The STRANGEST Movie Optimus Mould…..It’s So Weird |  

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

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.

This was my childhood Optimus toy. It and DOTM Shockwave were my favorite Transformers toys.

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 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 was my first transformers figure ever. It's a shame I lost it years ago.

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

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.

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

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.

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 figure seems like a prototype TFP First Edition Prime. More notably the figure’s transformation shares some similarities.

This was my favorite DOTM OG toys I ever got next to Cyberverse lines in 2011.

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 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 genuinely loved this figure when I was young because it was the only TRUCK transformer I had

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. ❤

That was my first transformers when I was a kid, and I have a soft spot for it.

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.

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.

When I was a kid I wanted this figure so badly. Still do. Great vid.

my grandma got a re-color of that mold and I remember thinking "what the hell IS this thing?"

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 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 like the repaint of this guy that came with the smaller mechtech blaster that becomes an axe

His proportions are more wonky than CW Optimus, and that’s saying something.

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

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.

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!

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 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

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 really like how the legs transform

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

I remember this guy all too well.

My first official hasbro transformer ever,good memories

"The arm will come right off" I see you mean its movie accurate! Joke but, really weird looking yet cool figure.

Hey TTG, love your videos! Edit: great review!

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.

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'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?_

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 😢.

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

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

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

I remember having this one back when the movie originally released and I loved it at the time.

i had this as a kid and i haven’t been able to find him for years 😭

I had this toy and the deluxe bumblebee when I was a kid. I lost them both but I still have Prime’s gun.

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

i used to have this when i was 5 now im 12 this brings me so much memories😢😢😢

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.

I remember I got this figure back in 2012 when I was a little boy

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.

dang the intro. that means Revenge of the fallen is old enough to start drivers ed.

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 the Fire Burst version and was always confused about the pose and now it makes sense

This was the exact model that I played with as a child. Too bad it got lost

Gundam Proportions Movie Prime isn't real, he can't hurt you Gundam Proportions Movie Prime:

Bro thought he was slick sneaking in the primevprime foto montage intro music😂

This figure just naturally accomplishes the signature DJW lean without even trying.

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 like this guy, he stands like a menace, and looks cool

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

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

This was my first Optimus Prime figure and now the legs are sooo loose😭

I wanna get the fireburst Optimus! Edit: Bro got the BrickBatDad music at the end

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.

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

This was actually my first Optimus

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

Actually have a flame deco of this! Super cool!

I’ve got the 2017 Reveal The Shield release. He is absolutely hideous and I love him.

one of my first figures I love this guy so much, I had the one that came with the energy axe mechtech weapon

I've got this one! Literally the first Transformers I got back when the movie came out and before I started collecting.

I still have this thing. It was my favorite toy for a long time. However, child me somehow lost the right hand, one of the smoke stacks is bent and loss, and the hip joints just don't exist.

Gotta be one of my favorites due to the fact he visually looks and plays really good.

I have this exact figure still to this day, except the left arm broke and the right foot is broken in half

This is the movie Optimus that i have. Hes got such a neat gun. And hes solar powered.

This guy was pretty weird and I loved it,and fun fact this was my first ever transformers toy

This was like my favorite Bayverse Optimus as a kid. I loved this thing tbh 😭

The transformation of this figure is the most movie accurate transformation

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 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.

Such a good looking guy. I guess I don’t really have a good relationship with it probably because my grandma got me a KO version, but it’s still a good toy

i had the fireburst mold, sold it a few months ago but kept the axe and gave the axe to SS38? Bee Movie Prime

Honestly thought this mould was a KO or a third party figure, since I had gotten a Nemesis Prime for Christmas, well, my figure might be a KO, but still. I share a lot of the same opinions aside from the gas canisters being a bother, as they don't really bother me that much. He is a bit weird in the comparison department of the legs and torso, and giving him an, as you said, odd bodybuilder look, but I think this is also a really damn fun figure to own, so fun to flip back and forth from both modes, and fun to pose. Might get the Optimus Prime deco sometime in the future.

Still have him. Still as durable as ever, a wacky Prime but pretty cool. Took an awesome pic of him and DOTM Megs on some Lava rocks near a volcano I believe on the way back from Texas back in 2011.

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

Loved this toy as a kid

This was actually my first movie bayverse toy

One of my first transformers

I absolutely agree, Shadow Striker feels like it comes from an older era in the best way.

This toy has that Anime stance and proportions. I got the hot red and blue TLK one for the sword and shield.

i remember having this mold, i really do like it due to nostalgia but it did NOT age well

The Takara version is GORGEOUS, and reminds you what a OP trailer should look like. Unfortunately, the trailer isn’t compatible with Siege/Earthrise/etc.

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 think this guy could work as a Bay Cybertron Optimus Prime with a few tweaks

I used to have this figure as a kid until the hing that the chest was attached to randomly broke..