The Thirteen Quintus Prime Johnny Roboseed Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Item No.: Asst. G0474 No. G2004 Manufacturer: Hasbro Includes: Space Ambergris Emberstone Action Feature: Converts from robot to Squiddily Space Ship Retail: $27.99 Availability: December 2025 Other: It feels like a lost 1990s toy design
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Technically the second toy of this character, The Thirteen Quintus Prime was a teeny tiny Bludgeon... which I haven't reviewed still. The little guy was just a block before, and now it's a fully-realized robot who wants to spread life throughout the universe, and uses his Emberstone - one of at least a couple of artifacts that's a stone - to do this.

It's really neat, and I think you'll enjoy this one. It has a lot of clear bits and feels like a design that came out of the very late 1990s. If you told me it was from a Mainframe sketchbook, I'd believe you. I like how it gave us a robotic squid space ship, as we don't have many of those. Those of you who collected Matty Collector Masters of the Universe Classics figures will note a similar smell when opening the box for this one.

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Behold, the creator of the Quintessons! Also, los of other life. This guy comes packaged in robot mode, and is one of few figures to not include a handheld weapon or other accessory for combat or note-taking. He got a rock. The detail on this figure looks great, with lettering of some sort on the tentacles plus a lot of fading greens and metallic colors to make parts pop. The legs are an incredibly bright green that really sparkles under bright light, with a darker upper body and really excellent light piping in the head. It certainly looks a little more organic than the typically boxy and rigid character design, with its bright neon green and slightly flexible tentacles reminding me a bit of Beast Machines and to a lesser extent, Beast Wars. He stand well, and feels generally sturdy - assuming the PVC tentacles hold up over time. I've had other flexible parts on some Hasbro Transformers crack or melt quickly, so I'll be keeping an eye on this one. For now. And then probably forget in a year or two, and then be surprised it's fine (or not) later.

I love the detail work on this guy. Six eyes! Four arms, and two legs. (I'm supposed to acknowledge that some versions have six arms, I don't feel there's a loss here.) The chest has a bright green gem in the middle, which gives the Emberstone a bonus function much like how Amalgamous Prime's t-cog is his light-up eye. The hands are perfectly nice, and the jointed skirt easily moves out of the way for various poses. I was impressed with the range of movement and how it brings something different to the table without its ambitions exceeding its grasp. If anything, it's probably one of the more simple toys in this line with a high part count and lots of deco.

The Thirteen toys provide a pretty nifty expansion to the line, with toy debut characters having some mostly distinctive design flourishes. This may be the king of the distinctive designs, and at a hair under $30 it's not bad either.

Transformation is pretty easy - I'd go as far as to say Hasbro overcomplicated this one. There are legs under the tentacle skirt that you can pop apart and tuck in a bit... but it doesn't change the toy's appearance below the waist. I think they could have saved themselves a few bucks just by leaving them under the skirt and just going with it. The arms fold up to be the tip of the squid ship, and everything else stays in place. It's incredibly simple, and I'm sure Hasbro could have done a very similar toy at a smaller size - but not without all the detail and deco.

I checked the instructions but odds are you won't need to. I just didn't want to break anything.

As a ship, it's a squid! The brown arms are shown in two different positions in the instructions - and I'm not sure why, it doesn't really change the toy. It has an opening cockpit to store the Emberstone accessory, but no landing gear or other action features. Theres a 5mm socket on top for other accessory or external Emberstone display, and you can also store gear in the secondary arms. I love the colors and the general flow of the design is a real departure from anything else I've picked up. And I've got two flavors of Beast Wars Claw Jaw. I won't say it's an amazing toy with tons of features, but it's probably one of the very best Hasbro "let's make up a space ship" alt modes in recent years. It's a shame that there wasn't some 1990s Canadian cartoon with this as a character in it.

At two per case in the assortment, Hasbro has high hopes for this one (also Blast Off, also for some reason Jalopy.) My hunch is people will see this guy on shelf and be confused that he isn't a car from 1984-1986, but if you're the kind of person that hangs out on toy forums I'm sure you'll see it and be intrigued. Maybe you wont buy it at first. I got four waves of Transformers within a week in December last year, and put the Deluxes off to open because the other stuff - Soundwave, Big Convoy, Amalgamous Prime - I just had to crack open and examine. I figured this guy could wait. I probably should have opened him first, I really love the distinctive look and I can appreciate the toy somehow belongs in the same universe as my other boxy robots, but also seems like it came from another franchise entirely. Don't sleep on this one, and if you can find it on sale somewhere maybe buy two.

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