It's been a long time since you've seen a big fancy new article from me; and it's gonna be a lot longer! However, until then you can occupy with another...brum-brum-brummmmmmm...80's Cartoon Character Review...and this time around it's none other than Omega Supreme.
Omega was the first really big Transformer, both in the cartoon and toy. He transformed into a huge freakin defense base that was essentially a rocket pad with rocket surrounded by a track with a tank on it. The toy was really neat because it was motorized, so the tank rolled around the track at least halfway before hopping off and going on a rampage over the kitchen table. Omega was also supposed to walk in robot mode, but this was essentially impossible for reasons we'll touch on later.

Now, in the cartoon big ol' Omega Supreme was originally an architect of some sort and a good buddy of the Constructicons. "Huh?", You say..."They're BAD guys!", you say. Well, yes, but not then. Then they were happy go lucky green construction vehicles which incidentally still converted into EARTH VEHICLES about 3 million years before Human life began or the Transformers knew what Earth was...Anyway, back then Megatron didn't quite have much of a Decepticon empire. Actually, it was just him and a "Robo Smasher" that turned robots into Decepticons. He suckers the Constructicons into it, then they try to get Omega and Omeaga kicks everyone's ass, the end. In the comic, Omega is built here on earth in literally what has to be about a week. Now I say to you; if Prime could just say "Grapple, build a city sized defense base Autobot that is invincible" and Grapple builds it in a week, would you not, as Prime, say "Build more, a lot more."? Well, YOU'RE NOT THE LEADER! Prime was, and in his infallible logic he put Omega Supreme to excellent use in both comic and cartoon. Yes, Prime but the "Last line of autobot defense" into action right away, by placing him roughly 8 thousand miles from the nearest Transformer. But I'll be damned, of all the remote locations the Decepticons invaded or blew up, they NEVER got that desert!

Omega talked in two word sentences most of the time, and was supposedly courageous and noble and bla bla bla. I say it's pretty freakin easy to be courageous when you're a mile high invicible robot with a cannon the size of the chrysler buildign for an arm. Now Brawn, that little sucker was courageous! Charging right at Megatron with no gun or anything...sure, he got killed real good like anyone who screws with Megatron, but where was Omega Supreme when EVERY SINGLE Autobot was getting OBLITERATED during the movie? Hmmmm? Kinda a good time for the Last line of defense, I'd think. "Well, Prime's dead along with half our troops, the city is trashed, and a planet is about to eat Cybertron...but, geez, I just don't like that Omega guy...". Oh well. Omega got a role now and then on the cartoon because part of his base mode was a space-rocket. Now, this rocket was constitued solely of Omega's forearms hooked together, and visibly left EVERYTHING else behind. Yet when it landed somewhere it could occasionally convert entirely into robot mode. This is another one of those things hardcore Transformers fans will hate you for mentioning.

Now, the toy was fun. At the time it was bigger then pretty much any other Transformer and electronic and whoopee! It even looked really cool. But when you opened the box you found something out...Omega Supreme is not a normal Transformer! No, he is a combiner team! Yes, just like the Aerialbots or the Stunticons! The team that made Omega was called the "Accesoribots" and they were the largest combiner team of all! With roughly 174 seperate members, the Accesoribots were a vast force to be reckoned with. Though most of these guys were small, yellow, featureless, and impossible not to break and/or lose, some were much larger and were very useful, just as long as you didn't lose ANY other accesory...and we all know that kids NEVER lose tiny little clip things and the like. See, if even one little piece wasn't clipped on the whole freakin rig would lose all structural integrity and just grind to a screeching halt.
Now then, that's pretty much it for Omega Supreme...but you can learn all about him in an early TF episode "Secret of Omega Supreme" and even see him cry!(?) But don't take my word for it...

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