MP38 Supreme Commander Convoy (Optimus Primal).

[GoktimusPrime]

Just to confirm, this toy is currently being called "Optimus Primal Legendary Supreme Commander Version (コンボイ（ビーストウォーズ）伝説の総司令官Ver.). "Supreme Commander" has always been Optimus Primal's Tech Specs Bio function in Japan (whereas his Kenner/Hasbro function is Maximal General).

P.S.: this toy is slated to come out in late June

Why?

To expand on what DELTAprime said, it's important for HasTak to reuse moulds because that helps to keep the cost of the toy down in general. Optimus Primal is a tricky one because there are no other characters that you can redeco him as, only as variants of the same character (e.g. Burning Convoy etc.). I don't know what this Supreme Commander Version will be like, perhaps it will have a more toy-accurate colour scheme (e.g. black fur instead of grey, flat navy blue helmet instead of metallic royal blue etc.).

These toys may not be everyone's Cube of Energon, but it's important for the toy line so I don't mind them. I don't personally collect these variants, but I can understand why they're important for HasTak. My only concern is whether or not this version will shelfwarm if it's a standard mass release figure, because a lot of TakaraTOMY's other mass release variant figures have shelfwarmed, e.g. Delta Magnus, Road Rage etc. - I know that technically these figures are separate characters, but as far as the toys are concerned they're fundamentally variants. A lot of people have skipped Delta Magnus because they view him as a variant of Ultra Magnus, and a lot of people skipped Road Rage because they saw her as a variant of Tracks. These sort of toys tend to do better if they're limited exclusives, like MP Loud Pedal, Tiger Track etc. - but then TakaraTOMY can't produce as many numbers and thus ultimately not make as much money as a mass release figure. It can be a tough call to see whether or not a toy is worth mass producing in hopes of making enough money from it, or keeping it as a limited release. Mind you, Loud Pedal was already the third version of the base MP Tracks mould, and they definitely made their money back on the MP Lambor mould through Red Alert and G2 Lambor (although G2 Lambor goes for pretty cheap on the secondary market; I got mine just a few months ago for about $50 (LMIB)).