Optimus Prime's slightly-futuristic truck vehicle mode is replicated pretty darned well at the Legion-class scale. The cab looks solid proportionally, and the GENERAL look and outline of the back two-thirds or so also looks pretty good, with the design's characteristic angular points near the back. The mold detailing is quite good near the front of this mode, with intricately-detailed smokestacks, front sides (molded to look like there's small gaps there that ARE actually there on many of the larger toys of this design), and the usual RID2015 "divots" here and there, though the back two-thirds has pretty minimal mold detailing, and what is there is for the robot parts, like the fairly obvious robot hands on the insides near the top of the back and the very obvious robot feet that make up said back end. (There's some vents on the bottom of the feet, but this toy doesn't have a traditional back end in terms of having taillights, a rear bumper, etc.) There's also fairly obvious upper legs on the lower middle sides of this mode. All of this said-- most of these issues are also on the other RID2015 Optimus Prime toys, and often to more obvious extents, so with that in mind this isn't as big of a deal as it would be if these parts were well-hidden on the other toys. The color scheme is typical Optimus, with red, blue, and black being the main colors, though the red is just a touch lighter than other RID2015 Prime toys. There's just a bit of silver paint in this mode, on the smokestacks and upper legs, along with some black paint on the top of the robot feet and the front truck window. It's a pretty well-varied color scheme, though because of the mold breakup, there's a blue line down the center of the cab grill and front hood, which looks a bit odd.
    To transform Optimus, you basically just break up and fold back the legs that form the bottom half and the arms that form the top half of the "trailer" section of the truck, with the cab becoming a backpack, with a little headpiece rotating up to peg securely above the chest. This is a more solid mode than the vehicle mode, with the only real extras being the aforementioned cab backpack-- which stays out of the way of articulation for the most part and stays behind the main body pretty well-- and the portions of the truck sides that are molded onto the back of the lower arms, which are pretty minor issues, considering the small scale. The proportions are pretty darned-near perfect, with the only issue being the head is a bit small (the sculpting is good, though the eyes have no paint), as well as the upper legs being too short. Black is a bit more prevalent in this mode, being on the stomach and waist as well as on the usual wheels and feet. A bit more silver paint is visible on the middle arms, face, and the sides of the chest, and there's blue paint on the lower arms, so no issues about one large area being just one color here. For articulation Optimus can move at the shoulders (at two points) and hips-- roughly average for a Legion toy, though the lack of knee articulation is a bit disappointing, given there's no transformational reason for him not to have articulation there. Both of Optimus' hands are molded to hold Cyberverse-scale weapons, though sadly he doesn't come with any.
    Legion RID2015 Optimus Prime's vehicle mode does have a few obvious robot extras-- the hands and feet most obviously-- but then again, that's the case with nearly every mold of this design, and otherwise his proportions and color breakup in both modes is pretty solid, especially for the small size. Recommended if you're looking for a teeny version of this design.
 

Review by Beastbot

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