An upcoming Optimus Prime toy homages a forgotten Japanese Transformers collectible, giving the Autobot leader a strikingly ...

1991 saw the release of the Transformers: Return of Convoy toyline, with "Convoy" being Optimus Prime's Japanese name. This development differed from what was intended, with the sequel to ...

Kotobukiya has revealed a new plastic model kit featuring a mecha-musume version of Transformers ... even though it uses Optimus Prime’s Japanese name, Convoy. The non-scale model kit will ...

It’s important to know this as one of the original mecha designers behind Convoy, and consequently, Optimus Prime was Shoji ... unlike other Transformers toys, this one doesn’t transform.