Individual | General Release | General Retail | All | Original release. Running changes to accessories and the rub sign indent. | 1984 | Generation 1 | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | Featuring the original Diaclone tooling for roller and the trailer launcher for him. Later releases would switch to the Hasbro tooling of the trailer and roller as well as the weapon and accessory modifications. | 1984 | Generation 1 | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Europe | Released by Milton Bradley in mainland Europe, there are 2 versions. The Takara manufactured version with blue feet, and the Ceiji manufactured version with red feet | 1984 | Generation 1 | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Italy | GiG release in Italy sported plastic feet and tires rather than die last metal feet and rubber tires like the original release. | 1984 | Generation 1 | |
Individual | Exclusive | Mail Order | United States | Available through the "Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction" offer.
Cost: $21.50 USD and 5 robot points.
Also available in the "The Autobots Have a Special Mission For..." mail away pamphlet as a "Movie Edition Transfomer" . | 1985 | Generation 1 | |
Individual | General Release | Mail Order | United States | Limited Edition promotional mail away version from PepsiCo. Trailer included a large Pepsi sticker. | 1985 | Generation 1 | |
Boxset | General Release | General Retail | Japan | Convoy vs Megatron gift set. | 1985 | Generation 1 | |
Boxset | General Release | General Retail | Japan | Good Bye Convoy gift set.
Prime's windows were tinted blue to match the movie. | 1986 | Generation 1 | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Europe | Released as "Original Optimus Prime" in the European yellow "Classics" style packaging, though not actually mentioning Classics anywhere on it. | 1990 | Classics (Europe 1990) | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | #01, Convoy. Released for the 15th anniversary celebration
Featured slightly modified fists. | 2000 | 15th Anniversary | |
Individual | Exclusive | JAFCON | Japan | Convoy Black Version.
Exclusively released at the 2000 JAFCON convention all colors were replaced with black. | 2000 | 15th Anniversary | |
Individual | Exclusive | General Retail | Japan | #01 Convoy Gold Version. Released as a Luck Draw item, only 25 are known to exist. Replaces all silver chrome with gold chrome. | 2000 | 15th Anniversary | |
Boxset | General Release | General Retail | Japan | #01. Convoy (Tokubetsu Shiyō)
Released as the "2002 New Year Special". Features blue tinted windows, show-accurate blue eyes, both versions of his rifle, and a new die cast Matrix of Leadership. | 2002 | None | |
Individual | Exclusive | Toys R' Us | United States | Series I. Features safety modifications that would become standard for Hasbro releases of G1 Prime , including shorter smokestacks, longer missiles, and a disabled spring loaded Roller launcher in his trailer. | 2002 | Commemorative Series | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | #0 Convoy,. Releases in red book style packing. Included new translucent yellow energy axe, a ring binder to store all the Transformers Collection figure's file sheets, and notably reinstated primes bloated or thick gun mode which would become the standard for all future Japanese releases. | 2002 | Transformers Collection | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | Pepsi Convoy. Inspired by the 1985 PepsiCo mail away version. It replaces the box trailer with an open one that can hod a standard Pepsi cola bottle. | 2005 | None | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | #01 Includes the thick version of his gun as seen in the Transformers Collection Release. It also has a tampographed Autobot symbol on his shoulder, rather than a sticker. | 2007 | Encore | |
Individual | Exclusive | Hasbro Toy Shop | United States | Pepsi Optimus Prime. Pepsi themed Prime using the 2005 Japanese Pepsi convoy trailer with the 2002 Commemorative Series cab with the safety retooling and an unreasonable amount of Pepsi themed tampographs and details. Sold by Hasbro Toy Shop at various conventions and given away by Pepsi as a prize via their Mountain Dew brand. | 2007 | None | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | Convoy Playing iPod Speaker.
A white repaint of Optimus Prime (not Ultra Magnus) featuring a new head on a ball joint based on the 25th Anniversary Hasbro release of Masterpiece Optimus Prime. The releases features an all white deco without any stickers. The main attraction is the new trailer which transforms into a 30 pin compatible speaker dock for Apple iPods and iPhones. It also lacks all its accessories except for his hands and gun. | 2007 | Music Label | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Japan | A G1 colored version of the "Convoy-Playing iPod speaker" labeled as "Optimus Prime - speakers for iPod".
The trailer now includes several tampographs and is cast in gray. Same 30 pin dock connector and dual speakers. | 2008 | Music Label | |
Individual | Exclusive | LDH Shop | Japan | Recolor of Music Label "Convoy -playing iPod speaker" release in red and orange. Released as a promotion for the Japanese Pop band EXILE and sold unsurprisingly enough in their own merchandise store. He features an Exile logo on his arm and the "Love Dream Happiness' band's tagline on the trailer. | 2008 | Music Label | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | All | Released under the 25th Anniversary More than meets the eye banner. The set included a DVD with the cartoon episodes More tan Meets the Eye, a reprint of the original Transfoemers Marvel Comic book and a sound box in the shape of an autobot logo that plays the transformation sound, part of the G1 music theme, and a few voice clips from Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. There was also a later release without the DVD in a small box. The most notable change to the figure is the lighter red and blue color scheme on the cab and the almost white trailer. | 2008 | Universe (Classics cont.) | |
Individual | Exclusive | A Bathing Ape | Japan | #01 Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver. A green and green camouflage recolor of G1 prime available exclusively at Bathing Ape clothing stores in Japan. | 2011 | None | |
Boxset | General Release | General Retail | Japan | Including only his rifle, and fists, the set includes a trailer he can use, but not his original G1 trailer, instead offering a trailer patterned after the Dark of the Moon trailer with the cooler unit on the front. His trailer hitch was retooled to add a 5mm peg hole to accept this new trailer, while still retaining compatibility with any of the releases of the G1 trailer. | 2011 | None | |
Individual | Exclusive | A Bathing Ape | Japan | #01 Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver. BLACK. A gray (not black) and gray (urban) camouflage recolor of G1 Prime available exclusively at Bathing Ape clothing stores in Japan. | 2012 | None | |
Individual | General Release | General Retail | Asia | Released in packaging similar to the Commemorative Series packaging but lacking the Commemorative Series label, it's actually a re-issue of the 2008 25th Anniversary re-issue with lighter red and lighter gray trailer. | 2012 | Commemorative Series | |
Individual | Exclusive | A Bathing Ape | Japan | #01 Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver. RED CAMO.
A red and red camouflage recolor of G1 Prime, available exclusively at Bathing Ape clothing stores in Japan. | 2013 | None | |
Individual | Exclusive | Walmart | United States | Features the long smoke stacks from Japanese releases and the original G1 release that has been cut for safety by Hasbro for their previous releases as well as both of the gun variants, slim and bloated. It however lacks his trailer and other accessories including Roller. | 2019 | Vintage | |
Boxset | Exclusive | Mail Order | Japan | Released by Takara Tony in a set with Studio Series Bumblebee movie Optimus Prime, though packaged separately. Lacks the G1 Trailer and his accessories except for his hands and both blaster types. | 2019 | 35th Anniversary | |