This is/was a keychain of Optimus Prime. I unscrewed the keychain part of this and now it is just and action figure. The knees bend and the arms move and so does the head. It has more articulation than the Green Lantern action figure I got. Allison got me this to put on my birthday cake one year and I’ve had it in a box with some of my Transformers. when Eva and I played with them about a week ago I found this again and brought it to work with me. While I’m not a huge fan of the look of the Transformer Movie toys I do like Optimus overall.
I’ve gone on record before as stating that I dislike the Transformers Movie toys. They are cheap, not that well made and the robots look horrible. I’ve even gone so far as stating that Transformers 2 scenes looked like someone threw a ton of silverware in the air and filmed it at triple speed. However, despite that, when Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon comes out in July I’ll be seeing the movie at least twice in the theater (once in IMAX). If I can get advanced screening tickets again that would be fantastic. I’ve seen Transformers 1 & 2 at advanced screenings and the energy in the theater made the movie. Continue reading My New Favorite Transformer: Backfire→
