The Leader Class You Probably Don’t Know About |  

I remember reading online that many people believe that the AOE Evasion Optimus was originally going to be the design Optimus would have in Bumblebee before his final design was made, explaining why this guy and all the BBM Optimus toys besides the Studio Series are based off the Evasion design.

With these shots of the figures. He could make even a terrible figure look amazing (not saying this is a bad figure, just saying)

Weijiang M-01 really made me appreciate just how good this and the original were, there really aren’t a lot of major changes besides fingers and paint (and size). Nice to see the progression from evasion mode to one of my favourite figures

That intro makes me think Prime is about to drop an insane diss track.

For those who are confused by the paint job, this is Evasion Mode Optimus, with G1 Optimus's color scheme

I don't think those are teeth but the subtle soundwaves you see when he speaks. Mainly noticeable in his first appearance in 07'

That Roll Out Command Optimus Prime is gonna be a fun watch whenever it gets a review

I actually prefer the blue lower legs because the overall more G1ish deco works better for me than trying to force the usual Bayverse colors onto this design or it being rusty

I've had this figure since it released and I can positively say it's the best Optimus I own, and the best Movie Optimus design ever.

I mean, I absolutely love that evasion mode Optimus mold. There's a version of that mold with Nemesis Prime colors, and I want it because I want a Bayverse Optimus, and Bayverse Optimus is the most violent Optimus, so giving him actual Nemesis Prime colors is just perfect. And the vehicle mode is great too.

He looks really nice much better than the original toy and I love his gun

I find this funny that Takara went full "K.O 4P" and upscaled-improved the AoE Evasion Optimus. I have the Nemesis version and I customised a YOTH Platinum Optimus (MP-10 repaint) trailer for it. It work and looks awesome!

Bro Optimus can’t resist grabbing the soap after it was dropped

The "teeth" he has isn't really teeth actually, they were trying to do the internal wave line thingies the cybertronians have in their mouths when they speak. its kinda clear to see in an up close shot of them speaking, its a neat detail but looks odd on the toy.

I have the Nemesis Prime version of this figure, absolutely love it. Probably my favorite movie Optimus’s

Damn, I've seen this on Ali Express, I just assumed it was re deco of the Evasion Prime, had no idea that it was a different figure

I have the leader class sized bumblebee from the BB movie, I won it in the comics drawing competition back in 2018, fun figure, standard articulation but the plastic snapped off twice on the front bumper. Definitely a figure that would fit well with the other leaders.

You made this figure look so good, I bought it and it’s dope as hell

Still remember the KO made by the late Weijiang. Never got a chance to buy it, yet, but I did modify my EM Optimus Prime to have shoulder flaps that become the truck's back.

I sold this figure for the reasons you mentioned. He was disturbingly loose in some areas, and the paint job in robot mode was so boring. I think they tried to please everyone and pleased no one. Trying so hard to make a movie prime but make it G1-looking. It just highlighted all the reasons why breaking up the color scheme helps a lot in live action.

Y’know I’ve always wanted this ever since I laid my eyes on it way back in the day

Somewhat reminiscent of Movie The Best if I'm remembering? GET ON BUYE!!! MY FUY SWEARS BY IT CUZ GOOD!!!!! TRUST HIM!!! Great review brother!!

Given how mediocre the AOE line was this was still one I picked up because it was the first time Prime was getting a G1 aesthetic in the movie line. Despite being bland in the paint color department it was still surprisingly a well done articulate enough toy. The additional paint on the upsized version go a long way in both modes, but really too bad about those lose hips. Really like the original, and always liked the missile firing shot gun looking like it literally carried over from the one he blew away Sentinel Prime, and Megatron in DOTM.

I had no idea he was a leader class, I always assumed it was voyager because of the mould reuse.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="254">4:14</a> the "i'm sorry" pose of the hips ratchet joint

I remember this fig when it came out. Always thought it was neat before the SS fig came out

that’s not teeth, movieverse Optimus always had those lines that move while he talks, it’s like a music song, like sound waves, watch any scene he talks close to the camera

Seeing Optimus bend throughout the video, unprompted, was so funny xDD

Leader class AoE Evasion Mode Optimus Prime needs to be repainted and be re-released in the Studio Series toyline under the name AoE Leader Class Scrapyard Optimus Prime. That would be really cool!

I think the mold is more known as the weijang version than bumblebee leader Because i honestly thought they took down weijang to use the mold for bumblebee

I used to collect like that just buying everything that has the transformers name on it, I just got exhausted with it.

I just got the evasion mode prime for my birthday. (Always wanted this guy tho)

I remember getting the original evasion mode Optimus Prime for Christmas. I loved it so much. But then one day, when I was transforming it (like you would) the left arm broke. You know how the arms on this mold are connected to the body via flat plates/side of the truck mode? Yeah well that snapped off and I couldn't put it back together. I ended up throwing that Optimus prime away and now I would do anything to get it back. I need to buy this new model (if I can still buy it)

I wish they would have loved to see them reissue this on the bb line so people in America can get their hands on them without paying ridiculous after market prices. He's a great figure

Absolutely my favorite Bayverse mode for Optimus. Wish we would’ve seen it with more color in the film rather than just with a dust covering him

I always thought this figure was some weird fever dream, weird to actually see someone talk about it

This Prime figure probably has the best designed legs I've seen yet. If only we could have this on the masterpiece.

I had a Japanese evasion mode Optimus Prime colored to look like Nemesis Prime but while transforming it, it’s right arm and left leg broke, and it was a gift from my great grandma

I actually customize that exact figure to look screen accurate for Age Of Extinction an he looks good when i put him in a kneeling pose from that gas station scene when Optimus Prime drops off Cade, Tessa, and Shane when they were being hunted down by Lockdown and Cemetery Wind

I think it looks like a decent figure, and the colors are pretty nice too. However I do remember about the problem on the grill, it being a little fragile

I imagine that because they retrofitted the ratchets on to the hips of the figure, it caused them to be loose

This feels like a KO upscale retool it’s so crazy that this is official

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="201">3:21</a> that aoe one step drift is the most satisfying thing to transform

I think the “teeth” on the unmasked face are supposed to resemble that weird wavy effect in his mouth when he talks in the movies

Optimus has teeth in the movies. I found this out stairing at his face too much

When age of extinction came out they had a toy like that I wanted it it just didn’t come out in my stores

This figure is an enigma to me, cause it borrows some enhancements from the weijiang KO that came out years before

Well you were right, no clue this existed before the vid

The gun not staying in the hands is more to do with now doing the tab on gun/slot in hand method, not cause the hand opens and closes

I think hasbro should have feet that are well posable, and that fold inwards for transformation or something, so it isn't all "Cool prime feet truck-bed" if you get what I mean, but the detail on this, excluding the feet for being weirdly blue, is so good I feel like I should pick this up for how good the paint is like... amazing.

I just found out about this today when jcc2224 mentioned it in his video on the transformers adventure large optimus prime

love this toy im so glad i got it

I’d always see pics of it but I had no idea it was a leader class

The teeth is actually accurate to the bayverse design

Once I decided to add this guy to my collection about a year ago, the search for a deal ended up costing me about 150% of his aftermarket value and leaving me with two copies of him. The first I bought for roughly half price off eBay because the gun was broken - snapped in half at the hinge. No big deal, I'm used to fixing that kind of thing. But once the figure arrived, the chrome was scratched up and all of the ratcheted joints had an unpleasant degree of play to them. He just felt...bad. Then, despite repair efforts including careful disassembly of the gun (including pushing pins) so I could access the problem area, I could not get the repair to stand up to the stresses of transformation. I could have just stored the faux-gad tanks on his back permanently and lived with the shorter (and honestly more reasonably sized) gun, but man, I could not. It ate at me. After about two weeks, I found a near perfect copy for sale and paid the going rate for it. I am a broken man who craves plastic crack, but a broken man with a nice Legendary Prime on display and a not so nice one in a storage bin somewhere.

I know about it because I have it, and love it. BUT, his gun broke and his hips got super loose. But beautiful figure.

this figure is like someones 2007 deviantart digibash of bayverse prime with his g1 color scheme brought to life

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="477">7:57</a> Autobots, PRESENT.

the blue feet looks like he just sat in a hot tub of paint

Good vid 👍🏻

I'm not sure if you saw this already, but if you look real closely in the movie, Optimus actually has teeth. They also flutter around the inside of his mouth while he talks.

Im already going to get this figure

Yeah you finally did the real thank you

Seems Optimus REALLY wants to transform and roll out😂

I think I still have my aoe version of evasion mode prime and I loved it so much. The problem is the elbows are quite loose now and they're pinned in so I can't fix it. Ball joints are easy but I dunno how to fix pins. If anyone has any advice on how to restore optimus, I would be immensely grateful

Your Optimus is an apologetic salaryman.

I remember when Black Apple started the upgrades for the original figure

Basically mpm evasion mode Optimus

I have to say the G1 colors on og bayverse prime looks great

nah you know what was really funny, the twins

his croch looks like rotf wheely

That’s why Bumblebee’s head in the BB Movie and ROTB is the Bayverse Bumblebee head

Thank you..

I forgot this thing existed...

Yo recuerdo que también sacaron un reepack de Soundwave de Titans Returns con los cacets para esa película y personalmente siempre quise conseguirlo ya que tengo los cacets de esa línea pero nunca llego el Soundwave a mi país

I wish they would release this figure at this scale again.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="206">3:26</a> get it the legs look "bootleggy".

Wei Jiang COMMANDER, Oversized Evasion Optimus, anyone? Wei Jiang made an AMAZING version of this mold that address all of your problems. Much more chrome throughout, automotive grade paint with the flames on his legs, better weapon, dark metallic gray parts instead of.. That. Yup, he might be my best optimus.

It's always the bad ones that looks badass

Does buyee ship to canada

I like the blue feet it makes it look more solid to me

to this day i still want this guy

Ah yes, the Japanese buyee exclusive, OP with built in bow gesture

I gave up trying to get this guy because everytime I looked it was either between $250 and $400 and if I could find it cheaper it was some Chinese seller with like less that 20 feedback rating!

I always felt that Takara made this to compete with WeiJaing's M-01 Commander

Just bought this guy off buyee, hopefully it's as good as the hype I wish there was a good movie megatron in this scale EDIT: The loose joints and wonky transformation are big caveats, but the great bot and truck modes make up for it.

Definitely get the Wei Jiang version

the grey looks really cheap though. the legs and the area around the head. would be better if it had that gunmetal colour/dark grey from ss44 or ss05 i think it was

I have this figure for 5 Years and it still holds up, Unfortunately his Gun Snapped in two Different Spots, I I tried fixing it, but it Broke some more, so I Gave him a G1 prime gun that's made out of Lego lol

You probably got plenty of comments about this but, you are putting the gun on the back upside down. Also, Bayverse Prime had teeth, they were a set of gears in his mouth. You can see them in the scene where the Autobots meet Sam and Michaela.

I also have the same problem with the hips man, it's a great toy but the hips really make it feel annoying

Im literally getting this figure today lol

looks like you can unscrew the butt and tighten up the ratchets that way

I can't find this guy for the life of me, can someone give me a link to it?

So when are you going to review Big Firebird Nicee and her clones and finally have the this video was made for adult collectors finally live up to its reputation?

The only Bumblebee figures in getting is Earthslark deluxe and ROTB SS 100

I like it but can you put it next to masterpiece Megatron or 2007 Leader class Megatron pls I need to know

I actually got my victory deathsaurus from buyee

По сути это оверсайз фигурки Прайма по 4-ому фильму

kinda wanna get this now