I think it was mostly meant to be a stylized Prime head, but I could be wrong.

 

Grimlock

 

Grimlock Prime, as if they had a baby.

 

Optimus Prime. Specifically the G1 toy head. (the G1 toy was redecoed/tooled for G2 at first before new moulds were made.)

 

Grimlock and Prime's lovechild.

 

Very stylised Optimus Prime. The downward slant of his faceplate reminds me of his Actionmaster head.

It does also remind me of Soundwave.

 

You guys should get together

 

Uh....in....what....context?

 

Any context you prefer, I won’t judge lol

I expected more chatter

 

Wasn't there a comicbook panel in Generation 2 saying they wear the face of Optimus? or am I just misremembering that?

 

I thought I remembered something about that but I’ve never been able to find it

 

There was a UK comic that did that I think? or maybe IDW?

There was a comic set waaaaay in the future where an old bot tells young bots a story and at the end the old bot turned out to be Optimus or Rodimus. And the story used the G2 logos in the future which were supposedly the post-war insignia.

The old "narrator turns out to be the retired hero" is an old trope. Superman's had at least three versions of that and Darkwing Duck did it. It's that category of things like "evil twin" that you don't do to be original, you do because it's cool and familiar and one of three or four satisfying ways to end a western hero saga.

 

I would love it if you could find or recall which book that was

 

According to comics and toys....this.

 

This comic and the toys of the line don’t say anything about it