Optimus Prime (Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron)

The figure the (re-)kindled an obsession:

Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots and the most iconic Transformer. When I was living in China a few years ago and watching Transformers Prime and getting interested in Transformers again, I was in a store and saw this guy hanging on a peg and figured "hey why not?"  Well a number (large enough that I'm not comfortable publishing it to the internet) of Transformers later I've become pretty hooked on the "Generations" line and its sublines as my main Cybertronian fix. 

This figure portrays Optimus Prime at a time before he and troops took that fateful voyage and is based on the designs in the then-current "Fall of Cybertron" video game that I have never played. As a deluxe class figure he's a bit punier than other Primes but I think the design is nicely done. It's recognizable as Optimus and the Cybertronian truck alt-mode is pretty cool. The Autobot commander comes armed with his trusty ion cannon and has a good range of motion, articulation, and balance.

Robot Mode:

"I'm not angry, just disappointed"

Ion Cannon

Getting jiggy with it.

"Who's Prime? This guy!"

"You have the right to remain silent..."

 "...Also the right to freedom as you are a sentient being."

Reverse grip

With his redeco Ultra Magnus from the same line.

Here with Robots In Disguise (2015) Optimus Prime from the latest cartoon incarnation.

Three amigos though one could be considered a future version of another.

Continuity is a dish best served sparingly..

Vehicle Mode:

I like the rockets in place of the smoke stacks on Prime's classic G1 alt-mode.

Packing heat.

Able to blast Decepticons from all different angles.

Twinsies!

Contested leadership mayhaps?