Looking at how this figure's backpack is designed, those oversized barrels aren't entirely needless, at least probably not to the original designers; I think that since this was during an era where Optimus Prime tended to fly around with a jetpack, particularly in the DotM film where his trailer became said pack, they gave him those big barrels so that kids could pretend he could fly! (plus an imaginitive kid could easily turn those big things around to pretend they're huge cannons). Pretty much every 10 year old who knew about DotM probably loved this toy since its only problems would be an inaccurate design, which really, not a lot of them care too much about accuracy. I'd say this figure was great for its time and purpose. Edit: As is usual, generalizing anything reveals exceptions quickly. Some are suckers for screen accuracy. But it’s good to see that those oversized gas canisters are 100% cannons + jetpacks
I never had this mold, but I can say that everything you said is true, as a kid I didn't really care about "Oh this character is so faithful to the screen" I just wanted to have him and play with it, so yeah those tanks would 100% work as jet barrels or cannons in whatever playthrough a kid decided to put it through.
As someone who had this toy as a kid, I actually really didn't care for its design at all - not only due to inaccuracies, but just because it's proportions are _so_ ugly to me. I will admit, however, that the few times I remember playing with it, those barrels were a jetpack. I think it's neat seeing That Toy Guy getting to enjoy a figure I hardly could and pointing out all the positives.
This was the figure that started everything for me. I thought it was broken because the hip joints got so loose over time, then I realized on my third copy, that it was just the screws being loose. Love this figure to this day, and I saw the huge gas tanks as his jet pack.
This figure will always have a special place in my heart since it was my first Transformers figure that wasn't a gimmick toy or a legion class figure! I remember using the big tanks in the back as if they were Primes jetpack.
Between the oversized barrels kinda becoming a jet pack, and the solar panels on the truck mode, this Optimus always felt to me like he was kitted out to go to space, something I desperately wanted to see happen cause all the dotm toys had the moon as the backdrop to their packaging, it was so cool
This review hit me really hard, because I'm suffering from a chronic sickness and felt like the pandemic took away a huge part of my early 20s, and I just suddenly remembered when I was 13 and I got this as my first voyager Prime in my childhood home. I was so happy and content back then, and those memories mean a whole lot more now. I feel like I took those years for granted and seeing this toy again (which I still have) took me back to a simpler time. Thanks for this.
this toy feels so significant to me cus its one of the first toys me and my cousins all got because it was decently cheap for what it was. loved the feel but the gas tanks are really easy to break lol
I love this mold and how it's just its own little thing. Though, I will say the DOTM Deluxe Optimus is just as strange to me. Looks a tad more accurate but has a disastrous backpack (despite being really clean everywhere else). I had the Lunar Fire repaint which used the DOTM Voyager's mechtech and it was,,,, so big for that guy. However, Deluxe Optimus and Starscream worked better with Voyager Megatron, Shockwave, and Sentinel to me so they stayed on my display for many years.
Absolutely LOVE this guy. He feels like a near perfect cross between a Gundam and Optimus. And the articulation and transformation is DAMN good for the time. The legs are fucking amazing too.
That intro made hyped more than the whole BB and ROTB movies. This makes me realize I love Transformers movies so much because they are just cool and get my heart pumping, the angles, the shots, the writing of the phrases feels so philosophical but so real, the voice acting, the music, IT IS ALL A SYMPHONY OF PERFECTION ❤️❤️😩 (The new movies are fine :) But I have always been a Bayverse lover and I will be forever.)
this figure was the start of my transformers movie toy collection that until today hasn't been growing much since i don't always buy figures. my DOTM voyager prime was the takara tomy one with trailer and mech tech gun/blade. although after frequent use, like what you said from 6:08 the left shoulder section of mine broke off, but i wasn't being aggresive at using it. maybe my copy has degraded plastic or something different, but i love this figure so much and it's nostalgic. this figure started my tf movie toy collection. ❤
The "Fireburst" version of this figure was actually my first ever Optimus Prime, and I still love that figure like crazy, and I hold that version as my preferred "evil Optimus", as the orange lightning going through him looks like a corruption taking him over, instead of the "Nemesis" way of just being Prime that shops at Hot Topic.
Be careful with the gray plastic. It gets brittle with age. On prime where it's thick and chunky it should last, but the 5mm pegs on the gun will splinter and crack if you try to put anything in.
I like that arm transformation, and the general sculpt of the figure. If the legacy series were porting all designs over to the style of Transformers Animated, I would want the people doing Legacy 2007 Movie OP Animatified to study and crib engineering from this figure. Additionally, you can see from the panel work and the mech-tech that the HasTak engineers _could_ be doing ridiculous third-party levels of panelforming and do it well. I very much get the feeling of the engineering saying, in a snarky tone, "Yeah, we could do all the stuff 3P houses do. It wouldn't even be hard. But we're making toys here, y'know - for _kids_ with _budgets_." I am totally here for that. Thanks for showing off this mold!
What a coincidence - I was re-watching Dr. Lockdown's review on the Reveal The Shield version of this mould, and just a few hours later this video releases. Yeah, this deco looks a lot nicer than the RTS one, and I also like the look of the solar panels. This definitely feels like one of those toys that may look a bit naff nowadays, but I definitely would've enjoyed as a kid.
I used to own the Fireburst recolor of this mold (black and orange colors go so hard on Prime), but lost him a long time ago. Kept the axe to it, and I recently picked up the standard version off Buyee for roughly 20 bucks, so now he has two weapons. I would like to get the Fireburst version again someday. Always liked him and the Cyberfire recolor of Bumblebee. Jank mold aside, he's a very fun figure, imo.
I used to have this figure when I was small. DOTM was the first movie I saw in the cinemas in my life as far as I can recall, to this day it is my favorite movie from the Bayverse, and I loved this Optimus so much. It was one of the first Transformers toys I had as a child. Unfortunately I actually broke his leg one day and then it just disappeared, not sure if I lost it or if I gave it away, but I still miss him to this day
Seeing this review filled me with so much nostalgia since this was my first ever optimus prime toy ever owned and it was my favorite toy out of all my other toys at the time, great video BTW hope you keep making more.
I'd say the gas tanks work in conjunction with his gun being a thruster, making his truck mode into a frickin space semi. My main issue is with the sides of the front being blue, which is not only inaccurate with Optimus' actual vehicle mode, but also inconsistent with the red pieces just above them. Also... they're molded in red, so what was the point of painting those parts blue? And the grill area is entirely unpainted... save for the very top edge. _Why?_ Almost forgot to mention that the Takara trailer version actually retains that bit of weirdness, which sticks out even more due to this one being meant to be more vehicle mode accurate. Again, _why?_
Ah yes… my first movie Optimus prime… boy I sure don’t miss this thing one bit. On my copy the front never ever EVER would tab in, so the front of the truck would just kinda dangle. The roof would also sometimes not wanna tab in right either. Honestly the only good part about the figure was his fantastic light piped purple eyes. His legs are also pretty good. But the arms are so… gorilla shaped. A decent attempt, but honestly the other DOTM prime toy molds did a better job, and of course the SS32 mold blows them all out of the water.
I have the Fireburst version of this mold and he's been my main Optimus for years ever since I got him as a child. While I do want a more modern Optimus to replace him as my definitive Prime, I'll always love this guy and he looks great next to my Gamer Edition Megatron. I also always thought the Fireburst colors made him look more like Nemesis Prime so when I was young I sometimes used him as Nemesis
The leg transformation on this was SOOOO satisfying back in the day just due to how streamlined they were in both modes. I wish they had found a way to update this engineering with better proportions and articulation for a modern Prime
The title got me dying. TTG watching your videos are such a treat, your constant sarcasm, the music intros, and the tf movie editing, just everything in general. But I must ask, have you thought of starting a series similar to the bionicle series you did how many years ago?
It's kinda cool seeing how this toy started the evolution of movie styled voyager Primes, like they took this figures engineering and used it for the first edition TFP Optimus, and then that was modelled for SS-05, and later refined for SS-32
I have the Fireburst one and I love it, that one is definitely not going for accuracy between the colors and the spacey feel to teh vehicle, so it can shine for its own merits and it has a killer axe. I also wanna get the Takara one with the clean altmode.
i had this optimus as a kid. out of the three others, he was definitely the one i played with the most. i even made a stop motion transformation video lmao
Those super model length legs with the tiny torso look like the katoki gundam designs that were popular from the mid 2000's, like the MG Unicorn Gundam
This is such a strange optomus prime figure but I love it because its my first movie toy . I really need to get a new one since my old one got lost while moving 😢.
This is the first Optimus I ever had and I got him from a thrift store, he was missing all his accessories, toes and half of his trailer hitch so little me used the rest of it as a foot gun and when he broke I was so sad, never realized how weird he was until getting into modern transformers
I got this guy for Christmas back in the day in a two pack with a g1 deco shockwave. Prime’s gun has been gifted to ultimate prime and it works well. That shockwave is still really good as well
I like the way they did the legs, if they did that for studio series not only would it give him the needed height, but it would also make the legs proportionate to the rest of him, and it would slim out the back pack by 10000
The Fire Burst Optimus Prime figure was my second Optimus Prime figure I owned. I got it mostly for the axe because at the time it was the only axe for Optimus in DOTM. I don’t know if I have it now, I probably got rid of it because the Takara version of that mold eventually replaced it before Studio Series became a thing.
i used to have this figure. its nice to see the transformation and the robot mode proportions with modern engineering glasses. its so funky, its weird, but its just unique imo i miss this mold, my very first Optimus Prime figure
This was one of the dreams i didnt reach when i was a kid... I saved money for 3 years to buy optimus only to find out that the store has sold out their optimus figure and only the shockwave toy was left😂 Sad that they dont sell that toy in my country anymore
I have fond memories of this guy… because of the amount of shit people gave him back in the day. Everyone was hyped coming off of the 2010 Battle Blades Optimus and was wondering how DOTM was going to top it… then the photos leaked. God, that time period was funny. I didn’t buy him back in the day but I love him now.
After looking at this figure in a pose, it looks alot like an old anime character, plus it looks badass just due to the weird proportions with the long ass legs and tiny torso doesnt that remind you of old og anime like Dbz, Sailor moon, Pokemon, etc. Prime carries that so well even though its a movie figure like it supposed to not look like an anime character and yet this figure does but its epic
I happen to have a version with the swords. This Prime looks weird, I won't deny it, but these proportions make him look really heroic/dynamic, especially with the back panels and fuel tanks spread out. And yes, you can do so much with the tanks... Fold them flush and have a G1 rocket pack, extend them and have shoulder/underslung cannons or turn the entire panel assembly into a wide jetpack. My only problem is the apparently mismoulded gun locking device on my example. P. S. You can also do the underslung cannon thing with a First Edition AoE Prime.
I still have this figure. Pretty fun i guess. Unfortunately I don't have the gas tanks, the mech tech gun, and the knee pad thingies. Mostly because I may have stolen it from my uncles old house. It was still in the packaging. And my grandma gave me the blessing to keep it. So technically I might have stolen it
0:15 I've seen the meme video so much that I was surprised when Sentinel didn't say, " I gave you Cybertron our home, and you still won't say the n-word" dispite it being Leonard Nemoy speaking and not some guy with a crappy microphone
It (the mold) was actually used quite a lot, I have the Reveal the Shield version of this mode where half of the guy is in Transparent red plastic, with the red sword & shield.
The funny thing is as weird as this mold is, if you fixed the arms and proportions while still using the same transformation, you would have one of the most accurate primes.
i found a complete fireburst version of this mold, but with the chest plate and outer legs of the original version and but it’s just missing a weapon. i ordered the fireburst weapon but even without it it just looks so cool
this was my first ever transformer toy and my first ever optimus figure but then,my little cousin broke it back in like 2017 and yea its now gone sadly
while the arm kibble is a bit much i love the proportions of the figure, It looks like you gave the movie Optimus design to a modern super robot Anime designer
I have this toy and it's honestly really fun. The design is really weird but I remember as a kid i used to pretend that it was a sort of upgraded form (nowadays I see it as a bayverse version of Galaxy Upgrade Optimus lol), Kind of a shame the hips are looser now on mine.
I really like how stylized it looks with the solar panels and exaggerated proportions. I had the fireburst redeco for the really cool mechtech axe LMG thing and the color scheme but I think it broke years back and I threw it away. Honestly DOTM had my favorite non-leader molds for movie prime.
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Looking at how this figure's backpack is designed, those oversized barrels aren't entirely needless, at least probably not to the original designers; I think that since this was during an era where Optimus Prime tended to fly around with a jetpack, particularly in the DotM film where his trailer became said pack, they gave him those big barrels so that kids could pretend he could fly! (plus an imaginitive kid could easily turn those big things around to pretend they're huge cannons). Pretty much every 10 year old who knew about DotM probably loved this toy since its only problems would be an inaccurate design, which really, not a lot of them care too much about accuracy. I'd say this figure was great for its time and purpose.
Edit: As is usual, generalizing anything reveals exceptions quickly. Some are suckers for screen accuracy. But it’s good to see that those oversized gas canisters are 100% cannons + jetpacks
I never had this mold, but I can say that everything you said is true, as a kid I didn't really care about "Oh this character is so faithful to the screen" I just wanted to have him and play with it, so yeah those tanks would 100% work as jet barrels or cannons in whatever playthrough a kid decided to put it through.
I agree with you. I had three of these mold(well the bootleg one) and I really enjoyed it.
i very much did pretend those barrels were a jet pack. then my mom ran it over bc i left it on the garage floor🥲
As someone who had this toy as a kid, I actually really didn't care for its design at all - not only due to inaccuracies, but just because it's proportions are _so_ ugly to me. I will admit, however, that the few times I remember playing with it, those barrels were a jetpack.
I think it's neat seeing That Toy Guy getting to enjoy a figure I hardly could and pointing out all the positives.
I was sad to never get this mold as a kid I think you are right
This was the figure that started everything for me. I thought it was broken because the hip joints got so loose over time, then I realized on my third copy, that it was just the screws being loose. Love this figure to this day, and I saw the huge gas tanks as his jet pack.
Mine broke at the hip unfortunately
Mine’s arms go torn off which is sad because it was literally the first toy I have ever had
Lmao I second you with seeing the gas tanks as his Jetpack
@@Shingoji12omg same, first optimus that i have+broken arm
I have this trying to figure out how to put it together. I need a video of how it goes from a robot to a truck.
This figure will always have a special place in my heart since it was my first Transformers figure that wasn't a gimmick toy or a legion class figure! I remember using the big tanks in the back as if they were Primes jetpack.
This was my childhood Optimus toy. It and DOTM Shockwave were my favorite Transformers toys.
Between the oversized barrels kinda becoming a jet pack, and the solar panels on the truck mode, this Optimus always felt to me like he was kitted out to go to space, something I desperately wanted to see happen cause all the dotm toys had the moon as the backdrop to their packaging, it was so cool
This review hit me really hard, because I'm suffering from a chronic sickness and felt like the pandemic took away a huge part of my early 20s, and I just suddenly remembered when I was 13 and I got this as my first voyager Prime in my childhood home. I was so happy and content back then, and those memories mean a whole lot more now. I feel like I took those years for granted and seeing this toy again (which I still have) took me back to a simpler time. Thanks for this.
This mold was the first ever optimus prime toy i ever had when i was a kid so many good memories
this toy feels so significant to me cus its one of the first toys me and my cousins all got because it was decently cheap for what it was. loved the feel but the gas tanks are really easy to break lol
I love this mold and how it's just its own little thing. Though, I will say the DOTM Deluxe Optimus is just as strange to me. Looks a tad more accurate but has a disastrous backpack (despite being really clean everywhere else). I had the Lunar Fire repaint which used the DOTM Voyager's mechtech and it was,,,, so big for that guy. However, Deluxe Optimus and Starscream worked better with Voyager Megatron, Shockwave, and Sentinel to me so they stayed on my display for many years.
This was my first transformers figure ever. It's a shame I lost it years ago.
Mine too! I think. I don’t remember.
Absolutely LOVE this guy. He feels like a near perfect cross between a Gundam and Optimus. And the articulation and transformation is DAMN good for the time.
The legs are fucking amazing too.
The best of the 7 movies
*5 Movies
@@cupheadxd100 he’s counting all the transformer, live action movies not just the Bay films🫠
@@cupheadxd100I was including the bumblebee movie and rise of the beasts
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@@GrimlocK1980 I'm Thought It Was 5 Bayverse Movies💀
This is still one of my favorite figures to this day and it makes me so happy to see how many people share a connection to this toy as well.
That intro made hyped more than the whole BB and ROTB movies.
This makes me realize I love Transformers movies so much because they are just cool and get my heart pumping, the angles, the shots, the writing of the phrases feels so philosophical but so real, the voice acting, the music, IT IS ALL A SYMPHONY OF PERFECTION ❤️❤️😩
(The new movies are fine :) But I have always been a Bayverse lover and I will be forever.)
this figure was the start of my transformers movie toy collection that until today hasn't been growing much since i don't always buy figures. my DOTM voyager prime was the takara tomy one with trailer and mech tech gun/blade. although after frequent use, like what you said from 6:08 the left shoulder section of mine broke off, but i wasn't being aggresive at using it. maybe my copy has degraded plastic or something different, but i love this figure so much and it's nostalgic. this figure started my tf movie toy collection. ❤
The "Fireburst" version of this figure was actually my first ever Optimus Prime, and I still love that figure like crazy, and I hold that version as my preferred "evil Optimus", as the orange lightning going through him looks like a corruption taking him over, instead of the "Nemesis" way of just being Prime that shops at Hot Topic.
Nice 👍
Be careful with the gray plastic. It gets brittle with age. On prime where it's thick and chunky it should last, but the 5mm pegs on the gun will splinter and crack if you try to put anything in.
This figure just naturally accomplishes the signature DJW lean without even trying.
I like that arm transformation, and the general sculpt of the figure. If the legacy series were porting all designs over to the style of Transformers Animated, I would want the people doing Legacy 2007 Movie OP Animatified to study and crib engineering from this figure. Additionally, you can see from the panel work and the mech-tech that the HasTak engineers _could_ be doing ridiculous third-party levels of panelforming and do it well. I very much get the feeling of the engineering saying, in a snarky tone, "Yeah, we could do all the stuff 3P houses do. It wouldn't even be hard. But we're making toys here, y'know - for _kids_ with _budgets_."
I am totally here for that. Thanks for showing off this mold!
This figure seems like a prototype TFP First Edition Prime. More notably the figure’s transformation shares some similarities.
That's what I thought when I saw how the head popped up and how the chest and arms transformed
Gundam Proportions Movie Prime isn't real, he can't hurt you
Gundam Proportions Movie Prime:
What a coincidence - I was re-watching Dr. Lockdown's review on the Reveal The Shield version of this mould, and just a few hours later this video releases.
Yeah, this deco looks a lot nicer than the RTS one, and I also like the look of the solar panels. This definitely feels like one of those toys that may look a bit naff nowadays, but I definitely would've enjoyed as a kid.
I used to own the Fireburst recolor of this mold (black and orange colors go so hard on Prime), but lost him a long time ago. Kept the axe to it, and I recently picked up the standard version off Buyee for roughly 20 bucks, so now he has two weapons. I would like to get the Fireburst version again someday. Always liked him and the Cyberfire recolor of Bumblebee. Jank mold aside, he's a very fun figure, imo.
I had that prime too. Same story but I did buy the accessory still hope you find yours. 👍
I used to have this figure when I was small. DOTM was the first movie I saw in the cinemas in my life as far as I can recall, to this day it is my favorite movie from the Bayverse, and I loved this Optimus so much. It was one of the first Transformers toys I had as a child. Unfortunately I actually broke his leg one day and then it just disappeared, not sure if I lost it or if I gave it away, but I still miss him to this day
This was my favorite Optimus toy as a kid I absolutely loved this toy his design was so good
Seeing this review filled me with so much nostalgia since this was my first ever optimus prime toy ever owned and it was my favorite toy out of all my other toys at the time, great video BTW hope you keep making more.
I'd say the gas tanks work in conjunction with his gun being a thruster, making his truck mode into a frickin space semi.
My main issue is with the sides of the front being blue, which is not only inaccurate with Optimus' actual vehicle mode, but also inconsistent with the red pieces just above them. Also... they're molded in red, so what was the point of painting those parts blue? And the grill area is entirely unpainted... save for the very top edge. _Why?_
Almost forgot to mention that the Takara trailer version actually retains that bit of weirdness, which sticks out even more due to this one being meant to be more vehicle mode accurate. Again, _why?_
His proportions are more wonky than CW Optimus, and that’s saying something.
This video is gonna be a nostalgia trip for me lol I had this figure when I was a kid and loved the hell out of it
Ah yes… my first movie Optimus prime… boy I sure don’t miss this thing one bit. On my copy the front never ever EVER would tab in, so the front of the truck would just kinda dangle. The roof would also sometimes not wanna tab in right either. Honestly the only good part about the figure was his fantastic light piped purple eyes. His legs are also pretty good. But the arms are so… gorilla shaped. A decent attempt, but honestly the other DOTM prime toy molds did a better job, and of course the SS32 mold blows them all out of the water.
I have the Fireburst version of this mold and he's been my main Optimus for years ever since I got him as a child. While I do want a more modern Optimus to replace him as my definitive Prime, I'll always love this guy and he looks great next to my Gamer Edition Megatron. I also always thought the Fireburst colors made him look more like Nemesis Prime so when I was young I sometimes used him as Nemesis
This is the second best Voyager mold of the Optimus Prime of The Original Trilogy desing, even better than the Studio Series in my opinion
I remember having this one back when the movie originally released and I loved it at the time.
The leg transformation on this was SOOOO satisfying back in the day just due to how streamlined they were in both modes. I wish they had found a way to update this engineering with better proportions and articulation for a modern Prime
When I was a kid I wanted this figure so badly. Still do. Great vid.
The title got me dying. TTG watching your videos are such a treat, your constant sarcasm, the music intros, and the tf movie editing, just everything in general. But I must ask, have you thought of starting a series similar to the bionicle series you did how many years ago?
I recall that the huge gas canisters were intended to be jetpack-like boosters, so you could pretend they can fly.
Gotta be one of my favorites due to the fact he visually looks and plays really good.
It's kinda cool seeing how this toy started the evolution of movie styled voyager Primes, like they took this figures engineering and used it for the first edition TFP Optimus, and then that was modelled for SS-05, and later refined for SS-32
I have the Fireburst one and I love it, that one is definitely not going for accuracy between the colors and the spacey feel to teh vehicle, so it can shine for its own merits and it has a killer axe. I also wanna get the Takara one with the clean altmode.
i had this optimus as a kid. out of the three others, he was definitely the one i played with the most. i even made a stop motion transformation video lmao
Those super model length legs with the tiny torso look like the katoki gundam designs that were popular from the mid 2000's, like the MG Unicorn Gundam
That was my first transformers when I was a kid, and I have a soft spot for it.
This is such a strange optomus prime figure but I love it because its my first movie toy . I really need to get a new one since my old one got lost while moving 😢.
This is the first Optimus I ever had and I got him from a thrift store, he was missing all his accessories, toes and half of his trailer hitch so little me used the rest of it as a foot gun and when he broke I was so sad, never realized how weird he was until getting into modern transformers
This was my favorite DOTM OG toys I ever got next to Cyberverse lines in 2011.
This is the figure that got me into Transformers in the first place. Despite his weird arms, I love it. Shame that mine is broken now.
I got this guy for Christmas back in the day in a two pack with a g1 deco shockwave. Prime’s gun has been gifted to ultimate prime and it works well. That shockwave is still really good as well
I've got this one! Literally the first Transformers I got back when the movie came out and before I started collecting.
I like the way they did the legs, if they did that for studio series not only would it give him the needed height, but it would also make the legs proportionate to the rest of him, and it would slim out the back pack by 10000
Ngl, i loved this mold back in high school. Dotm was the first time id had Movie OP toy, the big ole cannon and gas tanks made it over thetop for me
The Fire Burst Optimus Prime figure was my second Optimus Prime figure I owned. I got it mostly for the axe because at the time it was the only axe for Optimus in DOTM. I don’t know if I have it now, I probably got rid of it because the Takara version of that mold eventually replaced it before Studio Series became a thing.
13 years old holy shit
I absolutely agree, Shadow Striker feels like it comes from an older era in the best way.
I like the repaint of this guy that came with the smaller mechtech blaster that becomes an axe
i used to have this figure. its nice to see the transformation and the robot mode proportions with modern engineering glasses. its so funky, its weird, but its just unique imo
i miss this mold, my very first Optimus Prime figure
I had a bootleg/third party version of that figure as a kid that was everything to me😢
I had a weird repaint of it with a load of clear plastic and it had a weird gimmick where you would use his shield to see the hidden autobot sign
I genuinely loved this figure when I was young because it was the only TRUCK transformer I had
my grandma got a re-color of that mold and I remember thinking "what the hell IS this thing?"
This was like my favorite Bayverse Optimus as a kid. I loved this thing tbh 😭
13 years old.... I feel old.
This was one of the dreams i didnt reach when i was a kid... I saved money for 3 years to buy optimus only to find out that the store has sold out their optimus figure and only the shockwave toy was left😂
Sad that they dont sell that toy in my country anymore
I have fond memories of this guy… because of the amount of shit people gave him back in the day.
Everyone was hyped coming off of the 2010 Battle Blades Optimus and was wondering how DOTM was going to top it… then the photos leaked.
God, that time period was funny.
I didn’t buy him back in the day but I love him now.
After looking at this figure in a pose, it looks alot like an old anime character, plus it looks badass just due to the weird proportions with the long ass legs and tiny torso doesnt that remind you of old og anime like Dbz, Sailor moon, Pokemon, etc. Prime carries that so well even though its a movie figure like it supposed to not look like an anime character and yet this figure does but its epic
I remember this guy all too well.
My first official hasbro transformer ever,good memories
I happen to have a version with the swords. This Prime looks weird, I won't deny it, but these proportions make him look really heroic/dynamic, especially with the back panels and fuel tanks spread out.
And yes, you can do so much with the tanks... Fold them flush and have a G1 rocket pack, extend them and have shoulder/underslung cannons or turn the entire panel assembly into a wide jetpack.
My only problem is the apparently mismoulded gun locking device on my example.
P. S. You can also do the underslung cannon thing with a First Edition AoE Prime.
I still have this figure. Pretty fun i guess. Unfortunately I don't have the gas tanks, the mech tech gun, and the knee pad thingies. Mostly because I may have stolen it from my uncles old house. It was still in the packaging. And my grandma gave me the blessing to keep it. So technically I might have stolen it
Yeah I also lost the knee pad, although only the left one so as a kid I used to pretend it was battle damage.
Honestly, I like this particular version of Optimus. less expensive than the SS version
I have the Fire Burst version and was always confused about the pose and now it makes sense
I remember using funds from one of my pay cheques from my part time gig in high school to go see DOTM…
My joints hurt.
I actually own this toy, but it was a repaint
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I've seen the meme video so much that I was surprised when Sentinel didn't say, " I gave you Cybertron our home, and you still won't say the n-word" dispite it being Leonard Nemoy speaking and not some guy with a crappy microphone
Another racist has been defeated 😎
It (the mold) was actually used quite a lot, I have the Reveal the Shield version of this mode where half of the guy is in Transparent red plastic, with the red sword & shield.
The funny thing is as weird as this mold is, if you fixed the arms and proportions while still using the same transformation, you would have one of the most accurate primes.
i found a complete fireburst version of this mold, but with the chest plate and outer legs of the original version and but it’s just missing a weapon. i ordered the fireburst weapon but even without it it just looks so cool
i had this as a kid and i haven’t been able to find him for years 😭
I really like how the legs transform
the wheels on the arm are my only issue, they get in the way
I like this guy, he stands like a menace, and looks cool
I've been seeing this guy pop up on my Amazon feed consistently this week so i got slightly jumpscared and confused when i saw the thumbnail
this was my first ever transformer toy and my first ever optimus figure but then,my little cousin broke it back in like 2017 and yea its now gone sadly
This is the movie Optimus that i have. Hes got such a neat gun. And hes solar powered.
I've had a passive interest in getting this one for a while because it's Prime if he was built like a mobile suit.
I had this toy and the deluxe bumblebee when I was a kid. I lost them both but I still have Prime’s gun.
while the arm kibble is a bit much i love the proportions of the figure, It looks like you gave the movie Optimus design to a modern super robot Anime designer
It looks Like It as a yetpack.
I do dig how this figure has a different transformation than the ROTF OP Leader figure. The legs come from the cab!
YOOOOOO I HAD THIS FIGURE AS A KID AND I LOVED IT AND I LOST IT AND NOW I WANT IT BACK
I've been waiting so long for this review
I remember I got this figure back in 2012 when I was a little boy
The transformation of this figure is the most movie accurate transformation
"The arm will come right off"
I see you mean its movie accurate! Joke but, really weird looking yet cool figure.
I remember seeing this figure every time I went to Walmart but couldn't afford it. I wanted to pair it with the deluxe Bee.
I have this toy and it's honestly really fun. The design is really weird but I remember as a kid i used to pretend that it was a sort of upgraded form (nowadays I see it as a bayverse version of Galaxy Upgrade Optimus lol), Kind of a shame the hips are looser now on mine.
I really like how stylized it looks with the solar panels and exaggerated proportions. I had the fireburst redeco for the really cool mechtech axe LMG thing and the color scheme but I think it broke years back and I threw it away. Honestly DOTM had my favorite non-leader molds for movie prime.
This was actually my first Optimus
Ah yes, my first Optimus Prime toy. At time of release, Voyagers were $15, good times.
I’ve got the 2017 Reveal The Shield release. He is absolutely hideous and I love him.
This was the exact model that I played with as a child. Too bad it got lost