow. :)
@macibax They did appear in the american series in season 5's short live-action segments. they also used animation from these types of commercials for their intro. Just search g1 s5 episode 1 pt 1 on youtube. After rebirth hasbro made a short season 5 made of reruns with live-action segments and some of these characters were in them. It had a total of 15 episodes with the movie broken up into 5 episodes. I am so SICK of explaining that it didn't end with rebirth.
I think I had that set when I was younger.
KingCharltonHeston 5 days ago
i think this point in the show was the best. Even though season 5 was only reruns I like how they connect the live-action segments to the awsome characters from the toyline. Like the pretenders and powermasters and all of that. By the way I think there was 1 powermasters commercial before this.
MrMandude365 2 weeks ago
I think of him as Ginrai, not Optimus Prime
CompanyLagoon 1 month ago
One of the coolest toys of all. Not only do I still have my PM Optimus Prime from when I was 5, I still have my Scorponok, giant Sixshot, and my favorite of all: Trypticon still in perfect condition (yes he still walks). Kids toys today are such shit compared to awesome 80s toys.
sortedevaras 1 month ago
@sortedevaras can you even call the toys today toys i mean for christ sake these companies today like hasbro and mattel just throw shit together and to call toys r us toys r us is a fucking joke i remember a time when i would go to toys r us with my sister the toys went from the floor all the way to practically the ceiling 1 aisle was transformers the next aisle was gi joes thundercats silverhawks you know what im getting at we had it made back then at least one thing im thankful for ebay
snakeyes1985 1 month ago
People say there is no season 5 but no amout of lies van change the fact that there was. It was reruns with a powermaster optimus talking to a boy named tommey and it had the characters from the commercials that aired after rebrith so it basicly ties in the commercials and its characters. People say all the time that there is no season 5 but they will go and say g2 exists. They both exist, they are reruns, BUT they tell new stories with new characters so why isn't it a season?
MrMandude365 1 month ago
MASTERFORCE! GOD ON!
VisibleNinjaProd 1 month ago
in g1 we had powermaster optimus prime
and now we have utimate optimus prime
cow681 3 months ago
I had the PowerMaster Optimus Prime toy. It was sweet! I remember I was happy when I first got it as a kid from Toys'R'Us!
checkmateforever 3 months ago
This Prime gives me the rolling shits.
greatvaluepoop 4 months ago
Ha, I own a powermaster optimus prime.
MrMandude365 4 months ago
I can remember picking up that issue off the comics rack at the 7/11 store down the street from where I lived in 1988, and I still have the PowerMaster action figure too.
ZONAMA74 4 months ago
I swear I thought they almost said, "Optimus is becoming a Super Saiyan"
ghostnappa918 4 months ago
@ghostnappa918 Cross overs -wishful thinking.....LOL
Oh believe me I’ve had dreams about cross overs too -my friend....lol
like Transformers and G I...Joe teaming up in the official series,
only time they did an official cross over is when an old and decrepit Cobra Commander made a guest appearance in the 2nd part of generation 1 episode....i was 9 years old and almost fuckin pissed myself i had to call all my friends, i was like "holy shit cobra Commander is on transformers" .....LOL
TheDardanianKnight 4 months ago
@TheDardanianKnight Don't forget about Marissa Faireborn, the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye, who made an appearance on Transformers (as did an older Flint).
sabishiihito 4 months ago
@sabishiihito Right! I totally forgot about that.....as well as Hector Ramirez of "20 questions"...LOL
He was on both Transformers, GiJoe, and "Inhumanoids" -short lived series.
TheDardanianKnight 4 months ago
@sabishiihito Yes. The clue is that Flint's real name is Daschell R. Faireborn.
Originalman320 2 weeks ago
@Originalman320 You see how your mind works in fantasy land. How old are you? I wouldn't want to be cussing down a kid. From your comments I'd suspected i was dealing with somebody young & still uneducated. Give me your age
hombrelubinero 1 week ago
And this is where Optimus Prime gets his super mode.
jimbodeek 4 months ago 6
@jimbodeek Awesomeness: multiplied.
PunchSydeironReviews 4 months ago
So power masters were the G1 minicons right?
TechnoEchoFilms 5 months ago
@TechnoEchoFilms No, that would be micromasters. The little dudes in this comercial are nebulons, and they are green huminoid aliens with robot suits. Powermasters aren't the only ones with nebulons. There are also Headmasters and targetmasters, and that is just in the american version.
MrMandude365 4 months ago
@TechnoEchoFilms
no.they are either humans or nebulans that become engines.
UltraGamemaster 3 months ago
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The introduction of powermasters and headmasters was the moment when I stopped watching transformers all together (after having seen it from season 1). IMO the movie was the top achievement here; yet season 3 was already starting to decline a bit wrt storyline. What came after that did a /lot/ of storyline re-usage :(
ShelLuser 5 months ago
The introduction of powermasters and headmasters was the moment when I stopped watching transformers all together (after having seen it from season 1). IMO the movie was the top achievement here; yet season 3 ("Galvatron") was already starting to decline a bit wrt storyline. What came after that did a /lot/ of storyline re-usage :(
ShelLuser 5 months ago
Funny to see how many still collected the stuff. The introduction of powermasters and headmasters was the moment when I stopped watching transformers all together (after having seen it from season 1). IMO the movie was the top achievement here; yet season 3 ("Galvatron") was already starting to decline a bit wrt storyline. What came after that did a /lot/ of storyline re-usage :(
ShelLuser 5 months ago
"Find out in Marvel comics!"
Oh, the fun my brother and I has with that one!!
TSLittleMermaid 6 months ago
Damn it! I used to have that toy too!
gunman771000 6 months ago
I find it funny that they released the toys but not Headmasters (the rest of Season 4), with Masterforce and Victory as Seasons 5 and 6
snakes3425 6 months ago
Powermaster looks like minicon in Transformers Armada
repein2 7 months ago
I 4got all about powermasters! I had the Optimus Prime Powermaster toy. it was cool.
checkmateforever 7 months ago
Watch at 0:19 then you can see two black guns firing instead of the one that optimus is using.
Weird he?
pessie83 7 months ago
I got a G1 Powermaster Optimus Prime for my 3rd Birthday.
I loved that thing...then my mom sold it at a garage sale when I was 13....
geauxtig3rs 7 months ago
I had PM Prime when I was a kid. I found it again at a comic shop for $25 bucks. I sit it on my desk at work. Ah, the good ol' days
greyfox37 8 months ago
We had Powermaster Optimus Prime reissued in 2002 from 1988. The closest thing to watching Powermaster Optimus Prime is the Masterforce series from Japan.
van76 8 months ago
@van76 God Ginrai is NOT OPTIMUS!!!
TheMksteel 7 months ago
At least this brought Optimus back!
flip1sba 8 months ago
this was a dumb idea. what happens if the motor gets lost? you're stuck in vehicle mode
abobjenkins 8 months ago
@abobjenkins Actually, if you lose the motor for powermaster OP, you can just press down on the button in the vehicle grille to transform him normally. I don't know if the instructions told kids this helpful fact, though... eitherway, I'm not a big fan of the gimmick either.
SpiralBiaxident 8 months ago
@SpiralBiaxident i knew this. i'm just saying the idea was somewhat dumb.
abobjenkins 8 months ago
@abobjenkins this we can agree on lol
SpiralBiaxident 8 months ago
And then Prime becomes SUUUUUPER OPTI-MOTHERF*CKIN' -PRIME!!" AND KICKS ASS!! MORE MAJOR ASSAGE!!
PunchSydeiron 8 months ago
While stationed in Japan in 2002, I bought PM Optimus (Nucleon Quest Super Convoy) and the 2002 Holiday Edition of Optimus, which contained the G1 toy, an OP figurine and the matrix. Both are still in their boxes and never opened. I wonder how much they'll be worth in about 10 more years.
bigmurv 9 months ago
powermaster optimus was pretty godlike. how tall was he, 2 feet?
gc3k 9 months ago
@gc3k Not quite, but damn if he was he would go straight into my collection, price be damned.
Inikalord 9 months ago
@gc3k Not even close. Of course, when you're a ten-year-old kid, Powermaster Optimus really does seem godlike.
Izayoiaki24 7 months ago
Look Optimus Prime is becoming a Super Power!! We gotta watch out for his sphere of influence. We don't want another Cuban Missie Crisis
budmaloney 9 months ago
i had all the powermasters. and all the transformers from the first generation. come to think of it i had every transformer. headmasters and targetmasters. even those ones called uh "go bots"
icametorock1 10 months ago
The guy singing in this commercial must have been really constipated.
Awesoman 1 year ago
It's kinda like pre-Minicons, in order for them to power up, get better weapons, they had to find a little battle buddy to make it happen.
BluTrilobite 1 year ago
Yeah, who is going to win? I think that's kind of a no brainer.
eshaw2115 1 year ago
Is there going to be G1 Optimus Prime Original or Power-master in 2011
TheReturnofLurker15 1 year ago
1 person lost their powermaster
LittleBigNoah 1 year ago
they got the power to combine EPIC XD
LittleBigNoah 1 year ago
Prime became such a wimp in the comics from becoming a powermaster on.
MarioPeachYoshi64 1 year ago
@MarioPeachYoshi64 nah bro, pre-powermaster Prime in the comics was a whimp, after powering up he became more kick-azz
Tiafain 1 year ago
i remember getting a powermaster prime when i was a kid i always hated it cuz i wanted the original prime now i wish i still had this figure :(
omegaweapon27 1 year ago
I thought power master was a transformer that had both a head master partner and a target master partner.
Galactatech 1 year ago
which "master" partner would you rather be (Targetmaster/Headmaster or Powermaster)?
DukeofColumbia 1 year ago
That. Was. Retarded! xD
TheTrueMoristhecat 1 year ago
Ginrai?
duo2nd 1 year ago
Not the worst idea, but they need to work out the premise and the theme better. Also, the look of the Super Powermaster Prime is sort of... beer gutted.
viraticwars 1 year ago
i hope hasbro do an remake
7transformer 2 years ago
Hasbro already released a remake PM Optimus Prime, as a G1 Reissue sold as a Toys R Us Exclusive back in 2002-2003.
jadekoolkat 2 years ago 2
@jadekoolkat A reissue. I'm still hoping Hasbro will make a Classics version of Powermaster Optimus Prime with apex armor.
God0ptimusPrime 1 year ago
Back around that time I gave my nephew who was 7 or 8 an imported die-cast Takara God Ginrai (PM Optimus Prime) Reissue with Apex Armor over the Hasbro version for Christmas. Just like his cheap plastic Devastator clone and the freakish yellow Vehicle Voltron knockoff I got at Toys 'R Us I think I had more fun playing with it than he did.
NewForceFiveFan 1 year ago
@jadekoolkat I have this version of him, it took AGES to get him on release here in Europe... The amount of hours we role played with trans formers... I miss being a kid. :)
glortor 10 months ago
@jadekoolkat damn i wish i had that...its almost been a life goal to get a G1 optimums prime.
KeithWasHere1 7 months ago
@jadekoolkat That's not a remake, that's a reissue. A remake implies you've changed things.
ndalum75 2 months ago
@jadekoolkat ALL Transformers Re-Issues and 1980's GI Joe's has a possibility to be *Aquired* once again if bought from Ebay-only other source I know of to find such rare toys (Models?) would be those local state Huge flea-markets
OLDSCHOOLHHSEX 2 days ago
in the TV show, Prime had another trailer he could merge with, despite the default one that came with the cab. Did that other trailer ge sold here too?
bowlofarthritus 2 years ago
"Transformerinity"? Lyric FAIL
britbeetle 2 years ago
the lyric was "Transformer Engery".
CasimusxPrime 2 years ago
That issue was Optimus Prime's return to the comics.
CosmoShidan 2 years ago
I know I may get flamed but was this ever used in the show?
Xephon0930 2 years ago
In G1, no.
CybertronNews22 2 years ago
Yes, it was in G1, but the Japanese one.
Gridlock3 2 years ago
Ah, yes. That is true. But for American audiences, they never saw Powermasters in the television series.
CybertronNews22 2 years ago
not in g1 but they did later on in one of the more inferior transformers series
bobsamurai 2 years ago
masterforce the second of the japanese g1 series was the cartoon about this stuff but its all different and that isn't even optimus prime...
tf: masterforce and victory kick ass though!
direweasal 2 years ago
no its an animated commercial they were everywhere in the 80's (mostly to sell their respective toyline based on the resepctive toon shows)
GladDestronger 2 years ago
Yes, in Japanese tv series "Masterforce".
Gridlock3 2 years ago
i would've liked to watch and american animated version of the powermasters in the show, its a shame that they ended it with "the rebirth" :/
macibax 2 years ago 16
@macibax yea got to love end of the licensee issue
Teddywolf 1 year ago
@macibax Hasbro may release it here yet, never know.
Like it or not, Bay and his movies have done some good, now everyone wants more Transformers. He put it back in the spotlight (even if it looks awful)
Fingers crossed!
ThePlank1991 7 months ago
@macibax Yeah 'TRANSFORMERS:POWERMASTERS' would've been a cool premise for the 4th Season in North America, cause 'The Rebirth' was LAME!!! But I also hate the Japanese 'Masterforce' show, HUMAN operators! Transformers are sentient robotic life-forms, 'Masterforce' was SOOO LAME!!! God-Ginrai is a LAME Optimus Prime WANNABE!!!
TheMksteel 7 months ago
@macibax The toys weren't selling enough for the cartoon series to continue at this point, it did continue in japan and Shout Factory has just recentily released Headmasters, with Super God Masterforce and Victory soon to follow. :)
David315842 7 months ago
@macibax They did appear in the american series in season 5's short live-action segments. they also used animation from these types of commercials for their intro. Just search g1 s5 episode 1 pt 1 on youtube. After rebirth hasbro made a short season 5 made of reruns with live-action segments and some of these characters were in them. It had a total of 15 episodes with the movie broken up into 5 episodes. I am so SICK of explaining that it didn't end with rebirth.
MrMandude365 2 weeks ago
I have optimuses powermaster!
(I'm so lucky)
doctorwhoobawooba 3 years ago 2
do u have the godbomber drone that transforms into armour 4 him?
digioverlord 2 years ago
No.
doctorwhoobawooba 2 years ago
"gasp"
digioverlord 2 years ago
me too, that was one big toy
CineRecon 2 years ago
Lol I obviously presume your being sarcastic.
doctorwhoobawooba 2 years ago
what? no I do have him. He's missing his large head tho
CineRecon 2 years ago
Well it's not very large since he's only a few centimetres/inches tall.
doctorwhoobawooba 2 years ago
Ah yes, and so begins Optimus combining with his trailer.
AsherTye 3 years ago
And so does Ginrai. combining with his trailer becomes Super Ginrai :)
All of those guys in this ad also appears in TF: Chojin MasterForce. but i only remember Darkwings (GATTAI-jets) Road King, and Ginrai.
DiscothecaImperialis 2 years ago
?!what the heck!?
RUFFRZCR 3 years ago
That was the shit! I remember seeing it and almost died. I went to Toys R US everyday for a month. Untill PowerMaster Prime came out.
jodecideion 3 years ago 14
lmao XDDDDDD
shockmatter 3 years ago
wow, sneaky.
ZiotheZero 3 years ago
pause at 0.06 lol on the left
S3InF3LD 3 years ago