The sturdiness this figure has, how solid it is along with the strong ratchet joints in hand is noteworthy. When a Cyber Key is inserted at the rear of the board, a spring-loaded extending "assault blade" deploys, and a trigger is revealed to allow one to use the spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Celebrate the last 40 years of Transformers history with Transformers Legacy action figures for boys and girls. The turret section for Optimus' trailer/base comes separated in the packaging and must be attached by slightly reconfiguring the trailer, bending the turret's hinges appropriately, then finally pegging it in and tabbing the trailer back into place. This doesn't appear to be Gold Plastic Syndrome like many in the fandom have hastily concluded—instead, it seems likely that the break occurs when the elbow joint is moved while the arms are positioned on the back of the combined mode, and have been forced just enough for them to break.

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Crasher (Intended to be the Gobot, but referred to as G2 due to Hasbro owning Gobots but not the designs of the toys, which are still owned by Bandai. A slight redeco of Takara's Combat Class-size Grand Convoy was released as part of a special set commemorating both the 20th anniversary of Transformers and the 30th anniversary of its progenitor, Microman. This gold-chrome and clear-plastic redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure was first offered as a prize in a mail-in contest held through TV Magazine alongside a silver chrome version of the same toy ( see below). Jet Optimus on the left, Optimus Prime Megaweapon on the right) Prime's cab and trailer can also combine to form his " Super Mode". It's just weird that they even mentioned that Star Saber will be in scale with older figures like Super Ginrai as a selling point but then don't do something similar for Armada Optimus.

You can even see the transformation joints to turn the legs into the super mode arms inside the torso as well as the openable shin flaps that would be needed to turn the legs into arms and the ports on the shoulders to connect the top to the bottom.

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Instead, it was given a refresh in the form of subline imprints titled Legacy: Evolution and Legacy: United, with the existing assortments continued in terms of distribution. This sculpt was later redecoed once again for a 2008 Universe multi-pack version of Cybertron Optimus. Legends of Cybertron Optimus is a very simplified version of Cybertron Optimus Prime, with no weapons or trailer, just the front portion of the truck.com in America, but was also released at Philippine mass retail in limited quantities, in Australia as a Kmart exclusive and in Canada as a Toys"R"Us exclusive. But the TakaraTomy line is markedly smaller than Hasbro's, having omitted all of the package-refresh figures and the first-year Core Class figures (the Cores were eventually picked up again with the Evolution Dinobots, et al. The instructions for transforming Optimus into super mode have the torso clip into the backpack first, then drop down onto the legs. In addition to this, Armada Overload (Ultra Magnus in Japan and Korea) can form a pair of massive cannons that attach to either Prime's base mode, or mount over the shoulders of his Super Mode torso (with either his trailer or Jetfire as legs), forming Optimus Prime Megaweapon ( Magna Convoy/ Magna Jet Convoy in Japan; Magna Optimus/ Magna Jet Optimus in Korea). United Tasmania Kid likewise gets a new "Beast Wars II Universe" tag, while the previously released Evolution Leo Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime were only given "Beast Wars Universe" tags in their online bios, despite them all originating from the Beast Wars II sub-franchise, while fellow United release Magmatron gets just "Beast Wars Universe" on his box despite being from Beast Wars Neo.