Optimus Prime

I love these soft-vinyl transformers, but they have been notoriously difficult to find at retail. The only place i’ve actually seen them for sale is in the clearance aisle at Wal-Mart, or at the Toys R Us outlet store.

These cheap vinyls come loose with a swing tag, just like they would in Japan.

The back of the card lists all of the characters released in the line. One of them is covered up though – who could the mystery charcter be?

It’s actually 2 characters – Grimlock and Wheeljack. I guess these were not meant to be.

The sculpt is kind of fun, and if my kids were younger these would have been cool to give to the little ones before they are old enough to actually transform them. It’s a great representation of the classic Optimus Prime design.

In typical sofubi fashion, articulation is limited to the head, shoulders and waist.

“Until all are squishy!”