Ginrai

Ginrai was a character from the Japanese exclusive series called Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (the use of god in the title refers to power in Japanese). He was a human being from Japan who would soon become the new leader of the Earth based Autobots, taking command from the Pretender Metal Hawk. Ginrai is also a God-Master (Powermaster in America). The God-Masters are human beings given the Masterforce Braces (bracelets) that can enable them to become Transformers themselves. By crossing the braces together, the wearers are given an exo-suit which enables them to transform into the engines or heads of lifeless Transformer bodies called Transtectors. Ginrai transforms into the engine of an Optimus Prime styled Transtector. His transtector was designed to be a new body for Optimus Prime who died in the Headmasters series. However, his Transtector was stolen by Devil Z and was among the Transtectors sent to Earth.

Ginrai was a brave warrior. Over the course of the series, he learned to rely on his teammates, and rose to be a leader of courage and sound strategy. His Transtector received two power ups. The first was a trailer which could combine with his robot form to form Super Ginrai. In North America, this was the powered up form of Powermaster Optimus Prime. His second power up was a robot drone called God Bomber. The drone could transform into an extra trailer, and then it could separate and transform into additional armor for Super Ginrai, transforming him into God Ginrai.

In 2002, Powermaster Optimus Prime was re-issued in the United States, but the Japanese version of the toy was released for the re-issue. This version featured a die-cast metal truck cab, retractable fists for the super robot mode, vacuum metalized parts, and the God Bomber power up (now Apex Bomber) to transform Powermaster Optimus Prime into Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor.