Title:
Optimus Prime 20th Anniversary 3rd Grey Gun
Description:
Optimus Prime/Convoy (December 11, 2003/2004)
ID number: MP-1
Accessories: Ion blaster, Autobot
Matrix of Leadership, gun mode Megatron, Megatron’s scope, stock and silencer, energon-axe, cardboard trailer (Japanese release only)
20th Anniversary Optimus Prime was produced for the stated milestone of the Transformers brand. So successful was the figure that ToyFare magazine ultimately ranked it #1 in their quest for "Best Toy Ever”.
Created with the specific purpose of producing an Optimus Prime as accurate to the original animated series as possible, the toy is exceptionally poseable compared to toys prior, partially constructed from die-cast metal, features rubber tires and vacuum-metalized plastic and is heavily detailed, with sliding pistons in its joints and working spring-loaded suspension in vehicle mode. The figure also contains multiple non-intrusive gimmicks, such as a moving mouthplate to emulate Prime’s traditional method of speech, flip-up communications panels on the forearms depicting images of Bumblebee and Starscream, and an opening, light-up Matrix chamber in the chest, which contains a removable vacuum-metalized Matrix of Leadership that can also be pulled open. The Matrix is housed within a removable gray battery box which can light up the matrix core when activated.
Optimus Prime comes with many accessories in addition to the aforementioned Matrix, including the character’s traditional laser rifle, now termed (and henceforth known as) an ion blaster. The initial release of the figure cast the ion blaster in grey plastic, but later assortments recast it in its more familiar black coloration. Other accessories include a transparent orange energon-axe that plugs into either wrist when Prime’s fist is retracted, and even a non-transforming gun mode Megatron weapon, with removable stock, silencer, and scope accessories, in homage to several instances in the Generation 1 cartoon when Prime was forced to wield his enemy. Pack-in bonuses that came with the figure included an inner cardboard tray illustrated to resemble the interior of Prime’s Combat Deck, and in later releases, a small poster drawn by Pat Lee.
Optimus has a hidden sculpted mouth underneath his face mask, though attempts at removing the mask from the head may entirely damage the action feature.
Takara’s version of the figure was released in their markets slightly earlier, as the first of their long-running Masterpiece line. In addition to coming with a cardboard trailer that the buyer could assemble to "complete” Prime’s truck mode, Takara’s release differed from Hasbro’s by featuring longer smokestacks (kept short on the Hasbro version for safety reasons), and lacking the black scorch-marked "battle damage” paint applications Hasbro included on the figure’s shoulders, wrists, and abdomen. In Western markets, the figure was intended to complement the Alternators line.
This sculpt was redecoed by Takara into a golden Lucky Draw figure and later released in its original coloration with a trailer as a "Perfect Edition” (see below for both), while Hasbro would later redeco it into their Classics-branded "DVD Edition”. The mold was also used to make Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and "Convoy Black Version”, representing one of many drones built in Prime’s image, rather than Prime himself.
In Transformers History Collection, a blind-packed Transformers trading figure line, Takara released an add-on hand for Masterpiece Convoy as a Chase figure. The hand holds a Spike Witwicky figure and clips on to the end of Optimus Prime’s arm, making the arm slightly longer than normal.
ID number: MP-1
Accessories: Ion blaster, Autobot
Matrix of Leadership, gun mode Megatron, Megatron’s scope, stock and silencer, energon-axe, cardboard trailer (Japanese release only)
20th Anniversary Optimus Prime was produced for the stated milestone of the Transformers brand. So successful was the figure that ToyFare magazine ultimately ranked it #1 in their quest for "Best Toy Ever”.
Created with the specific purpose of producing an Optimus Prime as accurate to the original animated series as possible, the toy is exceptionally poseable compared to toys prior, partially constructed from die-cast metal, features rubber tires and vacuum-metalized plastic and is heavily detailed, with sliding pistons in its joints and working spring-loaded suspension in vehicle mode. The figure also contains multiple non-intrusive gimmicks, such as a moving mouthplate to emulate Prime’s traditional method of speech, flip-up communications panels on the forearms depicting images of Bumblebee and Starscream, and an opening, light-up Matrix chamber in the chest, which contains a removable vacuum-metalized Matrix of Leadership that can also be pulled open. The Matrix is housed within a removable gray battery box which can light up the matrix core when activated.
Optimus Prime comes with many accessories in addition to the aforementioned Matrix, including the character’s traditional laser rifle, now termed (and henceforth known as) an ion blaster. The initial release of the figure cast the ion blaster in grey plastic, but later assortments recast it in its more familiar black coloration. Other accessories include a transparent orange energon-axe that plugs into either wrist when Prime’s fist is retracted, and even a non-transforming gun mode Megatron weapon, with removable stock, silencer, and scope accessories, in homage to several instances in the Generation 1 cartoon when Prime was forced to wield his enemy. Pack-in bonuses that came with the figure included an inner cardboard tray illustrated to resemble the interior of Prime’s Combat Deck, and in later releases, a small poster drawn by Pat Lee.
Optimus has a hidden sculpted mouth underneath his face mask, though attempts at removing the mask from the head may entirely damage the action feature.
Takara’s version of the figure was released in their markets slightly earlier, as the first of their long-running Masterpiece line. In addition to coming with a cardboard trailer that the buyer could assemble to "complete” Prime’s truck mode, Takara’s release differed from Hasbro’s by featuring longer smokestacks (kept short on the Hasbro version for safety reasons), and lacking the black scorch-marked "battle damage” paint applications Hasbro included on the figure’s shoulders, wrists, and abdomen. In Western markets, the figure was intended to complement the Alternators line.
This sculpt was redecoed by Takara into a golden Lucky Draw figure and later released in its original coloration with a trailer as a "Perfect Edition” (see below for both), while Hasbro would later redeco it into their Classics-branded "DVD Edition”. The mold was also used to make Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and "Convoy Black Version”, representing one of many drones built in Prime’s image, rather than Prime himself.
In Transformers History Collection, a blind-packed Transformers trading figure line, Takara released an add-on hand for Masterpiece Convoy as a Chase figure. The hand holds a Spike Witwicky figure and clips on to the end of Optimus Prime’s arm, making the arm slightly longer than normal.
Theme:
Masterpiece Large Scale
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2003
Country:
United States
Series:
Masterpiece Large Scale
Model Number:
Red Truck
Date Added:
2020-12-28 12:16:23
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2020-12-28 12:16:23
