Toys Finally, the Figure-Scaled Optimus Prime We've Waited For Our Whole Lives

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For the last 40 years of this franchise's existence, there has been one universal problem that toy collector's have never quite been able to reconcile with their Transformers figures: How grossly out-of-scale they are with everything else on their shelf.

...okay, okay, there's been stuff like Human Alliance and the G.I. Joe Collaborative series, but still. Those are more like the exception that proves the rule that Transformers (in fiction) are just too dang big to look right standing next to a bunch of your six-inch action figures (in real life).

Well, here comes Shu Shu Papa with the answer to all our problems (well, except one*): The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Big-Figs Optimus Prime figure.

Due for release any day now (release is "August 2026") exclusively at Target, this 30.12-inch, six-pound figure has ten points of articulation, and is big enough to tower over all your Titans and even make the mighty HasLab Unicron look like a dwarf star, yet still look just about right standing next to your G.I. Joe Classified or other six-inch action figures. At a MSRP of $34.99 USD, that's just about $1.16 an inch!

And if most of your figures are of an even smaller scale, then you can recreate this iconic scene:

Of course, * he doesn't transform, but that's what all your other, smaller Optimus Primes are for.

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[Platypus Prime]

Seems like a lack of several POA, but at the same time, above a certain scale, 'highly articulated' becomes more of a problem than a feature when gravity kicks in.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Does it have to look like that though?

 

[Haywire]

Does it have to look like that though?

I mean, I would prefer he look like a gray jet with a more rounded head. Something more like this:

...but I'm pretty sure I'm living in the wrong timeline for that to ever happen.

 

[Donocropolis]

This is one of those things that I want but don't need. That said, at only $35, I'm most definitely going to buy it. Finding a place for it will be future Donocropolis's problem.

 

[Platypus Prime]

Too bad it doesn't come with a gun, though at this scale they could argue that his accessory might be a weapon replica and have to orange-cap it. You could detach his arm and glue it to your chimney or something...