text: Q:
  
  Is this Optimus Prime figure based on any canonical instance?
  
  Hot Toys has just announced a new Optimus Prime figure, with removable Starscream wings. 
  I know that in various canons, Optimus has been able to fly utilizing various upgrades, whether temporary or permanent. The most similar instance/design I am personally aware of was 
  
   Optimus utilizing the cannibalized spare parts of Jetfire to temporarily upgrade himself in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  
  Across the mass of Transformers canons (shows, movies, comics, books, even toys), is there any instance of Optimus attaching Starscream's wings to himself, on which this figure may be even loosely based?
  
  A:
  
  According to Transformers World, it's apparently an obscure reference to the G1 episode "Megatron's Master Plan", in which Starscream disguised himself as Optimus Prime.
  
  For those not aware of the Starscream reference, the Generation 1
    episode "Megatron's Masterplan" showed Decepticons masquerading as
    Autobots to discredit them, which showed a scene of Starscream as
    Optimus Prime with wings out.
  
  Here's the page:
  http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generation-1-1/official-hot-toys-g1-optimus-prime-figure-starscream-version-180770/
  
  