Main
Features
 FOTD
 Toy Fair 2023
 SDCC 2023
 Toy Fair 2020
 NYCC 2019
 SDCC 2019
 Toy Fair 2019
 SDCC 2018
 Toy Fair 2018
 HasCon 2017
 SDCC 2017
 Toy Fair 2017
 SDCC 2016
 Toy Fair 2016
 SDCC 2015
 Toy Fair 2015
 SDCC 2014
 C2E2 2014
 Toy Fair 2014
 SDCC 2013
 C2E2 2013
 Toy Fair 2013
 SDCC 2012
 C2E2 2012
 Toy Fair 2012
 NYCC 2011
 SDCC 2011
 Toy Fair 2011
Archives
 Books
 DVD
 Music
 Statues
 Prop Replicas
 Toys
 Video Games
Credits
Contact


This site is part of Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Entertainment Earth affiliate programs. We may earn a commission when you click one of their links.


Related Links:
16bit Tumblr
16bit Twitter
16bit Instagram
ASWN
EE Podcast
Galactic Hunter
Glyos News
OSM News

Transformers Generations Autobot Cybertronian Optimus Prime Hasbro, 2010

Cybertronian Optimus Prime In Brief
Cybertronian Optimus Prime is a new reinterpretation of the Autobot hero from the War for Cybertron video game. He has excessive articulation and seems to feel more expensive than other toys at this scale. Clearly, this is not a good toy for tiny hands. Well worth the $13-$15.

Introduction

There have been many Cybertronian Optimus Prime toys, although not many that were by any means "normal." We have an Animated model, a die-cast metal version from The War Within comic books, and a few odds and ends. This one is notable because it seems to take inspiration from an unused TransTech design, plus it came out within days of the War for Cybertron video game which inspired it.

He turns from a weird alien truck thing to a robot, like pretty much every Optimus Prime toy (except most are Earth trucks). The true nature of this character has yet to be revealed in terms of if you should think of him as the original Prime, an alternate history Prime, or the start of an entirely new continuity/storyline. The latter seems to be the way things are going, this may well be "Ultimate G1" and the start of something pretty cool.

Robot

Cybertronian Optimus Prime's articulation is pretty astonishing. It makes sense that Hasbro opted to package him in robot mode, as you get to see just how many parts and pieces make up this complex figure. The figure has multiple joints on each arm-- an elbow, a shoulder, even a swivel wrist which is something you don't see much of on this toy line. More astonishing for a toy of this size, though, are double-jointed knees. Hasbro really went all out on this one, even including some sort of kneecap joint which doesn't seem to have any purpose at all. We checked the character designs, it seems it may well be a superfluous detail.

The figure is about 6-inches tall, and his transforming blaster can be used in a variety of ways. He can hold it in his fist (left image), or plug it into a hole on either forearm (as seen in the right image). Hasbro even integrated a place to mount it on his back in robot mode, which is about as close to thinking of everything as you can get on a toy like this.

While lacking in deco, the figure does sport an impressive amount of detail and it seems the toy's budget went squarely into tooling. There's even a Cybertronian Autobot-esque, Primus-ey logo on his back which you only see during transformation! Assembling this toy seems like it must be a nightmare, but if you put it together piece-by-piece you could notice all the grooves, panels, bumps, and other mechanical doodads which give this figure a less-cartoonish look than you may be used to on a toy of this scale. The paint is lacking, but they did try something new-- rather than the seemingly traditional yellow highlight coloring, he is covered with pink markings.

Prime's exaggerated head seems to have more in common with the comics than the toys, as his antenna are unusually long. His light-up eyes function well, and the silver for his face mask and forehead crest seems to have turned out just fine. Another color might have brought it a little more life, but it certainly looks fairly bad-ass enough as it is.

Vehicle

It's a truck! We think. There's only so many forms a stylized semi can take, particularly when it has to evoke the legacy of Optimus Prime. Having said that, it seems like the designers may have taken a cue from the unused TransTech designs to make something a little more alien. They also bulked it up a bit, which makes it look and feel a little more like the toys so many children of the 1980s lusted after.

As is the case with most Deluxe-class toys, the vehicle holds together pretty well. The transformation is quite complex, so do use the instructions, but everything eventually massages together into the streamlined, windowless vehicle you see before you. Like the action figure, there is a place to store the gun on the back. The gun does need to be "collapsed" slightly, which is easy as its spring-loaded auto-transformation gimmick seems to allow for storage in all sorts of places.

The wheels roll, it looks cool, there's really not much else to say about it. Other than the gun rack, there are no additional play features in vehicle mode.

Additional Accessories

Cybertronian Optimus Prime includes a transforming gun. It basically folds over itself for easy storage.

Comparisons

Cybertronian Optimus Prime is about the size of your average current "deluxe" car, making him shorter than his previous "Classics" self by a good head and change.

From left to right: Cybertronian Optimus Prime (2010, Generations), Optimus Prime (2006, Classics).

Packaging & Shipments

This toy came packaged in the first wave style Transformers Generations packaging with a compliment of paper twist-ties, which are much more easily removed than the plastic and wire ones used for most of the past 15 years. The bubble also has a sticker advertising the HUB Network, a Hasbro-owned cable channel which won't launch until October of 2010, which at this moment is in the far-flung future.

It's about standard for Transformers these days-- mostly red, a big bubble, and not a lot of cross-promotion as of late. The figure first hit stores in June 2010 with casemates Thrust, Drift, and War for Cybertron Bumblebee. In the initial assortment, each shipped at two per shipping case. However, at the same time (or a little earlier with some online accounts) a case shipped with 4 Primes and 4 Bumblebee. So technically, these two hit first.

Fin

This is a complicated action figure, but is a unique enough spin on the character that it qualifies as new enough to warrant buying. Expect mild frustration transforming him, but expect great things from the robot mode. There are so many joints here that you can fidget with him for weeks.

Reviewed and photographed by Adam Pawlus
Sample purchased via Amazon.com in June 2010 for $14.99
Reviewed on July 15, 2010.

Transformers

 Generations
 Drift
 Thrust
 WFC Optimus Prime

 Classics
 Jetfire
 Megatron
 Mirage
 Starscream
 Toy Checklist

 Titanium
 Toy Checklist

 Alternators
 Shockblast

 Armada
 Nemesis Prime
 Toy Checklist

 Cybertron
 Toy Checklist

 Energon
 Battle Ravage
 Demolishor
 Energon Saber
 Energon Starscream
 Galvatron
 Roadblock
 Skyblast
 Snow Cat
 Starscream
 Strongarm
 Unicron
 Valentines
 Toy Checklist

 Generation One
 Goldbug
 Orion Pax & Dion

 Masterpiece Edition
 Convoy

 Robot Masters
 Air Hunter
 Beast Convoy
 Beast Megatron
 Bound Rogue
 Burning Beast Convoy + DVD
 Doubleface
 G1 Convoy
 G1 Convoy + DVD
 Gigant Bomb
 Psycho Orb
 R-Blade
 Rijie
 Road Rocket
 Smoke Sniper
 Starscream
 Wingstun
 Wrecker Hook
 Black Beast Convoy
 Black Starscream
 Toy Checklist

 Spychangers
 Optimus Prime

 Star Wars
 Darth Vader

 Universe
 Toy Checklist

 Also See:
 TransFormers PVCs
 G.I. Joe
 Other Toys

16bit.com is best not viewed in Apple's Safari browser, we don't know why. All material on this site copyright their respective copyright holders. All materials appear hear for informative and entertainment purposes. 16bit.com is not to be held responsible for anything, ever. Photos taken by the 16bit.com staff. Site design, graphics, writing, and whatnot credited on the credits page. Be cool-- don't steal.
We know where you live and we'll break your friggin' legs.