These three were always my favorite parts of the Armada line (outside of Unicron himself). I think, out of all the sets from RID and the Unicron Trilogy that had Prime combining with other transformers, this set offered the most play-ability by a long shot. They literally combined in every mode (robot/vehicle/base) and offered up nearly limitless play time with the mini-cons back in the day. Better still, the heavily armed, towering Jet Magna Convoy formation was the icing on the cake.
+NitroVisioN When you think about it, Armada Optimus Prime was the Star Convoy you never knew you had. They both had base modes, treads in vehicle mode, and could combine to make a super trailer and maybe a super-super base if you're creative enough.
I sold this guy, and I miss him. He had great play value and could combine in different ways with other figures other then who he was intended to connect with.
Fun dumb fact: Rollout's Target mode does not fit into regular Optimus' hand, only his Combiner hand. The Optimus Prime hand's hole is like .5 mm too small and trying to force it will get the peg stuck.
Primes initial robot arms plug into the side of Overload in the combined form. It's kinda hard but the small red pegs on the bits mentioned go into the small holes just behind Overloads head should be.
I totally agree with you with this guy. And I agree with everything overcracker said earlier, plus the panel that pops off jetfire can actually be slid into rollbar's cavity in the back to add even more height to this guy and makes a place to keep primes clear gun. also when i display all of them in super mode its looks good to have Rollbar and Sparkplug stuck on either side of Overload and having prime hold jetfire's and his super mode's guns
I think Overload is supposed to resemble a *car hauler trailer* - the kinds of trailer trucks that can pile and transfer multiple cars on them on two layered platforms, its a shame he didn't have a robot form presented in the armada cartoon - when I was younger I always wondered the fact that if Overload is just equipment, why would it have it's own separated arms and hands, and if it's a sentient Autobot - why wouldn't it transform and move and hang out with the others
Agreed. Red is my favorite color, so I did want this one; never found it and bought the repaint one. Luckily; I also had the repaint one Jetfire that's also more blueish and together with U.M and Optimus they look actually pretty damn good. More blue or not.
There is actually a 4th that no one ever thinks of other than convoy mode, jetcovoy with overload and jetfire sitting on top of overload, the 4th is optimus prime super mode with overload
We need it in a new series with the follow up series to Prime sadly and confusingly called Robots in disguise and Optimus Mysteriously gains A NEW BODY OUT OF NOWHERE meaning he will be revived somehow possibly . Just give Prime Optimus Prime this and we will be all set Neither Megatron Or Unicron Won't Know what killed them
can you have jetfire's shield on him while he's on overload? oh also rollout can be pegged onto the bottom of overload while he's linked with prime's trailer. it actually makes it look really good, and honestly makes the figure much better than prime alone.
LOL in the dub sometimes they called Overload, Ultra Magnus. :D I guess that was why they repainted him etc. No doubt this is four fav figure out of the three. ;)
"blast everything to hell mode"...not quite sure that is what they call it in the show but..even so it's prboboly better than anything they came up with
"Armada prime in blast everything to hell form." That made my day.
Just letting you know that Overload is a carrier for Jetfire and he is also extra armament for Optimus Prime
In essence, he's kind of an equivalent of G1 Roller.
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These three were always my favorite parts of the Armada line (outside of Unicron himself). I think, out of all the sets from RID and the Unicron Trilogy that had Prime combining with other transformers, this set offered the most play-ability by a long shot. They literally combined in every mode (robot/vehicle/base) and offered up nearly limitless play time with the mini-cons back in the day. Better still, the heavily armed, towering Jet Magna Convoy formation was the icing on the cake.
+NitroVisioN When you think about it, Armada Optimus Prime was the Star Convoy you never knew you had. They both had base modes, treads in vehicle mode, and could combine to make a super trailer and maybe a super-super base if you're creative enough.
Mini-Con Longarm overload could combine with primes base mode and be a large cannon
I sold this guy, and I miss him. He had great play value and could combine in different ways with other figures other then who he was intended to connect with.
He's called Overload, because he's too much load for Roll-out
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No he's not. CookieMastah The Asshole.
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Imagine driving down the highway and you see this tiny car pulling a HUGE trailer that takes up every lane.😆
Wide load
One of the most detailed minicons I've ever seen he actually has a proper head
I had the Energon Ultra Magnus redeco of this guy and he is fantastic. Probably my favourite Ultra Magnus outside of the Masterpiece figure.
oh yeah theres a dubbing blurb in armada where he says "Jet Optimus; Ultra Magnus"
when combining with jetfire and overload
"Blast everything to hell mode"
"Blast everything to normal mode"
I love this because it makes the floating head on supermode prime not look as bad
I feel bad for poor little Rollout having to pull around the rest of that massive body.
He can take it. He's stronger than you think.
Sept 2010: "if you see this guy for $10-15, he is definitely worth the pickup"
Nov 2022: You can't find one with a head for under $80.
It’s 2024 now he’s over $150.00
Those three transformers that combine were like my favorites as a kid
Whoever knew within 14 years, a third party company call Fan Hobby will recreate Optimus Prime, Overload, and Jetfire Armada
Megatron:Oh Optimus you and your fancy little gadgets.
Fun dumb fact: Rollout's Target mode does not fit into regular Optimus' hand, only his Combiner hand. The Optimus Prime hand's hole is like .5 mm too small and trying to force it will get the peg stuck.
in the anime hes not even a character. hes just a heavy weapon system for prime that attaches to the back of his trailer.
Overload's alt mode is a trailer, just like one step changer Optimus Prime RID.
overkill convoy
No.
I bet starscream would tell the decepticons to run for hills and megatron would be thinking, OOOH SHIT I have go on errand!!
he is a target master and a headmaster
I really like this toy
Overload was called ultra Magnus in Japan
In the combined vehicle mode with jetfire you can put Rollout in gun-master mode and attach him to the top of the jet.
Blast Everything To Hell Mode The Definition of Awesomeness
Overload is a truck trailer while rollout is a roller unit
Overload (in shoulder cannon mode) also connects to Prime's trailer in base mode
The Deluxe Armada Prime can work as a truck cab for it too, and Rollout has the middle peg so it can be the top attachment to that for a battle truck.
The absurd proportions on the alt mode are what make this figure special.
In Japan, This was Ultra Magnus!
He is called Ultra Magnus in Micron Legend.
He also got an Ultra Magnus repaint in Energon.
I knew that.
Mistakenly yeah
In energon, prowl calls himself red alert.
He knows
Primes initial robot arms plug into the side of Overload in the combined form. It's kinda hard but the small red pegs on the bits mentioned go into the small holes just behind Overloads head should be.
So he’s a head master? Interesting
A Headmaster and a Targetmaster at the same time.
Both Armada and ROTF are my favorite Overloads :)
Cuz' why not?? Lol.
Also, love how Rollout uses his Overhaul trailer as a mech suit.
I love Overload as the Trailer is a Brick maybe the Little dude Should of been call Overload. Rollout is a Head and Target Master how awesome is that
YEAH, I WOULD NOT MESS WITH THAT HAS A "BLAST EVERYTHING TO HELL" MODE.
I totally agree with you with this guy. And I agree with everything overcracker said earlier, plus the panel that pops off jetfire can actually be slid into rollbar's cavity in the back to add even more height to this guy and makes a place to keep primes clear gun. also when i display all of them in super mode its looks good to have Rollbar and Sparkplug stuck on either side of Overload and having prime hold jetfire's and his super mode's guns
The bits that make his arms in robot mode aka the smokestacks, snap into either side of overload to secure him to the back.
'Blast everything to hell mode'? XD
Interesting fact: Rollout's alt mode looks exactly like the Red Lightspeed Zord from Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue :)
TinfoilGaming eh not really but close
Interesting Fact: TinfoilGaming Sucks ;)
Overload never had a robot in mode in the cartoon.
Dustin Nunn it did in the comic
Dustin Nunn he did when the transformers shook hands to fight Unicron
I love how it's a tiny car with a giant trailer
And here we have Optimus Prime in "Blast Everything to Hell Mode" lol u crack me up man
Good name, he certainly is overloaded.
Well in the Japanese series his name is ultra magnus, and in energon he was repainted into ultra magnus
Rollout = Fatimus Minimus.
Titan class of this would rock, like rollout as a deluxe class with a big robot
I think Overload is supposed to resemble a *car hauler trailer* - the kinds of trailer trucks that can pile and transfer multiple cars on them on two layered platforms, its a shame he didn't have a robot form presented in the armada cartoon - when I was younger I always wondered the fact that if Overload is just equipment, why would it have it's own separated arms and hands, and if it's a sentient Autobot - why wouldn't it transform and move and hang out with the others
Agreed. Red is my favorite color, so I did want this one; never found it and bought the repaint one. Luckily; I also had the repaint one Jetfire that's also more blueish and together with U.M and Optimus they look actually pretty damn good. More blue or not.
Thanks from 12 years in the future. I couldn’t figure out how to plug him into prime 😂
i had a friend who had this and i have always wanted the optimus overload jetfire trio
Looking back, these guys were so easy to transform
Awww Poor little Rollbar he doesn't get any Love. :c
You should give him a little Hug to poor Rollbar. :3
fun fact: the same mold for overload and rollout is used for ultra magnus from the energon toy line
There is actually a 4th that no one ever thinks of other than convoy mode, jetcovoy with overload and jetfire sitting on top of overload, the 4th is optimus prime super mode with overload
I got the Sentinel Maximus w/Apelink version of this one
RollOut's robot mode always reminded me of the red Power Rangers Turbo Rescue Zord, at least in terms of transformation.
I honestly want to buy the optimus figure just so I can have a good excuse to get this one.
Nice review! Really cool figure & like both combined modes.
The whole thing is overloard
You mean overload?
He might be a fusion of a flat truck and a tanker truck. That's my guess
Rollout looks like a mini G1 Inferno in robot mode all on his own.
Overload is totally awsome
Overload looks lika a headmaster or a brainmaster, pretty cool!
+Cainã Gomes Or a target master.
that combined form with optimus and jetfire, isn't this one of the heaviest transformers toys ever made/designed?
kstanni87 probably but I think g1 city bots have me beat
I always wanted this, i would display it in the packaging
I'm sorry, but the instant I saw that giant thing on that tiny truck I burst out laughing
they could have made an awesome HUGE grimlock combiner if overload was the head and some others were the rest of the body.
lol blast everything to hell mode I like that.
BLAST EVERTHING TO HELL mode?? Good one.
We need it in a new series with the follow up series to Prime sadly and confusingly called Robots in disguise and Optimus Mysteriously gains A NEW BODY OUT OF NOWHERE meaning he will be revived somehow possibly . Just give Prime Optimus Prime this and we will be all set Neither Megatron Or Unicron Won't Know what killed them
can you have jetfire's shield on him while he's on overload?
oh also rollout can be pegged onto the bottom of overload while he's linked with prime's trailer. it actually makes it look really good, and honestly makes the figure much better than prime alone.
"10 to 15 bucks he's definitely worth the pickup"
* cries in 2023 western Europe scalper prices*
Overload was Jetfire's mobile hauler
I have the Blue,Grey and White version. I also have the Jetfire and Optimus as well.
LOL in the dub sometimes they called Overload, Ultra Magnus. :D I guess that was why they repainted him etc. No doubt this is four fav figure out of the three. ;)
That’s what he’s called ultra magnus, in the micron legend.
the combine mode of Optimus Prime with the Jetfire and Overload will Devastate Tidal wave Megatron lol
He was also repainted as ultra magnus in transformers energon.
I watched a lot of transformers armada recently. I guess you could say I was on a "armada overload!"
Lame joke
It was supposed to be bad.
This guy is nice.
Now I can see where Micheal Bay got the idea for the rotf Overload alt mode. Compare those 2 in their alt mode & you can see similarities
"blast everything to hell mode"...not quite sure that is what they call it in the show but..even so it's prboboly better than anything they came up with
I think overload is a trailer in vehicle mode
His alt. mode is a carrier truck just so you know.
no reviewers show the base mode of overload with optimus. I actually think it's pretty cool
aren't there any holes that his Targetmaster weapon mode can be insterted in 5:37? Cannons over the shoulders always looks awesome
Yes, the jet pants super shoulders prime mode.
so this guy is a head master
Jon foy sort of but not really but yeah basically
its like a headmaster
I remember when this guy came out of nowhere.
Holy shit what is that!! Should that be a trailer
It's rollout, remember that.
I use to have this figure as well as the optimas prime from this line and I figured out away to combine overload with the primes trailer
Rollout's transformation reminds me of the lighting fire tamer when it turns into robot mode from Power Rangers turbo
if your useing optimus primes trailor the you can plug the minicon in where it origonaly
This mod is ultra magnus
Saw this guy on eBay. Thought about getting it
6:16 the little rollout that could
His alt mode is a shuttle/missile transportation truck, like those 20 wheeled Russian monsters.
If you were to use Jetfire's cargo bay you could put Rollout in there for the alt. combined mode.