Title:
Optimus Prime
Description:
Optimus Prime (Weaponizer, 2012)
TakaraTomy release date: September 29 2012
TakaraTomy ID Number: AM-21
Accessories: Rifle (Hasbro only), ”R.A.” Arms Micron & Matrix Blade (TakaraTomy only)
Part of the first wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Weaponizer Class toys, Optimus Prime is a large toy, similar in size to Leader Class figures from previous Transformers toylines. He features a simpler transformation and design compared to previous Leader-sized figures, with him having fake chest windows (again) and a simplified, hollow truck rear where his feet, arms, and fake chest windows are plainly visible. He comes with a blaster that can mount onto his hands, shoulder-pads, and the sides of his legs/truck rear.
His main gimmicks, however, are the two large, blue-and-white mini-guns hidden in his back/hood, which can deploy and ”weaponize” either mode. When deployed, the mini-guns swing out from his back/hood and spin, while a red LED inside his torso lights up briefly. The mini-guns swing down to the sides of his head in robot mode, and can also be deployed in vehicle mode when one manually opens the grille. Pushing down on the red lever on the center his torso (in either mode) briefly lights up the LED again and swings the mini-guns back into their hiding places.
The Hasbro version of this mold was retooled to make Platinum Edition Ultra Magnus.
The TakaraTomy version, part of the seventh wave of Japanese Prime toys, is dubbed Arms Master Optimus, uses darker, metallic plastics, casts the backs of his thighs in metallic red, replaces his metallic silver paint with glossy gray, and replaces a few of his paint operations with customer-applied foil stickers, such as his insignias, shins, headlamps, the tiny yellow lights on his torso, and the blue deco on his truck panel sides. He has also been retooled with additional 5mm pegs for his thighs, roof, and lower backpack, as well as ports for his forearms, shoulders, smokestacks, fuel tanks, and roof. Instead of the rifle, he comes with a very large Matrix which can tab onto his chest as armor or mount onto the back of the truck cab, with the Matrix also being covered in 5 mm posts and holes so that Arms Microns can be attached to it. He additionally comes with a clear-blue ”Shining” version of the Arms Micron, R.A., who can combine with the Matrix to form the colossal Matrix Saber.
Like Battle Shield Optimus, a larger version of the cardboard trailer unit is also given away for customers during the promotional period offered by Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera.
TakaraTomy release date: September 29 2012
TakaraTomy ID Number: AM-21
Accessories: Rifle (Hasbro only), ”R.A.” Arms Micron & Matrix Blade (TakaraTomy only)
Part of the first wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Weaponizer Class toys, Optimus Prime is a large toy, similar in size to Leader Class figures from previous Transformers toylines. He features a simpler transformation and design compared to previous Leader-sized figures, with him having fake chest windows (again) and a simplified, hollow truck rear where his feet, arms, and fake chest windows are plainly visible. He comes with a blaster that can mount onto his hands, shoulder-pads, and the sides of his legs/truck rear.
His main gimmicks, however, are the two large, blue-and-white mini-guns hidden in his back/hood, which can deploy and ”weaponize” either mode. When deployed, the mini-guns swing out from his back/hood and spin, while a red LED inside his torso lights up briefly. The mini-guns swing down to the sides of his head in robot mode, and can also be deployed in vehicle mode when one manually opens the grille. Pushing down on the red lever on the center his torso (in either mode) briefly lights up the LED again and swings the mini-guns back into their hiding places.
The Hasbro version of this mold was retooled to make Platinum Edition Ultra Magnus.
The TakaraTomy version, part of the seventh wave of Japanese Prime toys, is dubbed Arms Master Optimus, uses darker, metallic plastics, casts the backs of his thighs in metallic red, replaces his metallic silver paint with glossy gray, and replaces a few of his paint operations with customer-applied foil stickers, such as his insignias, shins, headlamps, the tiny yellow lights on his torso, and the blue deco on his truck panel sides. He has also been retooled with additional 5mm pegs for his thighs, roof, and lower backpack, as well as ports for his forearms, shoulders, smokestacks, fuel tanks, and roof. Instead of the rifle, he comes with a very large Matrix which can tab onto his chest as armor or mount onto the back of the truck cab, with the Matrix also being covered in 5 mm posts and holes so that Arms Microns can be attached to it. He additionally comes with a clear-blue ”Shining” version of the Arms Micron, R.A., who can combine with the Matrix to form the colossal Matrix Saber.
Like Battle Shield Optimus, a larger version of the cardboard trailer unit is also given away for customers during the promotional period offered by Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera.
Theme:
Weaponizer Class
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2012
Series:
Prime
Asst. Number:
PRIME02
Date Added:
2022-10-22 19:53:39
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-02-19
Date Added:
2022-10-22 19:53:39
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