Transformers Movie Leader Optimus Prime

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Yes, Best Buy the American electronics retail chain. For a brief while they dabbled in collectibles. It didn't last long, but long enough to get out a pair of Voyager molds with Premium Series level more screen-accurate, metallic paint jobs. Swing the sections with the two rear wheels down, then separate them from one another to begin forming the legs.

The protoform mode consists of eight pieces of metallic blue plastic that plug into the arms, chest, pelvis and legs of the figure. With these pieces attached, the figure can be transform into his meteor-like "entry mode". This mode can be mounted on a three-piece stand that comes with the figure, allowing you to display it in mid-plummet. Overall Optimus Prime has a fun robot mode that looks great and is fun to play with. It is not perfect (for the reasons outlined above) but I do like it more than I originally expected to.Protoform Optimus Prime "Fusion Cluster Edition" (a redeco of Deluxe Class Protoform Optimus Prime in "entry mode" colors, exclusively available at the C3xHobby Convention and later also from e-HOBBY)

This Optimus Prime cannot tow the Mechtech trailer, as the original mold has no trailer hitch to begin with. The chest features windows from the vehicle mode and small raised, circular details around them representing bolts, a feature from the G1 action figure. The tremendous success and high profile of the movie has vastly broadened the toy-buying audience, with many more kids, adult collectors, and scalpers seeking out product.

Whether by coincidence or by design, his chest can open up along with a third panel (that includes a faux grill not seen in either mode for some reason) in a manner that replicates his Matrix chamber in the 1986 movie, though no Matrix of Leadership toys can fit inside without impeding his transformation.