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this was my childhood optimus, (well not this fancy version, the normal one) and i had lost it a long time ago, but was able to reclaim it on a trip to see my partner last year. it meant so much to have him back and it meant so much to find him with the love of my life 💖
I could have almost ended up being one of those people. Took me entirely too many years to learn the torso could be locked... ...although to be perfectly honest, I'm still tempted to glue the thing regardless just to get rid of the little bit of waggle it has even while locked, and then I could also just cut the tab off as well.
I had the initial release that came in the two-pack with Megatron. The greebles on his inner leg are based on the vents on his shins from the original toy for... some reason? I don't know why they didn't just put them on the shins. I didn't find out that you can lock the chest back in place by pulling back HARD on the tab that makes it spin. In case anyone reading this didn't know, you're really supposed to push that lever to make him spin, but it's so unwieldy that it's not worth it.
My brother and I split the two pack when we were kids (he got Megatron), and while he's outdated and very much outdated compared to recent Optimus Prime figures, but he's definitely got a charm all his own, even with the goofy truck mode.
This may not be a great figure, but the version of this that came in the two pack with Megatron was my first Prime and will always be my favorite Prime
It's so funny to me that they've basically took one moment from the g1 and built a toy around it(yes OP did this move in the show, I believe it was fire in the sky)
@@bacproduction7186 Other way around, Megatron spun his waist then knocked Prime over. Prime spun his wrist to block Megatron's attack. The episode is on RU-vid if you want to see it. It's near the end of it.
@@voltronimusprime3833 I might be wrong about exact episode but I distinctly remember that at some point OP T-posed and started to spin his torso and knocked Megatron out
Great video, this was my childhood Optimus Prime and one day on a car ride at a stoplight the figure slid off of my seat and underneath the front seat of the car and I never saw it again. I looked for it hundreds of times but I never found it somehow. Always thought it was an underrated Optimus figure
I got that original mould in the Megatron two pack, it was such a pitiful truck but great robo. And that gun has travelled all amongst my Primes over the years, it's just that good.
the regular version was one of my first transformers, got him with the movie fast action battler. i still love this fugure tho, and if they changed him up make the thighs collapse and replaced the spinny gimmick with a swivel he would be almost perfect.
The robot mode for him looks great. He's definitely one of my favourite looking modes in our collection if you don't pick him up. The G2 Megatron that came with him in the ultimate battle dvd boxset is way better!
I've always loved the bot mode, I mean the gimmick sucks bit it's also easy to ignore. I was never sure why this thing gets so much hate. I do prefer the other paint job though
I bought the original version at Retro Gaming Expo last year, absolutely love how pathetic the truck mode is, how jank the robot mode feels, and the most pointless rotating gimmick. It’s like “The Room” of Optimus Prime figures.
Honestly, if they'd just dropped the spin gimmick and instead put a bit more effort into transformation, this figure could have maybe been the BEST ever.
Honestly I never understood the hate this figure got. It's a pretty good incarnation of g1 prime. Although I could be biased because it was my first g1 prime. (Grew up on Armada)
I picked this up secondhand as an adult collector and I loved it. Not the gimmick, that was shite. But for posing dramatically? Slag, yeah! He felt like he stepped off the screen compared with my G1 Optimus. He was the centrepiece of my display. That was until Masterpiece took me. God that truck mode is vile.
I wish I could be this forgiving, but outside of his robot mode, and fun COD machine gun/turret I just about hate everything about this little guy. The spinning gimmick is obnoxious, the unpinned waist causes it to easily fall in half, and the truck is abysmal. Light piping is peak though.