Somewhat of a rarity among Transformers toys, both the toy itself and its packaging lack insignias or any kind of mention to what faction the character belongs to. The other trilingual European packaging variant was English/Spanish/Italian (initially co-branded by Kenner and GiG. The second year of the line was primarily a refinement of the first, though every class got changed in some broad-strokes way. Prime 1 Studio Premium Masterline Optimus Primal is a highly detailed statue of Primal's robot mode posing over the bits of a destroyed Waspinator.

Both forearms contain small, non-firing cannons in them (and thus a skull mace is not included), which can be revealed by flipping up the panels on his arms. While the lion McDonald's toy did not come to fruition, the concept may have inspired Takara to create Lio Convoy. Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal is based loosely on his original ultra ape action figure while pulling some elements from other figures, including a transformation very similar to the Playskool Go-Bot Gorillabot, which itself was a nod to Optimus Primal's Beast Machines form. In combined robot or ape mode, the weapons (individually or as a rifle) can be pegged into a 5mm post hole on either thumb, through there is no real way to do this that isn't awkward due to the placement.Whether the animated series's retcon affects this set of toys is probably a matter of personal preference. Appointed by Optimus Primal as the Maximals’ main polar kitty, TIGATRON is one furrocious recon-bot. As mentioned further up in this article, the European releases of these two playsets were released solely as Beast Wars products and completely ignored the MicroVerse-branding altogether.

Similarly, the missile launchers from the Ultra-class version of the toy have been replaced by non-firing cannons based more closely on the ones from the TV show.The mold was also redecoed to create a Generation 2 version of Ultra Magnus as an e-HOBBY exclusive. He features over 30 points of articulation and extensive paint operations in an attempt at show-accuracy. The biggest change in his deco is to the Evolution Armor itself, which features the same colors as the core figure. The toy also features several deco differences: While the paint applications were similar to the first Robotmasters Beast Convoy toy, the mouth was painted blue like the Telemocha Convoy, the white paint uses on this toy are brighter white compared to the first toy, some of the Robot Mode's chest detailing features lavender white paint details, and the gunmetal paint were used for the Beast Mode face. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars, the original 1996 Ultra Class Optimus Primal was reissued under the Vintage Beast Wars lineup.