TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on PRIMA PRIME

The Age of the Primes is upon us! Come with me now back to the very dawn of Cybertron itself, for a look at the story of the first Transformer ever created by Primus! Wielder of the Star Saber, bearer of the Matrix, leader of the Thirteen Primes - these are The Basics on PRIMA!

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[TomCat]

I hope Prima will be featured in a cartoon where we can see him in action. I think a miniseries that has three episodes focusing on each Prime similar to Tales of the Jedi/Empire focusing on a character would be neat.

[battleupsaber]

in 1986 some underpaid AKOM animator decided to recycle Cyclonus' head design for a random character in a flashback, and then some 40 years later toy designers had to make that into a physical toy.

[moonwhooper]

Sitting down with a hot chocolate first thing in the morning with a new chris mcfeely video. Life has peaked

[TheWarmachine]

Theory: In Transformers One, the Thirteen Primes sacrificed their godly powers to defeat Unicron, the brother of their creator Primus and it made them mortal but still formidable.

Hence why the said Primes weren't able to defeat the Quintessons and fell to Sentinel's dirty attacks despite they once threw hands against the Chaos Bringer.

[The_Vertebrate_Squidgal]

Think this episode set a new record for the number of times someone's said "prime" in 10 minutes.

Great episode as always btw <3

[booyah]

It truly is astonishing how the Starsaber and Requiem blaster elevated themselves from their casual (though important) role in Armada to being weapons of the very Primes themselves, but I feel bad for the Sky Boom shield

[Dlnqntt]

I love how Chris always pauses to allow the word 'Aligned' to hit that much harder.

[SmashBrosAssemble]

I’ve always thought the Autobot insignia should be Prima’s face, he’s symbolically the First Autobot, just like how his brother Megatronus is symbolically the First Decepticon & his face becoming the Decepticon insignia.

[AbhishekKr.Singh]

I wish there was a series about the Age of Primes, maybe even a mini-series

[DeamonChocobo]

I always liked the idea of 3 different Matrices: the Matrix of Leadership held by the Thirteenth in his Skyboom Shield that directly links to Vector Sigma (the Brain if Primus), the Origin Matrix originally held by Prima in the Hilt of the Star Saber that connects to the Spark of Primus (the Allspark/Well of All Sparks), and the Energon Matrix that was once held by Megatronus and powered his Requiem Blaster by connecting to the Heart of Primus (Cybertron's Core).

[GoGojiraGo]

It's amazing how something that starts small and fleeting in the world of Transformers can become such a key important concept/figure for the franchise, and how many ways its story can be told.

[MikhailSamunin]

8:15 The name 'Prima Prime' has been ridiculed for its redundancy. I take it that before the transformers came into being none of the primes bared this title in their name. It were the transformers who turned the word 'prime' into a title for their deities or, as in IDW's comics and _Transformers One, _ rulers.

[oClock]

"Prima and the Primes" has got to be a band from the 60’s.

[Natasha-ewqu]

I remember reading up on a really cool fan theory for Transformers 1 that suggested that the Matrix of leadership isn't just a symbol of cybertron's chosen leader but it also acts as a sort of phone that connects directly with the allspark which allows the recipients to receive guidance from the 13 Primes and maybe including Primus himself. And if they go this route for the sequel, we could finally get a clue as to everyone's personality is

[TheWarmachine]

Predaking: "If I had an Energon cube every time I fought a Thirteen Primes member, I have two* Energon cubes! It isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice."

*Predaking threw hands with Prima and later the 13th Prime, Optimus

[darrenheideman]

If what I read is accurate, in Transformers One, Orion Pax is gifted the transformation cog that was originally Prima's.

[vustvaleo]

Prima: "NO MEGATRONUS! SOLUS IS YOUR SISTER! YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THIS IS NOT ALABAMA!"

[TheWarmachine]

Prima Prime not having the Matrix of Leadership in Transformers One is a surprise but somewhat makes sense as Zeta Prime wouldn't stand out if he wasn't the holder of said Matrix and that Prima already had the Star Saber.

[ThePRIMERPrime]

Do you know how long I ve been waiting for this? I JUST got AOTP Prima!

[mc-maitrixgaming]

We’re all still waiting for a series or movie based on the original 13 primes
While they’re all mostly know in the franchise, it’s usually either Alpha Trion or Megatronus that’s thought of, it would be nice to see the 13 all together in a series and give the other 11 more time to shine