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[Stormrider]

Was there ever a Black Optimus Prime in the comic series or TV series that mimics the e-Hobby Exclusive THS-02 Black character? And was he popular?

According to the e-Hobby story, this is Optimus Prime not Nemesis Prime or Scourge.




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e-Hobby Story translated into Japanese English.

The twin Missile Launchers that had been created for DECEPTICONS. Though those are usually proud of high accuracy, they are necessary to take in a solar light to increase the power. By giving black coating to OPTIMUS's body, the Missile Launchers absorb a solar light efficiently. And those Launchers are possible to shoot long range missiles which increased the further power. However, when a battle in the coating state attains to a long time, OPTIMUS himself may cause overheat so that he probably has to end a battle for a short time.

[Decepticon Spike]

As far as I know the Black Convoy toys are just repaints, and have never appeared in the series, though I have read a few fanfics, wiht black Convoy and Black Rodimus being clones.

[Stormrider]

Did the G2 Prime ever coat himself with the special black paint in the cartoons as it is described by eHobby?

[ShockwaveUK]

Nucleon Quest Convoy didn't appear in any media but seems to be what this e-hobby release is based on.

[Cyberstrike]

Did the G2 Prime ever coat himself with the special black paint in the cartoons as it is described by eHobby?

No, he didn't.
He was painted white in The Return of Optimus Prime part 2 to be protected from The Hate Plague to get the Matrix out of Rodimus Prime.

The closest of him being black was in early G2 comic issue where Optimus Prime and several other Transformers were infected by a black oil slick looking aliens that made them insanally violent. But it was just black ooze coming out of him he was never became a black Optimus Prime.

[Stormrider]

Cool. Thanks guys.