Title:
Optimus Prime Leader 1st
Description:
Optimus Prime (Leader, 2004/2005)
Takara ID number: GC-01
Takara release date: December 28, 2004
Accessories: Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Matrix Cyber Key
Cyber Key Code: l8p3
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), more»
The first Cybertron Optimus Prime toy transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made-up origin, topped with two large cannons. The cannons and the sides of the truck fold down to create an unlikely flight mode for the vehicle. His right-side cannon fires a spring-loaded missile, while plugging a Cyber Key into its key jack pops two more spring-loaded missile launchers out from its sides. Plugging a Cyber Key into his left-side cannon opens up the cannon’s outer casing, revealing the inner barrel, lighting the red LED at its tip and playing an electronic "charging up” noise. Pressing the small blue button just over the battery casing plays a "firing” sound effect with accompanying light flash. In this mode, he can also deploy another pair of (non-firing) cannons from under the main cannons.
In true Prime style, the forward portion of the vehicle mode detaches to become Optimus himself, while the rear "trailer” transforms into a gun emplacement. In robot mode, the barrel of the missile-launching cannon detaches to become a hand-held rifle. Atypical of most Unicron Trilogy figures, Prime’s hands are not designed to accommodate weapons with 5 mm posts, instead featuring a small peg-hole in his palm that allows him to tightly grip objects designed to fit there, like his own rifle, Leobreaker’s whip, Cybertron Wing Saber’s swords, and Cybertron Metroplex’s axe. However, Wing Saber’s sword hilts can be used as adaptors, allowing Prime to hold and use 5mm weapons. His chest has a compartment to hold his removable Matrix of Leadership accessory; Prime’s gigantic hands mean that he can’t hold it especially neatly, but he can certainly get a grip on it.
Of course, Optimus can transform into a Super Mode by combining with his vehicle-mode back end, which becomes a massive winged backpack with under-slung main guns, and a pair of large boots, with the non-firing cannons ending up around his knees. To complete his Super Mode look, a small lever of the back of Prime’s head raises his traditional mouthplate into place, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth slot, and two "crests” fold out from either side of his helmet. Hasbro’s instructions and stock photography awkwardly orient the wings so that the two cannons point over Prime’s shoulders; the cartoon portrayed them in the under-slung orientation, as would all subsequent
Hasbro redecos of the toy. In Super Mode, Prime is a rather top-heavy robot, and his hip joints are not that tight, which makes standing him up a challenging prospect.
In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with Leobreaker to form "Savage Claw Mode”, which sees the feline Autobot become a gigantic clawed arm for his leader. Alternately, if Prime’s backpack is removed, he can merge with Wing Saber into "Sonic Wing Mode”, with the aerial ace forming a new winged backpack and chestplate for Optimus, and providing him with new hand-held sword weapons and firing missile launchers that connect to his Super Mode boots. The nature of the combination means that the two partners cannot combine with Prime at once—at least, not without physically removing one of Prime’s own arms.
The Takara Galaxy Force "Galaxy Convoy” version of the toy was released first, and features a number of paint differences from the later Hasbro Cybertron release. The most immediately-noticeable is that Galaxy Convoy’s unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key has its "frame” painted gold, where Optimus’s is unpainted clear-blue plastic, save for the Autobot symbol and the Hasbro-only Cyber Key Code printed on its back. The other differences are small but numerous: Galaxy Convoy has more thoroughly painted knees, main cannons and leg-armor cannons, the signal lights above the cab are painted yellow, his leg-wheel hubcaps are painted gold, and his nose is inexplicably painted silver. Galaxy Convoy’s wings are also held in place with long metal pins, where the Hasbro version has them just held in place with friction so they can pop off rather than break off if the toy is dropped.
Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right: in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded around to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.
Takara ID number: GC-01
Takara release date: December 28, 2004
Accessories: Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Matrix Cyber Key
Cyber Key Code: l8p3
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), more»
The first Cybertron Optimus Prime toy transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made-up origin, topped with two large cannons. The cannons and the sides of the truck fold down to create an unlikely flight mode for the vehicle. His right-side cannon fires a spring-loaded missile, while plugging a Cyber Key into its key jack pops two more spring-loaded missile launchers out from its sides. Plugging a Cyber Key into his left-side cannon opens up the cannon’s outer casing, revealing the inner barrel, lighting the red LED at its tip and playing an electronic "charging up” noise. Pressing the small blue button just over the battery casing plays a "firing” sound effect with accompanying light flash. In this mode, he can also deploy another pair of (non-firing) cannons from under the main cannons.
In true Prime style, the forward portion of the vehicle mode detaches to become Optimus himself, while the rear "trailer” transforms into a gun emplacement. In robot mode, the barrel of the missile-launching cannon detaches to become a hand-held rifle. Atypical of most Unicron Trilogy figures, Prime’s hands are not designed to accommodate weapons with 5 mm posts, instead featuring a small peg-hole in his palm that allows him to tightly grip objects designed to fit there, like his own rifle, Leobreaker’s whip, Cybertron Wing Saber’s swords, and Cybertron Metroplex’s axe. However, Wing Saber’s sword hilts can be used as adaptors, allowing Prime to hold and use 5mm weapons. His chest has a compartment to hold his removable Matrix of Leadership accessory; Prime’s gigantic hands mean that he can’t hold it especially neatly, but he can certainly get a grip on it.
Of course, Optimus can transform into a Super Mode by combining with his vehicle-mode back end, which becomes a massive winged backpack with under-slung main guns, and a pair of large boots, with the non-firing cannons ending up around his knees. To complete his Super Mode look, a small lever of the back of Prime’s head raises his traditional mouthplate into place, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth slot, and two "crests” fold out from either side of his helmet. Hasbro’s instructions and stock photography awkwardly orient the wings so that the two cannons point over Prime’s shoulders; the cartoon portrayed them in the under-slung orientation, as would all subsequent
Hasbro redecos of the toy. In Super Mode, Prime is a rather top-heavy robot, and his hip joints are not that tight, which makes standing him up a challenging prospect.
In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with Leobreaker to form "Savage Claw Mode”, which sees the feline Autobot become a gigantic clawed arm for his leader. Alternately, if Prime’s backpack is removed, he can merge with Wing Saber into "Sonic Wing Mode”, with the aerial ace forming a new winged backpack and chestplate for Optimus, and providing him with new hand-held sword weapons and firing missile launchers that connect to his Super Mode boots. The nature of the combination means that the two partners cannot combine with Prime at once—at least, not without physically removing one of Prime’s own arms.
The Takara Galaxy Force "Galaxy Convoy” version of the toy was released first, and features a number of paint differences from the later Hasbro Cybertron release. The most immediately-noticeable is that Galaxy Convoy’s unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key has its "frame” painted gold, where Optimus’s is unpainted clear-blue plastic, save for the Autobot symbol and the Hasbro-only Cyber Key Code printed on its back. The other differences are small but numerous: Galaxy Convoy has more thoroughly painted knees, main cannons and leg-armor cannons, the signal lights above the cab are painted yellow, his leg-wheel hubcaps are painted gold, and his nose is inexplicably painted silver. Galaxy Convoy’s wings are also held in place with long metal pins, where the Hasbro version has them just held in place with friction so they can pop off rather than break off if the toy is dropped.
Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right: in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded around to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.
Theme:
Cybertron
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2005
Country:
United States
Series:
Cybertron
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2022-12-24 17:27:51
